Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

Riceville with a Load of fodder 885 lbs Balance worming succoring & Toping Tobacco began on branch quite cool this day - & fair ——

21s Worked On Road Fletcher did not attend Mr Lewis’s hand late coming

22nd worming & succoring Tobacco & toping Henry getting shingles - clear day = all ^of ^ ^{us at} this at time thanks be God are getting about a little -

27 Been to association at Sweet Sleeve got back Tuesday - Jacob went. Our hands fixed plant Bed Shrubed in fresh field, and now they are worming & succoring out Tobacco & Toping Began to Pull fodder in fresh ground yesterday Mr F Wyatt came here to work about 9^th Oclock Monday morning - getting shingles at this time cutting down trees this morning Henry Jordan & Claiborne Sawing - cloudy & like for Rain =

28th Sawing shingle blocks till 12 oclock Fountain getting shingles balance pulled some fodder tyed up & stacked what we had pulled

29 Halled stacks to yates saw mill to day Saw waggon 4 Logs & Cart 3 Logs Balance worming toping & succoring lot warm & cloudy & like for rain somedays past nights cool — sent 5 Bushels wheat & 8 Bushels Corn for meal to day

30th waggon halled 3 Logs & cart 2 D^o to yates Saw Mill Making 12 in all there worming Tobacco & succoring at Stony pint & in Lot gath ering Green apples & putting them in overseers House quite cool Mr Wyatt getting shingles all this week shower rain last evening clear to day

1856 Novr 6th I went to Republican Grove, to See Mr Prindle, alse & Kitty grubbing Jerry went to Miss Sarah McCullocks Henry helping Mr. Wyatt Jacob & Balance pulling off corn by Bars

7th Moving & fixing Corn Jordan plowing Fed & Sandy Shoe Making, Halling up & shucking corn plowing up cotton Patch Henry & Mr. Wyatt finishing Tobacco Barn this evening - etc Picked out Cotton to day

8th Shucking & housing Corn Sewing wheat in Cotton Patch & by Lilas House etc Fed & Sandy Shoemaking Rainy a little Turned cool in evening etc etc

9th went to Fannies & she came here Jacob went to Riceville —

10 Sent Henry to Mill 2½ B. W 4 Bus Corn & 1 Log for flooring for Porch Jordan & Lowry Plowing Fed & sandy Shoemaking Balance pulling off Corn fine day clear — fine weather

11th Sewing Wheat & getting up Corn

12th Sewing wheat & getting up Corn fine weather about this time

13th Sewing wheat putting up Greens & then for getting up Corn etc etc Finished sewing wheat sewed 32½ Bus. Henry gone to yates mill with Log for sheeti =ng 4 Bus Corn for meal 1 Bushel wheat ^F for fine weather = Halling corn this evening

14th Finished sewing wheat I went to Fannies sold Top to JD Hunt for $85 due now to be pd by or before X Halling up & shucking out corn fine weather. Henry Jointing shingles

1856 Decemr 1st this morning fair & fine weather my wife gone to Mrs Hunts stayed all night Jacob came home Sunday but Did not finish Fannies Corn gone back this morning Mr Wyatt Came to work this evening Henry & Sandy helping him get Sills & Plates for Porch to day Fed alse & Kitty grubbing Lowry claiborne & Henry little cutting abram & Jerry Smith piling Brush. Jordan Halling wood etc = 2nd Decr. This morning raining, striping Tobacco at mountain taking down Tobacco in new prize Barn this morning. Mr Wyatt came to Breakfast & left. Abram Crewss Corn comes to 70¢ he having 3 Pecks & a half Bus. in nubbins on the husk. —

3rd Sent Jerry & Jordan to Capt Gilberts machine 2 Bags Cotton 1 42½ 1 D^o 50 lb Gross Fed alse & Kitty etc Halling leaves Mr Wyatt Henry & Sandy hewing etc

