Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1858 Oct 19 Cutting down corn at Cedar Hill & fixing Land for wheat here Cutting down & stacking Corn & sewing wheat nearly done next to orchard –

20th Oct overseer Jordan & claiborne gone to Cedar Hill to commence overseers House this morning balance here & there same as yesterday a little cloudy this morning Cut & spayed Hunts sows shoats about a a week ago, 8 in number —

21st overseer Jordan & claiborne at Cedar Hill Cutting Logs for his House to live in next ^year We finished Sewing wheat here to day sewed 21 Bushels Twenty one, this evening pulling Corn by malissas House from chickens alse & Jerry Smith scouring out overseers House here; Sent Lowry & Jim to Cedar Hill. Plowing for wheat in LotMr Wyatt Rounding & Jointing shingles 2900 @ 4/6 pr Thousand & I have agreed to give him $1 pr day & put a hand with him from the time he begins after fixing the shingles, say next monday morning —

22nd we all went to work on Road from Dews to Codeys to day - Balance shucking corn picking out Cotton

23rd Sent Henry to Faris mill with 1 Log 8 or 9 Bus. wheat for flour & & Bus corn for meal Balance gathering corn Mr Chumbly fixing corn shelling Room Housing Corn etc gathering cotton to day. I am going to Riceville etc & Cedar Hill flour Plank to go there this ^evening at home this day Mr J D Hunts Lucy Ann here etc

25th Began to sew wheat at Cedar Hill & Mr Wyatt & Henry shingling dwelling house Mr Chumbly at Here sewing wheat etc etc.

1858 Oct. 26th finished sewing wheat in Lot at Cedar Hill this day & went to Plowing at fresh ground shingling House Mr Wyatt & Henry - Mr Chumbley at aspen Grove & Jordan halling wood at work on corn shelling Room at Corn House finished sewing wheat in fresh ground at Cedar Hill

27th Finished sewing fresh ground at Cedar Hill shingling House Mr Chumbley at work at Plantation on Carriage house & covering negroes house Finishing shingling one side of house Jordan Halled wood at home & Halled wood for Mr Neale-

28. Chumbley & Jordan at home balance up at Cedar Hill sewing wheat & covering House ^{finishing corn shelling Room} – – – – – cloudy & like for Rain, Rained a little last night - put my hogs at Stoney pint at ^{this time -} Rained a little off & on nearly ^allday Just began to Shingle front side of House at Cedar Hill, Mr Wyatt left yesterday evening. We finished plowed up Land for wheat but did not Sew it. we shelled Corn & fix stable in evening -

29th Began to Strip ^^{^Tobacco} in new prize Barn to day all Come home from Cedar Hill, to day & last evening - still Raining

30th Went to appraise Mrs Stone Estate, Mr Chumbly Jordan & Lowry halled up Logs for overseers house at Cedar Hill gathered Succors here Skimed stable Logs etc gathered Cotton

31st Stayed at home all day little sick

Novr 1st Digging Sweet Potatoes this day & yams Sent Henry & jerry Smith to Cedar Hill Shingling House Sent to Buck ^{to Mill}5 Bags 9 Bushels Corn for meal - clear this morning

1858 Novr 2nd All at Cedar Hill Wyatt sick Henry & chumbly finished shingling this day & 3rd wound up House, covered negroes Houses Daubed Two & Chimneys etc Henry Pressed out Cider Balance Cutting wood, Halled wood & same

4th fixing up there finished sewing wheat ^^{nearly 15 Bushels sewed}

5. Began to move Halled 4 Loads Nannie Went up in morning & stayed at home Rained a little nearly all day moved Lila ^^wentup this morning, - carried up all safe but some chickens got smothered - & expect to try & finished tomorrow Friday ^Saturday 6th the 6 If it does not Rain —

