Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

9th I went to Sarah McCullocks & meeting Finished Halling up wheat before night

10 went to meeting Bob has Plowed 1 day 10th & 1 or 2 p^s & worked here 4½ or 5 days

11. I went to Sarah McCullocks again Mrs Hunt went down to her place Mrs Clements to Marys we are plowing & Laying by Our Corn & choping nearly done lower field choping, stacked one stack Oats last Saturday —

12th Bob came to work this work this morning Laying by Corn & choping in Corn - chumbly Toping Tobacco in fresh ground this morning - -

13 Finishing stacking Oats put up 10 stacks in big field & 1 on road making 11 in all, Turned Hogs in fresh field 14th this morning then finished Laying by Corn cleaning out stables halled Lathes from Mr Hunts = & 1 Barrel full of Slack Lime Raked up Sand to Plaster House, Nannie & myself went down to aspen Grove & Sallie, stacking Oats there very warm Dry weather yesterday & to day we have sold nearly 7000 lbs Toba[cco] up to this time. have our good & fine to sell yet. cloudy & like for Rain but don't rain

15th Halling rails for cow pen halled wood etc in evening. Fasted till Evening - cleaned Out stables Hewing stable logs I went to Shields & Mr worsham paid Mrs Clements $23.73 I owed her but she could find my Due Bill ^{due Bill taken & destroyed}as Exer of JD Hunt.

16th Halling Logs to whiteheads Mill, & Plant ho[?] sawed by worsham, this is the first Log since worsham sold to whitehead

Mr Hargrave & myself could not agree on the Terms Hargrave gave him his acc^t Rec^t $11. or 12. & $10. in cash for the time he has been there say since 16th Jany 1859.

1859 Augt 24th Last Evening about night it commenced Raining & Rained nearly all night moderate & this morning still raining, sewed Turnip Seed in Lot; Mr Chumney sewing up my Shoes & Sallies Balance & Bob chinking Tobacco House this morning clem spining Cothran has one House full of Tobacco Cut nearly at aspen Grove Owens Barn Finished the Grave yd & Raised his Stable & began to pull fodder there this evening Sewed Turnip Patch & we are sewing more seed in fresh ground,-

25th Sewed more Turnip Seed at aspen Grove ^{26 Mrs Hunt & Bob gone to Mr Browns today} Cutting down pines at work on Barns here

30th I have been to the association at Bethany near Danville, started last friday fine Rain Since I left home, they have cutting ^{Mrs Hunt left here while I was gone to association} Tobacco Toped Tobacco etc etc Some person attempted to break into our smoke house while I was gone, overseer gone to day to get corn got only half bushel meal at Whiteheads, I got back this day —

31st Began to Pull fodder till 12 Oclock then Cutting & Hewing Post for prize shelter etc clear good day memorandum of wheat From aspen Grove sent by Henry to Faris 12½ Bushels wheat for ourselves 2½ for Chummey; Bus. wheat - 5 Bushels corn from there for us

Sept 1st Pulling some fodder & Cutting Tops in Orchard, & some in Lot above Tobacco —

17th Sept 1859 Firing tobacco here & Cutting Tops, windy day -

19th went to Court we are cutting Tops & finished Halled & cut wood clem worming & succoring Tobacco cloudy & like for Rain,

20th. Firing Tobacco: Halling wood etc

21 Rained all day nearly

22nd Succoring Tobacco. Rounding & Jointing Shingles - fixing scaffold etc cl[e]ared off

23rd Finished worming & succoring Tobacco gathered Peas Halled Cold wood & Rock for chimney went to Cutting & shrubing ^{Mrs Hunt left here to day gone to CH} Henry & Chumney nailing on shingles & fix Table etc - I went to aspen Grove & Mr Neals

24th Henry halling Logs to Whiteheads Mill & Halling Plank from mill Balance cutting & Shrubing for Corn - made fodder stack from yesterday -

25th went to Green field meeting to day

26 We are stacking our Tops this morning warm moderate weather We have 6 six ^{3 - for sheeting 3 for squared Edge forflooring}Logs at Whiteheads carr^d this time & had 2 there not sawed before

27th Halling Logs again to day for sheeting. worming & succoring Tobacco overseer getting rafters for stable & Joice,- warm moderate weather - We have 12 Logs at Whiteheads saw Mill to be sawed into Squared Edged full ¾ thick & some into sheeting plank. ^{Sent down to Plantation & got 2 Turns Corn & 1½ Bushels wheat for Horses}

28 & 29th Cutting Tobacco over & stack Tops this^week

30th Cutting over finished, cut first time 950 stacks here second time 1150 stacks making 2000 stacks here & they have cut about 4600 at aspen Grove

Oct 1st Saturday hanging Tobacco out of Lot.

1959 Given out negroes here & at Plantation ^{nov 19} their winter shoes except Pal, cleared of[f] very pretty day =

Novr 21 I went to Court, Rained all the evening Come back in Rain me & Mr J.P. Lewis Halled some Rails to fence in fodder stack Fed & Sandy shoemaking began to strip^Tobacco

22nd Set up Hh^d made Cow Pen etc etc

23rd Finished shoemaking except my shoes Fed making them sent Sandy home & sent after Cart Fanning out wheat & Finished, I went with Mrs Hunt down to See about her Corn nearly all nubbins Finished up Our wheat as follows - Used & Sewed 19 Bushels Fanned & put in 3 Hh^d 75½ D^o. Bot of Kelley 20 Bus chumney got - 2½ - In Hh^d in my Granary 27½ - 27½ In 4 Hh^d in my Granary^{122 Bus} Began to Halled up Logs for stable to day

24th Halling Logs for stable malling & cleaning up in new ground ^^little Henry gone to Yates to get 2 Bus. Corn in meal for mutton Sold Wright Yates Miller -

25 Halling Logs Rocks p^{s s.} for well Cutting & cleaning up in new ground I went to Grastys Sale, clerk it for him gave me $3. went back this day got some things I bot, sent waggon halled wood & the evening Henry carried 1 Log to whitehead saw mill for sheeting 2½ wheat for overseer & 2½ for me etc —

26 Sent Cart & Fan Home to aspen Grove Henry Halling wood, Balance Cutting & malling etc

1860 Feby 18th went to mauling wood in evening

Feby 19. Started to Court, Fannie stayed all night Sunday night Jere & Sallie went back to school cold day

20. Turned moderate mauling & Cutting wood in new ground, got home Monday night weather moderate

21st Halled Rails till 12 Oclock & then Henry went to Laying off Corn Rows Balance Fencing next to Cap^t whiteheads I went to Post office Peaks Wallers Vaughans Mr Moses & Fannie W Fitzgerald

22 Fencing on Road to day W^m Shields here Halled up Oats & Halling rails till evening & then begin to Plow in orchard I went to aspen Grove & made [Lines]

23₂₅Fencing on Road & striped Tobacco ½ day & took down some Wednesday & then fenced on Road from Branch W^m Shields worked Thursday Friday & Saturday Rolled Logs 2 days nearly & fenced one - this week Henry Halled wood this evening very windy Friday & turned cold

26 Stayed at home to see Mrs Pannill

27 Went to Court House sent after Cotton Turn of wheat to Yates, & 1 to whiteheads Plowed & Stacked Rails next to whiteheads

28 Plowing & Fencing new ground fence made fence on Road yesterday fine weather at this time

29th Fencing at new ground & nearly finished Plowing in Lot rained a little,-

March 1st Sent Henry & Claiborne to Hodnetts to Roll Logs. Plowing, fine day cleared of[f] Beautiful weather,