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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 8
February 1, 1851 - February 16, 1851
1851 Feby 1st let Mr James P Lewis have 1 Plank 14 feet Long 12 Inches square Edged ^wide & 2 Do 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 & childrenground 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 homethis 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 $1 - Raining hard took down all our Tobacco to strip
13th Plowing & malling, began to mall yesterday yesterday I went to Mrs McCullocks set up 2 Hhd & went to Chalk Level
14th Fed gone to mill 1 Bbl Corn 1 Bbl wheat we are striping Tobacco in middle Barn. Bets Bull calf came 13th- 10 Lambs to this time ^alivelost 6 Raining this morning The 11th I went to finish school house card Fed with Did not finish & give [Ditchie?] Jacob 9¢ Grasty 9¢ & Hendrick 1/6 making 50¢ in all to finish chimny 12th
15 Rained striping Tobacco Halled out chaff
16 Miss E McCullocks funeral & Burial
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 13
June 30, 1860 - July 5, 1860
1860 June 30th Ben & Henry getting & fixing prize Shelter, clear & day hot
July 1st Sunday Dry & Hot, Sarah McCullock came here this morning, dry & Hot
2nd Mrs Hunt gone to Mrs Colemans Alice wont stay at Mrs Colemans to Board Began to Cut Oats in Orchard claiborne Cutting, dry & Hot
3 Plowing & Hilling up Tobacco, Bob went to Mrs Colemans with his mistress, I went over to the exhibition at Shenstone & after Jerry come up a cloud & we staid all night at Mr Moses s did not Rain but little
4th got home with Jerry soon this morning Sallie went with me, - Mrs Hunt & bob yet at Mrs Colemans, dry & Hot Jerry Harrowing late lot corn & then Halling up wheat, I Balance Hilling up Tobacco, dry & Hot weather — miss Sarah McCullock here yet. — gone
5th Finished halling up wheat, little Rain this evening I went to see Mrs Hunt at Mrs Colemans to day & to Plantation Cothran Cutting oats Finished Plowing Tobacco & We are Hilling up when we can - Mrs Hunt & Bob at Mrs Colemans yet. Sent claiborne to Plantation this 5th July to get scythe & Cradle to cut oats, Henry Halled up upper Land Leaves in stables, we expect to Cut Oats to day — finished Plowing Tobacco over & Cutting oats in evening I went to Mr Chummey Swapt Bill off got 50$ to Boot in Jewellry & got a Parcel of Bones sure enough the Horse I got a Large Cream Colrd Horse about 13 years old, swapt with a man by the name of Isaacs
June 7, 1861 - June 12, 1861
1861 June 7th Halled up stack Oats this morning Bob replanted Cotton at work on yard. Plowing & weeding [?] Corn on Creek cloudy & likely for Rain yet
8th Began to Prize Lugs here cleaned out stables Chumney & claiborne in shop & could not pint colters, Henry & Smith Cutting Oak wood in woods Bob [parting] yard, & nearly done, I went to meeting at strait stone, very hard rain in evening, I stoped at Mr Lewis
9th went to meeting at SS. to day all of us FW Kate Moses & Mary James here I went too, Capt Mustain of Volunteers will start to war this week its expected
10th. We are cutting off our second years Land Hills. Plowing Corn & I sent Henry down to aspen Grove this morning to Shear our sheep to day, done it – Sheared 38 old Sheep Marked 10 Ewe Lambs & have 20 Ram Lambs to Eat or Sell
11th Plowing Corn & weeding down Tobacco on road, Mr Chumney & 1 hand weather boarding Carriage House to day, went to Prayer meeting at Mrs Colemans —— I carried Fillmore to Chalk Level & got Isaac to cut the Hooks out of his Eyes he is getting better I think
12th went to Mrs Colemans all of us to Prayer meeting at 3 Oclock in evening finishing Carriage House weather boarding it weeding down tobacco & Plowing corn weeding down tobacco Plowing Corn Mr Chumney & Bob making & Hanging Carriage House Doors to day – Did not get done the Doors quite [faded] it Beded up our Lot by Lot overseers to it Finished weeding Tobacco on road this [faded]