Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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,–

Just before they got there they passed a goodly number of Gypses with Carry alls & Horses all Camped Out in the Snow, they started from Bro Roaches Tuesday 2nd Feby & got to Mrs Hunts in evening & I went over there & we come home that night being from 3 weeks & 3 days & what is worst than all see but little of Richmond on account of the weather But If the Lord spare us & we can make our arrangements we will go together next time providence permitting & I will try & let her See something

5th Jerry is gone to Fannies W. F this morning We have halled up Fresh ground little Barn in new prize Barn & pack it down Cutting & Pilling wood at new ground Henry Cutting wood to fire plank Jordan & Jerry Smith or Buck halling out tobacco Stalks from prize shelter - like for Rain & very moderate weather, at this time snow has gone very much to day —

6th Halled a Load of Tobacco from old prize Barn to new to strip to day cloudy & like for Rain,-

7th Striping Tobacco all day ground very wet moderate weather Kate & Jerry came down yesterday – snow most gone. I went to meeting House to day -

8th Sunday Kate & Sandy went up to Fann ies to day- Rec^d a letter from Mr Jno D Hunt about renting Owen his overseers house & Owen here to day. Sent Jerry up to to see Shanks & his wife to day Sent them 3 lbs coffee & some Rice & Fannies Lila Bread & flour for them –

1857 Feby 25 Potaotes to day taking down Tobacco Lugs to prize Halled Load straw to Mr Neals Halled Sewed Collard Seed lettuce & mustard began to Rain about 11 Oclock & we went to striping Tobacco, tho it did not rain^much

26th Halling Tobacco from back of Garden to new prize Barn & old one to Strip Expect to cover Irish Potatoe Patch to day Jerry & little Henry gone to mill big Henry & Claborne Plowing Sandy Fed & Kitty malling in new ground, clear this morning & moderate,-

27 Sent little Henry to mill with wheat 2 Bushels for flour Jordan gone to Mr Millers plantation to Roll Logs Henry & claiborne Plowing alse Buck & Jerry Smith shrubing Corn Land fine weather a little cooler found shoats in Mr Neals field —

28th. Raining a little this morning; cooler than it has been malling & shrubbing in corn field,- Henry & claiborne plowing at Stony pint. Mr Wyatt at work here all the week On Porch floor dressing Post & flooring Plant — Our Hogs pesters us don't come up one Dead –

March 1st clear cool windy day —

2nd Malling in new ground, began to Plow in Lot & so cold & windy stoped & went to malling & halling wood. very cold & windy ground freesing hard - Netty hurt some how last night or yesterday covered & fenced in Plant Bed at new ground

3rd All malling to day not quite so cold as yesterday Buck Halling wood somewhat cloudy & cold Sewed Plant Bed slash Tobacco seed Turnip seed [water stain] - there ground hard frozen except Top

1857 June 26th Began to weed Tobacco in fresh ground on Johns Branch, Laying by Corn at mountain Spring Barn alse & Jerry Smith choping in core & Peas. Halled up Stack Blade Fodder this morning Rose & Mr Faris’s Jack this day Hester Refused very warm day Wrote to Jacob P Graves W^m. A Miller Miller & One to Lovelace & Mott Choped out new ground Tobacco & Plowing corn Laying by etc choping in Owens clearing to day —

27th Finished choping out new ground & choping in Corn owens clearing

28th went to Sunday School Fannie Kate & all here —

29th Fine Rain last night replanting Lot & new ground to day Sent to Mr Millers Plantation to day to_{& did not quite replant} get some ^Plants_{but got none} Wrote to Mr W^m. A Miller to pay Mr Charles L Cocke Hollin Institute $51.36 includingthat being the am^t I owe there including Doct Lemons medical Bill for Kate — Replanted new ground & nearly finished

30th Let Mr Crews have Henry clay to day to Plow cutting wheat. Sent Robin to be shod Fed & clem in Tobacco fresh ground next to^crews Abram Crews cut wheat this day Henry sick & sent for Doct Thompson, clem weeding Tobacco next to Crews

1857 June 30th clear fair day.-

July 1st Cutting wheat, Abram Crews cutting Rained in evening a little clem weeding Tobacco by Crews - did not Rain much

2nd July Runing 4 Plows to day & weeding down Tobacco next to Mr Crews.s Sent Buck & Jerry Smith to mill 2 Turns Corn for meal also Sent Mrs Hunt 5 Bushels wheat for 5 Bus corn, Just swapt wheat worth $1.70 ^Bushel corn about $6 pr Barrel,- Henry better — Very Cool & we are sitting by the fire —

3rd Very Cool. Rained a fine Rain last night & this morning we replanted balance of Lot & fresh ground next to Crews finished by 10 & negroes planted 1 hour then cutting wheat,

4th July Cutting wheat Abram Crews Came again yesterday at 12 Oclock & we are trying to finish to day - wormed over fresh ground Tobacco soon this morning clem & Jerry Smith at work in Tobacco ground next to ^Crews Sent Hester & Rose to J. & both refused

5 Started to Charlott about settling up Mrs Moseleys matters,

6th Plowing ^Corn & weeding Tobacco & choping corn

7 returned from Charlotte at 12 Oclock Plowing & choping - dry & Hot.- Mr Williams & Davis came about 12 Oclock to day

8th Plowing Corn & Laying by fresh field & at stoney pint Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground on Johns branch, weeding down Lot Tobacco

9th Plowing Corn to day & fresh field Sandy will finish Plowing fresh ground Johns Branch at 12 Oclock finished weeding Lot Tobacco

10th Raining this morning, all had started to work warm growing weather