Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1857 March 27th Halling leaves out of new ground Raking etc, sewing Oats. Halled up another stack Oats, & treading them Out this evening, Mr Wyatt laying upper floor of Porch Buck helping him little sow has Pigs. we have 11 Lambs fine weather about this time,-

28th Sewing Oats Halling Rails around corn field fence Raking & cleaning up new ground Mr Wyatt quit last night worked 5 day this week 29th we went to Edge Hill to Hear ^RoachMr Raking & halling Out leaves at new ground Sewing Oats cloudy & like for Rain or snow Wyatt Came to work again this morning Laying floor upper of Porch, Sewing flat Land in Oats & finished sewing

31st Plowing Corn Land, Sent to Yates Mill for meal, Halling up Logs at new ground for Barn & Raking Expect to Bush Oats with Colts & Pompy a little this evening. cloudy & like for rain, Fire put out in our mountain field about 11 or 12 Oclock to day & burnt up about 1100 Rails for us & over a good deal of [illegible] We burnt leaves last night Plowing for Corn, cloudy & like for Rain -- whoever put out the fire is yet unknown to us

april 1st I went to Cap^t Clements & Miss Sarah McCullocks, fired 11 or 12 Logs heaps to day & it Rained a little, in the evening Plowing

2nd Raking in new ground & halling up Logs for Barn & putting out Log heaps. very windy last night & to day had to watch fire last night, clear & cool to day

4th Sept 1858 Worming & succoring Tobacco & Taking care of fodder — I am going to Cedar Hill this morning & expect to stay there to night me & my my - I have been there the best part of 2 weeks stilling & getting Cider etc & Jacob Graves I don't think has been any whole day since I have been there at home, gone to day to meadsville No Rain yet dry & Hot

4 Fannie & Kate & Sallie came down to day^yesterday Fine Rain this evening after which Fannie went to Cap^t Fitzgeralds, Kate & Sallie went up to Fannies this 5th in evening —

6th we are fixing to stack fodder this morning & then pulling to day - clear fair morning I have made 16 Jugs full of Brandy 10 at home & 6 at Cedar Hill making 16 in all & Jug holds 2 Galls 1½ quarts. Cap^t [L] Clements still, pulling fodder at Cedar Hill

5 I am going up there to day to sew Turnip Seed etc my Patch has come very ^{well at home} =nights quite cool, very sorry crop of corn & Tobacco & wheat tho the Rains helps many things,

6th Pulling fodder at home clear & dry Stacked 4 stacks here last night & expect at Home this evening & at Cedar Hill this evening lent Mrs Neale ^{to go to mill} Fillmore Jacob went away last Saturday morning & got back last night after 9 Oclock in the night & I came home between 10 & 11 Oclock in the night — Sent buck to Mill this morning with ^waggon 6 Bus. Corn & Sent after 6 Bushels meal at mill & my hog at Mr Millers Plantation got my Hog at home Stacked 1 stack at Jacobs

18th September in my Runlet, the have finished stacking fodder up there put up 9 stacks & apiece began _{in Lot below Kitchen –}to cut Tobacco this 18th Friday in ^evening

18th quite Cool one of Sows has 6 pigs Mrs Hunts^{went to Riceville to meeting} called, I got home last night about 10 Oclock in night, -

19 stayed at home I went to H. Fletcher Burial. Jerry went to Riceville

20. I went to Cedar Hill to see about Tobacco stacks etc, cutting Tobacco Here,- fine dry weather

21 I went to CH Cutting Tobacco Here at Johns Branch - got about 9 or 10 Oclock in night -

22nd Beet a press full of Crabs for vinegar last night & this morning - etc etc finished at Johns Branch last evening over cutting one time,- This day we are cutting Tobacco at mountain etc; & new ground at mountain Spring.

23 Finished at mountain cutting over and quite cool this morning

24th began to House Tobacco this morning I am going to Cedar to House there If we can Capt Clements has promised to get his Tobacco out of the Barns to day,- as they have not sold it yet got nearly 2 Barns old prize & one back of Garden nearly full & Halled up Lot at Cedar Hill last night before it Rained small shower last night before I came home

25th This morning Raining.-