Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1856 Monday 3rd Rained as hard as I ever I saw it but Once in my life stayed & Tuesday Election day it Rained in morning I arrived at strait stone by 12 Oclock acted as Commissioner & then got home by night in the rain found all well at home Thanks be to God

4th Election over at S.S. F. & A J D 22 Buchannon & B. 50 — Worked done in the above time

27th Faned out wheat Fed & Sandy fired Toba the rest commenced working on Ice ^pond pomd Henry Jordan & Lowry Plowing - Henry got out Guano & wheat say

28th Fed etc opening Drains, claiborne etc Picking out cotton —

29th Fed etc Grubing in new ground Henry & Plowing finished picking cotton

30 Lowry etc Plowing Jordan gone to Mill finished sewing other Johns Branch alse etc grubing claiborne etc cutting

31 Fed etc grubing Jacob etc cutting Henry etc Plowing — Wyatt & Sandy getting Shingles all the week Henry Sewing wheat sawing etc — this evening

Novr 1st Henry Jordan etc Plowing balance Corn, Halled Load corn shucked it out & put it Halled wheat etc —

2 Sunday Pleasant day

3. Shoemaking making Brooms etc etc

4 Striping Jacobs Tobacco - etc -

5 Cutting & Grubing in new grounds Shoemaking Mr wyatt getting shingles with Henry. Cleared of[f] very cold this morning ground very wet