Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1855 Jany 10th Mr H. Arnold & Bro. Came this day wednesday about 3 Oclock in evening

11th Striped Tobacco again to day & nearly done What we halled from mountain Spring barn cloudy & moderate & Rainey M Arnold worked a while this morning & it began to Rain & ^stopedthey

25th Carried 1 Log for sheeting to Yates & 3 Bags Corn, 2 at mill besides & since the 21st Jany we have been Plowing finished Cutting & Began to Mall One little snow the 10th Inst. we have been Piling wood & burning Brush, at work on Prize shed Mr H. Arnold & Bro quite cold & like for snow. Rose got Mr Miller at Sale has come out very much

26th Snowed last night this morning sent Jordan to Millers Mill with Bag of Cotton to Riceville after Nails & Allum - & after papers – Sewing clover seed in fresh ground,- balance striping late Tobacco — cloudy & like for Rain

27th malling & burning brush & piling wood Henry getting shingles —

Feby 2 Halled up Ice this week Halled wood. malling burning brush Cut wood over on the mountain for Plant Bed Henry Arnold & Bro. Jesse finished here & we have settled & gone this morning to day we are malling & halling wood. etc fine day Snowed last Sunday all all day =

7th Feb Catharine S Graves began to teach School yesterday the 6th Burnt Plant Bed on mountain & sewed it yesterday to day we got two more Loads of Ice this morning 2 or 3 Snows Shallow ones, Mary Hunt Coleman came yesterday the 6th to go to School - cloudy & like for Snow

21st Wednesday at Mr Thomas Fitzgeralds & also at Mr Whittles had to take the woods to get to the Court House got there about 1 Oclock Stayed there about 2 & then returned the same night getting home about 8 Oclock Such mountains of snow I never saw in my life neither has the oldest inhabitants, dredfull time & when I got home snowing a little, Henry & Sallie complaining a little, sore throat & Lowry has Pain in his back etc etc

22nd Bitter cold day & windy. attempted to hall wood & only got 4 Loads waggon & Cart & got the way cleared & little broke dreadful weather, making Baskets feeding & making fires, Fed making Fannies Jerrys shoes Henry took Some Pills to day —

23rd Friday clem sick. gave him some Pills Halled wood to day waggon & cart halled 8 Loads I went down to Strait Stone about new county nobody met, the road is impassable have to take the woods in several places met Mr Lewis Boy going to Millers Mill he had to go back home & take his grain on his horse & went to Yates Mill. he was going to Millers in a slide with 2 horses, such times never was Known in this part of the country. Such heaps of snow in the roads wherever There is a Lane Yates was cutting away Ice about his mill till 10 or 11 Oclock to day before he could start his mill & this morning the Thermometer was 10 degrees below zero, yesterday all day the coldest day I ever saw

24th Weather a little moderated tho cold but cloudy & like for snow, Sent Jordan and Claiborne to

1857 April 9th Mr Wyatt at work on upper floor. I helped him yesterday finished lattice & to day finished upper floor all he can do now & about 5 oclock he left. Mr Tucker has altered our shoats & cut 1 Calf to day —

10th Raining this morning Shelling corn mending Shoes Burning Log Heaps & will Plow at 12 Oclock. Halling Logs My wife & Jerry gone to Fannies yesterday morning - cool rain, etc

11th Plowing with 3 Horses this morning Sent Sandy to Millers Mill 8 Bus. Corn 4 Bushels wheat for flour & let Henry have ½ Bushel,= Balance our hands fencing where fence was burnt at mountain field & shrubing there Jordan & Buck Halled up stack Oats & for Coltering at new ground, cool weather & every thing backward nearly all fruit Dead Went to Cap^t Clement Funeral Masonic Parade

12th Went to Sunday School Just commenced this day Jerry Sick, cloudy Cool day

13th Snowing this morning Easter Monday Sallie at home, Lila complaining Commenced snowing between light & sun rise. 1 Oclock in Evening it has been snowing all day and at it yet snow in places where it did not melt as fast as it falls is 3 or 4 Inches Deep.

14th Plowing in Evening, coltering in second years ground & finished shrubing corn Land & commenced Hilling in second years ground

15th Plowing for corn Hilling. tremendous windy to day & cold - Turned out Hh^d Tobacco

16 Coltering in new ground this week carried Hh^d Tobacco to Riceville 1058 lbs @ $12 malling till 12 Oclock [water stain]

1857 May 8th Sent Sandy to Doct Whites Mill 8 Bushels Corn for meal after awhile we shall start them to Hilling — & Coltering in new ground fair weather at this time

9th Coltering & expect to get done first way in new ground to day Henry Croping for them to Hill, Sandy Halling Rails for yard today & then plowing for Jerry & Miss Neal & Plowing Pea Patch, fine weather weather 11th May 1812 It snowed 4 Inches Deep fruit trees in full Bloom & did not hurt any thing much In 1836 Spots in the Sun & I am told frost every month of the year in some places in 1812 Easter the Snow full 1 foot Deep. In 1823 17th april snow fell 18 Inches Deep In 1848 snow fell early in June, light In 1856 22nd april It snow, smartly In 1857 It snowed smartly in april & the coldest windy & wettest spring I ever saw, now 9th may & we have not finished planting corn & many persons have not planted much, the rains & freshet has been uncommon, Yates Dews Gilberts Millers Mills out of fix & Dams broke & also Worshams, - Tobacco plants very small & every thing very backward - -

10th Sunday went to Sunday School fine day

11th uncovered Plant Beds this morning & will manure shortly, Hilling at new ground laying off mountain field to Plant Corn, fine weather, Planted Pumpk =ins at mountain field — coltering at new ground croping — Finished Planting mountain field & Planted all over we had planted there Raining this evening Just before night Planted pumpkins & simblings at mountain Halling croping at new ground Halled rails for Mr Crews Plowed up Cotton Patch Potatoe Patch etc etc.

1857 Dec. 6 Raining nearly all this day – – 7 Cleared off & a Beautiful Morning – Taking Down new prize Barn & Fixing Shelters etc etc Sent Jerry after Kate & sallie, Jacob went to Fannies last Saturday — Sent little Henry to Millers Mill & P. office Sallie Came Home to day Fenced in Plant Bed in slash burnt last week fine day etc 1 young Lamb at this time

8th Mr John D Hunt here sent to Fannies to shuck Corn, Cutting & Halling Logs to Ice House Grubbing in new ground

9th Jacob P. went to Fannies yesterday to see about her corn shucking - Grubbing shelling corn this morning Sent to Mill Yates 4 or 5 Bushels Corn for meal, went to Sale myself etc - Put up Big Sow & she has got out 2 or 3 times. & we have tried her again

10th Jerry gone to Mr Plunkets for Jno D Hunt Jordan & claborne has not come back from Fanies been there ever Since day before yesterday Grubbing ^{stayed 2 Days -}& Hewing sills for Stables - etc etc I Bot Cap^t Clements House tract of Land yesterday at $7.05^{at 12 & 18 mos Credit} pr acre weather very warm, Rained last night & night before nearly all night this morning little Cooler,- Grubing in new ground

11th Stayed this day till evening went to Mr. Tuckers for Hodnet & wife. Grubbing & sent to Mill

12th Sent 2 Turns Corn & 1 wheat to Yates yesterday - Grubbing & cutting getting sills & Cutting Logs for Stable & Smiths shop Sent my cart & Jordan & little Henry to clements to House corn Stayed all day