Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1849 Jany 26 Finishing Plant Beds above House sewing^{& Fencing} covering etc - cloudy & like for Rain — weather warm — 1 Bed Large one 15 yds Square & the other 11 yds Square

27th Cutting Large growth in new ground & Halling Rails for Corn field fence, James East relinquished his Lease of Hill field Plantation this & its rented to AW Worshom & Tho^s East Junr ^{son of Thomas East}

28 cloudy & like for Rain, my wife gone to Mrs Hunts 29 gone to Mrs Hunts etc

29 cutting big growth in big new ground weather moderate a like like Rain

31 Loaded waggon with Lugs & started to Lynchg about 10 Oclock wednesday & got back Friday night about 1 Oclock in night made trip in 2½ days sold Lug at 1-60,- carr^d nearly 1000 lbs while we were gone made little new ground fence Halled wood, & making up out side corn field fine weather cleared off last night tho it has been cloudy & Rainy all the week, nearly

Feby 1-2nd Fencing out side corn field [fr?] – 3. Still D^o weather cloudy & cool 4 Rainy- 5. Still cloudy & Rain

5. Striping ^{Halled up a stack Oats & straw to rack}Tobacco in new ground barn

6 Malling Halling wood & cleaning up new ground, - weather windy & cool

7. Sent Henry to Doct Whites Mill 1 Large Log for Paling & 2 Bags Corn 1 Bbl - malling & stacking wood etc etc etc

8 Have 5 Logs at mill only bro^t home one Rolled Logs in Little new ground after 12 oclock, put up about 6 or 7 heaps & car^d out the wood malled before Rolling ^{swingling flax} Lila 

10th. Augt 1849 Raised Tobacco House near Granary this day, notched up by 2 Bookers & 2 Kits Mrs Colemans & Mrs McCullocks Kits Colo Smiths & Cap^t Fitzgeralds Booker very well done Bro Simpson & Boker both here — clear good day for our work —

11. we are grubing & cutting on Branch Halling gravel for walk & Hewing down Tobacco House & squaring Logs for Henrys house Clear & fine weather — Jane Gravelling walk before Door

13th Augt. Henry Heaving down Tobacco House Lila cutting on Johns Branch, & when done she is to Chop out cotton, & get out flax seed. Fed alse Jane & Ann began to Grub new ground on mountain adjoin =ing mountain field this morning for a start — clear & fair

14 worming & succoring & toping Tobacco Henry Hewing down Barn —

15. Treading out Mr. Neals wheat got out about 16 or 17 any rate I got 2½. trod cleaned & brot the fan home by Dark — Fed Toping Tobacco the Balance worming & succoring, clear & dry Day —

16. Fed gone to mill with nearly a Bus. corn 2½ wheat. Henry finishing toping ^{for this week}over Toba Jane alse & ann gone to Grubing in ^{& Fed when he gets back}new ground Lila & Jordan getting out flax seed & gath[er]ing Herd Grass seed etc.

17 Henry Hewing down Barn for sever= =al days. 4 Grubing in new ground ^gathering Lila Herds Grass seed Dry weather at this time

18 Same Grubing Henry gone to Capt Gilberts mill with 9½ Bushels corn borrowed of Mrs Hunt to be returned next spring. Lila & Jordan cutting & shrubing for corn 2 or 3 pretty showers to day went to Mrs Colemans & Rented out her Hillfield plantation etc.

1849 august 19 quite cool this morning. my wife gone to Mrs McCullocks & Catharine S to go to school with Mildred Ann E. McC they Board her for nothing Milly stays here some & so change about, cloudy

20th Milly Ann E. McCullock starts to school to Mrs Walkup same Terms as Catharine S. Raised Henrys House & Forage House near stable Succoring & worming Tobacco this day —

21st Henry & Fed gone to Mrs Lewis to Raise Barn Succoring & worming Tobacco etc etc as Hot a day ^{& night} as I ever felt in my life I think some little appearance of Rain in ^{but did not}evening

