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 Novr 28th Finished Sucking corn halled up last night, I went to Hill field yesterday for Mrs Coleman & bot wallers corn for her This morning putting shucks in cutting House Pulling corn next to overseers House & Trying to get in all in field & shuck it out to day fine cool weather - Jerry gone to Post office this morning - finished shucking

29th Fine day went to Mrs Hunts. Jacob went to Mr Haleys to see Mr Dallas - who is sick.

30th Halling & Housed corn & finished Henry went to mill car^d 5 Bus. corn & 1 Bus wheat,- Balance Housing corn

Decr 1st Beautifull day worked on primings till Dinner & Halled wood & stalks to day made cow Pen, Sandy went with me to Hillfield to measure corn for Mrs Coleman I have been twice for her to attend to her

2nd Waggon Started to Lynchg with primings after 12 oclock Car^d also 7 or 8 Bus wheat Fed shoemaking & Jacob, Halling corn stalks Began to Grass this day in evening —

3rd Killed 3 Fat Hogs Halling stalks Grubing & cutting in new ground, fine day clear —

4th Began to Burn plant Bed in slash rained at night, we prepared nearly ½ the Bed —

5. Finished Burning plant Bed in slash sowed Guano on it & tranched it out but did not fence it in,- waggon returned Saturday night from Lynchg hot 2.80 for primings only $1.10 for wheat, I owed W^m A Miller $3.43 for 2 sacks salt & ½ Ton Guano Began to Rain this evening & Rained last night & continues to rain. —

1860 Feby 18th went to mauling wood in evening

Feby 19. Started to Court, Fannie stayed all night Sunday night Jere & Sallie went back to school cold day

20. Turned moderate mauling & Cutting wood in new ground, got home Monday night weather moderate

21st Halled Rails till 12 Oclock & then Henry went to Laying off Corn Rows Balance Fencing next to Cap^t whiteheads I went to Post office Peaks Wallers Vaughans Mr Moses & Fannie W Fitzgerald

22 Fencing on Road to day W^m Shields here Halled up Oats & Halling rails till evening & then begin to Plow in orchard I went to aspen Grove & made [Lines]

23₂₅Fencing on Road & striped Tobacco ½ day & took down some Wednesday & then fenced on Road from Branch W^m Shields worked Thursday Friday & Saturday Rolled Logs 2 days nearly & fenced one - this week Henry Halled wood this evening very windy Friday & turned cold

26 Stayed at home to see Mrs Pannill

27 Went to Court House sent after Cotton Turn of wheat to Yates, & 1 to whiteheads Plowed & Stacked Rails next to whiteheads

28 Plowing & Fencing new ground fence made fence on Road yesterday fine weather at this time

29th Fencing at new ground & nearly finished Plowing in Lot rained a little,-

March 1st Sent Henry & Claiborne to Hodnetts to Roll Logs. Plowing, fine day cleared of[f] Beautiful weather,

1860 Sept^8th9th went to meeting myself — — 10th worming ^{Mrs Hunt gone to CHouse} & Succoring Tobacco I am stilling again making 1½ days cleared off cool JCT been Twice to old place

11th Stilled again to day, Pulling fodder next to Whiteheads, stacked up 4 & a p^s stack last night fine Blade fodder —

12th Pulling again to day & stilling Sent to Mr J.P. Lewis for Bacon yesterday

13th Finished daubbing in night last night worming & succoring Tobacco to day. Tying up Fodder etc cool weather —

14th cool this morning worming & succoring this morning Tying up Fodder etc etc I am going to Plantation to day — to see Doss this went to see Doss saw Mr Waller he told me Doss was going to live with him, went to yates Cris Lanes & Plantation made a proposition to Cothran to Live there again & give him till Tuesday morning to decide -- We have 11 or 12 stacks Blade ^{here & 19 at Plantation}

15th Stayed at home all day riving boards prizing Tobacco Stacking fodder etc etc clear pretty weather —

16th Mr Doss Came here this morning & told me he intended to stand to his contract, & never said or thought of being off or disappointing me

17th Lucy & Mr Faris s Jack I dont go to Court to day Raining & we are working in our Tobacco prizing & taking down etc Raining moderately al day —

18th Fanning out our wheat, made about Bus. here sewed 9, Rained all day —

1860 Decr 23rd I went to Strait Stone Prayer Meeting very white or Black met, day very good for time of the year

24th Cutting wood for Plant Bed, Halling fire wood in the evening & Halled up 1 stack fodder to use in stable & 1 Load Shucks,

25th Snowed a little last night, alice sick with sore throat, went to old place give some Lard for them there & sent them a dram & this morning gave them some cider & got some for Mrs Hunt, etc etc fine day —

26th I went to Mrs Colemans to see Alice pd Mrs Coleman Balance of money got from CH. for her went to Welden Holders. Mr Hubbards & Mrs Hunts Place did not rent it to Waller, me & Mr Hubbard viewed the Land of Mrs Hunts he wants to buy some 40. or 50 acres which I agreed he might have at $12 pr acre - then I came home fine day

27 - went to chalk Level to hiring - cold day & fair —

28. went to Mount Airy no hiring cold fair day —— Mr Chumney my Overseer moved here to day Henry move him & I am to give him 3/-

29th. Halling Leaves Cutting & malled at Plant Bed, - to burn. it & at 12 Oclock we will get wood Hired Dan^l R Hunts boy John to Holder again $27½ for next year, Snowing again to night. Rented to Susan Roark the place where Roby lived this year of JD Hunts Est. for $15.00^{for 1861}

30 Snowed last night a little & to day snowed & Rained nearly all day in fact raining all^{the time}

31st Snowed in the night & snowing yet 9 or 10 Oclock Snow about 4 or 5 Inches Deep —