Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

24th Bob Sick & Mrs Hunt Complaining went down to aspen Grove Thrashing wheat sent 4 hands & my Horses. did not get done clem & charles at home Shrubing Corn Land Plowed up Turnip Patch fine weather

25th Finishing Thrashing wheat at aspen Grove Machine will go to Mrs Pannills to day Hired Ben to go with it @ $8 pr month Mr Wright came here to work on yard this morning – fine weather this morning I have got Lucy bot from Fannie & like her very well to ride

26th machine at Mrs Pannills Mr Wright here, Halling manure on Turnip Patch this morning choping & hilling up Tobacco Second time, next to Whiteheads,- Jerry went to see Isaac ^overbyyesterday

27th Finished Thrashing at Mrs Pannills & got to James McHaneys about 2 Oclock, had to feed Horses & fix got out one stack this day

27. Machine at James McHaneys getting out wheat Ben with it at home striping Tobacco Mr Wright here fixing & work on Railing. Mr Cothran met met me yesterday to help fix down machine - cloudy & like for Rain this morning machine went to John Shields from McHaney did not do any thing at all

28th last evening a fine shower of rain about 10 Oclock Mrs Coleman Sent for Nannie I went with her got back about 1 oclock quite unwell to day myself, gave Mrs Coleman a dose of Calomel, went to Chumneys this morning Sent to yates to have ^hischild coffin made

1860 August 4th I went to Whiteheads Mill to see about sheeting Plank to avory Mustains for Grasty etc Hilling up new ground Tobacco & finished before night made Hog pen etc

5. I went to strait Stone, protracted meeting began & also one going on at Edgehill - -

6 ^Henry Hilling at work on Palings Lila sick in her House, tho she Spins some clem cooking balance butting Logs for Barn Henry cut 2 pines for slabs etc.

7th Went to meeting every day this week Nannie & Mrs Hunt & Sallie went to CH Monday morning To day Henry went to Millers Mill Brought home a Load of Palings & some sheeting & some flooring, Carried a Log we have 2 there now to saw 1 for sheeting & 1 for Square edged Plank & sheeting - balance worming Tobacco & getting up apples for Cider, etc weather dry & Hot -

8 they sent for Doct Thompson again for Emma 3 times to see her, called here Twice to see Jerry & Lila but did not come in the House We are getting up our apples to day & last evening - dry Hot weather

9. Henry nailing Boards On Clems & Rhodas Houses. Cutting in new ground Just began Butting & squaring Logs for Barn, -

10th Sent Jerry Smith to aspen Grove after 2 Bushels wheat ^for flour to carry to yates. Henry has gone after a Lamb & Harry meeting going on at Strait Stone,

11th Raining this morning. striping Tobacco Nannie Jere & Sallie went to meeting yesterday good meeting I & Jerry went to meeting cleared off about 9 or 9 Oclock —

11th I went down to Plantation monday Henry went to Millers Mill got all my plank there, we have one Log at Yates

12th Began to Plow finished stilling only made last time about 15 Galls Sent Bob to Yates to get my Buggy mended Cutting Pines etc in old field to day – 3½ Gallons Brandy in runlet for FWF Cider Turned out very little - apples rotten The mare I Bot for Mr Hunts Est Died sometime the 1st of the fall

13 I went to Chalk Level to see Cap^t Tate but did not see him, got Blankets etc for myself & Est JD Hunt Due Henry went after waggon to move Mr Doss Plowing here rounding & Jointing Shingles Cutting down Pines Bob gone to Hubbards after corn for Rent

14 Gave Out negroes Blankets Little^Big Henry Smith claiborne & Clementina Milly Ann had^{Rhoda had one too} one in house here, Malissa Abram & Kitty at Plantation aspen Grove Little ^Henry Had a Hat, here & Lowry & Sandy at Plantation cold sure enough to night

15th. Snowed last night & till after 12 Oclock to day nearly ½ leg deep Sent Henry & claiborne after my Pigs got some of them Cap^t Tate & Jerry come here to day & Jerry went to Mrs Worshams to get his coat cut & made Bybee come to see about Plank Jerry staid all night still very cold & cloudy

16 at home all day cold snow near one foot Deep melted but little

17th. getting wood Bob has not been here more than one day in 10 days. halling

Janry 10th Sent Jerry Smith to Chalk Level. Mr Chumney gone to Plantation to make alse coffin & see about her, my wife going to Mrs Colemans to see Mattie who is sick we hear Our folks are cutting & malling wood Henry is Barking ribs this morning & then to cutting wood still cloudy & like for Rain, I am going to Mr Hunts place to sell Bed, bot by allen, & he fail[e]d to comply with turns of sale & then I want to go to aspen Grove to see about burying alse this morning she was buried Mr Chumney made coffin

11th Mrs Hargrave here last night & went home^{this morning} Raising cider house to day clem spining

12th. Mr Chumney looking for white sow this morning, cutting & malling & Halling wood to day cleaning of [f] Plant Beds to Burn, Halled up one Stack Oats yesterday I am going to meeting to day

13. went to meeting House to meeting

14th Hired Fannie & Johnson Fannie to Fannie W Fitzgerald for Valuals & clothes Johnson to Joseph M Moses on same terms all went from here yesterday evening This morning Hailing raining & freezing at night nearly still raining & freezing Bob & Henry making Brooms & claiborne Little Henry at work on Basket Smith picking Cotton Clem spining overseer made [ing] Blades & whitted saw - dolefull weather -

15 no better Rained all night & to day Our Dining room is nearly wet all over water standing fixed it to day shelled Corn & striped Tobacco in prize Barn, sent Jerry Smith|Smith]] to Mill,-

16th Rained nearly all night again, shelling & this morning still cloudy & like for Rain, cleared off

1861 Janry 16th Halled 2 Loads of Tobacco out of new Barn to new Barn to strip & then went to getting Boards Henry went to mill Carr^d. 1 Turn ^Corn for overseer Bro^t. back slab plank or puncheons for overseers kitchen & 1 Turn meal for us 1 there now I hunted sow^{but did not find her}

17th Fine morning Mrs ^Hunt & Bob going to CH - getting slabs & wood to day I am going to plan^t to day - to see how they are coming on — Cut down corners of Cider House & sawed out door. My White Sow come up this evening with 5 Pigs very likely & good Looking –

18th Raining this morning began to Hew p^ss for Carriage House & Granary & Rain stoped us & we went to striping Tobacco

19th Cutting Malling & Halling wood to day

20th. Went to Sam worshams to see about hog & its mine, come by old place to see them there, etc staid at home balance of day

21. went to Court. done nothing hardly – Hewing p^ss for Carriage house & Granary Sent Henry for Hog & got him home

22nd Hewing Plates for Granary & logs –

23rd Hewing logs for Granary cleaning up new ground on Road, Ditching next to Whiteheads 4 feet & 2 feet Deep @ 6¢ both prongs. cold cloudy day & like for snow in the evening it did snow smartly —

24th Horrid morning - Raining & freezing this morning. snow not Deep, striping Tobacco clem spining - sale day at Mr Hunts place my old Sow had 4 pigs lost 2 of them ¬– Milleys Calf about 6 weeks old – cloudy all day ^snow did not melt much no Sale but few poeple next Striping Tobacco

25 Henry haled wood Harry malled rails & helped him Load, balance striping Tobacco clem spining I went to Mrs Fitzgeralds to see her & Jacob