Decr 4th Jacob came home but prizing his own Tobacco & then he wants to go to Lynchg. Mr Wyatt Henry & Sandy hewed yesterday & at it this morning Fed alse & Kitty Grubing balance cutting Sent Jordan & Jerry to Faris cotton machine Cool fine weather wind does not ^{this morning}blow

5 Halled 2 Large Logs to Mr Yates for him for sawing Posts for Porch Henry Car^d 2 Bags Corn & 2½ Bushels Screan wheat for Chop Stuff - Jacob abram etc prizing Tobacco Fed & Lowry halling stacks Kitty & alse grubing claiborne & Sandy Cutting Jordan gone to Fannies to Raise Corn House

6 Decr 1856 Halled Mr Yates 1 Log & Did not get any meal to day yesterday Sent 2 Bags wheat for flour 5 Bushels Fed alse & Kitty Grubbing Sandy & claiborne cutting stacks & wood - Owe Mr Yates 2 logs now Small = Jordan has not come back yet, ^{about 10 Oclock}Come back Jacob Turning out his Hh^d Tobacco to day etc Bro^t Scantling 1 Turn Chop stuff & 3 Turns meal this morning & evening 1 D^o & left 2 of Corn & 5 of wheat carried another log for Yates in evening & 2 Turns Corn for meal standing Turns etc Sent 2 Logs this evening making 3 trips to day last time 1 for Yates the other for ¾ Square Edged to be divided —

7th clear cool day being Sunday

8th Killed 8 Hogs this morning Cut them out Salted them Grubing & Cutting at new ground Halled up stack fodder this morning Jacob fixed cart shelter etc etc etc

9th Grubing cutting & Halling wood - etc waggon starts to Lynchg to day

15 The last week we have been to Lynchg Carried Jacobs Tobacco & some for me & Turkeys sold the sorry Lugs for $6¾. Turkeys 60¢ round Cut & Grubed while we were gone, & striped some Tobacco in new prize Barn, bot a Carriage & Brought Home from school She came to Lynchg last week say about the 15th decemr 1856 - Did not bring any of her accounts with her

16th Put Plank in Barn Cutting stacking wood Fixing Corn & Cob Crusher to day Malissa, Catharine Fannie Johnson & Nelson I sent up to Fannie W Fitzgerald to stay one year.

17th Decr 1856 Halled wood Cut in new ground Went to Riceville after & bot 3 hogs weighing 491 lbs pounds Jordan returned from Fannies etc

18th Killed 12 hogs this morning with the 3 purchased of Mr Stone at Riceville @ $8½ pr 100 lbs cutting to day p^d $41 73½

19 Cutting out at new ground, Fixing Ice pound Halling wood, Henry going to Mr. Yates ^mill with 1 Bag wheat for negroes at X & 1 Bag Corn for meal to get meal & Plank etc carried 1 Log for Square Edged Plank ¾- thick. Jacob gone to Riceville to pay Mr Stone for 491 lbs Pork @ 8½$ pr Hundred amounting to $41.77 ^½ Mr T.W. Andersons to pay & take a Rec^t for the same, - clear Cold day

20th Raining this morning Sleet fanning Out wheat shelling corn Henry gone to carry his Coal to Mr Dews & bring home my plank-

22nd Finished cutting little growth in new ground this morning Jordan halling wood Henry halling straw & leaves & then halling fire wood yesterday was a cold day myself & Mr Mason went Sunday no church meeting in this month - On acc^t weather — Considerable talk in Halifax about insurrection looks very much like Snow very cold

23rd fixing Ice ponds Halling wood Cutting in new ground Just began this morning to cut Big growth tremendous Cold & Windy this morning clear & cold indeed this morning —

24 went to Strait Stone to appoint Patrol etc went to Mrs Hunts etc getting Ice etc to day very cold

25th Filled Ice house to day got my calf from Mrs Lanes Jacob gone to Fannies etc