Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1870 Jany 13th I am here by myself to night John Keatts Carried 1 Log to Millers Mill for my Cart body & brot back plank for the house at Mountain Spring. Sam cutting in new ground Richard Whitehead has four oats stacks & I have four that we made 2 I bot & 1 at home & 1 at Mrs Hunts place Aaron Smith here at work again fixing plows Cart Work last week 5 days @ 4/6 per day weather very moderate for Janry, - Nannie gone to Mrs Colemans to see her as she is sick, Ditchers nearly done

14th Raining this morning a little Mr Keatts gone to Millers Mill after another Load of Plank for house Carried another for Plank for waggon or cart body Sam striping Tobacco not very cold to day - Aaron Smith at work here

15 Mr Keatts gone to Millers Mill after the Balance of Plank Sam striping tobacco part of the day & Richard & Charles Caroline striped awhile in evening Rained nearly all day Nannie did not come home Doran came Mr Keatts at work on the house for him to live in I went to Yates Mill got my flour & Richards got my cart wheels axletree Ironed & 2 Lynchg pins, brot them home, Aaron at on cart steer yoke & Bows etc cart body etc he has been here this week 3 days & 5 last making 8 days, Sam halled rails & fenced in Plant Bed he burnt; Richard striped Tobacco some to day - Raining yet & Nannie not come home yet, - Sent Bet & Calf young cow & calf for Sallie to milk til I want her, Still cloudy & like for rain, Abram Glen finished Ditching & I paid them of last night -

1870 Jany 16 Cleared off last night & this is a beautiful morning weather very moderate like planting corn time to day Doron gone after Nannie

17 Mrs Wyatt Came here to live with my wife to cook wash iron milk etc this morning. I went to striping Tobacco in little Barn at Richards till 12 oclock Charles did not strip any at all, We fixed Bridge in new ground & cut some Caroline went out this morning Keatts at work & finished this evening Making Door putting up sta[i]r steps finishing laying the floor over head, - etc about night Came up a tremendous cloud Rained very hard till in the night & - Thundered & lightened as Severe as it does in June or July. Thundered very Severe, ended all the Branches up high - - -

18th Mr Keatts got the waggon & is moving to day Sam & Caroline is Cutting in new ground I went to old Place & shop to day & to Lain

19th I staid at Home all day Aaron Smith here at work Sam & Caroline Cutting in new ground Wyatt & Wm cut in new ground for Sam in evening Mr Keatts moving but did not finish Pride Hunt Came here at night Milly is having a Calf this morning. Raining & cloudy this morning

20th Striping Tobacco in barn back of Garden, Mr Keatts began to work to day Millie had a calf last night. Cow calf

21st Mr Keatts finished moving to day & halled up stack oats from mountain field Sam & Caroline Cutting in new ground Hired Lowry to day to work young they worked very well & cart answered very well halled 6 or 7 Loads wood & Halled out some straw in Cow rack got 3 very pretty Lambs, - clear moderate day Rich^d Hal[l]ed straw & shucks to day - from here my Hogs all good for sometime