Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

10th We are Harrowing & working Out Lot Tobacco & on Branch Laying by Corn, Jerry & me walked to Strait Stone to meeting to day

11th went to meeting Carr^d Mrs Neal sacrament^{to day}

12th Laying by Corn prizing Tobacco & working Out Lot Tobacco & Cotton etc cloudy & like for ^Rain

13th Rained more or less all day yesterday & last night, nearly all night, ground very wet, prizing Tobacco Plowing Turnip Patch & choping Bushes out of new ground Tobacco at mountain spring =Jacob stayed here last night,-

14th Rained last night hard we are this morning thinning Corn, Sent Buck^^with 4 Bushels Corn to Yates for meal & to bring home overseers flour carried down there last week Sent little Henry to Faris mill 1½ wheat for flour, & her Rose to the Jack She had to do with him

15 Laying by Corn 4 Plows balance taking mould off fine Tobacco in new Barn, till 12 Oclock then working & Harrowing Tobacco in Lot. Tobacco very much mould in Barns; cloudy & like for Rain again

16 Prizing fine Tobacco to day & sunning good from Barn back of Garden got all out of that House sunning to day - Plowing & will nearly get done Laying by this evening, Harrowing & working Lot Tobacco & Malissa in Cotton Patch Fine growing weather at this time.

17th Finished Laying by Corn Peas & Potatoes Plowing Tobacco next to chumblys & in Lot & working of it, prizing Tobacco 2 Hd^d under prize 1 good & 1 fine,- Lowry came down & to day I have sent Jordan & Jim up to Cedar Hill for them to stack Oats, fine weather Sent off Lynchg by H. Wade 2 Hh^ds Tobacco @ $5. Hhd I found him & paid 87½ for toll, second rate & good sent

1858 July at work in Tobacco & Toping —

Augt 1st Sunday — Hot weather I am sick

2nd Finished working Tobacco, sewed Turnips in Tobacco Lot last week —

3rd Choping in Corn & getting up apples

4 Beeting apples, & halled from stoney p[o]int this ^{Sent Buck to Mill 4 Bags 2 Bus in each 1 overseer}morning choping in corn, overseer Henry & Jordan gone up to Cedar Hill to Dig Cider trough, clear Hot weather, Turned Horses in Stoney pint

5 worked on Road to day balance choping in corn, Beet Cider in evening Fair Hot & Dry weather every thing wants Rain, Corn begins to Fade — agreed with Coalsman Chumbly for another year to live at Cedar Hill & work in plantation or out, am to give him $140 to be paid when crop sold 1860 Find him 300 lb Pork & 4 Bushels Corn & 1 Bb^l wheat & same agreement for 1859 as 1858 as pr agreement signed 6 augt 1858.

6th Halled up Shock Oats from mountain Beeting cider this morning & then Toping worming & succoring Tobacco

7th Toped over Tobacco wormed & succored over We had a fine shower Rain last night Taking some of our bus to night

8th Went to meeting to day

9th Choping in corn worming & succoring over Tobacco Cutting out place for overseers house Sent Henry up to Cedar Hill to restack Oats to Keeping them from spoiling & to finish Cider Trough, etc

10th went to meeting some of our folks went

12th Mr Chumbly & Henry has been at work on Thilling Room by Corn House balance worming succoring over Tobacco fair & Dry Mr Crews buried yesterday died day before,–

August 14th We are Toping & worming over Tobacco. Cloudy & like for Rain, Turned Cooler last night

15th Meeting at Strait Stone Broke up this evening 3 Baptized 8 or 10 mourners, I Sent by Henry Harris 20 Cents to Rob^t Harris in mistake in our settlement a few days ago Sent to Mill this morning 6 Bushels Corn

16th for meal ^^{& 3 Bushels wheat to be ground like corn} for ourselves Toping & worming Tobacco this morning Very dry & nights cool every thing burning up — Demarcus Lain]D Lain came here this morning & we are going up to Cedar Hill to fix still Tup Barrels & put Lock on Cellar door etc Mr. Evans worked 3 days last week on Ditch cleaning out Ditch at 1½ cents a yard

17th Began to fix for thrashing made a little start in evening Lowry & Kitty here & Jacob 2 mules

