Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1856 Augt 11 Finished the Lot nearly — -- 12th Augt began to Thrash wheat Ben with Kellys machine cloudy & like for Rain

13th Several Showers about this time Thrashing this morning & rained stoped us Bob & Joshua here from Mrs Hunts

14th we have been 2 whole days trying to Thrash Our wheat & it has rained so we have not finished yet. Toping & worming & succoring Tobacco this morning cloudy & Rained finely last night weather warm finished Thrashing wheat to day & car^d the machine to James P Lewis in evening

15 I am going to Riceville carry Jordan the Doct May see him,- Toping worming & & succoring over all our tobacco at this time, Sewed our Turnip Patch last week & some seed in Lot by Hog pen —

16th worming & succoring Tobacco Henry

18th I went to Court Monday morning & stayed till Tuesday night settled with D Marr & all McCullocks Legatees & had the acc^t Reported in full by Comm Banks as pr Rec^ts & settled for Adams & Martha as here give up the Bond & took a Rec^t and if any Cost they have it to pay for advertising etc,- Borrowed $200 of Bro. Geo. Gilbert for a month — Our folks finished cutting pines at stony pint Grubed some Henry Lowry & claiborne Sawed shingle Timble & on Tuesday the 19th it Rained in the evening they got up apples & Beet Cider —

20 My wife gone to Mrs Hunts sent by her $119.21 to pay Dan^l R Hunt for Guano $10 for Lucy Ann collected for her Henry gone

Hh^ds Staves & 2 there for Square edge Plank Jacob making another pr shoes Jerry S gone to P.O. Striping Tobacco - cloudy & like for snow etc.

6 Jany 1857. Faned out all wheat to day made 1856 - 152 Bushels 4 Bushels in every 100. 6 Bus & a little over due Ja^s Kelley 6 & upwards sent home Halled wood, put Plank in Barn & firing Cutting Big growth in new ground – very cold weather at this time,-

7th Cutting in new ground all — I went to Riceville Car^d my wife —

8th Mr Jno Hunt here, cutting in new ground going to Fannies etc – – – – –

9 went & stayed all night, & come back evening Cutting in new ground fair cold weather

10 Halled up straw & chaff & Oats This morning. Jerry gone to shop & Mrs Hunts etc Cutting big growth in new ground Cloudy & like for Rain Jordan & Fed gone to Fannies etc to get Jacobs Trunk & Fed is to help get Ice up there monday If they get up there lent Fannie 2 ^Iron wedges for 2 weeks -

11th Nannie has gone to Mrs Hunts on her way to Richmond tomorrow morning I let her have $20. & she has 3 or four Dollars in Silver Jacob is starting with them on his way to Cap^t Boxleys to live with his grand Papa Jerry has $6.65 - Jacob & Jerry will meet them tomorrow morning the Lord permitting, very cold weather.

12th All gone on this morning for Richmond Jacob gone to his Grand Papa^s to live the weather has moderated a little

24th March 1859 Our Friend & Bro John D Hunt Buried this evenining at 4 or 5 Oclock in evening, good many poeple -

25. went over to examine bro Hunts papers John Dew with me & Dan^l R. Hunt. Chumbly sick all day. Finished Sewing Oats & now Plowing for corn Jacob claiborne & Jerry Smith Cutting & malling wood & Rails - moderate weather

26 I went down to see Ja^s Shields about going to Lynch’g they have 5 prized Hh^ds at aspen Grove, 3 Lugs 2 seconds,- Lila sick & has been for about a week, moderate weather Jacob claiborne & Jerry Smith began this morning to cut down Pines down below Susan Roark Sallie Started to School went with Fannie yesterday, 25th March to Board at $4 pr month as long as she goes to school to Kate,

26th I went to aspen Grove, balance Plowing on far branch for corn -

27th I rode over to Bro Hunts place

28th Plowing on same branch 3 plows Mr Chumbly shoemaking for Sallie to day^{till evening}

[2]9th Raining this morning hard Cutting & malling wood & Halling wood up to day -

30th Shrubing for corn Beding for D^o Cutting Post for yard, etc Sent this morning to Hodnetts Kelleys Shields & Whiteheads to see about my young Hogs but could hear a word from them all my young Hogs gone, & has been more or less for sometime

31st Plowing for Corn on Branch next to Cap^t Whiteheads balance stoping Gullies & washed places in Lot & Mr Chumbly worked on smoke house putting on weather boarding I went to Fannies & Mr Faris for her [illegible]

1859 April 1st Stoped Gullies in Lot. Plowing

2nd Aprl Plowing awhile in morning in Garden & then bushing apple Orchard for corn & it began to Rain, shelling Corn Mr Chumbly Cutting Out my wifes shoes & at work on them I gave him a patern of upperleathers for his Daughter - making brooms & Baskets Wyatt Walker Came after his Bull & pd $2.50 for wintering him this morning,-

3rd Sunday Raining very hard last night Still cloudy this morning My boar gone again, I am going to Aspen Grove to day -

4th Mr Cothran came from aspen Grove this morning & 3 hands & we got one hand from Mr Kelley & 1 from Mr Hodnetts & we Raised our Barn got done before night & sent to Mill & Halled 2 Loads of wood windy day Mr Bybee Rolling Logs & did not send to help us at,- all, Rained last night, smartly -

5th We have been plowing for Potatoes & Cotton, began to Colter Seconds yrs ground, Manured Plants Beds, took up our Sweet Potatoe Seed, Kept tolerable well, very windy & cold to day all day - Sent to Mill yesterday ½ Bbl Corn, & got one D^o at Worshams Mill Jordan Came up here to night on his way to Lynchg & Henry & Mr Shields is going down to aspen Grove for another Hh^d a p^s. Jordan has gone in some Loose,-

6.7.8.9 Hung yard Post Riving Tobacco [?] Cutting & Malling wood, at work some in^shop I got home last night from Lynchg about 12 oclock in night

of Bro James Kelley @$5 pr Bbl

22nd¹⁸⁵⁹May Bedding Lot for Tobacco & weeding Corn & Bushing Oats below Cotton Patch

23rd Nannie carried Sallie up to school Planting tobacco in Lot in evening fall dry- I think cleared off cool

24 Planted some this morning went after corn at Kelleys — Beding Lot weeding corn

25 Beding Lot I went to Riceville to hear Graves from Tennessee Preach weeding Corn, Sent for Hog at Mrs Harris s this morning got him & altered him & put him in Pasture,

26. Done fixing Lot for Tobacco – Plowing & weeding Corn,- I went down to planting aspen Grove,- they have planted bout 50 or 60, thousand Tobacco Hills =Fine weather to Kill Grass.

27th Halling Rocks for Chimney for Henrys House to day & weeding corn - Nannie gone to CH to see Jerry & hear Ja^s R Graves of Tennessee Preach, this mondy & expects to return tomorrow,- fine weather now

27th Went to Election at Chalk Level few poeple there weeding corn halling Rock for chimney been over corn one time with colter & Harrow,

27th Fine Rain this evening late Halling Rocks before & weeding corn —

28 Planting Tobacco to day all day Bybee helped with 2 hands from 11 Oclock till night Nannie gone to CH - with Nannie & Lucy Finished planted Lot Tobacco & replanted in Lot that we planted first.-