Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1857 Dec. 6 Raining nearly all this day – – 7 Cleared off & a Beautiful Morning – Taking Down new prize Barn & Fixing Shelters etc etc Sent Jerry after Kate & sallie, Jacob went to Fannies last Saturday — Sent little Henry to Millers Mill & P. office Sallie Came Home to day Fenced in Plant Bed in slash burnt last week fine day etc 1 young Lamb at this time

8th Mr John D Hunt here sent to Fannies to shuck Corn, Cutting & Halling Logs to Ice House Grubbing in new ground

9th Jacob P. went to Fannies yesterday to see about her corn shucking - Grubbing shelling corn this morning Sent to Mill Yates 4 or 5 Bushels Corn for meal, went to Sale myself etc - Put up Big Sow & she has got out 2 or 3 times. & we have tried her again

10th Jerry gone to Mr Plunkets for Jno D Hunt Jordan & claborne has not come back from Fanies been there ever Since day before yesterday Grubbing ^{stayed 2 Days -}& Hewing sills for Stables - etc etc I Bot Cap^t Clements House tract of Land yesterday at $7.05^{at 12 & 18 mos Credit} pr acre weather very warm, Rained last night & night before nearly all night this morning little Cooler,- Grubing in new ground

11th Stayed this day till evening went to Mr. Tuckers for Hodnet & wife. Grubbing & sent to Mill

12th Sent 2 Turns Corn & 1 wheat to Yates yesterday - Grubbing & cutting getting sills & Cutting Logs for Stable & Smiths shop Sent my cart & Jordan & little Henry to clements to House corn Stayed all day

1857 Decr 13th Sent Henry to Faris s Mill 11 Bus wheat for flour returned & could not get it Halled wood this day - Cutting & Grubbing I went to Fannies to day see her, & Mrs Hargrave etc here to day fine day

14¹³th Fine day Sunday - clear & pretty

14 Cutting & Grubbing in new ground & Halling Corn stalks from fresh field Went to Clements to finish receiving corn got 33½ Barrels 5 Bbles at $2.75. 28½ D^o @ 2.50¢ - bot & 1 Pot Rack 3/– Kate & Jacob got back

15th In^t Decr Finished Halling up stalks & Sewing wheat where corn was stacked Finished grubing & went Cutting 2 or 3 days Corn House 16 feet long 10 wide & 10 feet High — is as follows – Divide by (11) =

17th Hewing Cutting etc & in evening striping Tobacco, when it rained ——

18th went to Mount airy to see about Hogs got none at this time get Boards etc Halling up etc etc

19th Riving Boards Cutting Halling wood making Cross way at new ground — Fine weather at this time ———— Halling wood etc to day Bro Mason at Straitstone on Sunday —

21st Killed Hogs this morning Sent Fed to Clements plantation to day – or Rather yesterday Sunday – Shelling corn & striping Tobacco in new prize Barn; - -

22nd Cut [and?] salted up Pork & overseers part Jerry gone Riceville etc

1857 Decr 22nd Jacob gone to Clements plantation this day ¬– & car^d things as pr account – Henry drove waggon with Jacob things this evening Claiborne gone with Jacob. Cutting in new ground, Jordan Halling wood for Miss Neals 3 Loads this day –

23rd At work On Ice House This morning Fine morning, Jordan gone to Mill at Yates 5 Bus. Corn to bring 4 or 5 Bus meal & 1 Turn flour home – Carried 1 bus wheat for Henry & 1 for Sandy & ½ Bus. D^o for Fed. ground very wet —& quite Cool We have 2 Young Lambs at this time, & 19 Pigs

24th working on Ice House Halled wood & leaves Fixed Ice Pond above house, etc —

25th Snowing this morning & very disagreeable morning, snowed till 10 or 11 Oclock & then cleared off- I went to Capt Fitzgerald & hired Ann (F) for Fannie W Fitzgerald – etc for $25.

26th quite sloppy & wet,- Jerry gone to Mrs Hunts

27. Same sort of weather to day –

28 went to Mount airy - Still disagreeable weather Did not hire any body - at all – Lowry came home yesterday & hired Ann & 2 children for Fannie for $25. –

29th Raining this morning moderate weather

30 Raining this morning striping Tobacco in new prize Barn — moderate weather.

31st Lowry halling wood, Balance striping Tobacco cleared off, cool & windy - I went to Clements Plantation, = chumney came down here to day to see when he can move — —

Janry 1st 1858 Sent Henry after overseer Daubing Ice House & Cutting in new ground

1858 Jany 23 Began to cut at overseers House yesterday cloudy & like for falling weather ———

- 24 I went to Fannie W F. & have got off the sale of Clem. She is now mine this 25th Jany 1858- Cutting & Halling wood=

26th Rained a little in morning Kate & Sallie went to Plantation with me, waggon went & Kitty, etc etc, Sent Hogs & Cow, Burning Plant Bed above overseers spring

27 Henry Plowing in Tobacco Lot balance Finishing plant above overseers spring clear this morning & Beautifull weather Hunt Sow had Sometime ago 9 Pigs went to Cutting in new ground after 12 Oclock

28 Henry goes to Plantation to work Horses to waggon Cutting in new ground, Sent by Henry & Claiborne cow to ^Plantation Clements

29th Plowing on Branch, Finished Cutting in new ground next to mountain Spring, - cool & windy weather

30th Nannie & all gone to Riceville to meeting cool & windy weather, cutting up at overseers House my Hogs up last night dont come up regular

31st I went to Mrs Hunts Nannie went Riceville

February 1st Raining this morning cut awhile & worked on cross way above prize Barn Striping Tobacco at 11 Oclock Lowry gone to Jacobs & claiborne here

Febry 1st Cutting next to overseers House & halling

-2nd Cutting worked on road above new Barn Finished little growth at overseers House

3rd Halling 4 Logs to Millers Mill to day for Railing & Palings for garden, Butting Logs at Fresh ground carried 1 Turn corn for ourselves & 2 Bushels for overseer to Millers Began to Mall & Burn Brush at new ground this morning fine weather [water stain] Lambs to this day