Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1857 June 11th I traded my Horse Celam to Mr C A Whittemore for a Grey Horse which We call ReneeRobin ^Robin he Gives me to Boot as pr agreement signed by both of us a $20, corn sheller to be delr^d on application, & I agreed to take one of their Thrashing machines to be warranted good ^{12 months} some time this ^forSummer, the corn Sheller I bot of ^{I am to furnish them with one side H Leather & they are}them is Thurs,- we are Cutting off fresh ground^{to furnish the Band oil [Tin rench?] etc} Hills next to Crews Balance Plowing at mountain & stoney pint weeding corn in fresh field

12th. Sheared our sheep 18. old ones & 3 Lambs We have ma^red 5 young Ewes, Sent Buck to shop to put shoe on Fillmore mend Harness & get my wheat to Eat. Sandy Coltering Corn Balance weeding, wormed Tobacco in fresh ground this morning.

13th Henry ground Cobs & corn this morning He is coltering Corn, Balance weeding Corn in fresh field, Sent Jordan to Mr Bybee this morning to get Fannies Buggy shafts Jerry & Pal gone to Fannies after my Harness Cool nights & warm days etc etc —

14th went to Sunday school to day fine day

15 Plowing & weeding corn in fresh field. Rained a light shower in evening —

16th Sent Henry to Yates Mill & to Fannies Carr^d 3 Turns corn 6 Bus. & 2½ Bushels wheat for flour & Henry is going to Fannies after to carry her buggy shalves [shafts] & get the [?] & sheep she promised me,- etc weeding Plowing Corn Mr Whittemore came back here last night & Celam rather Complaining would not Eat Corn & Mr W would be glad to recant But as I am satisfied with Robin Concluded not to swapt back, as he is a good match for Fillmore etc.

1857 July 11th. Choping in corn Laying by at stony pint Painters Painting on top of House, cloudy & like for Rain- Nannie complaining with tooth ach etc

16th Nannie sick now with Bowel Complaint Rainy fine growing weather

17th Cutting Oats to day & Plowing corn at mountain field. Hilling up & working Tobacco at new ground Halled up last stack Oats Nannie has been sick for nearly 10 days - -

august 1st 1857 - choping^corn Stoney pint Corn to day - Sent Jerry Smith to shop with Fillmore to be shod Jerry my son gone to P.O. Henry Painting Top of carriage & Jerry Painted^Gates Sandy finishing Harrowing Corn to day -

2nd went to Sunday School went to Mr Dews & mrs Hunts

3rd cloudy, fixing to go to Lynchg, going to Carry Fannies Tobacco, Balance triming out wheat yd this morning & then Hilling up new ground Tobacco Fixing for Lynchg going after machine carr^d Load for Fannie wool carr^d to Card 1 Bag fine Bag & all 16 lbs 1 D^o Coarse D^o 17½ wool Left in Lynchg 33½ lbs to be Carded augt 57 —pRec^t

7th augt 7th we have been to Lynchg car^d a Load of Tobacco for Fannie Fitzgerald, & Bro^t wheat machine Home from Mr Whittemore cost with Band $154.48. pRec^d warranted for 12 months,- our folks has been Hilling up new ground Tobacco Toping it & shoeing making for ourselves. to day after we got home went to toping fresh ground Tobacco, left machine at Fannies