Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

31st July 1857 Went to Riceville fine day Hilled up Fresh ground at Johns’s Spring –

Augt 14th Sent to Mill to day 3 Turns Corn 1 Bus wheat for me, Grubbing on Branch Sent this day to Cap^t Geo Gilberts mill 2 Bags seed Cotton to Pick 42½ lbs & 45 lbs 4 Bus. Corn & 1 Bus wheat for me 42½ 45 89½ 22 Finished working Lot — Rec^d the Cotton

16th went to meeting Settle Preached This day Fannie White & myself sent Jacob P. enclosed in a letter $25 a p^s making $50 for him to come upon & put in the offices at Chalk Level On Monday the 17 of August 1857

17th cloudy & like for Rain, cleaning grass off Plant Bed &- expect to cover it up close on road, Jordan & Sandy toping Tobacco over,-

18th Showers but very late they have been shrubing fixing, plant bed & Ice Ponds etc-

20 Sent up to Fannies to get out wheat wrote to Mr Baily about Buggy Finished in ½ day Henry Sandy claiborne Buck Little Henry & 2 Horse. Balance of our folks succoring Tobacco Tobacco gathering primings etc machine brot Home this evening,

21st Toping Tobacco shrubing on branch saving primings, I went to association come back Saturday went again monday morning. Pleasant Grove in Campbell,- dry weather

22nd Same work making mountain fence

23 Stayed at home

24 went to association folds shrubing fencing & Tying up primings like for Rain

25th Fixing to machine wheat fixing at lot