Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1856 June 1st My Bro Jonathan left here yesterday will stay in Riceville a day or 2 & then he is going to Orange —

2nd Sent Henry to mill this morning 6 Bus corn & bro^t back 6 Bushels sent Mr Hancock 3½ Gallons vinegar Sent for my Lime & Plaster bro^t from Lynchg by Mr Yates dry weather at this time no Tobacco planted yet of consequence Cutting of Tobacco Hills at stony pint this morning & replanting Corn, & then weeding Corn in Johns field, trying to get done

3rd Car^d all the Tobacco to andersons we have striped,- weeding corn

4th Jordan Sandy Lowry Buck & Johnson all sick clem waiting on them -

4th Rained a little this evening we set out one square collard plants, weeding & Plowing Corn. & Lila Harrowing Cotton this June

5th Fair & clear this morning — working in corn to day I am going to Mr Hunts for Mrs Clements

6th Rained a fine rain last night planting Tobacco Sandy very sick sent for the Doct. etc etc

6th Fine Rain last night we planted Tobacco at Stony pint new ground. & part of fresh ground next to Crews — still cloudy & fine season

7th Finishing fresh ground next to Crews this morning Plenty of Plants to Plant every Hill we shall^have not done weeding corn yet began to Bed Lot this evening, Jordan Sandy Lowry & Buck sick and Johnson, too the Doct has been 3 times to see Sandy & between 15 & 20 times^{in all}

8th Fine day & not much Rain

9th Plowing Beding Lot Hilling & Planting Rained in the evening, shelling corn

1856 July 12th Finished Laying by corn with Plows, this evening - & nearly done hilling up new ground, Tobacco ¬– –

14th Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground next to Crews Doct T. came again to see Jordan clear hot Day

15th Finished Plowing fresh ground by Crews and Hilling it up & expect to finish to day

16 Sent Buck to Shop have Henry clay & Pompeys Shod Halling up wheat Plowing & Hilling up Lot Tobacco Have had a fine Day tho very Hot

17 Kate & me went to Rices to day very hot & dry Halling up wheat & working Lot Tobacco

18 worming Tobacco this morning & expect to try to finish getting up wheat to day Sent to Mill 2 Turns Corn for meal & to get 4 or five Turns there —

21 Plowing & Hilling up Lot Tobacco & p^s over on the mountain Henry & alse halling up & stacking Oats —^{or making reads for stacking} I went to Court this day

22nd Halling^{Doct T. came here Sunday call visit} up & stacking Oats this morning Kitty Sick, fine Rain last Friday evening

23rd Hilling up Tobacco on mountain Halling & stacking Oats to day my wife gone to Mrs Hunts Kitty sick yet. Took down Some of Our striped Tobacco this morning fine weather – I went to Court last monday – – – –

24 Finished yesterday stacking Oats put 10 stacks up & halled one Load in House finished Hilling up tobacco on mountain & pulled up flax clear & Dry – choping tobacco on Johns Branch & choping out cotton Henry Halling Rails & fixing fence & putting hogs in [water stain] Toped Tobacco on Johns branch & ^{to day}new ground [water stain] by Crews this evening

31st augt 1856 Fanny White came here & Kate & her children gone to Capt Fitzgeralds to day Rained & they stayed all night –

Sept 1st 1856 Rained all night quite cool Kate has not come home yet doing but little this morning raining Fed ^{& mending}shoemaking balance shelling Corn & spining Henry in shop about wheels etc

2nd Fair this morning & we are putting up & framing top of it Mr Wyatt came this morning, succoring & worming over tobacco to day - Kate car^d Fan =nies children home this evening, very cool Fannies Eliza sick at this time, - Nannie teeth & Jaws very sore & rising I am afraid,

=3rd Halled Logs etc for Barn put top on finished putting up Logs wyatt & Henry at work on barn pulling fodder till 12 oclock, clear day

4th Wyatt & Henry at work on Barn pulling fodder worming & succoring branch & new ground Tobacco to day & then we will daub & chink Barns to day — Jacob gone to Fannies to carry Kate to school Start Tomorrow morning morning gave her $45 started from here to day after 12 oclock on Thursday = clear pretty day —

5 wormed & succoring Tobacco till 12 oclock Then stacking Blade fodder & tying up till night put up 2 Stacks to day Henry & sandy been with Mr Wyatt at work on Barn got the top ready to raise

6th Put Top on Barn next to Mr Crews worming & succoring there — Halling up shingles wyatt stoped at 12 oclock gathering & stacking fodder on Path

We put her in the stable & fed her ^nightlast being such a dreadful night, she Kicked down the stall pieces & we turned her out, but about night I saw her still round the fence at the new prize Barn, lost another pig - Rhoda etc came here Saturday night to Clems weding & she is yet here & a little girl too, &the The Snow has completely stoped up the road above the Barn back of Garden so that nothing can get along as its as deep as a horse in places & very cold indeed,

20th Tuesday. Finished Peggys Coffin & between 10 & 11 oclock She was buried weather has mo= derated a little Shoemending & making Sallie a pr Spining & Picking Cotton etc - we have to cut a road round so that we can hall wood above prize barn,Henry Bottoming a chair to day & he is complaining a little, – Sent Mr. worsham 1 Bushel wheat last week by his son Richard Worsham

21st Halled out Straw & got up 1 stack fodder bottoming chair shoemaking & mending and Spining, Picking cotton, tolerable day over head ^Sent Mrs Coleman went home to day Sent Pompy to shop & mended Cutting Blades. — I went to Court & the first difficulty of snow was here at Crews hardly got along & up at Wallers in the Lane had to pull down fence & go thru field the snow impassable & then the same at Doct Thompsons, the same above Farris s Mill & then white Thorn & at Mr Richard Jones the same the Snow filling up the road for ¼ quarter of a mile as high in the road as my horse all over the

to get & cut them some wood. Balance picking cotton & in the House Fed & Sandy making Mats Henry mending Baskets etc etc Desperate time yet on every thing —

25th weather a little moderated but cold yet Little Henry is about to start to Mrs Hunts to see If Bob is gone after his Mistress & Nannie in Charlotte clem better this morning Snow melts but little & I think the roads are impassable yet tho I don’t know

Sunday 25th Snow melting & water droping off the house for the 1st time since fell a week to day. this is quite a still day weather moderated Smartly, — — Bob did not go to Charlotte yesterday Saturday

26th Halling wood to day waggon & Cart. Cart halled out straw in evening Mrs Neal come over thro the snow lent her some shoe thread & she wants wheat straw Alse & Kitty cleaning Out stables —

27th Sent 103 lbs Seed Cotton to Cap^t Gilbert to get Picked alse etc Picking Kitty spining Balance chinking new Barn next to Crews. Fed making Kates shoes cloudy & cool Snow melts but little If any Jordan & Henry returned & could not get their cotton Picked till tomorrow or next day, Bob started to Charlott monday morning & they had not heard from him Since he started, it Began to rain to day 11 or 12 oclock but did not rain much, finished chinking Barn still cloudy & like for Rain yet. — Abram & Jerry Smith Jinning cotton for several days. lent Miss Neals 1 Gallon meal Alse Picking cotton all day, weather has moderated very much,–