Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1853 March 26th Capt Fitzgeralds practice with his overseers to If they Carry there themselves with horses & hand under him while he is overseer not to charge any thing but corn toll etc meal & meat,- that he finds

28th Went to Mr Jno D Hunts fine day —

29. Sewing Oats & fencing Corn field fence & finished, fencing at Lot - fixing for Lynchg. went to Mrs McCullocks her waggon goes too Sent Fed to Millers Mill 7½ Bushels corn Sent by Jacob to Mr J B Nowlin for 1 Bbl Plaster 2 or 300 lbs of Guano, 4 Bales Cotton ^{25 lbs Bro sugar -} noC & 1 D^o no 12 & a little runlet of whiskey to Mr Cobles for 20 yds Cotton cloth & ½ Bbl allum water - to Colo Smith to Sell my Tobacco & Mrs McCullocks –

30st waggon gone to Lynchg this morning Fed Halling wood out of new ground balance Raking & fencing Jordan part of day plowing & Bushing in Oats Black cow with first ^Died calf

31. Raking & Halling wood Jordan Plowing for Oats at Mr Neals — Rolled Logs ^{2 heaps} to day

April 2nd Waggon got back last night a little in the night while it was raining Heavy Thunder & hard Rain in 3 days, from Lynchg Car^d Lug Hh^d & some Loose succor

6. Turkeys & 10 Doz Eggs & Jacob got cheated out of $1.50 in Selling Turkeys, & bot 1 pr Hams paid Henings for doing up Cates Bonnet last fall pRec^t & [ab ?] Bot of DR Hunt 3/9- we have been sewing Oats at Mr Neals, coltering in new ground burning Logs Heaps raking etc etc 16 Lambs to this day

3 Raining this morning sewed only 3 & 4 Bus at Mr Neals yet, ground too wet to finish Pied Had a cow calf Thursday 31st March & Dundenah Jerrys young cow with her first Calf Died on wednesday

1857 13th February Sent Henry to Mr Tuckers for Plow P[o]ints skillet & spice mortar this morning Only got 2 p[o]ints spice mortar & skillet.

14th February Halling wood Malling, alse & Kitty cleaning Out my stable, moderate weath =er. Halling leaves this evening firing Plank about this time. meeting & Election at Strait Stone for Preacher to day Postponed & & Bro Mason continues, like for Rain

15th Fine Pleasant weather for the time of year all went to meeting to day Sold Bro Mason my Buggy sometime ago he got it away this meeting

16th Striped Tobacco all day & finished in old prize Barn, Raining all day

17th Striping Tobacco in new prize barn to day. put Hh^d under prize.

18. Malling prizing Tobacco, lugs fine weather. Mr Nowlin came at night last Fannie here going to Mill to day Raking around barn, lent Mr Crews a Horse to Mill being Twice Salley went Home with Fannie 19th to go to school @ $3. pr month Board & we are this day being the 19th malling Pilling Brush Hewing Sills of Barn. Halled up Stack fodder the 1st of this week from Johns Spring Large^stack Sent 4½ Bushels Corn to mill & got 2 Turns ^meal At Jany Court allmost impossible to travel the Roads for the mountains of snow & before the 17th Feby all the snow nearly gone Delightfull weather at this time warm & moderate Since monday then it Rained hard [water stain]trees & moved Rose bushes [water stain]