Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

21st Wednesday at Mr Thomas Fitzgeralds & also at Mr Whittles had to take the woods to get to the Court House got there about 1 Oclock Stayed there about 2 & then returned the same night getting home about 8 Oclock Such mountains of snow I never saw in my life neither has the oldest inhabitants, dredfull time & when I got home snowing a little, Henry & Sallie complaining a little, sore throat & Lowry has Pain in his back etc etc

22nd Bitter cold day & windy. attempted to hall wood & only got 4 Loads waggon & Cart & got the way cleared & little broke dreadful weather, making Baskets feeding & making fires, Fed making Fannies Jerrys shoes Henry took Some Pills to day —

23rd Friday clem sick. gave him some Pills Halled wood to day waggon & cart halled 8 Loads I went down to Strait Stone about new county nobody met, the road is impassable have to take the woods in several places met Mr Lewis Boy going to Millers Mill he had to go back home & take his grain on his horse & went to Yates Mill. he was going to Millers in a slide with 2 horses, such times never was Known in this part of the country. Such heaps of snow in the roads wherever There is a Lane Yates was cutting away Ice about his mill till 10 or 11 Oclock to day before he could start his mill & this morning the Thermometer was 10 degrees below zero, yesterday all day the coldest day I ever saw

24th Weather a little moderated tho cold but cloudy & like for snow, Sent Jordan and Claiborne to