Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

27th Sept weather moderated a little clear good weather, have only housed one House Tobacco yet and that is cured nearly -

29 like for rain gathered apples this morning worming & succoring Tobacco over, Henry & Jordan cutting stacks & going to Mill Dews & yates Jordan carr^d 2 Bags 1 Bbl Corn & 1 Log to yates for Sheeeting Henry car^d 2 to Dews 1 20 & 1 16 feet

30th Sept Fine rain last night & evening ¬ Housing Tobacco in Lot as Tobacco scaffold fell down, Jordan Halled Load wood. My young Red Steer Out yet. got up Bull Henry got last evening 12 Plank from Mr Dews Saw Mill for 2 we car^d 1 20 feet & 1 16 feet long 1 Big & the other Tolerable –

Oct 1st Cutting & Piling Tobacco for frost & finished all we have –

2nd To day Housing, filled nearly 5 Houses full gathered pumpkins Digging Irish Potatoes - etc etc ¬ Filled 5 Houses of Tobacco - 5258 stacks hung up all together, firing at this time ¬red Irish Potatoes fine balance sorry - - - — Put my He sheep with the flock yesterday

3rd Oct Firing Tobacco Halling wood to Barns & Stacking Our Tops at this time Jacob has gone to Meadsville to day - - and expect to finish tops began yesterday. warm weather weather very cold about wednesday last & we ¬¬–– Turned in & cut all our Tobacco & now its very ^{moderate weather} Kate at school we understand is getting well

4 Finished Toping stacks sent Log to yates 14 long 4½ Bus for ourselves 2 Bushels wheat for overseer & 2½ Bus wheat for Mr Tho^s J Boy^d

5th Fine day Sunday – Jacob gone to Meadsville

6 Henry started to Lynchg with upwards of 40 Bushels wheat, wheat weighed 62 & 64 lbs [water stain] Bushel

1858 March 15th I am going to Mrs Hunts to See about our Bacon as I expect Kit back last night. Kitt got to Mrs Hunt this morning —— about 10 Oclock with the meat

Shoulders for Mrs Coleman 511½ Kidneys D^o for [Jm?] 511½ 1023 lbs in shoulders Midlings for Mrs Coleman 384½ D^o for [Jm?] —— 384½ 769 midlings 1792

Letter from W^m A Miller & marked on Hd^d

This is what we have to pay for 1858 March 16 went to Riceville & got the Hh^d of midling bot by Barber & Thompson & paid for 728 lbs & it weighed here exactly the same as it on Hd^d including freight & Drayage Halled by T. W Anderson @

Halling ——— Fencing around Corn field fence & Planted Irish Potatoe Patch & Plowing this day Jerry started to school to Mr Boyd ^ineveningyesterday the 16th March 1858 - fine weather —

17th Treading out oats to sew to day Jordan & Buck halling Rails at new ground till 12 Oclock cleaning out tranches on Branch, & fencing on Cross fence in field & helping about Oats when wanted —

18th Jacob carri^d 24²³ Bus. Oats, we are Plowing Jordan Halling wood & Rails at overseers Fencing around Corn field

18th Sallie started to School to Miss Bettie Nunnelle at Mr Lewis,

19 Sold our Tag Tobacco to Tho^s W Anderson by Jno Singleton @ 5$ cash.