Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1848 Sept 30 Cutting Tobacco in big & little new ground & making Tobacco sticks Finished curing 2 Houses Tobacco & about prize Barn at this ^timefair & warm Sent Henry to Mr McCullocks & Exchanged Ten 10 Bus. wheat, as his is whiter than mine, mine is a little mixed, — with red wheat some how cut 625 sticks Tobacco in Lot - Second cutting in big & little new ground [lost in margin] sticks in second yrs ground is sticks, making in all

Oct. 1st Raining this morning & untill nearly 12 oclock, warm weather —

Oct 2 Cut & Hung up to this day 3000 & over. finished cutting in big new ground worming second yrs ground & succoring Halling wood & shoemaking —

3 Halling up old Top stack & stacking straw etc etc Fed shoemaking Sent 125 lbs old Iron to Miles Tuckers & sent Henry to Jno Tucker for 1000 shingles for X saw, worming & succoring Tobacco began to Pull Mountain field corn,

4th Halling Tobacco out of new ground to mountain field Barn & Halling corn home from mountain field

5 Housing Lot Tobacco shucking & Housing corn put in corn house about 13 Bbls

1856 May 24th Millys Calf is a week or ten days old a Heifer we have Seven Lambs etc Jacob gone to Fannies to day - Election is over votes stand for Justices in this the 7th District Miles N Tucker 50 JWGraves 46. Sam^l T Miller 45. Thomas T Adams 38 & Doct John H Estes 32 votes for Sheriff in this Precinct Whitehead upwards of 60. Bennett about 13 for Commonwealth attorney Treadway Forest constable Ja^s P. Lewis overseer of the Poor for Comm. Yates 27 Tucker 18 Shelton Vincent 14 Shelton Sam^l T. 1.

25. Fair windy dry day Jordan Lowry & buck Sick Wed Corn yesterday Saturday by Johns’s spring Coltering before the Homes & Harrowing

26th Cutting off Second years ground Hills Henry Plowing in Corn – cool & windy Hester & Mr Faris Jack this day

27th Doct T. has been here 13 or 14 times to see Jordan Lowry & Buck Jordan particularly sick Weeding & Plowing Corn clear & windy my Bro Jonathon here at this time,- ^Tobacco Plants fine & beginning to dry a little —

28th Weeding & Plowing corn in Johns field

29th Plowing & weeding corn Planted Tobacco On Johns Branch yesterday morning as we had a late shower of Rain night before

30 went to Court House this day -

30 Made Sheep Pen Hilling Potatoe Patch working & Plowing corn etc very clear & dry & windy Sandy taken Sick yesterday

31 weeding & Plowing corn Sandy in House

June 1st Doct Thompson came to see the sick Jordan Lowry Sandy & abraham all sick Doct. Thompson has been here since 1st aprl about 14 or times I think Jordan bad off

1857 April 3rd Carrying Manure in Garden this morning Breaking Colts to work bushing Oats, Raking leaves at new ground claiborne & little Henry Plowing for corn very cool & dry & I think all the fruit Killed with cold, about this time Colts Rose worked tolerable Netty done very badly. Kicked & Jumped very much, she would not work with Pompy at all, but we made work some by herself, Halling out leaves on corn field from new ground in evening -

4th Putting manure on Plant Beds this morning Plowing for Corn, Raking leaves, weather yet cloudy - 3 Sows has got Pigs fourteen or fifteen

5th Went to Organise Sunday School raining in the morning no person there paid Doct Estes $10. for Mr Crews - clear’d off in evening

6th Raining in morning set Log Heaps & leaves on fire wind Blowing very hard I went to Mrs Hunts, etc etc —

7th Helping Mr Crews roll his Logs this morning I am going to Riceville working at new ground this morning & then fencing. Jordan Coltering — Balance plowing, sold Mr Thomas W Anderson my Crop Tobacco made 1856 for $12 pr 100 lbs round ^{I wait 12 months for}$500 Cash & Balance with In^t Weather fair & Cool, & little more moderate this evening — — —

8th Fencing Plowing, Sent little Henry to shop & mill 2 Bus. Corn Sent & bring home 2 Bushels wyatt at work on Porch

9th Plowing for Corn Owens clearing shrubing for Corn in fresh field Jordan collering, Sent to Miles N Tucker agent for 1 Plow Single Horse

1857 April 9th Mr Wyatt at work on upper floor. I helped him yesterday finished lattice & to day finished upper floor all he can do now & about 5 oclock he left. Mr Tucker has altered our shoats & cut 1 Calf to day —

10th Raining this morning Shelling corn mending Shoes Burning Log Heaps & will Plow at 12 Oclock. Halling Logs My wife & Jerry gone to Fannies yesterday morning - cool rain, etc

11th Plowing with 3 Horses this morning Sent Sandy to Millers Mill 8 Bus. Corn 4 Bushels wheat for flour & let Henry have ½ Bushel,= Balance our hands fencing where fence was burnt at mountain field & shrubing there Jordan & Buck Halled up stack Oats & for Coltering at new ground, cool weather & every thing backward nearly all fruit Dead Went to Cap^t Clement Funeral Masonic Parade

12th Went to Sunday School Just commenced this day Jerry Sick, cloudy Cool day

13th Snowing this morning Easter Monday Sallie at home, Lila complaining Commenced snowing between light & sun rise. 1 Oclock in Evening it has been snowing all day and at it yet snow in places where it did not melt as fast as it falls is 3 or 4 Inches Deep.

14th Plowing in Evening, coltering in second years ground & finished shrubing corn Land & commenced Hilling in second years ground

15th Plowing for corn Hilling. tremendous windy to day & cold - Turned out Hh^d Tobacco

16 Coltering in new ground this week carried Hh^d Tobacco to Riceville 1058 lbs @ $12 malling till 12 Oclock [water stain]

24th Doubled all day nearly & made upwards of Twenty Gallons Brandy - Pressed out Cider Beet apples with 4 of our hands balance with overseer worming & succoring finished Toping this day — clear & dry – Mr Lain went up to Cedar Hill worked on shelter gate etc stayed^{2 days}

25 wormed & succoring over Tobacco overseer making me a pr shoes clear & dry

26 We Raised Barn at mountain –

27 Pulled down & moved overseers House alse & Jerry Smith worming & succoring Tobacco in Lot. Had Lowry here yesterday to help us Raise Barn,-

28th Began to put up overseers House it set in to Raining & Rained smartly thank the Lord, & then we went at again about 10 & Balance worming & succoring Lot Tobacco

29th went to Strait Stone meeting to hear Mr McLaughlin few Persons

30 working on overseers House shingling ^{& sheeting} I went to see Sarah McCullock,- worming succoring Tobacco,-

31st all except Sandy & Jerry smith gone to Cedar Hill to save forest, & I am stilling

Sept 1st at Cedar Hill Beeting cider &^Stilling except Sandy & Jerry smith Toping & succoring Tobacco at mountain spring

2nd Same work 31st & 1st Sept this day we are at home pulling fodder clear & dry Sent little Henry to Miles Tucker for overseer to get Corn for him, & sent to mill for ourselves claiborne went & Carried 1 Turn Two Bus. Corn & brings back one [C] 3 Turns there, stilling at Cedar Hill

3rd working in Tobacco & Fodder & I am stilling at Cedar Hill made upwards of 14 Gallons Brandy