Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1852 March 17th Great deal of our fencing I am afraid is down Some Is I have seen very disagreeable day indeed —

18. Halled up Stack Oats & fodder from mountain field & 2 Loads Leaves etc - striping Tobacco in new ground Barn, quite cool etc

19th. Plowing & malling till 12 oclock & then Henry bushing in Oats my my wife & Cate went to Doct Walkups picked up roots & Halled some in second years ground Turned very cold

20th Snowed last night & very cold this morning Henry Halled wood till 12 oclock then Fed Henry finishes sewing Oats. balance Cutting wood etc etc etc ——

22nd Henry gone to Mr Neals to Hall rails Fed malling alse etc Hilling - Lila Plowing Jordan gone to mill Fine weather, indeed — Finished Sewing Oats on Saturday last. Fannie W. F. came yesterday - weatherford^{put there by cook} in Jail

23. manuring plant Beds Henry gone to Capt. Gilberts Mill this morning 12 Bus. Grain 2 Barrels Corn & 2 Bushels wheat — Fed malling Sent 2 Plows McC to Yates shop —

25 Yesterday we laid the worm of new ground fence put up part of the fence Henry halled some Rails & him & Fed malling - to day

25. Sewed Plaster malling fencing & Lila plowing by Brick yard a Beautifull day fine weather — Fannie White here & came down last Sunday

27th my wife Fannie W & Cate Jerry & Sallie all went to Mrs Hunt. Thunder cloud came up in evening & they all failed to get home We rolled Logs this day on account the Rain did not quite get done

28 cloudy & cool this morning

1852 March 28th about this time RA Weatherford Free Charles Rawley Garrot E. Smith is put in Jail & W^t is out for C. Lain, Jos. Bybee & Jos Turner also in Jail - etc etc etc etc

29th Finished rolling our Logs Striping Tobacco in new ground Barn, prizing Lugs from 12 Oclock till night fine weather, quite moderate

30. Piling up manure prizing Lug Tobacco. A Beautifull day weather quite warm,

aprl 1st Went to Riceville to attend to weatherford passing counterfeit money to J J Lain

2nd Hilling & Coltering in fresh ground Coultered little new ground at fresh ground by new barn & about 12 oclock the wind rise & from allmost a spark in Our new ground we had a Smart fire burnt Some few Rails & the wind continued till about Sun down ———

3rd Halling Rails out of new ground waggon & Cart around corn field fence weather moderate made nearly 10.000 fresh ground Hills — prizing Lug. Still cloudy & Rainy

4 Bet Had a Bull calf cloudy & Rainy

5 Still cloudy & Rainy quite cool – put Bells On cows ^{& Turn some of them out}this morning

6. Last Friday the 2nd day of april we had Smart fire in our new ground, very windy in evening & fire went allmost like the wind great deal of fire got out in evening & damaged a great many considerable this we are coltering in little new ground at fresh & Hilling Fed malling wood in new ground

7. Same work as yesterday, last monday & Tuesday very cool & Rainy & bad on stock & We are out of our cow feed for the 1st time allmost since we kepted House Fine weather to day weather more moderate

8th Rained began to lay off corn ground by fresh ground coltering & Hilling there Jordan coltering. Halled stack Oats etc Turned out our cattle