Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1850 Novr 19th Halling up Corn yesterday & to day I have Just got from CH likely for Rain -

24th we have been getting up & Housing corn this week & not done getting where there was no wheat sewed Rained 2 days this week — John Coleman worked here this week making 1 week more one month in all Lila & Malissa & Clem has Blankets this winter Raining this evening

Novr 25. Give to Mr Fitzgerald & Fanny White Tom Perry we are Putting up our Greens & Halling wood etc clear fine day —— Capt Fitzgerald got fountain out of Jail in Montgom^{ery CH}

30 Finished our corn this morning Halling wood Fed Shoemaking Rained hard last night made about 120 or 130 Barrels in all warm weather about this time — Jordan gone to mill Expect to send^{this evening} Henry

1st Decemr. 1850 clear in morning cloudy in evening I went to Mrs Colemans & Mrs Hunts —

==2nd Mr Owen came here to help about ^Houseoverseer Mr Tucker came to shingle it cloudy all day

3rd Both here shingling overseers House Henry Jointing shingles cloudy all day – Federick & alse Halling up stalks 2 days Balance Fanning out wheat & Buck wheat made 123 Bus. good wheat & 17 Bus. screan [tolled?] to be sent to Capt Gilberts mill is 6½ Bushels good wheat including Mr Neals, & nearly 1 Bus screan,

7th It has been raining & quite cool nearly all this week Thursday night Friday & Friday night it rained very hard indeed still cloudy & Raining Owen left yesterday evening — Began to strip Tobacco in middle Barn making up Farm Pen & shelters to day Building overseers House chimney about this time

1850 Decr 12th Building overseer House chimmy Halling Rocks leaves Oats wood & Rocks about this time Henry making ladder this morning weather more moderate than for several days I have been to Mrs McCullocks Twice a week for nearly a month

14th Gilbert has been here this week building chimny to overseers House worked 3½ or 4 days quite cool all this week finished chimny & House,- Halled Rocks one day to Henrys House —

17th Cutting in new ground after Killing 1 little Beef & 4 of Our Hogs & salting them up all about 380 lbs

18th My Overseer John Owen Jr moves this day - cutting in new ground Fine weather, Cate & Miss Patricks gone to Mr. ^Fitzgeralds Bot of Mr. Fitzgerald some Pork for Overseer^{this day} Bot & p^d Jacob for his Crop of Tobacco $2 & sold Jacobs to Cate for $3.00

20th Sent Toll wheat to Capt Gilberts mill^{by J D Owen} 6½ Bushels good for My own & Mr Neals 6 Bushe[ls] of my own nearly ½ Bush. for Mr. Neal 1 Bush of screan, 3 Bus. corn for meal 2½ for Owen & 1½ for Henry

21st Rented to John D Hunt Our Oak Hill Plantation, for 5 years on following Conditions He is to clear adjoining the field in 5 years 10 Thousand thousan Tobacco Hills ^{each year} fence in & Keeping up all the fencing outside take care of Houses etc etc take care of the spring & give me Twenty Dollars yearly due 25 Decr each year & Should I sell the place & wish him to give it up under 3 years he is only pay $15 a year

22 Miss Patricks gone to Mrs Smiths Cloudy —

23rd Rained last night & came a fair Huricane along here blowed off 1 Tobacco House roof with Tobacco in it blowed down a good deal of fencing & racked our shelter very much.

1850 Decr 23rd Halled Tobacco from fresh ground barn to prize Barn, & Packed it down to strip

234rd Halled leaves till 12 oclock then fixed up cow shelter Rake in up manure & waggon & Cart Halling wood till night Fair & Cool, Killed 8 Hogs yesterday the 23rd 25th Stayed at home myself my wife went to Mrs Hunts

26th went to see Rob^t & Mrs McCullock Grastys Mrs Farmer etc etc as School Commissioner - etc

27 Rode all day as School Comr. & finished

28th Raining this morning moderate weather

29th cleared off cool

30th Halled wood & Cut in new ground Henry has been sick most one week

31st Finished Thursday & friday in Christmas getting last of Indigent children as S. Commissioner Snowed last night & we are striping Tobacco

1851 Janry 1st cleared off cool striping Tobacco that come out of the House the top Blowed off in fresh ground - expect to get done that to day — I went to Mrs Colemans & Yates yesterday to hire Ja^s The Snow is about Two Inches Deep

