Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1857 Decr 22nd Jacob gone to Clements plantation this day ¬– & car^d things as pr account – Henry drove waggon with Jacob things this evening Claiborne gone with Jacob. Cutting in new ground, Jordan Halling wood for Miss Neals 3 Loads this day –

23rd At work On Ice House This morning Fine morning, Jordan gone to Mill at Yates 5 Bus. Corn to bring 4 or 5 Bus meal & 1 Turn flour home – Carried 1 bus wheat for Henry & 1 for Sandy & ½ Bus. D^o for Fed. ground very wet —& quite Cool We have 2 Young Lambs at this time, & 19 Pigs

24th working on Ice House Halled wood & leaves Fixed Ice Pond above house, etc —

25th Snowing this morning & very disagreeable morning, snowed till 10 or 11 Oclock & then cleared off- I went to Capt Fitzgerald & hired Ann (F) for Fannie W Fitzgerald – etc for $25.

26th quite sloppy & wet,- Jerry gone to Mrs Hunts

27. Same sort of weather to day –

28 went to Mount airy - Still disagreeable weather Did not hire any body - at all – Lowry came home yesterday & hired Ann & 2 children for Fannie for $25. –

29th Raining this morning moderate weather

30 Raining this morning striping Tobacco in new prize Barn — moderate weather.

31st Lowry halling wood, Balance striping Tobacco cleared off, cool & windy - I went to Clements Plantation, = chumney came down here to day to see when he can move — —

Janry 1st 1858 Sent Henry after overseer Daubing Ice House & Cutting in new ground

1858 Jany 23 Began to cut at overseers House yesterday cloudy & like for falling weather ———

- 24 I went to Fannie W F. & have got off the sale of Clem. She is now mine this 25th Jany 1858- Cutting & Halling wood=

26th Rained a little in morning Kate & Sallie went to Plantation with me, waggon went & Kitty, etc etc, Sent Hogs & Cow, Burning Plant Bed above overseers spring

27 Henry Plowing in Tobacco Lot balance Finishing plant above overseers spring clear this morning & Beautifull weather Hunt Sow had Sometime ago 9 Pigs went to Cutting in new ground after 12 Oclock

28 Henry goes to Plantation to work Horses to waggon Cutting in new ground, Sent by Henry & Claiborne cow to ^Plantation Clements

29th Plowing on Branch, Finished Cutting in new ground next to mountain Spring, - cool & windy weather

30th Nannie & all gone to Riceville to meeting cool & windy weather, cutting up at overseers House my Hogs up last night dont come up regular

31st I went to Mrs Hunts Nannie went Riceville

February 1st Raining this morning cut awhile & worked on cross way above prize Barn Striping Tobacco at 11 Oclock Lowry gone to Jacobs & claiborne here

Febry 1st Cutting next to overseers House & halling

-2nd Cutting worked on road above new Barn Finished little growth at overseers House

3rd Halling 4 Logs to Millers Mill to day for Railing & Palings for garden, Butting Logs at Fresh ground carried 1 Turn corn for ourselves & 2 Bushels for overseer to Millers Began to Mall & Burn Brush at new ground this morning fine weather [water stain] Lambs to this day

1858 april 12th Ground is as wet as I ever saw it allmost in my life

13th Rained nearly all night striping Tobacco to day, carried one Load of Lugs to Mr Andersons 1528 lb as pRec^d. - Lowry striped to day & Jim & mule went to Carry Tobacco to Riceville

14th Plowing coltering shrubing in corn field & Hilling cleared off pretty day -- 18 Lambs to this day - all my shoats Mr Lewis altered ^welldone

15th Beautiful morning a little frost this morning Plowing for Corn, fencing this morning. Jordan Halling wood & Rails out of new by Crews & then Coltering Hilling up there, I am going to Cedar Hill this morning,- Halled out the last of Our wheat Straw this evening

16th Plowing for Corn Planted 3½ Rows Sweet Potatoes from Capt Fitzgeralds yesterday Jordan coltering Balance Hilling, little ^Henry gone to Mill for Chumbly Bro^t one^Turn back & left one there for him like for Rain — or snow

