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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 12
February 26, 1858 - March 2, 1858
26th Febry 1848 Rolled Logs at Jacobs to day overseer & 4 hands from here, making 5 got done by ½ after 12 Oclock, come home & finished malling next to Overseers house Henry Carried Some nubbins Top fodder shucks & some straw to Jacobs & went after Chumblys things at Motleys & did not get back till 10 or 11 Oclock ¬— alse & Abram burning Brush to day Beautiful day for business moderateweather
27th Beautiful morning again making 2 good days in this morning Opening Tobacco in old prize Barn & new, this morning malling burning brush at mountain Spring again, Henry plowing Fillmore & Robin,- in Tobacco Lot ¬ Jacob covered his plant Beds yesterday brushwith
28th and last day of this month fine morning making only 3 days good weather for business a little cloudy this morning-, moderate
March 1st Monday my wife went to Mrs Hunts yesterday & last evening Mr Jno D Hunt & family Came with her home last evening & night it Rained this morning Mr Hunt gone & like for falling weather Doran Hunt right sick Plowing Big & little Henry Chumbly sick barely about Jordan & Jerry Smith halling out chaff Cobbs & out of Granary & then will hall up Stack fodder from mountain balance malling & burning brush etc etc ¬– – halled out straw
2nd It Rained a little yesterday & snowed a little about night & then cleared cold & windy & [damage] morning very cold malling & burning brush Henry Halling wood,- part of our [damage] up last night,- clear & Cold
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 3, Book 1
January 22, 1866 - January 31, 1866
1866 Janry 22nd. Malling in new Gro[und …] wood when he Came back from the [ …] & flour went mules & wagon, - roads very [ …] 2 Blocks to S. Stone meeting House for Step[s… ] Doors weather has moderated very much,
23rd, Janry 1866. Have been malling to day & Halling wood out of new ground, made dog House to day Jerry Came down to day moderate day & no rain or snow.
24th Raining this morning & nearly all night quite a day of Rain & cold, cloudy & dark, making Bars & getting off Sorghum Seed - cant do much –
25. Rained nearly all night, a little freese this morning Ben Raking up manure cleaning Out Stables Balancing malling to day – Pride going to Capt Wooding to see Something about going to School to new London, heard nothing from Capt Wooding about the school
26th malling in new Ground Ben raking up manure then cutting up trees in new ground tolerable day I went to Cedar Hill old place & Rolands to see about makings shoes for Pride, Bybee gone to Motleys Carried all the Cotton to have Picked Jerry at home at new ground I brot home filling some bottles my Tin Box, Varnish & foot a[?],– lent Jerry Bill I rode his Horse home
27 Still Cloudy & like for rain or snow, Pride & me made 6 Hens nest, finished malling, halled out straw 2 days this week, the sun not seen 3 days not seen much cloudy nearly all the week repairing Gear House nailing on Boards
28th clouday day did not see the sun
29th. Snowed Saturday evening & night weather moderate Began to clean up new ground in fresh field Sun shining to day, young Sow in Granary lot had 5 Pigs Sunday morning very littely the Large young sow brot from Cedar Hill has been sick 4 days I think she is a little better this morning
30th. Shrubing ps new ground in fresh field, snow nearly g[one]
30st Halling Leaves 2 Teams to day
31st Shrubing in new ground in fresh field runin[g] 1 Double Plow to day –