Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1846 Sept 7th Weather has been quite wet the past week but now fair & warm We have 2 stacks fodder ready to stack & on days pulled more & have not cut any tops yet

8 Finished pulling fodder & have got 8 stacks of fodder stack & 2 in House & 2 more to stack

9 Cutting tops this day & worming & succoring Tobacco — Doct Miller has been 2 times to see Phil & furnished some medicine came this morning when I did not look for him — Malissa also sick

10 Cutting tops all day & tying them up - in Big field

11th become uneasy & sent for Doct Miller again for Phil he is quite sick

12th Stayed all night & put a Blister on him.

13. Doct Miller has been 4 or 5 times to see Phil & he is quite low

14 Cutting tops & finished succoring

15 Succoring Tobacco - 16 succoring Tobacco & have not cut any Tobacco yet Phil very low — wrote to Fanny W by Bro Hubbard sent her 50¢

16 Phil Died Just before day 17th & buried in evening, weather changeable

17. Succoring Tobacco 18th, weather cool

19. began to Cut Tobacco yesterday on Branch & will Keep on till one get over. finished on Branch & began in Lot to day. Fed gone to mill new corn

20th Callahan Died this morning

21st Cutting Tobacco & this morning wrote to

1850 June 4th Plowing corn second time finishing Cotton & Potatoes Fed Alse & Ann gone to shop shop this morning cool ^nights

5 Started to Lynchg with waggon & while gone weeding Corn doing some little fencing & clearing Oats & wheat gone 3½ days got back Saturday 11 Oclock & went to meeting sold Hh^d Tobacco for $8= had a good Trip weather cool & dry replanted branch this day & a little shower of rain in evening

10. cleared off cool & windy - Plowing corn & weeding, Henry Plowing Bottoms, gathered Turnip seed -

11 Plowing & weeding Bottoms on branch & also Plowing in Johns field nights very cool, at this time,-

12th Finished flat land Plowing & weeding to day & weeding in Johns field finished Plowing Once & nearly Twice,

13 Sent federick to mill this morning Plowing & weeding corn in John’s field & by Barn on left side nights very cool & weather dry & Clear

14th weeding Corn & Plowing left side Path & next to Orchard in the evening it rained a little & we planted Tobacco in new ground by Plant Beds etc light season

15 warm & a little cloudy this morning Planting Tobacco in fresh ground & new ground & expect to finish the new ground & nearly finish the second yrs land to day

16th started to Court ^{stayed at Bro Stony all night}cloudy in evening

17. went to Court & was quite sick Got home by Sun set, cut off second yrs Land Hills weeding Corn & Plowing Killed Lamb & shoat etc etc etc.

1856 Jany 27 This Day Snowing again began soon in the night last night tho not very Deep cloudy & like for Rain & Did Hail & Rain a little this day —

28th Fair this morning & Cold & snow melts but little yet & we have nothing in this month but get wood feed & sit by fire make Brooms Baskets Malls & Gluts 2 Lambs living & 2 Dead as we Know of Went to Fannies last Thursday or friday & engaged her a Overseer Dan^l Barber for 1856, etc etc But overseers House of Mr Hughes have to move it & put it up ————

29 Getting wood at stony pint quite cold & snow melts but little no more Lambs one sheep sick

30 Cutting at new ground Henry & some of the negroes Halling chaff & cleaning out Granary for Oats, very Cold to day north western wind & in shade freezing all day alse shelling Corn, etc

Feby 3rd Snowed on Sunday I was in charlotte attending to Mrs Moseleys Will etc found Jacob quite sick & stayed down there 9 days - etc our folks finished striping all the Tobacco down finished Cutting in new ground & went to malling -

12 went down to F McCullocks after my Buggy & went to meadsville after Jacob Trunk & Pay off his acc^ts etc - very rough weather indeed & yesterday very windy & cold

13 malling & spining etc etc Jacob went to Fannies yesterday or monday - - agreed with with Mr McCullocks to get Mrs Colemans negroes from Mrs Moseley & carry them to Halifax Febry Court - for $6-00 Last night it Snowed again not very deep quite Cold this morning Hung up 14 shoulders 16 midlings 16 Hams 6 Joles & 2 p^s Beef to Smoke

1856 May 24th Millys Calf is a week or ten days old a Heifer we have Seven Lambs etc Jacob gone to Fannies to day - Election is over votes stand for Justices in this the 7th District Miles N Tucker 50 JWGraves 46. Sam^l T Miller 45. Thomas T Adams 38 & Doct John H Estes 32 votes for Sheriff in this Precinct Whitehead upwards of 60. Bennett about 13 for Commonwealth attorney Treadway Forest constable Ja^s P. Lewis overseer of the Poor for Comm. Yates 27 Tucker 18 Shelton Vincent 14 Shelton Sam^l T. 1.

25. Fair windy dry day Jordan Lowry & buck Sick Wed Corn yesterday Saturday by Johns’s spring Coltering before the Homes & Harrowing

26th Cutting off Second years ground Hills Henry Plowing in Corn – cool & windy Hester & Mr Faris Jack this day

27th Doct T. has been here 13 or 14 times to see Jordan Lowry & Buck Jordan particularly sick Weeding & Plowing Corn clear & windy my Bro Jonathon here at this time,- ^Tobacco Plants fine & beginning to dry a little —

28th Weeding & Plowing corn in Johns field

29th Plowing & weeding corn Planted Tobacco On Johns Branch yesterday morning as we had a late shower of Rain night before

30 went to Court House this day -

30 Made Sheep Pen Hilling Potatoe Patch working & Plowing corn etc very clear & dry & windy Sandy taken Sick yesterday

31 weeding & Plowing corn Sandy in House

June 1st Doct Thompson came to see the sick Jordan Lowry Sandy & abraham all sick Doct. Thompson has been here since 1st aprl about 14 or times I think Jordan bad off

1859 Janry 25th Sent Henry to Mill to Yates for Meal, from Aspen Grove Carried a log from here to be sawed into scantling 3 by 3 balance Cutting & Hewing Logs & malling wood, clem shrubing etc etc fine weather

26th have this morning to Send to Mill for Chumbly, ^{bad management to send to mill every day}Cutting & Hewing Sills for Negro House & Barn this day - weather moderate,-

27th Raining Took down Lugs here, & finished striping Tobacco,-

28th Overseer & 3 hands gone to aspen Grove to Strip Tobacco to day -. Carr^d 5 Bags & 1 Midling Pork,- - Raining this morning a little, Carr^d Rhodas shoes to mend,- & Milly Anns, striped down there 2 days

29th I come back in evening quite unwell

30. cloudy & like for Rain or Snow,

31st Sent Henry this morning with a little walnut Log 2 Bushels Corn to Worshams Mill for Plank & Meal, & get scantling bark edge etc Balance finishing Hewing Sills & Cutting wood & Halling

Feby 1st 2nd & 3rd Halling wood Rails & fencing out Side Fence next to Capt Whiteheads - This day Jacob is taking down his Good Tobacco & putting it in Hh^d for Lynchg I have been in house nearly all this week with bad cold & sick - -

4th Mr Chumbly Jacob & Claiborne fixing to prize Tobacco Henry halling wood balance cutting & Stacking wood on Road -- cloudy & cool

4 Jacob Packing down his Tobacco this morning. Cutting wood & Halling wood & Rails weather tolerable at this time,