Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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

1860 Augt 12th We all went to meeting —

13. Striping Tobacco Doct A W Thompson came again yesterday to old place & Bybees, he has been to Bybees 2 times stayed all night there last night Emma getting Better, a little. Joseph Bybee bad off Doct Thompson Came here yesterday I got him to look at Lila &^{[her? pr?]} got some Brandy etc to carry over there Rained nearly all day & night last night

14 Toping worming & succoring Tobacco to day Bybee sent Ben for the Doct last night for his Son Joseph who is bad off Nannie Mrs Hunt Sallie Alice & Doran gone to Mrs Colemans – to day —

15th Very Cool indeed for August Mr Wright here at work Mr Shields 2 sons David & W^m here helping us beet apples - D^r Thompson come back again to Jo^s Bybee sent for again

16th Mr Wright here again to day & David Shields yesterday & to day & W^m Shields ½ day stoped, Bob come here this morning Cool day for august. fixing to raise Barn, Beeting apples etc put Post for yd in ground this morning & burnt them,- Jerry had Charly Shod at Vaughans yesterday, White Back Cow had a calf 13th or 14th this month, Mr Wright stayed till about 3 oclock, making 1 day & 3 Hours. David Shields stayed beeting apples 2 Days W^m stayed a little over ½ day Finished apples up & Laid foundation for Barn

17. Raised my Barn this day had Mr Cothran & 4 hands from aspen Grove 1 from Mr Kelleys & 2 from Mr Hunts place, -

Johns Cr

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1827 Feby 24	By Cash account Recd in full as pr note Rend you J W Graves	22	75
Cr By Cash in full	28

Capt Jno ? Clark Dr

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1835 May 12	To Yr Bond due this day on Demand for	6	50
1835 May 26	given to Henry W. Faris for a Balance for Boy Aaron Ind. on the above	-	35
Recd payment in full	6	85

Bybee Cr

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Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
-	By Cutting Malling & Putting up Rails in full	40	00
1834 Aug 15	Cr By making 12 dryers	-	62 1/2
Sept 14	Cr By son Jos work 2 1/2 days pulling fodder @ 9 pr day	-	31 1/4
-	Cr By putting up 2 shelters Round Corn House	2	-
- 13	By putting Barrel in my spring for which I am to give him 1/2 Bus. wheat	- 43
- 20	son Jos work 3 1/2 days Yr work 3 or 4 hours pulling fodder	-	17