Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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 & W^mcloudy & likely for Rain or Snow

[…] 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