Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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

1858 Oct 19 Cutting down corn at Cedar Hill & fixing Land for wheat here Cutting down & stacking Corn & sewing wheat nearly done next to orchard –

20th Oct overseer Jordan & claiborne gone to Cedar Hill to commence overseers House this morning balance here & there same as yesterday a little cloudy this morning Cut & spayed Hunts sows shoats about a a week ago, 8 in number —

21st overseer Jordan & claiborne at Cedar Hill Cutting Logs for his House to live in next ^year We finished Sewing wheat here to day sewed 21 Bushels Twenty one, this evening pulling Corn by malissas House from chickens alse & Jerry Smith scouring out overseers House here; Sent Lowry & Jim to Cedar Hill. Plowing for wheat in LotMr Wyatt Rounding & Jointing shingles 2900 @ 4/6 pr Thousand & I have agreed to give him $1 pr day & put a hand with him from the time he begins after fixing the shingles, say next monday morning —

22nd we all went to work on Road from Dews to Codeys to day - Balance shucking corn picking out Cotton

23rd Sent Henry to Faris mill with 1 Log 8 or 9 Bus. wheat for flour & & Bus corn for meal Balance gathering corn Mr Chumbly fixing corn shelling Room Housing Corn etc gathering cotton to day. I am going to Riceville etc & Cedar Hill flour Plank to go there this ^evening at home this day Mr J D Hunts Lucy Ann here etc

25th Began to sew wheat at Cedar Hill & Mr Wyatt & Henry shingling dwelling house Mr Chumbly at Here sewing wheat etc etc.