Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

13th Rained hard till 12 Oclock & then broke off Cool, we did do much out this day

14 Housing Tobacco & shoemaking

15 gone to Mr. John D Hunts to get apples to put up for winter = ground still full wet to sew wheat — = Picking out cotton

16th Sewing wheat in fresh ground next to orchard - spreading f[l]ax to rot 16 Sewing wheat in fresh ground next^orchard

17. D^o D^o & spreading out flax cutting down corn stalks next to middle^barn

18. Sunday S.S. meeting clear fine day

19. Finished sewing wheat in Granary lot & Killed Beef. weighed 200 lbs

20 Digging sweet Potatoes large frost & up for seed 1 Bbl in closet & Box & Bbl in stack ——— Top stack

21. Sewing wheat in fresh ground & putting up apples & Irish Potatoes

22nd Finishing fresh ground^sewingwheat & Pulling corn & halling wood

23. ^{sewed square opposit[e] to middle Barn}My wife taken sick before day this morning & about 8 Oclock in morning had her second children ^{Doct Sutphin & Mrs. Neal here} Girl Pulling & halling corn out of Big field left hand side of Path towards Barns —

24 Halling up corn etc —25th Sunday

26 Halling up corn & finished the big field

27. Shucking & Housing corn — & had at night a Shucking & finished

28 & 29th Finishing Housing^Corngot big corn House nearly full & short corn to Fatten Hogs & cutting down & getting up corn stalks to sew wheat —

30 Halling corn stalks & began t[o] Break up ground for wheat

1859 April 11th Mr Chumbly making Kates shoes. Mr Bell Cutting out fire place up stairs John pulling down chimney & going to put it up again Henry Halling Sand & wood, to day got 1 Bbl Lime from J.D. Hunts Est. very windy day. cleared off this morning

12 Began to Plant Corn this morning, in lot next to fresh ground, Jacob doing but little, John putting up chimney to House claiborne helping him etc Sent Jerry Smith down to Yates after a p^s Iron to go over fire place up stairs - warm day this day -

13th Planting below Barn on Branch nearly all day. Jacob done but very little John at work on chimney with claiborne to wait on him, I went down to aspen Grove Kitty complaining I had her moved in Kitchen

14th Last night about 10 or 11 Oclock they sent for me to go down to aspen Grove Kitty was Sick they also sent for Doct Thompson & Mrs. Neal all there about 1 oclock in the night & Kitties child a Girl Born about 3 Oclock this morning Halled some Sand up this morning John at work on chimney Set Coal Kill on fire this morning Planting Corn, last night Kate Sallie & Miss Simpson came here & this morning Jacob went off with them, - very windy to day & ^warm

15th Planting corn went after bricks Twice Halled 1 Load Sand, John at work on chimney, I went down to aspen Grove we are nearly done planting corn