Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

24th March 1859 Our Friend & Bro John D Hunt Buried this evenining at 4 or 5 Oclock in evening, good many poeple -

25. went over to examine bro Hunts papers John Dew with me & Dan^l R. Hunt. Chumbly sick all day. Finished Sewing Oats & now Plowing for corn Jacob claiborne & Jerry Smith Cutting & malling wood & Rails - moderate weather

26 I went down to see Ja^s Shields about going to Lynch’g they have 5 prized Hh^ds at aspen Grove, 3 Lugs 2 seconds,- Lila sick & has been for about a week, moderate weather Jacob claiborne & Jerry Smith began this morning to cut down Pines down below Susan Roark Sallie Started to School went with Fannie yesterday, 25th March to Board at $4 pr month as long as she goes to school to Kate,

26th I went to aspen Grove, balance Plowing on far branch for corn -

27th I rode over to Bro Hunts place

28th Plowing on same branch 3 plows Mr Chumbly shoemaking for Sallie to day^{till evening}

[2]9th Raining this morning hard Cutting & malling wood & Halling wood up to day -

30th Shrubing for corn Beding for D^o Cutting Post for yard, etc Sent this morning to Hodnetts Kelleys Shields & Whiteheads to see about my young Hogs but could hear a word from them all my young Hogs gone, & has been more or less for sometime

31st Plowing for Corn on Branch next to Cap^t Whiteheads balance stoping Gullies & washed places in Lot & Mr Chumbly worked on smoke house putting on weather boarding I went to Fannies & Mr Faris for her [illegible]

1860 Jany 24th Burnt sewed fenced in & covered 1 Plant Bed on Road & fixed for another, - William A Shields here helping us burn to day

25th Burnt Sewed fenced in & covered Plant Bed on Road, put Guano on both, etc - Mr Shields helped us again to day & left

26th went to Mr Pannills to day to get destraining warrant v^s H. Wyatt for J D Hunts Est went to aspen Grove, in evening. claiborne malling sent to Post office this morning, Halling leaves 5 Loads for Stables Barn, etc Halled up 1 Stack Oats this evening - I am fixing to start to Danville in the morning If its not^raining

27th & 28. I went to Danville bro^t Sallie home fine weather, Plowing & mauling next to Whiteheads, Beding for Corn

29 Stayed at home D. R Hunt come after ^Fannie

30th Halled wood mauling etc piling Brush

31st Halling Rails mauling next to Whitehead began to Rain a little. I went to old place & Hodnetts to day

Feby 1st Rained & this morning gro -und covered with snow, about 1 or 2 Inches Deep, shelling Corn spining Sent Henry to Mill 2½ Bus. wheat for chop 2½ D^o for mean & 2½ Bushels Corn for meal & 1 at mill to bring home, I am going to Sarah McCullocks —

February 2nd Sent Jerry Smith to Yates shop & Mill Carr^d 2 Bus. wheat for beat flour Big Broad axe to fix by Friday & little Broad to do to day & bring home, etc - very cold this morning 10 Degrees below zero,- clear weather

3rd very cold I went to aspen Grove mauling & Burning Brush next to Cap^t Whiteheads

1860 Feby 18th went to mauling wood in evening

Feby 19. Started to Court, Fannie stayed all night Sunday night Jere & Sallie went back to school cold day

20. Turned moderate mauling & Cutting wood in new ground, got home Monday night weather moderate

21st Halled Rails till 12 Oclock & then Henry went to Laying off Corn Rows Balance Fencing next to Cap^t whiteheads I went to Post office Peaks Wallers Vaughans Mr Moses & Fannie W Fitzgerald

22 Fencing on Road to day W^m Shields here Halled up Oats & Halling rails till evening & then begin to Plow in orchard I went to aspen Grove & made [Lines]

23₂₅Fencing on Road & striped Tobacco ½ day & took down some Wednesday & then fenced on Road from Branch W^m Shields worked Thursday Friday & Saturday Rolled Logs 2 days nearly & fenced one - this week Henry Halled wood this evening very windy Friday & turned cold

26 Stayed at home to see Mrs Pannill

27 Went to Court House sent after Cotton Turn of wheat to Yates, & 1 to whiteheads Plowed & Stacked Rails next to whiteheads

28 Plowing & Fencing new ground fence made fence on Road yesterday fine weather at this time

29th Fencing at new ground & nearly finished Plowing in Lot rained a little,-

March 1st Sent Henry & Claiborne to Hodnetts to Roll Logs. Plowing, fine day cleared of[f] Beautiful weather,

Short Corn & shattered put in & 25½ Barrels in new Corn House on Road,

Decr 5 Finished Housing at aspen Grove Plan put in House on Road new corn house for to hall home 50 Bb^ls put in shed for Overseer 5 Bb^ls. put in old Corn house on hill for use of Plantation 52½ Bb^ls Short Corn to feed hogs etc supposed 18 Bb^ls shatter corn for our Hogs Large Pile settled wheat & Cotton to day 16½ Bushels on hand down in Hd^d & some in Basket to sow where Corn Piles was & some in Bb^l sorry for chickens - etc etc -

6th Cut in new ground & Halled wood, Halled Corn from Ja^s Shields, 6½ Bb^ls @$3. I went with Mrs Hunt to her Place to try to rent it failed,- very cold. Bob has not been here this whole week but to Eat

7. Fast day at Strait Stone & meeting Sent Robin to shop, cutting & Halling wood. very cold,- got 985 feet at Colo Dickinson sale @55¢ pr 100 am^tg to $5.41 Due H. W Faris for sawing Plank 63

8th Sent Henry to Colo Dickinsons got all the plank bot at his sale. & the Log sawed at Faris, Halled wood Cutting in new ground to day we went to meeting^SS.

9 Sent Henry to Dickinson & got all the Plank stilling one day Cutting & finished new ground on road

10. finished making, Low wine Cutting down Pines. Bot 6 Hogs from Hodnett. Killed them Monday

11th Halled Corn for Mr Hunt from JR shields