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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 3, Book 1
January 11, 1866 - January 22, 1866
[ …] to Cedar Hill brot home 1 Milch [cow] … 1 steer Bull & 2 Hiefers & 2 Hogs [… w]e eat & some Joles 150 lbs is for Sally [… ] 3 waggon wheels, 1 Grubbing Hoe & my [ …] & Box Sundries out of shop Henry claiborne & Henry went up there & shucked out 4 Barrels corn for Jordan Sandy Lowry & Abram, - Give Henry & the fellows that work at home I give them there finding this year as they live with me
12th. moderate weather Halling rails to fence in Oats stacks balance malling I am going to Banks to day old plack[place] & home Susan Roarks etc went & fixed my business left my accts and Rects with Mr Banks accts to 9th april from last settlement & from april to 4 Janry 1866 to Settle
13Halled up leaves to day & malling in new ground we are going to meeting to day, went meeting
14 all of us went to meeting. Tax Saturday Redeeming the time because the days are evil, Sunday Create in me a right Spirit, 5 Chapter Ephesians 16 V & 51st Pslam[Psalm]10 Verse I think – Preached very well & the poeple attentive moderate weather
15. Sent Henry to Mill Yates Mill, Gathering up manure for Plant Beds. Cloudy Cold rainy & Hailing this morning very cold, - lent Jerry Bill Saturday & he is gone to Court. his Horse here
16th. cl[e]ared off this morning, Smart Hail very slippery Hail melting some, weather more moderate getting off sorghum seed for Cows to be ground getting some ps for Bars
17th. cloudy again our folks are malling in new ground
18th. Tolerable good day malling in new ground weather more moderate,
19 Malling, Ground Hominey & Chop for cows
20- Malling nannie went to Mr Lewis s Rained about 11 Oclock & wind blew hard Nannie Just got home before it
21. very cold day & clear windy
22nd tolerably good morning Sent little Henry to Mill ½ Bbl Corn for me & ½ Bbl Do for his daddy, & 1½ Bus. wheat for flour, & 2 Blocks or pieces for Step to meeting Edd Fitzgerald came here yesterday & Doran went with him home & Pride gone to Mrs Worsham
December 13, 1866 - December 26, 1866
1866 Decr 13 It has been quite cool […] " 17 Begin to Snow & Hail Saturday we f[…] Halling up Blade fodder & stacks but did finish our Cow Shelters put 3 Large stacks good fodder in Barn On Mountain 2 good ones in Barn by Cow shelters & 3 Sorrys ones Cutting wood this morning Kate & Mr Moses Came Saturday sent to Mill on Horse back
18th Sent Henry to Mill again Carried another Turn Corn for meal & will bring home the Turn there cloudy & like for Snow, fixing cow shelters Halling 2 Load wood last night & expect to Hall brush & wood to day – 2 young Calves star & white Sook will have one shortly - quite cool at this time
19 Halled & cut wood & fixed to Kill Hogs
20 Killed all our Hogs but one to day & Salted them very cold this night Snow & Hail melts but little yet Star & White got young calves & looking for another now every day
21. 22 23 - 24 We have been fixing cow shelters cutting wood, Hauling wood dry wood Brush for cow shelters I went to old place last friday & saturday Cut out Hogs salt up Pork etc Henry Jr went to mill Twice for me & once for themselves last week this day 24 Snow melted smartly creek very much up, we have had a very rough spell for over a week now very sloppy indeed, Turned out my Boar & 1 young Sow for Sarly
25. & 26. Staid at home 25 & 26 went to Mr Banks & Chalk Level settled with negroes at old place except Wyatt & Wmcloudy & likely for Rain or Snow