Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1860 August 4th I went to Whiteheads Mill to see about sheeting Plank to avory Mustains for Grasty etc Hilling up new ground Tobacco & finished before night made Hog pen etc

5. I went to strait Stone, protracted meeting began & also one going on at Edgehill - -

6 ^Henry Hilling at work on Palings Lila sick in her House, tho she Spins some clem cooking balance butting Logs for Barn Henry cut 2 pines for slabs etc.

7th Went to meeting every day this week Nannie & Mrs Hunt & Sallie went to CH Monday morning To day Henry went to Millers Mill Brought home a Load of Palings & some sheeting & some flooring, Carried a Log we have 2 there now to saw 1 for sheeting & 1 for Square edged Plank & sheeting - balance worming Tobacco & getting up apples for Cider, etc weather dry & Hot -

8 they sent for Doct Thompson again for Emma 3 times to see her, called here Twice to see Jerry & Lila but did not come in the House We are getting up our apples to day & last evening - dry Hot weather

9. Henry nailing Boards On Clems & Rhodas Houses. Cutting in new ground Just began Butting & squaring Logs for Barn, -

10th Sent Jerry Smith to aspen Grove after 2 Bushels wheat ^for flour to carry to yates. Henry has gone after a Lamb & Harry meeting going on at Strait Stone,

11th Raining this morning. striping Tobacco Nannie Jere & Sallie went to meeting yesterday good meeting I & Jerry went to meeting cleared off about 9 or 9 Oclock —

31st Decr 1865. Cloudy all day S[…] little weather moderate Jerry Came[…]

1866 Janry 1st cloudy & raining ^little Sent Henry to Yates ½ Bb^l Corn for meal & claiborne to […] ½ Bb^l Corn for meal 1 for Henry Brooks

2nd. Janry 1866. Went up Jerrys Sent waggon & little Henry Carried Mules & bro^t home 2 Horse waggon, with 6 sheep left 5 up there for Jerry bro^t home my waggon Gear Corn Shelter warping bars spools frames. side saddle of Sallers. 2 Grub Hoe 1 Pole axe, 1 oxe ring mended by abram 1 Clevice D^o 1 pr stretchers some sweet Potatoes to eat. Prides waggon quilting frames & Basket & spools, 1 mole board new 1 Horse, 5 or 6 old n^o. 1 Plow P[o]ints to Plow this winter & my chop axe bro^t last Saturday, Rained all this evening

3rd Janry 1866. Halling wood & Cutting in new ground to day, has not rained any Snow smartly melted my wife Pride & Doran went to Jerrys to day & Susan Roarks. Peggy very sick & Rhoda with her

4th Very Cold all day fixing shelters at stable & Cow Rack for straw, Halled out straw & chaff & 2 Loads Pine Brush for shelters ¬–

5. I went to JD Hunts plantation & Mrs Colemans on business - our folks Cutting in new ground very cold to day & windy, ground hard frozen

6th. Cutting in new ground this day weather more moderate Old Peggy Died at Cedar Hill on the 4th day of this month & Buried at Mr Hunt Place, Mr. Edward Bybee had her Coffin made -

7th. I staid at home nannie went to Mrs Colemans & Pride & Doran with her Pride went to Edge Hill Very cold & windy in evening & cloudy

8th Janry. Very cold & windy (clear) Henry & claiborne burning Brush in new ground Little Henry Henry halling wood with Mules - to day

9th. Burning Brush & halling wood windy & cold

10th Finished Cutting fixing to mall & will begin to day in new to mall,