Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

4th February 1858 Begun to Rain about 10 Oclock last night & sometime in the night began to Snow ^{Horses runaway coming back from Millers Mill yesterday}& this morning Snow 6 or 8 Inches Deep has & we are striping Tobacco, & putting snow in ice House,= to day= Trees very full of snow & Roads stoped up, cloudy & like for rain all day

5th Snowed & Rained last night a little & cloudy this morning, Striping Tobacco at new prize Barn, one she[e]p Died last night

6th Part cutting wood Henry & Jordan Halling wood from mountain, fresh ground Halled wood at Chumblys & 1 Load of wood to Mr Neals Found part of our Hogs over on the mountain next to Mr Pringles, but could not get them home Clear day not very cold, Snow melted but little yet

Febry 9th cutting up by overseers House Henry Compl= =aining. Pal. Sick Doct Thompson came to see Pal Pal. has very Soar Throat, - my Hogs gone again Jacob got ½ lb Cotton for Kitty to spin,Cutting & trying to get done by overseers house cleared off this morning & windy & cool, we hope Pal is a little better, Halling wood,

-10th. Cutting & finished by overseers House Halling wood to day & halled out Straw - Turned cold in evening my hogs gone again found some of them^{to day -}

11th. Malling at mountain Spring alse burning Brush, ^{nannie gone to Mrs Hunt to night} very cold this morning, 14 Lambs to this time Henry has been complaining for 3 days & in house

12th Began to Snow this morning Sent Jordan & Buck to hall 2 Loads^wood for Miss Neals Shelling corn making Bro[o]ms etc etc not very cold — Wind N,E,- nannie come back in the Snow this morning & Horse threw her & Jerry at the gate flat on the ground & did not hurt [water stain] Snowing yet late in evening Corn shelter broke to day & took 2 or 3 hours [water stain] at 2 oclock in evening about 4 Inches

1858 June 1st Fine Rain last night & We are Beding & planting our Lot. & will replant all we have planted, turned quite warm, Chumblys wife very sick & he is complaining

2nd Nannie & me went to Mr Hunts again Mrs Hunt is very Low Bushed wheat by new Barn Plowing & weeding Corn by Malissas House Jordan finished Crossing new ground & began to drag it over to day

3rd we are ^this worming Tobacco at Johns^s branch Plowing & weeding Corn this morning, cloudy & like for Rain, Jordan will finish draging new ground to day & Reckon — Rained Several hours & we shelled corn etc

4th Jacob come down last evening after plants To plant, claiborne & little helping to draw. Sent to Yates Mill 6 Bags 12 Bus Corn for ourselves & 4 Bushels for Chumbly for meal We are choping laying off & fixing planting our new ground Tobacco to day Nannie still at Mr Hunts,^{who wife} -- who is very low Sent Pal with Jacob to drop plants to day Cloudy & like for more Rain,— got all the meal Mr Little came here wednesday to round & Joist Shingles @ 75 cents a thousand worked when It was not raining hard Thursday taken sick that evening & left sick Friday morning, not ½ done

5th cloudy & like for Rain Laying off Hilling & Planting Our new ground at mountain Spring, taken Sow & & Pigs from mountain Spring this morning Nannie has been at Mr Hunts nearly all this week & she Died yesterday about 1 Oclock & I expect she will be buried to day

6th went to Sunday School to day

7th drawing Plants & will Finish planting this morning, Boar out in woods at this time,

1959 Given out negroes here & at Plantation ^{nov 19} their winter shoes except Pal, cleared of[f] very pretty day =

Novr 21 I went to Court, Rained all the evening Come back in Rain me & Mr J.P. Lewis Halled some Rails to fence in fodder stack Fed & Sandy shoemaking began to strip^Tobacco

22nd Set up Hh^d made Cow Pen etc etc

23rd Finished shoemaking except my shoes Fed making them sent Sandy home & sent after Cart Fanning out wheat & Finished, I went with Mrs Hunt down to See about her Corn nearly all nubbins Finished up Our wheat as follows - Used & Sewed 19 Bushels Fanned & put in 3 Hh^d 75½ D^o. Bot of Kelley 20 Bus chumney got - 2½ - In Hh^d in my Granary 27½ - 27½ In 4 Hh^d in my Granary^{122 Bus} Began to Halled up Logs for stable to day