6 Finished Saturday moving -

7th Nannie went to Edgehill to meeting in evening I went down to aspen Grove

8- Put up Our Fatting Hogs at Aspen Grove & Put up shoats to alter -

8 Halling up Corn at Cedar Hill Jordan bro^t up Sweet Potatoes Bacon Pig & Sundry other thing etc

9 Halling up Corn waggon & Cart

10th Finished Halling up Corn here & Halled 1 Load wood Henry Carr^d 2 Logs to worsham mill & ½ Bbl corn for meal & got 1 Turn which was there Shucked a little corn ^{Mr Lewis}altered my shoats ^{Buck & Robt & Kitty had Blankets at aspen Grove}at Aspen Grove 26 - Turned out 1 Boar & ^{claiborne Rhoda & Lila had Blankets here Cedar Hill}1 Sow more making 2 young Boars & 2 young sows & 4 old ones,-

11th Began to shuck Corn in morning & began to Rain & stoped us, shelled Corn Cleaned out nubbin House etc etc overseer cut out shoes for negroes etc Jerry went down home in evening- & Chumbly [lost?]

5th Decr 1858. All went to aspen Grove except Henry & family,- tolerable day —

6th Raining & striping Tobacco -

7th Raining & striping Tobacco here went to Aspen Grove 6th shelling corn fanning out nearly all day fixed Grind stone

8th Still cloudy & like for Rain,

9. cleared off in evening Striping Tobacco

10. Started after Mr Cothran Chumbly at work on his House up here Fed & alse cutting wood for Plant Bed moved sheep to mountain, etc etc

18th Cothran Came last night & he takes place of Chumbly at aspen Grove Henry went to Mill got little waggon at home & meal & 1 Turn flour for Negroes at Christmas brot Load up to Cedar Hill yesterday - from Aspen Grove - Cold clear day — This morning & yesterday getting slab Timber, Henry going to Faris Mill- to day get flour Horses shod get plank etc etc etc etc - clear day — got Flour & Plank at Fariss did not get Horses shod - had Mrs Hunt 1 Bushel wheat made into flour. got some Plank —

12 went to meeting — S. Stone

13 Raining this morning, Chumbly Sandy & Jordan Came up Henry halled 2 Loads wood, - rain Stoped him, striping Tobacco till evening worked a little on overseers Houses, Still cloudy —

14th Henry Halling up Slab Timber & wood Chumbly Jordan & Sandy at work on overseer House, Covered 1 Side & Scalped Kitchen

1861 May 6th began to Bed Cotton Patch halled some wood & scattering manure a little Raining in evening too hard to work out Mr Chumney & Bob in shop nearly all day Pinting 2 colters, pinting 3 Harrow Teeth etc mended Poker making Some Staples etc 5 Staples mended 1 clevice & pin, fixed 3 other Harrow Teeth, sharpend 4 H Hoes made some lap links mended up our Traces mended some time ago 2 Swingletrees put Iron on etc pinted 2 colters sometime ago. Mr Yates shod my mare Hester before & steeled 2 H Hoes for Cedar Hill making some lap links etc.

7th Putting up Scare Crows claiborne halling wood Chumney at work in shop this morning - fixing Cotton Patch Plowing Potatoes Beding Garden for Greens etc cleared off but very cool clary had a calf a few days ago, Planted some greens & Potatoes & did not begin to Plant Cotton Henry planting his corn. I went to aspen Carried Salt there to day –

8th Planting Irish Potatoes for late use Planted Cotton Broom corn & Sugar cane, water mellon Mus. mellon & cucumber simblings Greens, Peas etc etc Plowing up Tobacco Lot, getting wood etc etc

9th Mr Chumney & bob fixed prize beam this morning & at work on Carriage House, Henry & Washington at work coltering Second yrs land balance hilling let Mr Chumney have 2 Bundles Oats to feed Horse at his house Sent 1 Bushel Wheat for me to day

10th I went Patrolling last night nearly all night Plowed Irish Potatoes & Planted Some more Greens Coltering in fresh ground & Hilling Raining Beautifully to day doing some work in shop making Brooms, clem cooking –

11th Fine weather Mr Chumney & Bob at work on Carriage House balance Plowing & Hilling I am going to meeting –