Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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.