Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1848 May 6th Send Henry to mill 10 Bus. corn & 1 Bushel Buck wheat picking up roots & Hilling this morning pulled cockle out of fresh ground wheat

7 Gust last night & night before hard Rain & wind —

8 put up fencing prizing Tobacco & replanting corn. Ground wet Henry plowing on Branch in lot, My W gone to Mrs Hunts. Mary H Coleman sick I went there last night in night. She was some better — Very hard Rain about 3 oclock to day also last friday & Saturday

15. Finished our new ground, replanting corn coltering second yrs ground weather cool & fair,- Planted snaps etc etc & Hilling second yrs ground

16 Finished replanting corn, Plowing

17 Hilling up second yrs ground prepared ground for Peas & Greens Plowing for Tobacco — in Lots

18 Hilling Plowing - Plowing corn in Lots at home —

19. Kit gone to Lynchg for me prizing Tobacco - Hilling ^{yrs land}second Planted Pea Patch etc —

20_ Halled up stack fodder prizing Hilling etc Planted Tobacco this day

1849 June 19 Hilling up Sweet Potatoes & Plowing then choping & thining corn second time on branch by middle^Barn Weather fair & warm, - wheat nearly ripe -

20th Finished Hilling up Sweet Potatoes & late Irish Potatoes this morning. Plowing corn next to woods by middle Barn. weather clear & warm, Begin this morning to weed our new ground Tobacco

21st Clear & fair Hot days expect to nearly finish Plowing our corn second^{to day}time began big new ground yesterday — Doct Lynn hear, Mr Sheltons examination

22 Finished our corn Plowing second time weeding our new ground Tobacco Sent Henry to mill ——clear & Hot. Began yesterday runing side of the corn in fresh ground next to orchard for last time & sewed near a peck of Peas & Plowed them in

23. Plowing corn on Branch second time Finished weeding new ground Tobacco & Began Second yrs Land, weather clear & Hot Cut Hill side wheat in Lot which ^ripewas Mouse had a Heifer calf 22nd or 23rd^Inst

25 Cutting wheat this morning ground very dry & hard, - every thing but wheat needs rain I am weeding down little second yrs ground Kitt cut wheat here to day nearly all day

26th cutting fresh ground wheat towards stony pint began yesterday in that field — A little cloudy this morning, weeding Tobacco from time yesterday Kit came we were all in wheat field - weather warm

27 Finished in fresh ground next to stony pint gone to mountain field this morning

28 - Kit cut again from 9 or 10 oclock till it rained about 3½ Oclock in evening Finished mountain field & began at home

30th & 31st Augt. worming & succoring Tobacco Machine came here 31st from Mr Lewis’s about 11 oclock & by the time we got a start it commenced Raining, & Rained a good shower we carried the wheat with straw after we discover=ed that it was going to be wet we then wound up & it Rained sure enough till in^nightthe

1st Sept. ground very wet & the machine doing nothing spining etc etc — Began to machine wheat between 1 & 2 oclock in evening till night put up 4 Stacks straw Kit & Mr. Lewis 3 hands come ——

2 Fannie W. & Cate went to Greenfield Jerry Better than he has been for several days

3. began again to Thrash wheat fine day Kit Mr Lewis s 3 Hands & 2 from Mrs Hunts came & we finished & carried the machine to James Whiteheads got done about night 1½ days Thrashing Our crop wheat

4 alse & Ann gone to Mrs Coleman to Pull fodder & its Turned out to be cloudy & a little rainy, succoring & worming Tobacco Henry gone to Mrs Hunt after 10½ Bushels corn making 4 Bbls lent me — Fanned out some wheat to make flour this morning — alse & ann returned at 12

5. worming & succoring & toping Tobacco on Branch & Lot. Henry gone to Glenns Mill 10 Bus. wheat for flour 5½ Bus. corn for meal. Turned cooler. I am going to Mrs McCullocks & Riceville to day —

6 Pulling Blade fodder after morning all hands my wife went to Mrs Colemans

7 alse gone to Mrs Colemans to Pull fodder worming & succoring Tobacco in new ground Fair & cool this morning ⅓ done Pulling^fodder Mr Myers & Henry getting slabs, Tying up fodder This evening.

1858 March 9th Shelling corn working at Shop Sandy & Buck went with me after the Hogs found them on Mountain the other side of Mr Pringles Barn Hester got scared & threw me off & Buck too on side of ^{made Ironing Table}mountain hurt my face foot & ^{& arm}Leg, but not seriously I hope, Sandy mending Lilas Shoe etc

10th March 1858 Snow melted but little yet weather moderated some, Fanning out our wheat to day. fixing plows etc expect to send to mill for meal,- clear this morning

In evening Sent a Load of chaff to Mr Neal Mr Chumbly making sleigh this evening finished our got about 50 Bushels. 50,

11th Halling up Oats to sow to day-, halling chaff Henry & overseer at work on sledge & sowing Plant Beds over this morning alse spining, Sent Buck to Fannie Fitzgeralds to hear from them, - snow melting very much, moderated very much,- last night This evening late Kit Starts to Lynchg My waggon & 3 Horses & 1 mule after Mrs colemans & my Bacon bot by Mr Hunt in Richmond,- to be divided between us

12th Henry Halling wood. Balance malling & piling wood, I went to Jacobs & Mr Hunts Jerry stayed ^night all little cripple Lamb Died yesterday

13th Finished malling & cutting fence [Row?] by mountain Spring to Join mountain field, I went to meeting to day at S S.

14th pretty day for meeting, Mr Plunket here

15th Making new ground fence Halling Rails there to Join fence to mountain

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.