Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1860 Jany 24th Burnt sewed fenced in & covered 1 Plant Bed on Road & fixed for another, - William A Shields here helping us burn to day

25th Burnt Sewed fenced in & covered Plant Bed on Road, put Guano on both, etc - Mr Shields helped us again to day & left

26th went to Mr Pannills to day to get destraining warrant v^s H. Wyatt for J D Hunts Est went to aspen Grove, in evening. claiborne malling sent to Post office this morning, Halling leaves 5 Loads for Stables Barn, etc Halled up 1 Stack Oats this evening - I am fixing to start to Danville in the morning If its not^raining

27th & 28. I went to Danville bro^t Sallie home fine weather, Plowing & mauling next to Whiteheads, Beding for Corn

29 Stayed at home D. R Hunt come after ^Fannie

30th Halled wood mauling etc piling Brush

31st Halling Rails mauling next to Whitehead began to Rain a little. I went to old place & Hodnetts to day

Feby 1st Rained & this morning gro -und covered with snow, about 1 or 2 Inches Deep, shelling Corn spining Sent Henry to Mill 2½ Bus. wheat for chop 2½ D^o for mean & 2½ Bushels Corn for meal & 1 at mill to bring home, I am going to Sarah McCullocks —

February 2nd Sent Jerry Smith to Yates shop & Mill Carr^d 2 Bus. wheat for beat flour Big Broad axe to fix by Friday & little Broad to do to day & bring home, etc - very cold this morning 10 Degrees below zero,- clear weather

3rd very cold I went to aspen Grove mauling & Burning Brush next to Cap^t Whiteheads

1860 Feby 18th went to mauling wood in evening

Feby 19. Started to Court, Fannie stayed all night Sunday night Jere & Sallie went back to school cold day

20. Turned moderate mauling & Cutting wood in new ground, got home Monday night weather moderate

21st Halled Rails till 12 Oclock & then Henry went to Laying off Corn Rows Balance Fencing next to Cap^t whiteheads I went to Post office Peaks Wallers Vaughans Mr Moses & Fannie W Fitzgerald

22 Fencing on Road to day W^m Shields here Halled up Oats & Halling rails till evening & then begin to Plow in orchard I went to aspen Grove & made [Lines]

23₂₅Fencing on Road & striped Tobacco ½ day & took down some Wednesday & then fenced on Road from Branch W^m Shields worked Thursday Friday & Saturday Rolled Logs 2 days nearly & fenced one - this week Henry Halled wood this evening very windy Friday & turned cold

26 Stayed at home to see Mrs Pannill

27 Went to Court House sent after Cotton Turn of wheat to Yates, & 1 to whiteheads Plowed & Stacked Rails next to whiteheads

28 Plowing & Fencing new ground fence made fence on Road yesterday fine weather at this time

29th Fencing at new ground & nearly finished Plowing in Lot rained a little,-

March 1st Sent Henry & Claiborne to Hodnetts to Roll Logs. Plowing, fine day cleared of[f] Beautiful weather,

1860 Augt 12th We all went to meeting —

13. Striping Tobacco Doct A W Thompson came again yesterday to old place & Bybees, he has been to Bybees 2 times stayed all night there last night Emma getting Better, a little. Joseph Bybee bad off Doct Thompson Came here yesterday I got him to look at Lila &^{[her? pr?]} got some Brandy etc to carry over there Rained nearly all day & night last night

14 Toping worming & succoring Tobacco to day Bybee sent Ben for the Doct last night for his Son Joseph who is bad off Nannie Mrs Hunt Sallie Alice & Doran gone to Mrs Colemans – to day —

15th Very Cool indeed for August Mr Wright here at work Mr Shields 2 sons David & W^m here helping us beet apples - D^r Thompson come back again to Jo^s Bybee sent for again