18 Thrashing wheat till Dinner & then a fine Rain came upon us, very fine Rain, Halled up Fodder in evening & stacked it by Cotton Patch worming & succoring Tobacco in Lot

19 Finished Thrashing wheat this morning & went up to Cedar Hill carried Bed 3 Bbls Cider for Brandy & getting apples to make cider

20th Sewed Turnip Patch this morning all gone to Cedar Hill Beeting & getting up apples but Sandy, Sent little Henry to Faris mill & Hester to J. carried 3 Bus wheat for flour Mr Evans finished Ditching here pd him $3.65 this day-

21st Begun to still Mr Lain helped part of the day still 2 still fulls, Sandy Toping Tobacco Put up and pressed out 4 Bbls nannie came up this morning etc

22nd Came home Nannie stayed all night with me at Cedar Hill I stoped stilling about 10 Oclock in night No Rain yet, dry windy^weather

23rd I went back to Cedar Hill to still Rum 2 still fulls car^d from home by 11 or 12 Oclock^{monday night}

24th Doubled all day nearly & made upwards of Twenty Gallons Brandy - Pressed out Cider Beet apples with 4 of our hands balance with overseer worming & succoring finished Toping this day — clear & dry – Mr Lain went up to Cedar Hill worked on shelter gate etc stayed^{2 days}

25 wormed & succoring over Tobacco overseer making me a pr shoes clear & dry

26 We Raised Barn at mountain –

27 Pulled down & moved overseers House alse & Jerry Smith worming & succoring Tobacco in Lot. Had Lowry here yesterday to help us Raise Barn,-

28th Began to put up overseers House it set in to Raining & Rained smartly thank the Lord, & then we went at again about 10 & Balance worming & succoring Lot Tobacco

29th went to Strait Stone meeting to hear Mr McLaughlin few Persons

30 working on overseers House shingling ^{& sheeting} I went to see Sarah McCullock,- worming succoring Tobacco,-

31st all except Sandy & Jerry smith gone to Cedar Hill to save forest, & I am stilling

Sept 1st at Cedar Hill Beeting cider &^Stilling except Sandy & Jerry smith Toping & succoring Tobacco at mountain spring

2nd Same work 31st & 1st Sept this day we are at home pulling fodder clear & dry Sent little Henry to Miles Tucker for overseer to get Corn for him, & sent to mill for ourselves claiborne went & Carried 1 Turn Two Bus. Corn & brings back one [C] 3 Turns there, stilling at Cedar Hill

3rd working in Tobacco & Fodder & I am stilling at Cedar Hill made upwards of 14 Gallons Brandy

4th Sept 1858 Worming & succoring Tobacco & Taking care of fodder — I am going to Cedar Hill this morning & expect to stay there to night me & my my - I have been there the best part of 2 weeks stilling & getting Cider etc & Jacob Graves I don't think has been any whole day since I have been there at home, gone to day to meadsville No Rain yet dry & Hot

4 Fannie & Kate & Sallie came down to day^yesterday Fine Rain this evening after which Fannie went to Cap^t Fitzgeralds, Kate & Sallie went up to Fannies this 5th in evening —

6th we are fixing to stack fodder this morning & then pulling to day - clear fair morning I have made 16 Jugs full of Brandy 10 at home & 6 at Cedar Hill making 16 in all & Jug holds 2 Galls 1½ quarts. Cap^t [L] Clements still, pulling fodder at Cedar Hill

5 I am going up there to day to sew Turnip Seed etc my Patch has come very ^{well at home} =nights quite cool, very sorry crop of corn & Tobacco & wheat tho the Rains helps many things,

6th Pulling fodder at home clear & dry Stacked 4 stacks here last night & expect at Home this evening & at Cedar Hill this evening lent Mrs Neale ^{to go to mill} Fillmore Jacob went away last Saturday morning & got back last night after 9 Oclock in the night & I came home between 10 & 11 Oclock in the night — Sent buck to Mill this morning with ^waggon 6 Bus. Corn & Sent after 6 Bushels meal at mill & my hog at Mr Millers Plantation got my Hog at home Stacked 1 stack at Jacobs