Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1856 May 24th Millys Calf is a week or ten days old a Heifer we have Seven Lambs etc Jacob gone to Fannies to day - Election is over votes stand for Justices in this the 7th District Miles N Tucker 50 JWGraves 46. Sam^l T Miller 45. Thomas T Adams 38 & Doct John H Estes 32 votes for Sheriff in this Precinct Whitehead upwards of 60. Bennett about 13 for Commonwealth attorney Treadway Forest constable Ja^s P. Lewis overseer of the Poor for Comm. Yates 27 Tucker 18 Shelton Vincent 14 Shelton Sam^l T. 1.

25. Fair windy dry day Jordan Lowry & buck Sick Wed Corn yesterday Saturday by Johns’s spring Coltering before the Homes & Harrowing

26th Cutting off Second years ground Hills Henry Plowing in Corn – cool & windy Hester & Mr Faris Jack this day

27th Doct T. has been here 13 or 14 times to see Jordan Lowry & Buck Jordan particularly sick Weeding & Plowing Corn clear & windy my Bro Jonathon here at this time,- ^Tobacco Plants fine & beginning to dry a little —

28th Weeding & Plowing corn in Johns field

29th Plowing & weeding corn Planted Tobacco On Johns Branch yesterday morning as we had a late shower of Rain night before

30 went to Court House this day -

30 Made Sheep Pen Hilling Potatoe Patch working & Plowing corn etc very clear & dry & windy Sandy taken Sick yesterday

31 weeding & Plowing corn Sandy in House

June 1st Doct Thompson came to see the sick Jordan Lowry Sandy & abraham all sick Doct. Thompson has been here since 1st aprl about 14 or times I think Jordan bad off

1856 June 1st My Bro Jonathan left here yesterday will stay in Riceville a day or 2 & then he is going to Orange —

2nd Sent Henry to mill this morning 6 Bus corn & bro^t back 6 Bushels sent Mr Hancock 3½ Gallons vinegar Sent for my Lime & Plaster bro^t from Lynchg by Mr Yates dry weather at this time no Tobacco planted yet of consequence Cutting of Tobacco Hills at stony pint this morning & replanting Corn, & then weeding Corn in Johns field, trying to get done

3rd Car^d all the Tobacco to andersons we have striped,- weeding corn

4th Jordan Sandy Lowry Buck & Johnson all sick clem waiting on them -

4th Rained a little this evening we set out one square collard plants, weeding & Plowing Corn. & Lila Harrowing Cotton this June

5th Fair & clear this morning — working in corn to day I am going to Mr Hunts for Mrs Clements

6th Rained a fine rain last night planting Tobacco Sandy very sick sent for the Doct. etc etc

6th Fine Rain last night we planted Tobacco at Stony pint new ground. & part of fresh ground next to Crews — still cloudy & fine season

7th Finishing fresh ground next to Crews this morning Plenty of Plants to Plant every Hill we shall^have not done weeding corn yet began to Bed Lot this evening, Jordan Sandy Lowry & Buck sick and Johnson, too the Doct has been 3 times to see Sandy & between 15 & 20 times^{in all}

8th Fine day & not much Rain

9th Plowing Beding Lot Hilling & Planting Rained in the evening, shelling corn

1870 March 22 My Young steers Bushing in Oats — — — I went to Wm McHaneys after Dinner this evening — —

23 Fixing ground & all hands planting Potatoes Irish, Plowing Garden weather tolerable Nannie & Sallie gone to Mr Woodings Beautiful weather to day wind from NW

24 Sewing oats by Owens Barn Bill plowing

25 Sewing Oats again to day I went to old place & Whiteheads Store this evening planted Peas Beets & onions etc Mr Pringle came here 24th Inst. March & Grafted 30 or upwards of apple slips from Mr Kelleys & 6 or 8 dwarf Pears & 2 slips July apples here in this tree on hill towards Bridge corner of yard

26 I went to Millers Mill to day carried 6 Bus wheat for myself a BBbl flour ½ Bbl wheat lent Rich^d Carr^d 2 Turns 1 Bbl corn for us meal 1 Turn for Keatts of corn & one for Sam of corn for meal got it all, & brot it Home, Keatts & Sam went to Jennings Lains to help Roll Logs, Rained Very hard all the evening, -

27th Stayed at home Ed went to Jacobs to day

28 29th Burning Log Heaps this morning Little cloudy this morning then Sewing Oats part of the day

30 Sewing Oats & will get done all we have got out this evening

31st Raining all day Halled up stack oats on Hill got out pt of them & put balance in cutting House to feed on Keatts got my waggon & mules gone after wheat straw at Shields to feed the cow he has

Aprl 1st Cloudy ^{Keatts went home to striped his toba before night too} all day Striping Tobacco Sam & Ben

2 striping Tobacco Sam & Ben helping Raining

3 Raining a little all day ground Very wet I wrote 3 letters this week 1 to Jonathan Graves Clifton Hill [Mo?] 1 to Alo[n]zo Hunt Lynchg & alice Hunt