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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 13
May 31, 1861 - June 6, 1861
1861 May 31st Chumney taken Sick yesterday taking Physic, working out his Potatoes etc this morning,- Henry Harrowing his Corn- Cutting off Tobacco Hills to plant Tobacco cloudy & like for rain, Sent 1 Colter to pint to yates shop they shod Hester Phil & Robin & steeled 2 H Hoes - this year
June 1st Cloudy & like for Rain, began to Plow on Creek yesterday, Bob finished Paling yesterday - Plowing & weeding Corn on Creek to day - chumney not out yet
2nd Sunday Clear fine day Mrs Hunt went to Mrs Colemans yesterday with her home Nannie & me went to Green field meeting I came back & went to Strait Stone at 3 Oclock nobody there at Prayer meeting - Raining a little in evening Mr Dallas staid here last night
3rd Plowing & weeding Corn on Creek Fine rain this evening planted some Tobacco on road, fine growing night
4th Planting Tobacco to day fine season Finished another new ground here in old field replanted greens etc etc
5th cloudy this morning sent to mill for Chumney thining our Corn & I am going down to Plantation this morning
6th Rained some last night. Henry bro’t 1 Load of weather boarding last night from Millers, carried 1 Log for weather boarding & sheeting & card 1 Bbl corn for meal, finished thinning corn & working out Garden Mrs Hunt came back yesterday & Bob here this morning Digging Hole & working on yard [faded] & weeding Corn on Creek
June 7, 1861 - June 12, 1861
1861 June 7th Halled up stack Oats this morning Bob replanted Cotton at work on yard. Plowing & weeding [?] Corn on Creek cloudy & likely for Rain yet
8th Began to Prize Lugs here cleaned out stables Chumney & claiborne in shop & could not pint colters, Henry & Smith Cutting Oak wood in woods Bob [parting] yard, & nearly done, I went to meeting at strait stone, very hard rain in evening, I stoped at Mr Lewis
9th went to meeting at SS. to day all of us FW Kate Moses & Mary James here I went too, Capt Mustain of Volunteers will start to war this week its expected
10th. We are cutting off our second years Land Hills. Plowing Corn & I sent Henry down to aspen Grove this morning to Shear our sheep to day, done it – Sheared 38 old Sheep Marked 10 Ewe Lambs & have 20 Ram Lambs to Eat or Sell
11th Plowing Corn & weeding down Tobacco on road, Mr Chumney & 1 hand weather boarding Carriage House to day, went to Prayer meeting at Mrs Colemans —— I carried Fillmore to Chalk Level & got Isaac to cut the Hooks out of his Eyes he is getting better I think
12th went to Mrs Colemans all of us to Prayer meeting at 3 Oclock in evening finishing Carriage House weather boarding it weeding down tobacco & Plowing corn weeding down tobacco Plowing Corn Mr Chumney & Bob making & Hanging Carriage House Doors to day – Did not get done the Doors quite [faded] it Beded up our Lot by Lot overseers to it Finished weeding Tobacco on road this [faded]