16th Mr Wright here again to day & David Shields yesterday & to day & W^m Shields ½ day stoped, Bob come here this morning Cool day for august. fixing to raise Barn, Beeting apples etc put Post for yd in ground this morning & burnt them,- Jerry had Charly Shod at Vaughans yesterday, White Back Cow had a calf 13th or 14th this month, Mr Wright stayed till about 3 oclock, making 1 day & 3 Hours. David Shields stayed beeting apples 2 Days W^m stayed a little over ½ day Finished apples up & Laid foundation for Barn

17. Raised my Barn this day had Mr Cothran & 4 hands from aspen Grove 1 from Mr Kelleys & 2 from Mr Hunts place, -

1861 Feby 7th. Sent Claiborne to Allen Scruggs to Roll Logs. overseer Harry & Smith getting Rafters for Carriage house & Granary & Henry began to halled wood, but the wind blew so hard, like blowing every thing away I thought it was dangerous & stoped him, I sent for my Boar at Adams & got him got all now. This morning I swapted Jim off with W^m Shields. & got $20 to Boot & got a large Bay Horse called Ball, said to be 12 yrs old, Sheriff Witcher here to night,-

8th This morning Cutting & Halling wood,- John come at 12 oclock to fix Kitchen chimney Balance working at new ground I went to Plantation to measure Ditch & sent my note to Elder J. Hubbard for Ditching for $24.85 to be paid shortly. -

9th I went to meeting. got Robin shod behind had wheat ground for Henry - - Our hands at work in new ground

10th cloudy & like for Rain, Nannie & Fannie went to meeting at S.S. I staid at home

11th. It has been cloudy & Rained a little during the evening, overseer & Claiborne went to Aspen Grove to burn Plant Bed. Bob here to day fixed Kitchen & well & then went to malling new ground on road & Henry & Smith halled manure out of Plant Bed & put it on Corn field, [Geo.] Mr Y Miller & D Logan here to day Nannie steptoe etc. here also, Logan & Miller came to buy Cider

12th I went to Yates shop got Ball shod before new shoes old nailed on behind, went to aspen Grove Carried Seeds Tobacco etc to sew on Bed Burnt yesterday p^t ours on road next to Lewis our folks malled till 12 Oclock then fixed to burn plant Bed in woods Harry Plowing for Corn, took down some Tobacco

& Mrs Johns & Scared about something etc etc

14th Sent Bob ^^{& claiborne} to old place to Roll Logs Sewing Oats, fencing here to day — Raining a little Sewing Oats, burning Brush etc Fencing in early part of day

15th Sewing Oats & fencing, Nannie & me went up to Mr Moses to day & settled with them & Jacob P. about my trip to Louisa, etc - & they gave me my commission to buy me a horse ^{altho I offered to give it to them}etc I gave Mr Moses my horse Ball I got from W^m Shields; expect to Roll Logs at aspen grove tomorrow; very good weather

16h All hands but Smith & Charles went to aspen Grove to Roll, & I went too & it will push them to get done sent Phil to shop by Pal Smith went to Mill & Chalk Level, clem piling Brush & trash

17th Rained all day I staid at home Fannie W Fitzgerald here cool rain

18th cloudy & like for Rain, Halled up stack Fodder & Oats this morning - very cool 15 or 16 Lambs at Plantation, one stole last Friday night or day did not ^{that is did not finish}roll all the Logs. It began to snow a little about 10 or 11 Oclock & by 12 It Snowed very fast till late in the evening 3 or 4 Inches Deep & real winters day. We halled up 1 stack fodder & 1 stack Oats & began to Hall wood till evening then went to striping Tobacco it has been cold ever since Friday - work in new some this morning

19th Striping Tobacco to day halled up 1 Load dry wood, finished all the Tobacco we had down I went to Mr Hunts Place to have spring branch Ditched We have sent 2 hands to Mr Hunts place to Roll Logs 1 hand to Blanks’s 1 to Allen Scruggs 1 to whitehead & 5 to aspen Grove to roll this spring - snow till [faded] to day - & 1 to Ja^s Kelleys to Roll