24th Halling Logs for stable malling & cleaning up in new ground ^^little Henry gone to Yates to get 2 Bus. Corn in meal for mutton Sold Wright Yates Miller -

25 Halling Logs Rocks p^{s s.} for well Cutting & cleaning up in new ground I went to Grastys Sale, clerk it for him gave me $3. went back this day got some things I bot, sent waggon halled wood & the evening Henry carried 1 Log to whitehead saw mill for sheeting 2½ wheat for overseer & 2½ for me etc —

26 Sent Cart & Fan Home to aspen Grove Henry Halling wood, Balance Cutting & malling etc

12th Stayed at Home to day Kate Fannie & Sallie here

13th Malling & Cutting to day —

14 Plowing Cutting & malling etc - Jacob came here last night Raining in evening Pal came after Nails etc - Rained all night

15 Fixing stable shelling corn awhile worked some in shop & then mauling clem spining all day — cloudy & like ^{for Rain}

16 I went to Plantation settled with Cothran & there is down there 40½ Bushels & 2½ Bushels Sent Martha Neal to be returned shortly making 43 Bushels I owe him for his finding 13 Bus. Corn & I agreed to let him ^have 2½ Bushels of wheat instead of Corn then I owe him 10½ Bus Corn & Sowed there last fall 31 Bushels The negroes there now is to have 2 Turns of wheat & 1 Corn till they use 10 Bushels then there will be 30½ Bushels there ^{april 20 I told overseer to let negroes eat 20 Bus. more} 2 Young Lambs there to day — Sent Henry to Cap^t Gilberts to day with Bag^Cotton to Pick 50 lbs did not get it Mauling here next to Cap^t whiteheads

17 went to Mrs^Hunts Place after Tables she gave my wife & Sallie & Trough then he went to Halling wood till night. Balance Piling wood next to Cap^t whiteheads & finished mauling there about 12 Oclock stoped Gullies in evening like for Rain

18th Raining this morning Sent Harry & Jer. Smith to Mill 1 Turn Corn & 1 Turn wheat & to bring back Turn corn there clem spining, balance making brooms etc this morning, cloudy & like for rain not very cold - roads very bad

17th July 1860 Stacked Oats all day & finished put 1 stack in stable & put up 14 stacks claiborne stack one stack Bob stacked balance

18 - Henry Complaining gave him some Pills claiborne Jointing shingles all day balance began to shrub for Corn another on road my wife & Mrs Hunt gone to Mrs Colemans to see Isaac Overby who is there sick, bob Carried Mrs Hunt Carriage to shop to have tires, etc, Pal Came after work for his Mama Sent her 3 lbs wool Bags & all & some grease to grease it - Dry & Hot weather

19th I went to aspen Grove this day bob gone after Mr Overby & Mrs Hunt at Mrs Coleman Doct Thompson went to see Isaac Overby Rained 2 Showers in evening Run in the yard Grubing in corn field Henry sick & doing not much claiborne Jointing Shinglings & Digging whole for Prize Stump Jerry gone to Mrs Panills & shields to see about Thrashing their wheat

20th July cloudy, Shrubing for corn Toping Tobacco this morning first we toped

21. Shrubing corn field for 1861 Henry & Claiborne planking Prize shelter & Rounding & Jointing shingles I went to Fannies & Kates Sal & Alice went with me.

22nd I went to Prayer meeting clear & Dry in morning — In the shortly after I got home It began to Thunder & very soon a cloud come up & Rained hard, Severe Lighting - Rained a fine shower 3 times, Doct Estes stayed all night

23rd Striping Tobacco finished in big barn & then went to Little barn Plowing up Turnip Patch sewing Turnips in Garden etc etc Bob not here to day. Brought Bitter from aspen Grove mare bot of Mrs Fitzgerald.