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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 3, Book 1
December 31, 1865 - January 10, 1866
31st Decr 1865. Cloudy all day S[…] little weather moderate Jerry Came[…]
1866 Janry 1st cloudy & raining little Sent Henry to Yates ½ Bbl Corn for meal & claiborne to […] ½ Bbl Corn for meal 1 for Henry Brooks
2nd. Janry 1866. Went up Jerrys Sent waggon & little Henry Carried Mules & brot home 2 Horse waggon, with 6 sheep left 5 up there for Jerry brot home my waggon Gear Corn Shelter warping bars spools frames. side saddle of Sallers. 2 Grub Hoe 1 Pole axe, 1 oxe ring mended by abram 1 Clevice Do 1 pr stretchers some sweet Potatoes to eat. Prides waggon quilting frames & Basket & spools, 1 mole board new 1 Horse, 5 or 6 old no. 1 Plow P[o]ints to Plow this winter & my chop axe brot last Saturday, Rained all this evening
3rd Janry 1866. Halling wood & Cutting in new ground to day, has not rained any Snow smartly melted my wife Pride & Doran went to Jerrys to day & Susan Roarks. Peggy very sick & Rhoda with her
4th Very Cold all day fixing shelters at stable & Cow Rack for straw, Halled out straw & chaff & 2 Loads Pine Brush for shelters ¬–
5. I went to JD Hunts plantation & Mrs Colemans on business - our folks Cutting in new ground very cold to day & windy, ground hard frozen
6th. Cutting in new ground this day weather more moderate Old Peggy Died at Cedar Hill on the 4th day of this month & Buried at Mr Hunt Place, Mr. Edward Bybee had her Coffin made -
7th. I staid at home nannie went to Mrs Colemans & Pride & Doran with her Pride went to Edge Hill Very cold & windy in evening & cloudy
8th Janry. Very cold & windy (clear) Henry & claiborne burning Brush in new ground Little Henry Henry halling wood with Mules - to day
9th. Burning Brush & halling wood windy & cold
10th Finished Cutting fixing to mall & will begin to day in new to mall,