Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

10th Novr Fountain Came here to finish my Corn house yesterday friday a little after 12 Oclock & worked till Saturday Night @ $14 pr month

11th Cloudy & drisling Rain —

19th Fountain Wyatt finished Corn House & we have settled for it & we are Housing Corn

23 finished Housing all we have shach out & are halling up balance weather Cool & windy - etc –– –– Henry Federick Jordan alse malissa & Lila had Blankets this day - Sometime ago I gave Claiborne Abram & little Henry Caps & Lowry my Hat. - very dry fall & first of Decr

3rd Decemr I went to see Mr Fitzgerald last Friday & Stayed there till he Died saturday night about 10 Oclock in night, – We are Grubing Cutting wood & halling up Corn stalks last week, this morning Henry goes to Mill with log for Tobacco Barn Balance Cutting & Grubbing —

4 Halling Logs to Yates Saw Mill Grubbing Jordan cut wood at Mr Neals – James M Fitzgerald Died at his Fathers on the 1st day of Decemr 1855 about 10 Oclock in the night We have burnt & sewed 2 Large Plant Bed this week & last week Say 1st Decr 1855 got our sheep this week Killed this 12th Decr 1855 8 Fat Hogs Halling wood & Cutting & Grubing

12th We have Cold open weather very dry fall indeed so far – – – – – –

20th Cutting little growth in new ground Grubbing in Corn field on Johns branch Raising weaving House have Commenced plowing on branch for Corn fine open weather Jordan gone to with 3 Bushels screan wheat for chop 2 Bus D^o for flour & 4 Bus. Corn for meal

21 Cutting little growth in new ground getting rafters for weaving House

1856 Feby 15th This has been truly a rough Winter On me having to attend to Fannies W Fitzgeralds business to go to Charlott & to Meads ville on Jacobs acc^t & found Jacob sick in Charlotte, - & the weather so extremely rough snowy & Cold now cloudy & like for rain or Snow again, malling wood in new ground & Cutting there or rather in Second yrs ground Henry halled up little stack Oats this morning & then halling wood alse break =ing flax my wife gone to Mr Jno. D Hunts to day – –– &c. ————— Fixing this evening take down old prize Barn Tobacco - Lambs coming & Dying Sheep Dying one Sow missing this morning

1856. very cold & windy - since 15th we have been halling wood malling etc

Feby 18 went to Court Swapt Horses for Fannie Philip for Horse Top gave $25 for Boot Mrs Coleman Sow found Dead last Monday morning

22 Halled Logs to Yates Saw mill 2 or 3 days say 2 Logs for Palings & 2 for Railing etc Finished malling in new ground Raking for fence etc began to mall on mountain getting Garden Posts, Sent to Mill & got 8 Bus meal & 8 Bushel of wheat into flour Halled up stack fodder & leaves in old prize Barn & one back Garden I went to Chalk Level Colo Dickinsons etc to day, about Johns matter & wrote to A McKee about James McCullocks Debt etc

23 Malling & Cutting wood for Plant^{on Road} Bed Getting up Garden Post & halling wood Fine weather, loosing our sheep & lambs went to Riceville to day

1855 Augt 25th Sent 3. large Logs to Mr E Dews Saw Mill to day - 2 for weather boarding & 1 for Sheeting plank 2 . 12 feet long & 1 Bigest 14 feet – Sent by waggon Jordan carried 2 small ones 10 feet long 1 short sheeting one for square Edge plank - making 5 logs in all

Oct. Sent 2 to Yates saw mill one for square edged Plank Inch thick Sent to Yates 4 more Logs. 6 in all –

10th Sent one Log for sheeting to Ezekiel Dews saw mill & got 150 feet square edged Plank