2nd Sent Fed to mill 5 Bushels wheat for chop 1½ Bbls corn for meal & ½ Bbl for overseer & to get a Bag Cotton at mill

7th Fine weather cutting in ^{snow nearly gone}new ground Halling wood for Mr. Neale ½ day with cart Written to Mr Roach respecting Miss Milly Ann McCullock Land, & wrote a notice forwarning any persons from trespassing on it & offering it for Rent - or lease etc etc Halled Leaves & straw about this time

11 Burning & finishing Plant Bed on ^mountain & sewed it. 19 yds square cutting & pressin= 2 more to barn next week

1851 Janry 13th Burning Plant Bed by new ground next to Mr Neals - my wife gone to Mrs Hunts Fine weather about this time ———

14th Burnt Plant Bed at House & sewed it Kentucky Bull face Tobacco seed & white mustard seed sewed - in that one The one below new ground Big Brittle [Glen?] & Mr McCullocks sort mustard also same sort Tobacco seed sewed on mountain Fine weather this day going to have Land surveyed for W^m Waller ——^failure

15 went to Dan^l Johns Sale bot 5 Boxes wafers 1 stretcher 1 wheat sieve 1 whip 2 slates

20th been cutting in new ground waggon & Cart Halled wood saturday, Thursday & friday— Plowed Tobacco Lot etc nearly done grubbing Henry sick in House with Jaw ach

24 Sold to John D Hunt a Tract of Land adjoining him containing 195 acres more or less for $600 payable in 1, 2 & 3 years from this day $200 in each paym^t & carriage & Harness cover & Rench[wrench] etc. for said land rating the carriage & Harness at $190 making $790 for the land 195 acres more less right to be made & Bond given shortly as pr Rec^d given him for $1 in p^t of D^o pr Rec^t———cutting & Plowing etc etc

27 As pretty weather as I ever saw this time in year Plowing & Cutting in new^ground

28th Tooke down some Tobacco in Prize House tho not much cleared of windy & Cool this morning

29th quite cool windy weather cutting & Plowing

30 cant Plow waggon & cart Halling wood, cutting^{in new ground} Tremendous cool at this time & windy—

31 still cold Halling Rails around mountain field & fresh field this day Lila breaking flax cutting in new ground overseer broke his axis

Feby 1st very cold weather, cutting in new ground Henry Halling Rails & wood Fed gone to mill 1½ Bbls wheat for us ½ Bbl for flour ½ Bbl Corn for us & ½ Bbl for overseer

1851 Feby 1st let Mr James P Lewis have 1 Plank 14 feet Long 12 Inches ^{square Edged} ^wide & 2 D^o Bark Edged 17. Inches wide & 11 feet Long to make negro man Isaacs coffin who Died this morning

Feby 3rd Raining this morning striped Tobacco awhile & then we halled leaves all day after weather more moderate had 4 or 5 very cold days 6thLambs to this day lost only one —

6th cutting in new ground all hands yesterday or day before Halled shucks Fodder & Oats beautifull weather to day ——

7th Plowing in fresh field. Jane & alse in new ^{& children}ground Henry overseer Fed & myself went to Raise school House

8th Henry gone to Mr Parham Lewis s to Roll Logs Fed & overseer gone to school House Jane alse & Jordan gone to new ground.— Fine weather weather warm ———

9th Went to Meeting tolerable good day

10. Raining a little, taking down Tobacco & striping in middle Barn — Rainy evening F.WF. & Cate gone with her home^{this morning} Weather warm Jacob gone to bring horse home Made John D Hunt a Deed for Land near him JW Odaniel here cleaning & fixing Turner clock for which I gave him $1 - Raining hard took down all our Tobacco to strip

13th Plowing & malling, began to mall yesterday yesterday I went to Mrs McCullocks set up 2 Hh^d & went to Chalk Level

14th Fed gone to mill 1 Bbl Corn 1 Bbl wheat we are striping Tobacco in middle Barn. Bets Bull calf came 13th- 10 Lambs to this time ^^alivelost 6 Raining this morning The 11th I went to finish school house car^d Fed with Did not finish & give [Ditchie?] Jacob 9¢ Grasty 9¢ & Hendrick 1/6 making 50¢ in all to finish chimny 12th

15 Rained striping Tobacco Halled out chaff

16 Miss E McCullocks funeral & Burial