Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

Mr C J Williams P.O. Lebanon Russell Cty V^a

12th Sallie & me went to meeting SS –

13th E. H Doss left Plantation soon Saturday morning somebody told me he left Friday evening & gone way over in campbell, for which I charge him $5.00 Covering our Carriage House here coltering & Hilling Second years ground, I went to Aspen Grove Likely for Rain about his time corn Seems to come up badly fleas has eat the Tobacco plants very much wheat looks tolerable

14th Took down our Lugs here this morning, finishing covering Carriage House, Hilling fresh ground Plowing up for corn on Low grounds to day

15 Jacob P Graves gone on to CH to Start to war it with old Lincoln, great confusion in Our Country every thing unsettled Sent Henry to Aspen Grove & claiborne to Hall Logs We are Planting Corn this morning a little p^s on Low ground, cutting slate tree fixing Scare Crows Hilling in second yrs ground, Nannie going to CH to day

16th Henry Halling Logs from aspen Grove vz 1 Large one Hart to pay for palings sawed 2 for weatherboarding & 17th Halling again &

17th Halled up stack Oats & fodder this day Carried 12½ Bus. corn for meal & 2½ for overseer here & halling Logs – again here Hilling yesterday & to day Halled 5 good Hart Long Logs to Millers for weatherboarding & halled 1 Big one to pay for palings besides the 5. Chumbly went to Chalk Level to day, Hilling Henry began to Plow Corn, replanting corn this evening – cloudy & cool

[faded]Corn here Henry Plowing [faded] Simblings

1861 May 31st Chumney taken Sick yesterday taking Physic, working out his Potatoes etc this morning,- Henry Harrowing his Corn- Cutting off Tobacco Hills to plant Tobacco cloudy & like for rain, Sent 1 Colter to pint to yates shop they shod Hester Phil & Robin & steeled 2 H Hoes - this year

June 1st Cloudy & like for Rain, began to Plow on Creek yesterday, Bob finished Paling yesterday - Plowing & weeding Corn on Creek to day - chumney not out yet

2nd Sunday Clear fine day Mrs Hunt went to Mrs Colemans yesterday with her home Nannie & me went to Green field meeting I came back & went to Strait Stone at 3 Oclock nobody there at Prayer meeting - Raining a little in evening Mr Dallas staid here last night

3rd Plowing & weeding Corn on Creek Fine rain this evening planted some Tobacco on road, fine growing night

4th Planting Tobacco to day fine season Finished another new ground here in old field replanted greens etc etc

5th cloudy this morning sent to mill for Chumney thining our Corn & I am going down to Plantation this morning

6th Rained some last night. Henry bro’^t 1 Load of weather boarding last night from Millers, carried 1 Log for weather boarding & sheeting & car^d 1 Bb^l corn for meal, finished thinning corn & working out Garden Mrs Hunt came back yesterday & Bob here this morning Digging Hole & working on yard [faded] & weeding Corn on Creek

1862 May 4th Little cloudy to day my wife & Sallie gone to Kates & Fannies

May 5th. Raining this morning doing but little, all in House, not ^^much more than half done planting Corn, - Sent 10 Bushels Corn to Mill this morning for meal — Sent Henry to Mr Rolands to mend shoes & Saddle Bags Raining all the evening –

6th Cleared off this morning fencing & then coltering fresh ground piny old field, & clearing picking up trash next to Mrs W. in old field cleared, I went to Plantation this evening, Jorden complaining.

Mr Daniel Dejernett came here to day 12 Oclock to work on work Mr Wyatt left undone,

7th. Planting corn on creeks or branches coltering fresh ground fixing Pea Patch Cotton Patch & Planting a few greens, Claiborne Coltering in new ground next to Mrs Whiteheads Our White Sow has Come up with 6 pigs & the Black spotted 7 making 13 & the little white one in field has 2 making 15 Pigs. - -

8th. No Sale of property of Mrs Hunts to day on acc^t, of no bidders, - claiborne Harrowing corn Land on Creek Coltering in second yrs ground & laid off some to hill finished plowing Cotton ground plowing Irish Potatoes, & some in Garden Mr Dejarnett at ever since Tuesday 12 oclock -

9th. To day went to aspen Grove Planted Cotton water mellons simblings musmellons cucumbers Broom Corn seed etc. Bedding on Branch from yesterday 12 till to day 12. Sent Henry after saddle Bags & shoes at Tom Rolands etc etc^{Irish Potatoes} worked out

10th Plowing on branch^Creek bedding for corn nearly ^done except some wet spots. Claiborne went to mill this morning & the[n] Coltering in piny old field - to day

11th all went to meeting 1st time this year – Cool nights smoky weather —

[…] ely for rain warm weather […] Alex Came to cut wood @ 1/6 pr cord & […] in plantation @ 31 Cents day - beeting apples, Billy finished Hen House to day except roost Poles & nest which he is making

8 Dick & Alex cutting wood - worming & succoring Tobacco, getting up & Beeting some Crabs. I went to meeting - clear weather

9th I went to meeting Sunday

10 Pulling fodder I went to CH on business of Estate & for myself etc about children going to school & certificates of savings Bank Dick & Alex cutting wood

11 They are do same & malling wood worming & succorring Tobacco cloudy & like for rain Pride gone to old place & Mrs Colemans to make arrangements for the children all to start to C.H. to school to G.D. Neal

Sept 12th I went to meeting House about H Templeton & G. Pearcy - & to the shop had my horse shoes changed Billy here at work this mon morning clear moderate day & weather Pride & Doran Mattie & alice left yesterday for school at CH –

13th Daubed up & cleaned out old prize Barn, & then Pulling fodder & tying up, etc Dick & Alex Pulling fodder from 10 Oclock till night. Billy Hunt Sew here to day -

14 I went to old place & Jerrys our folks pulling fodder Dick & Alex all day tying Billy Hunt Sew shoemaking - clear day

15th taking Care of fodder stacks 1 stack

16th. I started to Court Saturday I went Rice to see Bro Brown about Bro Pearcy & Templeton

17th At Court Monday our folks stacking fodder fodder Tying up Tops making scaffold to Cut Tobacco, cloudy & warm weather Dick & Alex cutting & put wood Cutting Tobacco in new ground Dick & Alex Cutting wood