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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 12
September 17, 1859 - October 1, 1859
17th Sept 1859 Firing tobacco here & Cutting Tops, windy day -
19th went to Court we are cutting Tops & finished Halled & cut wood clem worming & succoring Tobacco cloudy & like for Rain,
20th. Firing Tobacco: Halling wood etc
21 Rained all day nearly
22nd Succoring Tobacco. Rounding & Jointing Shingles - fixing scaffold etc cl[e]ared off
23rd Finished worming & succoring Tobacco gathered Peas Halled Cold wood & Rock for chimney went to Cutting & shrubing Mrs Hunt left here to day gone to CH Henry & Chumney nailing on shingles & fix Table etc - I went to aspen Grove & Mr Neals
24th Henry halling Logs to Whiteheads Mill & Halling Plank from mill Balance cutting & Shrubing for Corn - made fodder stack from yesterday -
25th went to Green field meeting to day
26 We are stacking our Tops this morning warm moderate weather We have 6 six 3 - for sheeting 3 for squared Edge forflooringLogs at Whiteheads carrd this time & had 2 there not sawed before
27th Halling Logs again to day for sheeting. worming & succoring Tobacco overseer getting rafters for stable & Joice,- warm moderate weather - We have 12 Logs at Whiteheads saw Mill to be sawed into Squared Edged full ¾ thick & some into sheeting plank. Sent down to Plantation & got 2 Turns Corn & 1½ Bushels wheat for Horses
28 & 29th Cutting Tobacco over & stack Tops thisweek
30th Cutting over finished, cut first time 950 stacks here second time 1150 stacks making 2000 stacks here & they have cut about 4600 at aspen Grove
Oct 1st Saturday hanging Tobacco out of Lot.
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 13
May 31, 1861 - June 6, 1861
1861 May 31st Chumney taken Sick yesterday taking Physic, working out his Potatoes etc this morning,- Henry Harrowing his Corn- Cutting off Tobacco Hills to plant Tobacco cloudy & like for rain, Sent 1 Colter to pint to yates shop they shod Hester Phil & Robin & steeled 2 H Hoes - this year
June 1st Cloudy & like for Rain, began to Plow on Creek yesterday, Bob finished Paling yesterday - Plowing & weeding Corn on Creek to day - chumney not out yet
2nd Sunday Clear fine day Mrs Hunt went to Mrs Colemans yesterday with her home Nannie & me went to Green field meeting I came back & went to Strait Stone at 3 Oclock nobody there at Prayer meeting - Raining a little in evening Mr Dallas staid here last night
3rd Plowing & weeding Corn on Creek Fine rain this evening planted some Tobacco on road, fine growing night
4th Planting Tobacco to day fine season Finished another new ground here in old field replanted greens etc etc
5th cloudy this morning sent to mill for Chumney thining our Corn & I am going down to Plantation this morning
6th Rained some last night. Henry bro’t 1 Load of weather boarding last night from Millers, carried 1 Log for weather boarding & sheeting & card 1 Bbl corn for meal, finished thinning corn & working out Garden Mrs Hunt came back yesterday & Bob here this morning Digging Hole & working on yard [faded] & weeding Corn on Creek