Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

Cartersville etc & arrived home Saturday night after dark^{the 13th Nov}& found all well & doing ^{staying at Mr Overbys all night}well being from home about 3 weeks. Sewed 19 or 20 Bushels wheat in Johns’s field ^{& all} while we were gone^{sewed 6 Bus.}, Our friend Mr John G Lewis attended to our business while we were absent all the little growth cut in our new ground

15th began to get up Our Corn —

16. puling up Irish Potatoes & Greens this^day weather very good Henry & Jacob gone to mill —————

22, Shucking & Housing corn most of last^week this morning Killed Bull,

24th Rained all night last night & most of the day yesterday. Striping Tobacco & shoe making - Killed a Beef Harry monday

22nd Let Mr. Myers have 81 lbs weighed about 375 lbs have not finished our corn yet —

Dec 1st Rained to day & nearly Halled up all Our Corn - Shoemaking & Spining etc etc —————

2nd Rained all night & this morning Striping Tobacco & shoemaking

Dec 6 Last Friday 3rd Fed went to shoemaking at Mrs Hunt shucking & Housing our corn & finished this day & began to put up Our Turnips

8. Killed 6 Hogs this day & began to cut big growth in new ground & Grubbing & Halling wood

11 Striping Tobacco, been cutting big growth in new ground 2 days [unclear]. weather warm, & cloudy let Mr. Crews have ½ Bus. salt for 100 lbs fodder to salt his Pork

13th Striped Tobacco, cloudy & Rainy

14 Striping D^o & Cloudy & Rainy

1847 Dec. 16th Striping Tobacco - this morning. sent Colo Dickinson for toll wheat for machining 5 Bushels white wheat. Made 99½ Bushels began to snow in the evening & continued till sometime in the might. Snow 8 or 9 Inches Deep where it has not melted

17th striping Tobacco in middle barn expect to finished by 11 oclock - to day weather not very cold, still cloudy

21. began to snow again last night about 11 oclock & snowing yet this morning. about 3 or 4 Inches Deep this morning. no Tobacco down doing but little

22nd Snow from 6 to 8 Inch Deep Swingling flax shoemaking & spining.

24 Shoemaking & spining shelling corn Started Henry & Jacob after Catharine Spiller at Mrs Clarks, come home in night

25. Christmas day cold & cloudy

26. cold etc fun day —

27. Still cold & cloudy went to Mr Lewis’s & Mrs Smith & Mrs Hunts

28. Snowed a little last night but this morning clear & Cold — ReC from Mr. Strickland, Misses Albrights Shernerd etc agent $136 for Hire of Joe & John 1847 tho this Bond was only for $126 they pd. us more because they pd others more, & I this day pd the $136 to Mrs Coleman at Mrs Hunts ——etc——yesterday—

30 Killed Hogs this morning Sent Fed to shop with Cart alse & Ann shrubbing for corn -

31st Cloudy & Rainy taking down ^{Barn of Tobacco}new ground

1848 Jany 31 Began to prize Lugs weather moderate, piling wood & malling, Jacob starts to School Lila Sick about the 20th Jany last Inst. Dew had a Bull calf 2 weeks ago Poll had a cow calf last night

Febr 1st Beautiful clear day, for winter prizing Our Lugs malling cutting old Logs & Halling wood last very stormy & Rainy a little & cooler this morning

2nd Halling Rails at stony point. cutting old Logs in new ground & fencing - cloudy & like for R. or S. in 10 or 15^days we have 2 young calves & 27 pigs - all look well —

3rd Sent Henry to mill 1 Log & 1 Bbl Corn for meal & sent $1 to pay Doct Miller what I Owe him & 9¢ to have band put on hind hounds of waggon, the Log is for Hh^d Heading

4 Striping Tobacco in prize Barn Burnt little plant abed above ^{on branch}House to this day sent 4 Logs to mill & Rec^d 28 p^s 2 staves in p^s & 4 plank for Heading

5 Cutting big growth in little new ground Turned cold & windy - Our Black sow which had 5 pigs cant walk weakness in ^loins the

6 this morning very cold & windy - have 26th pigs at this time, Bet had her calve few days ago. Now have 3 young calves clear weather,

7. Still cold & windy finished Cutting little new ground, malling, -

8th Snowed a little last night went to Uncle Jerrys last evening. Striping Tobacco. weather cold yet.

1849th Jany 10th Very cold this morning clearing & Halling Pine Brush & wood last night from some cause or another the Fire was made up about 4 O clock in morning & a spark Poped out on the chair that my wifes wearing apparel was put the over night, which Caught fire & the Blaze waked me & I succeeded in puting it out tho her frock Handkf & apron entirely burnt up with several other things —

11th very cold & Clear, cutting wood for Plant Beds near house — Lila Breaking flax, – smart^{snow on ground}

12th Cut wood for Plant Beds till 12 oclock & then went to new ground. Clear & Cool

13 Halling wood cart & waggon

14 Sunday Raining weather moderate

15 ground very wet snow all gone Taking down balance of middle barn Tobacco. Henry gone to Glenns Mill with 8 Bus. wheat for flour & ½ Bbl corn for meal, weather moderate & windy ground very wet — Jacob went to school to Mr. Shelton from Mrs Colemans 2 days last week & started again this morning. – he is to Board at Mrs Colemans till Friday evening Saturday morning every week & then come home.

Celebration at Riceville this day etc & has been very cool ever since 1st day of the month

5th Finished weeding Lot on Branch Laying by corn big middle Barn left hand Path thro field. Weather very cool & we are sitting by fire This morning we begin to Hall up our wheat - etc. little cloudy & like for Rain in evening, Halled up 4 Loads by 12 & 4 after

6th Laying by corn, sent to mill^{with cart} this morning 1 Barrel corn. nights & morning cool. weeding Lot Tobacco this morning Plowed & Hilled cotton, Halling wheat again

7. went to Mrs Colemans to see Harriet & then on to Meeting at Bro. Plunket did not come Prayer meeting^{gave negroes Holiday from 12 oclock}

8 Raining a little, Bro. Plunket came here on his way to meeting, ^{I say at home & Cate}Henry sick not quite done weeding down our Tobacco In the Evening Rained hard before & after my wife etc returned from meeting & at night^again fine growing weather - at this time —

9th Hilling up little new ground Toba. Treading out a floor wheat this day ground quite wet - - cloudy morning

10 Rained hard last night replanted second yrs big fresh ground Raining this morning. Halling up new ground If it stops raining on new ground being too wet we have not finished laying by our corn yet.

11 Plowing corn & Hilling up big new ground Henry runing boards this morning, Jacob gone to mill 1½ Bus new wheat - &

12 Halling up wheat waggon & cart Did not get done good day —

13 Sent Jacob to Mill 1½ wheat for common use. Cutting oats, Ennis here from Mr. Panillos