Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1853 augt 11th Sent Fed to Mill 10 Bus. corn for meal Henry Halling Logs to mill Yates, Hilling up 3rd yrs Tobacco working ^Irish Potatoes Cotton & Garden, - fine weather ——

15th Halling up Timber this morning Mr Lipscomb Jointing shingles Mr Irby not here clear fine weather, Election for Judge

19 yesterday & to day thrashing wheat Doct Thompsons machine, working Lot Tobacco Toping Tobacco etc etc finished & Carried ^{away saturday} machine

21 my wife gone to Mrs Hunts to go to Charlotte in morning & Jacob & Sallie, I went to day to Riceville to see Doct Thompson & carr^d Jerry Smith about his Jaw

25 Halling up Logs for Barn Hewing yesterday & day before & cleaning Out place for House Mr Irby Just finished shingling about 12 Oclock working Out Our Second Yrs Land of Tobacco. went yesterday upon On River for Mrs clements Doct Thompson Came by here called from Mr Lewis to Jerry Smith cloudy & like for Rain

27 Toped wormed & succored Tobacco to^{got over} day all Halled up some House logs I paid $3 for our church to association which is not paid to me — gave to Brother Hagood in association for Preaching to Bufaloe $2, & $1 missionary society – - -

31st Halling Logs to saw mill to day - Succoring Tobacco over, cutting stacks etc

sept 1st Cutting stacks & getting Plates & Joist for barn Shrubing in fresh ground, ^{I am} going to Mrs McCullocks to Settle with Adkinson & Divide Oats etc

1853 Sept 3rd Rained all day Carr^d yes= =terday In all before to this night 20 Logs to Yates Mill not Sawed nor Devrd

4 went to W^m Dews s to see him ^hepling he is

5. Sent to Mill 10 Bus Corn for meal worming & succoring Tobacco & Toping^{this day}

=6. & 7 Pulled fodder at mountain & at home

8th Rained Caught all my fodder on ground

9th still raining. yesterday we squared Barn Logs wormed & succored Tobacco all over but second yrs ground Peggy Sally Ben & all the chaps nearly got bad Colds Sally has been sick Raining & Mr Irby gone Mr Lipscomb at work on Buggy shaft but cant do much on a/c weather

1[ink spot] went to meeting Mr Plunket Elected Preacher Mr Lipscomb worked a little this morning pulling on Buggy shaft. —

12 Toping worming & succoring gathering Blade fodder squaring barn Logs etc -

15. yesterday worming & succoring Tobacco & stacking fodder very sorry & not one stack of good saved yet - this morning worming & succoring & Toping new ground Tob. Killed Lamb squaring Logs. good deal of fodder on ground. we have stacked 5 stacks Blades worming succoring & toping new ground Mr Lipscomb left at 12 Oclock

16. Stacked one stack fodder next to orchard Finished worming & succoring new ground to day Pulled some fodder & Cut some Tops finished Halling Barn Logs —

19 Tying up fodder worming & succoring & Toping Tobacco, Squaring Barn Logs

20. Raining this morning