Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

We put her in the stable & fed her ^nightlast being such a dreadful night, she Kicked down the stall pieces & we turned her out, but about night I saw her still round the fence at the new prize Barn, lost another pig - Rhoda etc came here Saturday night to Clems weding & she is yet here & a little girl too, &the The Snow has completely stoped up the road above the Barn back of Garden so that nothing can get along as its as deep as a horse in places & very cold indeed,

20th Tuesday. Finished Peggys Coffin & between 10 & 11 oclock She was buried weather has mo= derated a little Shoemending & making Sallie a pr Spining & Picking Cotton etc - we have to cut a road round so that we can hall wood above prize barn,Henry Bottoming a chair to day & he is complaining a little, – Sent Mr. worsham 1 Bushel wheat last week by his son Richard Worsham

21st Halled out Straw & got up 1 stack fodder bottoming chair shoemaking & mending and Spining, Picking cotton, tolerable day over head ^Sent Mrs Coleman went home to day Sent Pompy to shop & mended Cutting Blades. — I went to Court & the first difficulty of snow was here at Crews hardly got along & up at Wallers in the Lane had to pull down fence & go thru field the snow impassable & then the same at Doct Thompsons, the same above Farris s Mill & then white Thorn & at Mr Richard Jones the same the Snow filling up the road for ¼ quarter of a mile as high in the road as my horse all over the

1857 Oct 30 Sewing wheat fixing Hog pen Halling wood & stalks - I went to Court & gave my Deposition Gratsys adm. against Dan^l Johns adm or Exer I charged 1.30 or 1.50 for going there this day which they have got to pay —

31st Sewing wheat fanning wheat this morning Mr Hiram wyatt at ^work with Henry Laying floor of weaving House,- & fixing Door etc fine weather, - Jordan Bushing in wheat sewed in all to this day 22 Bushels in fresh field

Novr 1st Sunday went to see Mr Worsham — 2nd Mr H. Wyatt & Henry finished weaving house — Fed shoemaking, cleaning out stables Raking & Halling leaves to Lot, 3 Plows Plowed up Lot for wheat by old prize barn & finished it ready to sew it now

3rd Sewed 4 Bushels in Lot. & Hitched Netty & she done very well after awhile Plowing Tobacco ground next to Crews & going to sewing there to day - Pulling & Halling

4th corn from mountain Fine weather Put up Our Hogs this ^{up before7. (3.)}morning & several to put up yet.

5th Finished sewing tobacco ground in wheat next to Crews, sewed near 5 Bushels Smooth head White white there. Halled up 4 Loads of Corn to day from mountain & shucked it out at night, Sewing Rye at Crews

6th Sewing Rye at Crews, Halling up Corn from mountain Loads & all choped round stumps & Bushed wheat ground at Crews yesterday - firing Tobacco yesterday & this morning as its warm foggy & Rainy weather, give Jacob 1 pr fine shoes at andersons had his old ones mended gave him one Dollar in cash

7th Housing Corn to day put 20 Barrels new corn House & nearly 10 D^o short Corn in little^House Corn made fine round fodder stacks at mountain

1859 June 20th ^{Jack & Jinny} Halling Logs & Rocks to day & 18 June My Jenny & Mr Faris Jack Replanting Tobacco etc etc — — I went to Court Sallie Came from Fannies

21st working in Tobacco & Corn to day

22nd began to Cut wheat Raining allmost every day Nanny & me went to Aspen Grove etc etc Colo Parker Came to Survey Jno D Hunts Land sold Kelley & worsham

23rd Cutting wheat & finished Lot this evening & fresh p^s lower end of field Finished Surveying Land about 10 Oclock, Barksdale Came here, my Hog Came Home thats been missing so Long, lame in one Leg -

24th Settled with worhsam & Bybee Mr W^m L Pannill helped Settle Bybee Halling up Post for yard Mrs ^Hunts Bob Worked here yesterday plowing Halling Logs to Mill Halling home timber, Hewing Logs for stable I am going to Mrs Colemans to day - I shall Give Mr Shields $1 more for his 5 Hogs as I think they are worth it making $15 for the 5 $3 a p^s Rained Tremendous hard nearly all night, very wet time now,.

25 Halling Logs to mill & Halling home Timbers from worsham, Clem spining Balance Cutting & Hewing Logs for Stable done Long Ones, 12 Oclock went to Plowing & Halling up Second yrs Land Tobacco Bob has only worked here one day to day I went to worshams mill Ja^s Harris Sarah McCullocks & aspen Grove etc, = yesterday we all went to Mrs Colemans

26th Stayed at home & rested this day being Sunday

9th I went to Sarah McCullocks & meeting Finished Halling up wheat before night

10 went to meeting Bob has Plowed 1 day 10th & 1 or 2 p^s & worked here 4½ or 5 days

11. I went to Sarah McCullocks again Mrs Hunt went down to her place Mrs Clements to Marys we are plowing & Laying by Our Corn & choping nearly done lower field choping, stacked one stack Oats last Saturday —

12th Bob came to work this work this morning Laying by Corn & choping in Corn - chumbly Toping Tobacco in fresh ground this morning - -

13 Finishing stacking Oats put up 10 stacks in big field & 1 on road making 11 in all, Turned Hogs in fresh field 14th this morning then finished Laying by Corn cleaning out stables halled Lathes from Mr Hunts = & 1 Barrel full of Slack Lime Raked up Sand to Plaster House, Nannie & myself went down to aspen Grove & Sallie, stacking Oats there very warm Dry weather yesterday & to day we have sold nearly 7000 lbs Toba[cco] up to this time. have our good & fine to sell yet. cloudy & like for Rain but don't rain

15th Halling rails for cow pen halled wood etc in evening. Fasted till Evening - cleaned Out stables Hewing stable logs I went to Shields & Mr worsham paid Mrs Clements $23.73 I owed her but she could find my Due Bill ^{due Bill taken & destroyed}as Exer of JD Hunt.

16th Halling Logs to whiteheads Mill, & Plant ho[?] sawed by worsham, this is the first Log since worsham sold to whitehead

14th Went to Meeting pretty day Mr H went Mr Moses & Kate Came here last night, -

15th working on Road to day & Hilling I went to court Rained before got back

16th Raining this morning, cutting wood in woods after morning, dont rain much Cut down Pines in evening to stop Gulleys

17th ground too wet to do any thing with Cutting down Pines in field next to Cap^t Whiteheads for another year, I am going to Plantation to day

18. Hilling Halling out manure & Coltering in new ground, took up Bybees Sweet Potatoes Sweet Seed,

19th this morning taking up balance Sweet Potatoe Seed, working on Carriage House & Coltering & Hilling etc

20 Planted Sweet Potatoe Patch, Seed Keep prime, & Irish too, Coltering in fresh ground & Hilling in new ground, claiborne halling out manure, very cool Sal & me & Doran went to Fannies yesterday & to Mr worshams & vaughans & mrs Hunt went up to Kates & Mr Moses

22nd Began to Plant Corn down below new Barn, claiborne & Smith Halling out Manure, little Henry & Clem Hilling in new ground, I planted Snaps myself & Simblings fine day Planted p^s Corn by Shop

23rd Nannie & all going to Mrs Colemans I am going to Chalk Level Laying off for corn & expect to Plant on to day^{Chick Corn} ^ Halling & Coltering in new ground to day –

24 Planting Corn to day & finished Chick Corn I went to Mr Pannills, & Settled up with Geo.