15 Sent another Log to mr Dews & got 150 or 60 feet Bark Edged sheeting

29th Sent 2 more Logs to Yates Saw mill for Granary Shed floors for meal & flour

3rd Decr Cart Car^d one more for Hh^d staves waggon Carr^d 2 more logs for Yates one Long & 1 short ^{last Thursday} The one Carr^d this morning to be sawed into Scantling 3 by 4 for Tobacco House – – making 13 logs up to this time - 4th waggon carried 2 long logs for Rafters etc for Tobacco. Cart Carried 2 for making weather boarding making 17. at Yates & 7 or 9 at Dews

5th Sent 2 more this morning 1 for Rafters for tobacco House one for weather boarding

Feby 22 Carr^d this week to Yates 4 Large Hart Logs for Paling Railings for garden

March 6 Burnt Plant Bed & sewed it on Road p^t of it without burning, lower end, with Guano alone, Plowing, & Covering all my Beds with Brush at this time,

1856 July 24 Kitty Taken Sick last Thursday 18th or 19th & is sick yet Jordan & Sandy getting better, - Halled up Our fodder put 2 stacks in old prize Barn for Mr Anderson sold & put 2 in new cutting House, Hot Dry weather

25th Hung out Tobacco this morning worming Toping Tobacco in fresh ground to day choping out cotton to day, sent for Doct Thompson to see Kitty to day

26. Loaded waggon with Tobacco for Riceville cleaning up around negroes Houses etc Branch etc, worming new ground this evening, - etc etc etc Went to Riceville with Load Tobacco 1347 lbs Balance of our hands cleaning up & fixing about their houses & worming new ground Tobacco, this evening, - clear & dry —

28 working on Tobacco in morning Toping new ground Henry going to Mill for meal & to Dews for weather Boarding Sent 4 Bushels Corn & 2½ Bushels new wheat to Yates to grind for meal & flour

30th Henry at work on Granary shed Balance of them choping at Turnip Patch & corn field clear & dry — Went to Riceville yesterday & car^d all of our Tobacco we have striped Toped over our Tobacco

31st Doct Thompson has been here ^{to see Kitty}to day Henry has floored Granary shed & weather boarded it in 1½ days balance of them been choping in corn till 12 [water stain] choping grass off Plant Bed [water stain]

24th March 1856 Given Fed Henry Jordan & Sandy some flour this morning — Went to Mrs Hunts & meeting House yesterday Striped tobacco all day Saturday not Rolled Logs yet nor finished sewing Oats – My wife went to Mrs Hunts yesterday,very windy to day. I went to Mr John D Hunts to day

25 March Rolled Our Logs & sent to Yates Mill 3 Bags Corn for meal carried 1 Log for Garden Paling & brot home 2 Bags meal & Garden Palings – windy day & moderate

26 Beautiful morning Halled up stack Oats to sew Sandy & Lowry Plowing in Oats Fed & Claiborne malling Balance fencing where wind blew it down yesterday, - let Mr Mr Lewis have 1 Bushel Oats Sallie started to school this 16th March 1856

27 Finished sewing Oats Sewed about 55 Bushels

28th Sewed flax Patch Plowing for Corn - Halling leaves out of new ground on ^Land Corn Began to Colter in fresh ground, Swingled flax this morning,- Clary Had a Heifer calfvery windy cool & dry weather yesterday we had a light fall of snow & very windy - all day Blowed down fencing again — we have only 4 Lambs to this day — —

29th Plowing for Corn Halling wood getting leaves for corn corn field etc Finished Raking new ground Coltering in Fresh ground fixing Barns there etc

30 Went to Mrs Moseleys Funeral Sermon Preached at Strait Stone Church by Elder Burton from Charlotte cty V^a from 14 Chapter Revelations & 1 Verse Beautiful day little cool Hymns Sunday at her Funeral Virginia Selection 484th 476th 467th Hymns Solemn day -

31st cleaning up & Halling from Ground Henry shilings shingles Plowing for Corn My wife gone Mrs Hunts Beatifull day little cool & very [water stain]

April 1st Began to Hill to day Halling [water stain] Henry getting shingles sent Lowry [water stain]