17th Plowing for Corn, next to Orchard Crossing next to Chumblys & Hilling Tobacco Hills,- Rained last night & likely for falling weather to day weather moderate, Halled out Our last wheat straws, Tobacco Plants size of a 4½^d up & growing fast; cloudy weather at this time

18th went to meeting House about Sunday School, but few attended it Rained

19th Still cloudy I am starting for Court Plowing for Corn Burning Log Heaps Mr Hunts John came here to do up back etc

20th Burning Logs Plowing coltering & Hilling croping new ground cloudy all day Monday & Tuesday till evening I Did not get from court till Tuesday night

10th We are Harrowing & working Out Lot Tobacco & on Branch Laying by Corn, Jerry & me walked to Strait Stone to meeting to day

11th went to meeting Carr^d Mrs Neal sacrament^{to day}

12th Laying by Corn prizing Tobacco & working Out Lot Tobacco & Cotton etc cloudy & like for ^Rain

13th Rained more or less all day yesterday & last night, nearly all night, ground very wet, prizing Tobacco Plowing Turnip Patch & choping Bushes out of new ground Tobacco at mountain spring =Jacob stayed here last night,-

14th Rained last night hard we are this morning thinning Corn, Sent Buck^^with 4 Bushels Corn to Yates for meal & to bring home overseers flour carried down there last week Sent little Henry to Faris mill 1½ wheat for flour, & her Rose to the Jack She had to do with him

15 Laying by Corn 4 Plows balance taking mould off fine Tobacco in new Barn, till 12 Oclock then working & Harrowing Tobacco in Lot. Tobacco very much mould in Barns; cloudy & like for Rain again

16 Prizing fine Tobacco to day & sunning good from Barn back of Garden got all out of that House sunning to day - Plowing & will nearly get done Laying by this evening, Harrowing & working Lot Tobacco & Malissa in Cotton Patch Fine growing weather at this time.

17th Finished Laying by Corn Peas & Potatoes Plowing Tobacco next to chumblys & in Lot & working of it, prizing Tobacco 2 Hd^d under prize 1 good & 1 fine,- Lowry came down & to day I have sent Jordan & Jim up to Cedar Hill for them to stack Oats, fine weather Sent off Lynchg by H. Wade 2 Hh^ds Tobacco @ $5. Hhd I found him & paid 87½ for toll, second rate & good sent

August 14th We are Toping & worming over Tobacco. Cloudy & like for Rain, Turned Cooler last night

15th Meeting at Strait Stone Broke up this evening 3 Baptized 8 or 10 mourners, I Sent by Henry Harris 20 Cents to Rob^t Harris in mistake in our settlement a few days ago Sent to Mill this morning 6 Bushels Corn

16th for meal ^^{& 3 Bushels wheat to be ground like corn} for ourselves Toping & worming Tobacco this morning Very dry & nights cool every thing burning up — Demarcus Lain]D Lain came here this morning & we are going up to Cedar Hill to fix still Tup Barrels & put Lock on Cellar door etc Mr. Evans worked 3 days last week on Ditch cleaning out Ditch at 1½ cents a yard

17th Began to fix for thrashing made a little start in evening Lowry & Kitty here & Jacob 2 mules

18 Thrashing wheat till Dinner & then a fine Rain came upon us, very fine Rain, Halled up Fodder in evening & stacked it by Cotton Patch worming & succoring Tobacco in Lot

19 Finished Thrashing wheat this morning & went up to Cedar Hill carried Bed 3 Bbls Cider for Brandy & getting apples to make cider

20th Sewed Turnip Patch this morning all gone to Cedar Hill Beeting & getting up apples but Sandy, Sent little Henry to Faris mill & Hester to J. carried 3 Bus wheat for flour Mr Evans finished Ditching here pd him $3.65 this day-

21st Begun to still Mr Lain helped part of the day still 2 still fulls, Sandy Toping Tobacco Put up and pressed out 4 Bbls nannie came up this morning etc

22nd Came home Nannie stayed all night with me at Cedar Hill I stoped stilling about 10 Oclock in night No Rain yet, dry windy^weather

23rd I went back to Cedar Hill to still Rum 2 still fulls car^d from home by 11 or 12 Oclock^{monday night}