Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

23rd Febr 1854 Fencing around fresh field part of Our Hands Fed Sandy & Jordan malling Henry gone to Farris’s mill 15 Bushels wheat for flour & 6 Bushels Corn for meal — & 2 Bags Cotton to Pick etc etc — Fine weather about this time,-

24 Sent to Roll Logs at E G L. Plowing malling & halling wood, -

25 Plowing Halling wood for Mr Neal ½ day & Rails round Corn field malling & fencing etc etc

26 Rained all day long nearly Thundered quite hard & longer Branches very high Halling leaves waggon & Cart. Fed Sandy ²⁷& Jacob malling Balance with clem Raking leaves this morning clear & moderate

28 Henry is to go to CH to day for Mr Ja^s P. Lewis to carry the Miss Lewis up there Cutting & Plowing, Halled out straw

⁼¹⁸⁵⁴March 1st A Beautiful day Sandy Plowing Jordan Halling wood with cart making a part of our new ground fence Jacob & Fed malling

9th Sent to Mill Millers 6 Bushels Corn for meal. finished striping new Barn back Barn Garden

11 Plowed for Cotton & in garden sandy for corn Halling up Oats to sew Halled manure to Plant Beds & manured Beds on branch above House & at mountain My Dear Nannie Jere & Sallie gone to Mr Fitzgeralds to day, Rolled Logs yesterday to day Fed malling & chinking Log Heaps – turned cooler to day —

13 Trod out Oats to Sew Laid the balance of fence at new ground & making of it Jordan & Sandy Plowed for Corn clear fine day = Fed malling in new ground wood & Rails

14 Began to Sew Oats 3 Plows Henry halling Rails balance fencing malling etc.