Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1860 Decembr 31st We are trying to get wood 1861 Janry 1st Getting wood all day. Bob here —

" 2. Striping Tobacco in Barn on road. Miss Sarah J McCullock sent $2½ for whiskey bag & runlet & for me to send her a little sent a pint, by Taz.

3rd Striping Tobacco Henry draining Dining room, etc. Mrs Hargrave & Nannie Clement Came here last night, before I got from Riceville Mrs Hargrave hired Rhoda till 25th Decr 1861 for $25.00. Mrs Hargrave left. gone to Mrs C

4th Killed our Hogs here let Chumney have 300 lbs. Halled a little wood cut & malled wood some

5th Cut Out & salted up yesterday got wood to day Cutting & malled at new ground. I went aspen Grove to see about alse who is sick.

6 Fast day was kept by Nannie & me on the Friday the 4th Janry 1861 Fannie came here to day –

7 began to Plow & getting sills for cider ^house but Rain stoped us about 10 oclock going to strip Tobacco in new Barn stop raining & they went to work again in evening. did not rain much cleared off

8 Halling wood & finished getting sills for cider House & got wood balance of the — - I went down to Plantation to see alse etc she is better went from there to Mrs Hunts place rented her land to Templeton & Hubbard pr Bond etc. & then went down to D. W. Wallers. etc –

9th Rained again till towards evening I went to Whiteheads & to hunt my white sow, gone off a week - to day - & this evening halled up Logs for house, alse I hear is got worse this evening they sent for Doct Estes & me & she Died about the time Doct Estes got there, I dont know was the matter wither [with her] except colic - I reckon

31st Decr 1865. Cloudy all day S[…] little weather moderate Jerry Came[…]

1866 Janry 1st cloudy & raining ^little Sent Henry to Yates ½ Bb^l Corn for meal & claiborne to […] ½ Bb^l Corn for meal 1 for Henry Brooks

2nd. Janry 1866. Went up Jerrys Sent waggon & little Henry Carried Mules & bro^t home 2 Horse waggon, with 6 sheep left 5 up there for Jerry bro^t home my waggon Gear Corn Shelter warping bars spools frames. side saddle of Sallers. 2 Grub Hoe 1 Pole axe, 1 oxe ring mended by abram 1 Clevice D^o 1 pr stretchers some sweet Potatoes to eat. Prides waggon quilting frames & Basket & spools, 1 mole board new 1 Horse, 5 or 6 old n^o. 1 Plow P[o]ints to Plow this winter & my chop axe bro^t last Saturday, Rained all this evening

3rd Janry 1866. Halling wood & Cutting in new ground to day, has not rained any Snow smartly melted my wife Pride & Doran went to Jerrys to day & Susan Roarks. Peggy very sick & Rhoda with her

4th Very Cold all day fixing shelters at stable & Cow Rack for straw, Halled out straw & chaff & 2 Loads Pine Brush for shelters ¬–

5. I went to JD Hunts plantation & Mrs Colemans on business - our folks Cutting in new ground very cold to day & windy, ground hard frozen

6th. Cutting in new ground this day weather more moderate Old Peggy Died at Cedar Hill on the 4th day of this month & Buried at Mr Hunt Place, Mr. Edward Bybee had her Coffin made -

7th. I staid at home nannie went to Mrs Colemans & Pride & Doran with her Pride went to Edge Hill Very cold & windy in evening & cloudy

8th Janry. Very cold & windy (clear) Henry & claiborne burning Brush in new ground Little Henry Henry halling wood with Mules - to day

9th. Burning Brush & halling wood windy & cold

10th Finished Cutting fixing to mall & will begin to day in new to mall,

1840 June 10th My Wife Died with Consumption, Funeral Preached the 11th from 14th Chpt & 13 Verse Revelations by Elder G. Dickinson - On the 29th June 1840 My wifes Sister Susanna D Mills & her Husband Andrew L Mills came out to Pttsy^a but too late to see her sister, stayed 5 days & set out for Louisa her Fathers where they now live & have done ever since they were married -

=Very Wet Summer 1840 - & spring Wheat sorry oats good corn promising etc etc.

= On the 1st day of april 1842 JW Graves was taken with Rheumatism & did not ^get well till Harvest & indeed was not well then, but in the Harvest field on 25th June 1842 where they were cutting of wheat & on Saturday 25th had a grum =bling tooth^ache most all day at night my Jaw Prevented me & my wife from sleeping one wink next morning 26th I got Mr Neal to draw my tooth & I was then taken with a rising under my Jaw & on my throat which was near brot me near my grave & its now 26th day of July & I believe it will rise again. May God have mercy upon me & us, JW Grave_{26th July 1842}

a memorandum of articles which I have at M Grasty viz — 3 Chairs, 1 Cross cut saw, 1½ Bushel & 1 Jar (or stone pitcher) 1 Boot Jack, 1 Black Bottle -

Cap^t John Hunt Taken sick on the night of the 24th & 25 March 1841. he went to DeJarnetts sale & was there sick tho about went home that night say 25 March 1841 Taken a great deal worse & so continued till the 26th at night & Died & on Sunday 28th about 12 oclock Buried. -------------------------------------------------Eye natures walk shoot folly as it flies and ketch the manners living as they Rise,-

From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step —

Philip L Grastys Esquire Departed this Life at his mothers in Orange County Virginia On Tuesday the 21th day of November 1827 — Mrs Jane W Grasty Departed this Life on the 6th day of April 1837 10 years & from Novr to April after her Husband PL Grasty Died.

On the 30th day of Novembr 1939 a man his wife & Daughter came to Our house on Saturday evening the man said his name was John Gardner his wife was a Miss Hunter from Augusta County when they rode up I being from the house they sent in the house to Know If they could stay all night, after Supper Mrs Gardner informed my wife her Daughter had married a Mr Bill & she, her Daughter had got a fall of her horse near Milton & she was fearfull she was hurt, that night late we were awaked & behold we were call on to send for a midwife & the Daughter of Mr Gardner had a child which child lived till the wednesday afterwards then Died they stayed with us till Tuesday the 10th Decr 1839 & started for Home — this statement is made this 10 Decr 1839 JW Graves