Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

17th July 1860 Stacked Oats all day & finished put 1 stack in stable & put up 14 stacks claiborne stack one stack Bob stacked balance

18 - Henry Complaining gave him some Pills claiborne Jointing shingles all day balance began to shrub for Corn another on road my wife & Mrs Hunt gone to Mrs Colemans to see Isaac Overby who is there sick, bob Carried Mrs Hunt Carriage to shop to have tires, etc, Pal Came after work for his Mama Sent her 3 lbs wool Bags & all & some grease to grease it - Dry & Hot weather

19th I went to aspen Grove this day bob gone after Mr Overby & Mrs Hunt at Mrs Coleman Doct Thompson went to see Isaac Overby Rained 2 Showers in evening Run in the yard Grubing in corn field Henry sick & doing not much claiborne Jointing Shinglings & Digging whole for Prize Stump Jerry gone to Mrs Panills & shields to see about Thrashing their wheat

20th July cloudy, Shrubing for corn Toping Tobacco this morning first we toped

21. Shrubing corn field for 1861 Henry & Claiborne planking Prize shelter & Rounding & Jointing shingles I went to Fannies & Kates Sal & Alice went with me.

22nd I went to Prayer meeting clear & Dry in morning — In the shortly after I got home It began to Thunder & very soon a cloud come up & Rained hard, Severe Lighting - Rained a fine shower 3 times, Doct Estes stayed all night

23rd Striping Tobacco finished in big barn & then went to Little barn Plowing up Turnip Patch sewing Turnips in Garden etc etc Bob not here to day. Brought Bitter from aspen Grove mare bot of Mrs Fitzgerald.

1860 Decembr 31st We are trying to get wood 1861 Janry 1st Getting wood all day. Bob here —

" 2. Striping Tobacco in Barn on road. Miss Sarah J McCullock sent $2½ for whiskey bag & runlet & for me to send her a little sent a pint, by Taz.

3rd Striping Tobacco Henry draining Dining room, etc. Mrs Hargrave & Nannie Clement Came here last night, before I got from Riceville Mrs Hargrave hired Rhoda till 25th Decr 1861 for $25.00. Mrs Hargrave left. gone to Mrs C

4th Killed our Hogs here let Chumney have 300 lbs. Halled a little wood cut & malled wood some

5th Cut Out & salted up yesterday got wood to day Cutting & malled at new ground. I went aspen Grove to see about alse who is sick.

6 Fast day was kept by Nannie & me on the Friday the 4th Janry 1861 Fannie came here to day –

7 began to Plow & getting sills for cider ^house but Rain stoped us about 10 oclock going to strip Tobacco in new Barn stop raining & they went to work again in evening. did not rain much cleared off

8 Halling wood & finished getting sills for cider House & got wood balance of the — - I went down to Plantation to see alse etc she is better went from there to Mrs Hunts place rented her land to Templeton & Hubbard pr Bond etc. & then went down to D. W. Wallers. etc –

9th Rained again till towards evening I went to Whiteheads & to hunt my white sow, gone off a week - to day - & this evening halled up Logs for house, alse I hear is got worse this evening they sent for Doct Estes & me & she Died about the time Doct Estes got there, I dont know was the matter wither [with her] except colic - I reckon