Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

[…] 27 Very Cold & windy I went to […] C Keatts & Rented that Land to him & [re]turned home, Henry not here to feed wind from N West

28th Very Cold day & wind from N West

29th Cold & cloudy not so windy this day & like for Snow or Rain to night I have not engaged hands for next year for myself nor Mr Hunts place

30th cloudy & like for falling weather

31st Snowed last night about 2 Inches Deep Jerry stayed here last night

1st Janry 1867 Still cloudy & snowed a little I went to old place to day & settled with Bybee for Lynchg Trip in Decmr

2nd Snowing this morning my hogs has not been up for Several days major Boler Came ^{here to live}

3rd Major Boler Came here yesterday & set in for the year 1867 $91.25 to day we done nothing but feed Cut wood etc Henry & family left here yesterday Snow about shoe Deep, disagreeable weather found my Hogs yesterday & they Came up this morning - cloudy weather

4 cleared off & very pretty dayMajor is Halling manure out of my stale in Garden to day snow melted some engaged with Mr H Dalton to live with me this year to move tomorrow

5. I went to old place hired Tom & Jordan for this year to work there major Cut up wood & shucks Cold day

6 Major went home, more moderate weather

7 Major Cutting in new ground Mr Dalton moved here 1 Load this evening Wyatt Hunt came here night is to work 2 or 3 months at $8 pr month, Richard & myself fixed door to Shelling room & Gate next to my stable weather more moderate

8th Janry 1867 Wyatts set into wor[…] moved Harry Dalton here Agreed with Sam Gilbert to work in plantation & his wife to cook & his son to wait on my wife in the House bring water etc etc -

9th Wyatt put up ashes in hopper & fixing up shelter over it Mr Dalton gone to Mill. Major Cutting

10 clear & cold I went to shop with Jerry to get his Horse shod Cutting in new ground Wyatt Halling wood, made wood body to hall wood My Hogs all been gone nearly a week, Same here fixing up the House for him to live

11th. Cutting etc I went to hunt my hogs, spotted Sow come none of the rest all

12th, went to meeting few poeple there Sam moving - & his wife came to day at night Cutting in new ground

13th. Sunday I went to meeting few poeple disagreeable day & likely for rain & snow

14th began to Cut ground Sam ^{finished moving –} [axe?] & he went to work & soon it began to rain we then shelled Corn & fanned out toting end wheat for Cows friday last red cow had a fine Calf bull red Halled some chaff to Cutting House Rained all the evening - Jacob Came here last night weather moderated

15. Wyatt gone @ 12 Oclock to see Pl[?] buried Cutting & Halling woood, cleared off this morning - soon fixed in prize ^{take down Tobacco}barn to

[…]anry 15 Milly Ann left here the […] & Elvira too Elvira came back to day

16th Wyatt back this morning Halling & Cutting wood for Plant Bed & in new ground moderate weather

Thursday 18th Janry 1867. the wind started to blow hard last night about 11 oclock & this morning blowing very hard all day from N & NW. & tremendous Cold Richard got back with his meat night before last We are Cutting in new ground all day We put out the thermometer at night in shade & it got from 28 Degrees in the house to 12 at the tree before the door & in the morning 10 degrees wind little abated about night clear & tremdous Cold weather

189th I went to Keens & old place very cold Cutting till Dinner & then halled out 1 Load straw & 3 Loads leaves for stables Thermometer 11, or 12 at night morning wind stoped blowing before night Wyatt gone with Mr Whitehead to Franklin been here 9½ days Still Cold morning Cutting in new ground to day Richard Came about 17th Decr & nothing done since on way of travelling Cutting in new ground & trying to finish to day weather moderated a ^little

19th Richard started to Franklin with Wyatt Finished Cutting nearly in new ground Boler went home this evening Jerry has not come yet weather moderated a little

20th Sunday cloudy & it began to snow hard about 9 Oclock in the morning dreadfull day

21st Snowed till about night hard snow about 5 Inches Deep jerry came last & Richard came back Major went off 19th & has not returned yet