Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1858 March 19th. Fencing new ground by Chumblys & Halling leaves on Irish Potatoe Patch, Began to Sew Oats to day - at mountain like for Rain

20th ^{Fencing at Mount Spring new ground &}Fine day John Shields buried at Mr Neals Sewing Oats on Mountain field -

21st Fine day John Shields buried at Mr Neals Rained Saturday night & Sunday morning Jordan helped Dig grave at Mr Neals

22nd Shrubing & pilling Rails at Overseers Jordan & Buck Halling Rails around Corn field & finished halling around Granary lot & at yard fence etc - cloudy & like for Rain Sewing Oats at mountain field & trying to finish there then evening, If possible

23rd Rolled Logs up at overseers House & finished about 10 or 11 Oclock, Rained last night, burning up Logs Trash, etc, & Sewing Oats & finishing at mountain field about 1 Oclock to day - 12 Bushels Sewed there,- Milly cow bot at Mrs Smiths Sale had a Bull ^Heifer calf last night,Cloudy & like for falling weather to day Jordan halling a few more Rails about Spring & at new fence Joining mountain field this evening.- balance attending to Log heaps etc at overseers House this evening —

24th Piling wood & Halling out Rails at mountain Spring. Sewing Oats at stoney pint. I went to Jacobs. they are Sewing Oats & Hilling there Fine weather about this time,–

25. Covered & manured Plant Beds above house Piling Rails & wood at D^o fencing out there & finished it to day sewing oats at stoney pint Put up Bars at new ground to day

26th Begun to colter at overseers Piling wood & Rails in new ground to day.

1858 June 7th Cloudy & like for Rain, foggy — — 8th Thined corn last evening plowing corn Jordan halled 2 Loads of wood 2 Loads leaves for & 1 stack Blade fodder & Turned out steers in Pasture – This morning weeding corn by malissas House Plowing Henry Coltering cotton & Irish Potatoes & Greens in Garden, I went to Pigs Jacobs & Jno Shields & Ja^s Shields to make arrangements to Carry Faris Tobacco to anderson & am to give scruggs & shields $2.50 a Load-, Plowing & weeding corn at this

9th time put out some good Tobacco to sun Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts, Sent Jordan to dig grave at Mr Neals for Robys child to day - took in Tobacco at night

10th Henry Coltering corn Jordan Sandy & claiborne throwing Dirt from corn balance weeding after Henry cloudy this morning

11th Plowing & weeding corn, I went to Riceville to Carry Faris Tobacco & delivered to anderson 2600 & some pounds as Rec^d [sh?] @8$ —

12, This morning drawing plants & replanting till it rained It began to rain about 7 or 8 oclock & Rained tremendous hard 2 or 3 hours they finished replanting Johns^s Branch, in morning & finished replanting all but Lot by alse house

13th Rained a little to day went to meeting & Sunday School. Johns children 3 of them came here, Henry complaining at this time & I gave him a dose of medicine last night

14th Raining this morning cleaning out Tobacco Barns etc Hung up our Bacon this morning Finished replanting Tobacco & thining corn

15. Plowing & weeding corn, cleared of[f] very pretty Sent Jerry to Andersons after money for Faris Tobacco & my Lugs, got no money at all

1860 June 26th Finished Laying by corn next to Capt whiteheads & began to Plow Tobacco & Hilling up over there. I went to Thomas W andersons Sale. property sold only tolerable Capt Haley staid all night with us

27. June Jacob bot some Land at andersons sale am^t about $1200 & odd Dollars I am going his security for that Plowing Corn in Lot lower part & then the Cotton, clear drying weather

28th waggon from Bro H. place started to Lynchg Carried a Pat of butter to sell 2 Hh^d s of Tobacco, to bring back a 10 lb Coffee some wine for sacrament, some little whiskey ^{say 2 Galls} & Barrels for Cider 1 Gallon machine Oil & machine Iron Finished Plowing corn Second time & coltering in middle of the Row in upper Lot. Hilling up Cotton chopping in corn & trying all day to finish Henry & Ben commenced this morning to get Plates & Prize stump for prize Barn Engage with Mr Keen to take my machine & thrash the season, machine to be in good Order, I have ¼th that is 4 Bus. in every 100 thrashed & I gave him 1 Bushel in every 4 I get I give him one & he bears ¼th of all Damage & Expence the Season ^{all about the machine is nothing as Starkey wants_got}as long as he has the machine Mrs Farmers^{the machine but don't want to bear any expence} hope to get wood A J Lewis s & Mr Davenport ^{I wont let it go.} at Mrs Smiths Plantation, James McHay John R Shields, machine to start at aspen Grove,

29th Ben here this morning & Bob, Ben & Henry get p^s for prize Bob Plowing Tobacco Balance Hilling up next to whiteheads very Hot dry weather

30 Ben & Bob here Plowing in Tobacco finished Hilling up Tobacco next to Whiteheads

24th Bob Sick & Mrs Hunt Complaining went down to aspen Grove Thrashing wheat sent 4 hands & my Horses. did not get done clem & charles at home Shrubing Corn Land Plowed up Turnip Patch fine weather

25th Finishing Thrashing wheat at aspen Grove Machine will go to Mrs Pannills to day Hired Ben to go with it @ $8 pr month Mr Wright came here to work on yard this morning – fine weather this morning I have got Lucy bot from Fannie & like her very well to ride

26th machine at Mrs Pannills Mr Wright here, Halling manure on Turnip Patch this morning choping & hilling up Tobacco Second time, next to Whiteheads,- Jerry went to see Isaac ^overbyyesterday

27th Finished Thrashing at Mrs Pannills & got to James McHaneys about 2 Oclock, had to feed Horses & fix got out one stack this day

27. Machine at James McHaneys getting out wheat Ben with it at home striping Tobacco Mr Wright here fixing & work on Railing. Mr Cothran met met me yesterday to help fix down machine - cloudy & like for Rain this morning machine went to John Shields from McHaney did not do any thing at all

28th last evening a fine shower of rain about 10 Oclock Mrs Coleman Sent for Nannie I went with her got back about 1 oclock quite unwell to day myself, gave Mrs Coleman a dose of Calomel, went to Chumneys this morning Sent to yates to have ^hischild coffin made

6th Oct getting up apples & Beeting Mrs FW 2 hands here to day hot 4-Bb^ls

7th likely for rain stayed at home -

8th Housed Tobacco in prize Barn 1st Cutting down below Barn did not quite fill it Halled up stumps Poles Rails etc for fodder stack fram[e] put in forks etc — — — I went to aspen Grove found slow sick give her a p^s meat found negroes doing not much, & Cothran gone — Rained to day about 12 oclock - -

9th Stacked Tops got them all together before Breakfast Henry & his gang - Turned Cooler I went to old place to see about ^sale Nannie & Mrs Hunt went too — — I gave Mrs Hunt 50 for Bob to day to help me stack Tops as he talked of going to Mrs Coleman — Finished Tops Firing prize Barn Tobacco have cut near 2000 sticks here Turned cool to day — We have 11 or 12 Stacks fodder here 14 stacks Oats ½ stack old fodder yet 19th Stacks fodder & 16 stacks Oats at Plantation & at this time 6 Barns Tobacco full there & they are finishing cutting —

10th Cutting Tobacco & Piling to day Henry got another Barrel Cider last night fine weather Mrs Hunt & Bob gone to Mrs Colemans to day, Nannie & myself went to Chalk Level & Lent John shields 5 long Bags & 3 short Bags to carry wheat to Lynchg - clear weather returned 4 short & 3 long Bags — 1 missing & too many short ones sent me