Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1863 Novr 4th Since 24th Oct I have been from home a great deal they have been sewing wheat etc. got up lot corn & this week John Clark has been here pulling down & putting up little room chimney that he put up more than a year ago that fell from the House & would not do, finishing sowing wheat here to day Sewed about 20 Bus. here & 31 Bus at The Plantation in a Ring 50 in^{Set Mr Moorfield to sewing again & will 5 Bus more.} all We have here 10 or 11 Stacks fodder here & 3 stacks Oats & 14 at Plantation & 9 stacks Oats in all.

6th got home last night. John has been putting up chimbleys this week to little room & New House, little rooms smokes got to make it higher to day, stealing Corn out of our fields on Creek & next to Beens [Ben's?] Halling up now off creek Sent Smith to mill.

11th Getting up Corn etc etc

20th Carried ^{Carrd 1 more same purpose}4 Logs to Keens Saw ^mill this day for floors of negro House began sugar corn & Rain put us out Sent Smith to Post office sent 3 letters 1 to Allan 1 to Jerry 1 to Sallie

1865 Feby 15 Sent Big Henry to Millers Mill 1 Bbl Corn for meal 2 Bags Cotton to pick 1. 55lb. 1. 58lb 1/3lb seed & to see about my plank Raining & freesing a little this morning Cutting in Piny old field

17 went to Plantation Rained to day & snowed. Halled wood with Waggon from old place

W Bybee cut my shoats[?] last week I went to sale at stables Pannills Depot last Monday bot a Black Horse, Lewis, gave $105 for him Very poor -- said to be 9 or 10 years old

18th. Let Negroes Have 13½lb Bacon for 2 weeks from thsi day at Plantation

Henry went to old place to day to make waggon body Ben to help him, Balance malling & cutting in woods for fire wood.

Quite a moderate day, snow melted smartly

19th tolerable moderate day.

20. Same. Snow melting smartly.

22. Henry has been helping Ben make Waggon Body for 3 days. Balance striping. Women, Henry & Claiborne Malling Wood & Rails

1865 March 9th Buried Lucinda looks like Rain again making new ground fence. Sent Bacon to Depot [...ns] Tax in Kind.

10. Went to S. Stone fast day

11th Went to CH. about getting provisions for Gen. Lees Army 12th Stayed at home fine weather Roads Very muddy & Deep

13th Started to get provisions for Lees army gone all day & expect to go tomorrow

Burnt Plant Bed in new ground

Plowing & halled Rilas after 12 March

Fine weather roads drying [unclear]

15. Been out again on same

Went to plantation brot. up 20 Bus seed Oats some short corn for hogs Some [.er..] Grsss seed to sew. Some cabbage & went to Mount Airy.

Began to sew Oats to day.

17th Rained this day Sewed some Oats & Halled Rails

1858 April 1st 1st Henry Plowing for Corn on Branch, Sandy Plowing for Oats at Crews I am going down to Mr Millers about trying Garrot & Forest released Garrot Balance of Our Hands raking cleaning up new ground at Crews Fired leaves raked to day to night after it begun to Rain, raining moderately quite cool to day Mr Chumbly helped us roll Log tho very much complaining & to day he is laid up, Jordan Crossing at Crews for hilling, did not getting raking up there

2nd april 1858 This ^morning & last night was really a rainy & windy time, & to day The windy is Sev[ere] & Rains hard water coarses high my hogs all up last night & doing well as far as I know quite cool with the wind & Rain, took down Lugs in old prize Barn,= Overseer still in the House sick

3rd wind ceased this morning cloudy all day Halled Tobacco from mountain spring burn & Fresh ground Barn put it in new ^^prizeBarn & – little in one Back of Garden,4th A Beautifull day Easter Sunday — 5th Negroes striping Tobacco for themselves Jerry & little Henry gone after Sweet Blade Seed my wife gone to Mrs Hunts — Fine day Rained again last night

6th Beded up Sweet Potatoe Patch & Planted 1½ Bus from Mr Farmers & 1 peck yams in Bed Plowed a part of Hill for Tobacco, gone to sewing Oats @ 12 Oclock at Crews, Sent Jerry down after Mr. Forest Gray mule Jim which I am to give $140. for payable next March 1859. to go to Plantation & take Netty away —

1859 Augt 17th Bob here this morning 3 days this week, began to cover barn this morning balance cutting down Pines - cloudy & like for Rain this morning - Capt Pallison Boxley Died 7th day of this month Augt 1859 at Mr Poindexters where he has lived about 2 years Rec^d letter from Cousin Jo^s C Boxley stating this -

18th went to meeting Mr Chumbly & Henry covering Tobacco House balance cutting down Pines very dry & Cool of nights,-

19th Shingling House Tobacco Barn little Henry & Jerry Smith Cutting Pines Henry went to meeting House to day Rhoda nor Lila did not want to go. claiborne & clem went Wednesday & they all went from Plantation

20 Sent Henry & claiborne to help Raise Barn at Mr Hunts place, chummy & little Henry at work on Barn finished covering & at work on Bonnetts of Barn clem spining

21. Fannie W. & Billie Jones stayed here last night & to day Mrs clements & Johns children here Chip & George Coleman also. Still dry &^cool

22nd chumney going to look for a place to live at lent him a Horse Henry toping Tobacco Balance worming & succorring fresh ground Bob came here this morning -

2 [smudge]23 Bob here again to day cutting pines Henry & overseer at work on Barn Balance cutting pine Mr Adams Stanley & Mr Lewis came but they could not get a reference, did not do any thing Nannie Mrs Hunt & Sallie started to Mrs Colemans stop at Johns place, Jerry Came home from Hargraves this 23rd Augt 1859, because