Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1857 Sept 5th Tying up Blade fodder this evening & Turning primings and Tying up dry ones - Fed gone to Fannies —

7th tying up primings all day & sent to Saw mill 1 Log 10 Long ¾ thick for floor

8th Sent to Saw Mill 1 Log 16 for Corn house 2 Turns Corn Sent 4½ Bushels for meal Hitched Rose yesterday to waggon Done very well Halling Logs to mill I went to Comptons yesterday to appraise property, - Pulling fodder to day nearly done 1 Blade stack — Sent 2½ Bushels wheat for flour & another Log for Corn House floor — Pulling fodder owens clearing & upper p^t next to stoney pint,- cool & windy —

9th Sent 2 Logs to Day for my House floor Hitched Netty. worming & succoring Tobacco to day John’s branch & Crews clear fine weather Only very cool. Fannie here yesterday — worming & succoring at John’s braⁿch & next to Crews

10th worming & succoring Lot & toping this morning & then pulling fodder by fresh ground Henry setting in Poles to stack fodder — I expect to go to Riceville to day — going to Hobble Fillmore this morning Fannie has sent Malissa home & her children except Catharine, and I send clem up there & Raymond she is to cloth them & pay four Dollars pr month as long as they stay, my wood rolls is bro^t Home by Lowry sent Fannie 1 Large Jug vinegar Pulling Fodder to day Tying up fodder this evening - —clear fine weather.

1857 Novr 12th sewing wheat Gathering corn, fencing in Fodder stacks & Turned cattle in stoney pint

13th. Went to Compton Sale bot 2 Raw calf Hides Sent to Walthall to Tan, 1 wheel & a parcel of old Irons,- Sewing wheat & Gathering corn, finished Sewing wheat,fine weather about this time —

14th. - Gathering in corn to day, we are going to meeting, & Halling wood Sandy & claiborne choping around stumps where we sewed wheat etc - fine weather

15 I went to meeting at Strait Stone

16 Raining this morning Buck sick yesterday better to day - very cool Rain began to put away Greens & Rain stoped Mr. W^m G Hollins here with Books & Mr Bass Stayed all night too,- Mr Hollins Borrowed a saddle & went below strait Stone this morning & to Mr Millers

17th Shoemaking putting away Greens covered Turnips took down some primings etc fine day —

18th Shoemaking & Halling up corn fine day.

19th Pulling & Halling up Corn, & shoema= =king to day moderate weather. — At 12 Oclock it began to Rain & then snow & Rain wind blowed very hard nearly all day or untill late in evening when it stoped & cleared off & the sun I think will set fair quite Pleasant in Morning & before 12 quite cold Shelling corn & shoemaking etc

20th Really a winters morning shucking Corn halled up 2 Loads, more making 76 Loads cart & waggon & 9 with Cart, clear day Shoemaking & about to finish nearly —