Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

July 22nd 1859 J D Hunts Estate D^r To JW Graves 4½ Butter @ 15¢ 1 lb Butter for D^o 15¢ charged

Commencing 11th March 1856. This morning I Fed my Dogs as usual Caesar I reckon got Chocked & Dyed in 2 minutes or 4 minutes, we are treading out Oats this morning fencing about Tobacco Tobacco lot. Very like for Snow Soon this morning Very cold indeed windy & tremendous yesterday — Jordan Halling Rails around Corn field fence & lot at House yesterday & to day – — wrote to Dan^l Brown Indiana in this month etc etc

14 Plowing for corn till yesterday began to sew Oats Plowing Tobacco Lot by Garden Henry & Jacob Finishing Garden, Jordan halled Rails 2 days this week & finished malling wood in new ground, alse cleaning out Stable, Kitty Clem etc cleaning up on Branch Light full of Snow the 13th Thursday in evening

14th A beautifull day indeed clear & moderate

15th Went to meeting at Strait Stone fine day -

16th Beautiful day. pretty Cool & dry at this time Plowing up & sewing Oats On branch malling wood & Halling out new ground took up Irish Potatoes this day set out Turnips for seed about 100 in Turnip Patch last week,- clem alse & Kitty Piling wood in new ground,-

17th Raining to day Sewing some Oats Shoe mending fencing sent Henry to store, sent 1/6 for Paint & allum

20 Finished fencing Sewing Oats by Malissa House windy - - Fannie White here this evening Jerry & George Edd finished nailing on old Paling [water stain]day - Striping to day & yesterday [smudge][water stain] Rain, sent Mrs Moseleys will to [water stain] Geo. - Sawed about 40 [water stain] etc

1859 Augt 17th Bob here this morning 3 days this week, began to cover barn this morning balance cutting down Pines - cloudy & like for Rain this morning - Capt Pallison Boxley Died 7th day of this month Augt 1859 at Mr Poindexters where he has lived about 2 years Rec^d letter from Cousin Jo^s C Boxley stating this -

18th went to meeting Mr Chumbly & Henry covering Tobacco House balance cutting down Pines very dry & Cool of nights,-

19th Shingling House Tobacco Barn little Henry & Jerry Smith Cutting Pines Henry went to meeting House to day Rhoda nor Lila did not want to go. claiborne & clem went Wednesday & they all went from Plantation

20 Sent Henry & claiborne to help Raise Barn at Mr Hunts place, chummy & little Henry at work on Barn finished covering & at work on Bonnetts of Barn clem spining

21. Fannie W. & Billie Jones stayed here last night & to day Mrs clements & Johns children here Chip & George Coleman also. Still dry &^cool

22nd chumney going to look for a place to live at lent him a Horse Henry toping Tobacco Balance worming & succorring fresh ground Bob came here this morning -

2 [smudge]23 Bob here again to day cutting pines Henry & overseer at work on Barn Balance cutting pine Mr Adams Stanley & Mr Lewis came but they could not get a reference, did not do any thing Nannie Mrs Hunt & Sallie started to Mrs Colemans stop at Johns place, Jerry Came home from Hargraves this 23rd Augt 1859, because

1871 Sept 4th Clear pretty morning pulling fodder I went to shop but did not get my Horse shod, nor any thing else come back by Jacobs but did not get any body to pull ^fodder tomorrow

5. Parthena here to day pulling fodder Clear pretty morning for work —

6th. Finished working Lot withHoes Scye Mar shall helped & tyed up fodder I went to shop old place & Mr Creaseys Mr Geo Coleman & his mother Mattie & Allice here this morning like for rain

7th Sent to Mill 1 Barrel corn for meal Sam & Martin Sent too - worming succoring Tobacco Scye & Parthena digging Irish Potatoes this morning Cloudy & like for rain

8 Worming Toping succoring Tobacco Stacking Fodder to night, Scye Marshall work On Garden etc to day for me Sam & his gang pulling fodder worming & succoring ^Tobacco quite cool to day, Pied Cow had a Cow calf about 1st 1st Sept my Spotted Sow has 8 pretty Pigs, White Sow only got 3 Piggs quite Cool nights

9th. Worming Succoring & Toping Tobacco Sam too till evening & then he tyes up fodder, Nobody at meeting hardly to day

10th. good many at Meeting clear day

11th. Martin & Robert toping worming & succoring Tobacco. Sam pulling fodder clear weather

12th. Finishing toping worming & succoring lot Sent Sam to Yates Mill with 2 Bushels wheat for me flour & 2 Bushels for himself & Carried Some Corn for Martin & a long hart Log. Cloudy this morning. Let Mattie D Hunt have pr his note this day $150.00. Cloudy Weather & damp

13th. Pulling fodder worming & succoring Tob^a in Morning, tying - up Fodder ^{last evening}