Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1846 Oct 31. Raining nearly all day

Novr 1st drizling rain nearly all day — 2. ground too wet to Plow Fed sho emaking. Henry gone to saw & Gras[ty] mill cleaning out stables & spining

3. Henry carried another large stack to saw mill Fed shoemaking Lila spins alse & Ann fencing etc etc wrote to Mr Dove to saw the Log sent yesterday into Hh^d Heading & the one carried this day into flooring^Plank out of the Hh^d Heading I am to return Mr Dove 74 feet of the same sort lent Spring

4th Sent to Saw mill & Gras[ty] Mill to day

5 Plowing up Land for wheat

6 Plowing up land for D^o

7 Raining a little nearly all day Henry went to shop & Mr. W^m Dews

8 Still cloudy Fed & Henry^{1 or 2 days this week}shoemaking this evening it cleared off Just before sun down

9th Sent another good size log wrote to Mr Dove to saw it into^full¾ squared ^Plankedges

10. Sent 2 Logs to saw mill this [da]y wrote to Mr Dove to saw first car^d into weatherboarding & next into squared edged Plank getting ^anext [skirting?] on sides — Fed shoemaking began to Grub in new ground yesterday & at it to day —

11 Plowing & Bushing inn wheat in Big field & Halling Stalks etc

12 Bushing & Plowing in wheat in big field Choping round stumps & etc etc etc Put up Steer mark, to fatten several days ago

13th nearly done the square by middle laid off first to sew in wheat & choped round the stumps etc etc

1853 Sept 3rd Rained all day Carr^d yes= =terday In all before to this night 20 Logs to Yates Mill not Sawed nor Devrd

4 went to W^m Dews s to see him ^hepling he is

5. Sent to Mill 10 Bus Corn for meal worming & succoring Tobacco & Toping^{this day}

=6. & 7 Pulled fodder at mountain & at home

8th Rained Caught all my fodder on ground

9th still raining. yesterday we squared Barn Logs wormed & succored Tobacco all over but second yrs ground Peggy Sally Ben & all the chaps nearly got bad Colds Sally has been sick Raining & Mr Irby gone Mr Lipscomb at work on Buggy shaft but cant do much on a/c weather

1[ink spot] went to meeting Mr Plunket Elected Preacher Mr Lipscomb worked a little this morning pulling on Buggy shaft. —

12 Toping worming & succoring gathering Blade fodder squaring barn Logs etc -

15. yesterday worming & succoring Tobacco & stacking fodder very sorry & not one stack of good saved yet - this morning worming & succoring & Toping new ground Tob. Killed Lamb squaring Logs. good deal of fodder on ground. we have stacked 5 stacks Blades worming succoring & toping new ground Mr Lipscomb left at 12 Oclock

16. Stacked one stack fodder next to orchard Finished worming & succoring new ground to day Pulled some fodder & Cut some Tops finished Halling Barn Logs —

19 Tying up fodder worming & succoring & Toping Tobacco, Squaring Barn Logs

20. Raining this morning

Feby 27th 1856 Walter Evans came this morning [illegible] Raining this morning, Shelling Corn shoemaking alse & Kitty spining, Hung up Balance of Pork say 24 m 24 S 24 H 11 Joles 83 in all Shelling Corn 3 or 4 of them,- moderate weather

28. Fencing & Halling wood & Rails Jordan & Sandy Malling at stony pint Mr Evans began 27th wednesday to work on Garden tho it rained in morning Thursday he is at work on it to day making most 2 days - Henry is going to Hall rails this evening around Corn field fence

29th Fencing this day Henry gone to saw & Griss Mill Carr^d Log for Paling & 2 Bags for meal, one at mill bring home & railing Fine weather Fannie come down & staid 3 days Sandy malling at stony pint —

March 1st Raining Halling Racks & taking down Tobacco - — I went up to mount airy & in presence of Mr W^m C Grasty Registered a letter to Pumpkin pile PO Polk County Geo enclosing $49 S C money to Edmond D Johns being his part of Francis McCullocks Debt Due McCullocks Est,- — Cold Rain^{to day} Mr Evans worked 3 days p^d him & he is gone

8th Sent to Saw & Griss mill 4 Bus corn for meal & 1 Log for Pailings got 4 Bus meal, Plowing for Corn Burnt Plant Bed on Road & sewed it this week p^t not burnt, but Guanoed, malling wood, cleaning up in corn field made 2 Bridges to day - Planted Irish Potatoes to day & Goard Seed, etc Covered all our Plant Beds yesterday Mr W^m Dews Died this day soon in morning & Buried on Sunday the 9th March 1856

10th sent up to Fannies to day ^{she rented the Kitchen} Peg moved there to him as long as they entirely agree @ $1.00 – Plowing for Corn Grubbing up Rushes on Ditch malling wood in new ground