Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1855 March 28. Sewing Oats last week & this week & Plowing in second years ground & Hilling Collering in new ground very Cold & windy - Sewing Oats to day at mountain field expect to get out another stack of Oats to day to sew

28th Sewed 32½ Bushels ^{Began to} ––Hilling in new ground Planted Balance of Irish Potatoe Patch yesterday & covered it with leaves yesterday ground too hard frozen of mornings to Plow any where sewing Oats Cold & windy, weather Was from N W.

The 20th March 1855 Settled with the McCullock Legatees & paid Out all money on hand as Comm^r Exer of Jer & E McCullock & Interest as pr statements in Bag fine weather this day 20th Mar

30th Fine Day finished sewing Oats Bushing Sent Henry to Yates Mill 8 Bus. Corn Sent Mrs Hunts shoe Yates Vinegar & after Plank & Palings etc this day Sent Sandy to Rices after molasses Jordan Bushing^Oats Balance Hilling etc etc

31 Sandy got no molasses at Rices, Plowing for Corn. Broke Fillmore to Plow etc etc nearly broke Our new ground Once. we have made 5 or 6,000 new ground hills besides one p^s of fresh ground at stony point Halled out of Crews new about a week ago Hewed Logs & also Logs for shoemaking shop,- cleared off & windy this morning weather getting dry Rose & Milly has both Fine Bull calves about a week old to day we have 14 Lambs alive to this day

1855 July 18th Jacob started to Meadsville to to School, Weather dry & Hot, we laid by our Corn about this time Plowing & Hilling up Our Tobacco Henry has been sick nearly a week & several of Our family – nearly got every thing clean about this time

say 26^th Fine Rain yesterday. I was at Mrs McC. settling withem them went to Court House last week & got my acc^ts settled by Comm Banks & it took nearly 12 Hours Halled up Our Oats this week, turn Out very well 5 stacks at mountain & nearly 5 at stony pint worked out our Branch Tobacco Potatoes Cotton etc etc this week fine weather about this time,

27 Plowing & Hilling up Tobacco at stony pint Killed Lamb etc etc at this time

28th Fine shower Rain this evening Finished Hilling up Tobacco at Stony pint Hilling up fresh ground & lot & Plowing it,– fine weather Mrs wooding etc etc here to day

30 Henry & Jordan Hewing sills for Corn house balance hilling up Lot by stable, Sandy Plowed at Mr Neals p^s up this day cleaned out Ice house hot dry weather –

31– Hilling up our new ground Henry gone to Lynchg for Capt Stephen Clement I find myself he gives me $8– for the hh^ds If it weighs over 1200 lbs grows he is to pay 3/9 a hundred four all over, carried a parcel for one of capt clements negroes to pay 3/9 pr 100 lbs

5 Two or Three Showers of Rain the Past week & a fine Rain to day, choped in Corn got timbers for Corn house etc top our Tobacco yesterday – Henry got back Thursday

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