22nd clear morning a little foggy in South Topping Tobacco worming & succoring This day Fanny W. went to charlotte with miss Ruths & Jno D Hunt, started last Thursday -- still Hot Mr Martin a clock Doctor stayed here last ^night fixed clock in sitting room gave him a $1- for it

23 Worming Tobacco & Grubing in new ground Henry Hewing down Barn & this House A fine Rain in evening, Lila ^{after morning}spining

24. Same work to day. nearly done grubing

25 Fanny W. returned from charlotte worming Tobacco this morning Shrubing corn field. Henry halling Rails for hog pen

26 went to association Buffaloe clear hot day

27 Henry sick, shrubing corn field

28 worming & succoring Tobacco, & toping Henry still in House clear & dry - Jerry had Crofe Croup last night very^bad,

29. scraping off wheat yard this morning worming & succoring Tobacco. clear & dry Toping tobacco. - went to Mrs Colemans to Hillfield to see Mr East.

1852 Augt 11th Rained last night a fine Rain & this morning Started with machine to help Mr Fitzgerald clear this morning 3 hands & 3 Horses gone to help him –

12th my wife went to Mrs Hunts yesterday & to day to see Mrs Jno Hunts stayed all twice lately & Mrs Hunt ^{I went to meeting yesterday}is very low & Julia Daniel & sick

13th Toping Tobacco yesterday & to day also worming & succoring This we are Hilling up Lot again & faning out wheat -Baptising at Strait Stone to day —

16 went to Court Henry Jordan & sandy & 3 horses ^{has been 4 days Mr Fitzsat} gone back again this morning choping Corn on Branch^{Henry got home from Carrying machine homeabout 11 Oclock in night}

17 Rained a fine Rain last night Henry came home from carrying the machine to Capt Fitzgerald about 11 Oclock in night fine Rain Sent to Millers Mill spining this morn[in]g

18- Toping & worming Tobacco & finished Hilling up Lot to day Sewed Turnip Patch over again

19. Beeting apples Toping Tobacco etc etc –

20. Toping & worming Tobacco & Beeting apples etc Drying fruit, Sent Fed to shop & Mrs Hunts, carried to shop 3 McC ^ ^Plows 2 to sharpen & 1 to p[a]int Iron to Iron waggon & 1½ Bars for Plantation Sent 2 Grub Hoes to sharpen 1 oxe yoke to put Ring & staple in for young steers 1 little auger to mend. Sent to Mrs Hunts for 1 Bbl^corn she gave us

21st went to Mrs Colemans Hillfield plantation & W^m Wallers yesterday, Rained all night nearly - cloudy this morning & Raining Fed mending Jacob shoes working on Baskets & spining, very warm fine growing weather Halling rocks for chimney to Henrys house ^eveningin

22nd Rained nearly al night very wet growing weather etc etc

1857 Blankets given out this 20th Novr 1857 Federick^{Novr 20} 2, alse 1, Lila 1, little Henry 1 - Jordan 1, Malissa 1 for her children,= Hats or Caps Given out, 1 to Sandy 1 to Jerry Smith, & 1 to Abraham, - This has been a very Cold day & Shucked but very little Corn,- I went to Riceville but got no money — ==

21st Housing Corn & shucking finished shoe making clear cold day not quite as cold as yesterday.

22nd Sunday about such a day as yesterday weather moderate some Fannie stayed here last night went home this morning

23rd commenced raining to day & stoped us from shucking I went for Mr Pigg to Hillfield very disagreeable in evening - making Jerrys shoes etc making brooms Baskets etc —

24th Housing & shucking corn to day all day Cold day- did not get done Housing what was in pen, —

25. Housing this morning & then Halling out of field, sent Robin to shop Housed in all up to this time 125 or 130 Barrels including all we have used now Halling up again between Branches in fresh field & next to overseers house still very Cold windy weather

26 Halling up corn 15 Loads —

27 Killed Beef Red, shucking Corn & putting away shucks, Halled, Let abram Crews have cart & steers ½ day making 1 whole day for which he is to help me 2 days himself fine clear weather quite cold —— Jacob P. came home from Fannies on Thursday 16th Novr 1957