Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1851 Oct. 13th Sent Henry to Colo Smiths plantation to Exchange 6 Bushels wheat to sew, in fresh ground Tobacco Land on mountain, We are this evening Hanging last Cutting there & Plowing up Tobacco Hills to begin to sew tomorrow Clear this evening & windy this morning was very like for Rain, still warm —

15th Finished mountain field fresh ground Tobacco Land Digging Irish Potatoes

16th day of the month, sent to Mr Grastys to Raise^barn Clear & moderate weather

18. Finished Housing Tobacco, Dug our Sweet & Irish Potatoes yesterday & day before also sent 2 Hands to majr Grastys to Raise Barn Killed a little Beef this morning — cutting down Corn going to sew wheat If it does not Rain Henry Halling wood & Land

19 A Fine Rain ^Rain last evening & night fine weather, - Sold Jane yesterday morning to Mrs Mary Moseley of Charlotte for $600 fine weather about this time

20. Plowing Lotts for wheat cutting Corn cleaning Out stables firing Tobacco Halling leaves etc

21 & 22 Sewed 2 Tobacco Lotts in wheat one at prize barn & one by new Barn, sewing in fresh field to day 22nd firing Tobacco in 2 Barns Sewed about 24 Bushels at Mrs McCullocks to this day – – no rain, cleared of

30 went to CH as school Com. Aff[airs] Rain this day not quite done seeding wheat - cleared off stayed all night Mrs McC

31 Finished seeding wheat in fresh field Sewed now between 25 & 30 Bus. weather still moderate & arm Bot at Rob^t McCullocks Sale 1 Calf $1 & 1 chest 25¢ — Seeding rye at old Mrs McCullocks Jeremiah Pallison Fitzgerald son of F.WF. Born 20 Oct 1851 Turn backward as thats Blank

1853 augt 11th Sent Fed to Mill 10 Bus. corn for meal Henry Halling Logs to mill Yates, Hilling up 3rd yrs Tobacco working ^Irish Potatoes Cotton & Garden, - fine weather ——

15th Halling up Timber this morning Mr Lipscomb Jointing shingles Mr Irby not here clear fine weather, Election for Judge

19 yesterday & to day thrashing wheat Doct Thompsons machine, working Lot Tobacco Toping Tobacco etc etc finished & Carried ^{away saturday} machine

21 my wife gone to Mrs Hunts to go to Charlotte in morning & Jacob & Sallie, I went to day to Riceville to see Doct Thompson & carr^d Jerry Smith about his Jaw

25 Halling up Logs for Barn Hewing yesterday & day before & cleaning Out place for House Mr Irby Just finished shingling about 12 Oclock working Out Our Second Yrs Land of Tobacco. went yesterday upon On River for Mrs clements Doct Thompson Came by here called from Mr Lewis to Jerry Smith cloudy & like for Rain

27 Toped wormed & succored Tobacco to^{got over} day all Halled up some House logs I paid $3 for our church to association which is not paid to me — gave to Brother Hagood in association for Preaching to Bufaloe $2, & $1 missionary society – - -

31st Halling Logs to saw mill to day - Succoring Tobacco over, cutting stacks etc

sept 1st Cutting stacks & getting Plates & Joist for barn Shrubing in fresh ground, ^{I am} going to Mrs McCullocks to Settle with Adkinson & Divide Oats etc

1853 Decr 3rd Given out all the negroes their shoes, Fed alse Jordan, Henry & malissa had Blankets this year or to day – clear & fair day weather very cool Brought Filmore Home this evening, Mr Miller School Broke up last evening

7th Sent 2 Logs to yates for scantling 16 went to Mrs McCullocks after Plows etc Balance Cutting & Grubbing in new ground

8th Henry Halling 1 Log to Yates ^{for sheeting}this morning Balance Cutting Snowing this morning Haled another & then went to Mrs McC

9. Halled 2 this morning for sheeting plank & then an oak one for Box Plank & now one for Hh^d Staves, Balance Cutting in new ground very cold to day look like for snow

12 Halling Rails Round fresh ground Cutting & Grubing in new ground fine weather John D Hunt & Lady here last Saturday night. Mrs Overby Died in Charlotte as we hear on morning between 5 & 6 oclock in morning the 10th Decr 1853 Elder Plunket Preached his last Sermon on Sunday & I paid him in behalf of the Church $65–00

15th Decr Begun to Burn Plant Bed on branch above House over 20 yds square took us 3 days nearly

17th Sent Henry to Farris Mill 1 Bbl Corn & 1 Bbl wheat.

19 went to Court stayed 2 days about Decree to Divide McCullocks Est.

1856 Jany 27 This Day Snowing again began soon in the night last night tho not very Deep cloudy & like for Rain & Did Hail & Rain a little this day —

28th Fair this morning & Cold & snow melts but little yet & we have nothing in this month but get wood feed & sit by fire make Brooms Baskets Malls & Gluts 2 Lambs living & 2 Dead as we Know of Went to Fannies last Thursday or friday & engaged her a Overseer Dan^l Barber for 1856, etc etc But overseers House of Mr Hughes have to move it & put it up ————

29 Getting wood at stony pint quite cold & snow melts but little no more Lambs one sheep sick

30 Cutting at new ground Henry & some of the negroes Halling chaff & cleaning out Granary for Oats, very Cold to day north western wind & in shade freezing all day alse shelling Corn, etc

Feby 3rd Snowed on Sunday I was in charlotte attending to Mrs Moseleys Will etc found Jacob quite sick & stayed down there 9 days - etc our folks finished striping all the Tobacco down finished Cutting in new ground & went to malling -

12 went down to F McCullocks after my Buggy & went to meadsville after Jacob Trunk & Pay off his acc^ts etc - very rough weather indeed & yesterday very windy & cold

13 malling & spining etc etc Jacob went to Fannies yesterday or monday - - agreed with with Mr McCullocks to get Mrs Colemans negroes from Mrs Moseley & carry them to Halifax Febry Court - for $6-00 Last night it Snowed again not very deep quite Cold this morning Hung up 14 shoulders 16 midlings 16 Hams 6 Joles & 2 p^s Beef to Smoke

1856 Feby 15th This has been truly a rough Winter On me having to attend to Fannies W Fitzgeralds business to go to Charlott & to Meads ville on Jacobs acc^t & found Jacob sick in Charlotte, - & the weather so extremely rough snowy & Cold now cloudy & like for rain or Snow again, malling wood in new ground & Cutting there or rather in Second yrs ground Henry halled up little stack Oats this morning & then halling wood alse break =ing flax my wife gone to Mr Jno. D Hunts to day – –– &c. ————— Fixing this evening take down old prize Barn Tobacco - Lambs coming & Dying Sheep Dying one Sow missing this morning

1856. very cold & windy - since 15th we have been halling wood malling etc

Feby 18 went to Court Swapt Horses for Fannie Philip for Horse Top gave $25 for Boot Mrs Coleman Sow found Dead last Monday morning

22 Halled Logs to Yates Saw mill 2 or 3 days say 2 Logs for Palings & 2 for Railing etc Finished malling in new ground Raking for fence etc began to mall on mountain getting Garden Posts, Sent to Mill & got 8 Bus meal & 8 Bushel of wheat into flour Halled up stack fodder & leaves in old prize Barn & one back Garden I went to Chalk Level Colo Dickinsons etc to day, about Johns matter & wrote to A McKee about James McCullocks Debt etc

23 Malling & Cutting wood for Plant^{on Road} Bed Getting up Garden Post & halling wood Fine weather, loosing our sheep & lambs went to Riceville to day