Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1858 april 12th Ground is as wet as I ever saw it allmost in my life

13th Rained nearly all night striping Tobacco to day, carried one Load of Lugs to Mr Andersons 1528 lb as pRec^d. - Lowry striped to day & Jim & mule went to Carry Tobacco to Riceville

14th Plowing coltering shrubing in corn field & Hilling cleared off pretty day -- 18 Lambs to this day - all my shoats Mr Lewis altered ^welldone

15th Beautiful morning a little frost this morning Plowing for Corn, fencing this morning. Jordan Halling wood & Rails out of new by Crews & then Coltering Hilling up there, I am going to Cedar Hill this morning,- Halled out the last of Our wheat Straw this evening

16th Plowing for Corn Planted 3½ Rows Sweet Potatoes from Capt Fitzgeralds yesterday Jordan coltering Balance Hilling, little ^Henry gone to Mill for Chumbly Bro^t one^Turn back & left one there for him like for Rain — or snow

17th Plowing for Corn, next to Orchard Crossing next to Chumblys & Hilling Tobacco Hills,- Rained last night & likely for falling weather to day weather moderate, Halled out Our last wheat straws, Tobacco Plants size of a 4½^d up & growing fast; cloudy weather at this time

18th went to meeting House about Sunday School, but few attended it Rained

19th Still cloudy I am starting for Court Plowing for Corn Burning Log Heaps Mr Hunts John came here to do up back etc

20th Burning Logs Plowing coltering & Hilling croping new ground cloudy all day Monday & Tuesday till evening I Did not get from court till Tuesday night

1858 May 12 Very cool & Windy, wind from East wind blew hard all night, Hilling on Johns Branch & trying to finished there this Lugs^{& Picked Plant Beds}finished I am going to allen Scruggs to get him If I can to help Jas B Faris prize Tobacco,

13th Jordan coltering new ground,- began to colter & Hill Second years ground at Mountain this morning Little fixing his machine to get shingles,- fixing another colter this morning - Picked Plant Beds.

14th Jordan coltering new ground balance Hilling at fresh ground & cutting them off Henry went with waggon up to Cedar Hill to hall Logs out of new ground halled 9 to Worshams & left 4 or 5 to Hall yet, we have finished planting greens in Garden,- Hester ranaway at Jacobs halling Logs with Jim but did not thank the Lord hurt any thing much, worsham is to saw the Logs into weather boarding Square edged Plank & slats to put smoke house 3 or 4 Inches wide & ¾ think [thick] to Keep out rats after its daubed the Plank we want to cover a shelter for waggon Carr^d 2 Turns 4 Bus. Corn to worsham ^{& got it}for meal

15 Hilling & Coltering at mountain fresh ground Jordan coltering new ground

16th Sunday School Commenced this day

17th I went to Court, took down all our Second rate Tobacco this morning & Pack it ready for prizing & cooped the Lugs ready to carry away- Sold Faris’s to anderson for $8 around etc to be deliv^d soon as possible went to Coltering & Hilling in evening

18th waggon & cart Halling out manure Balance Hilling at mountain, Sandy with Henry & Jordan Halling out manure — Very hard rain in evening & after it we [drea?] Tobacco Plants

10th We are Harrowing & working Out Lot Tobacco & on Branch Laying by Corn, Jerry & me walked to Strait Stone to meeting to day

11th went to meeting Carr^d Mrs Neal sacrament^{to day}

12th Laying by Corn prizing Tobacco & working Out Lot Tobacco & Cotton etc cloudy & like for ^Rain

13th Rained more or less all day yesterday & last night, nearly all night, ground very wet, prizing Tobacco Plowing Turnip Patch & choping Bushes out of new ground Tobacco at mountain spring =Jacob stayed here last night,-

14th Rained last night hard we are this morning thinning Corn, Sent Buck^^with 4 Bushels Corn to Yates for meal & to bring home overseers flour carried down there last week Sent little Henry to Faris mill 1½ wheat for flour, & her Rose to the Jack She had to do with him

15 Laying by Corn 4 Plows balance taking mould off fine Tobacco in new Barn, till 12 Oclock then working & Harrowing Tobacco in Lot. Tobacco very much mould in Barns; cloudy & like for Rain again

16 Prizing fine Tobacco to day & sunning good from Barn back of Garden got all out of that House sunning to day - Plowing & will nearly get done Laying by this evening, Harrowing & working Lot Tobacco & Malissa in Cotton Patch Fine growing weather at this time.

17th Finished Laying by Corn Peas & Potatoes Plowing Tobacco next to chumblys & in Lot & working of it, prizing Tobacco 2 Hd^d under prize 1 good & 1 fine,- Lowry came down & to day I have sent Jordan & Jim up to Cedar Hill for them to stack Oats, fine weather Sent off Lynchg by H. Wade 2 Hh^ds Tobacco @ $5. Hhd I found him & paid 87½ for toll, second rate & good sent

1858 Sept 7th Went up to Jacobs to day pulling Fodder & Stacking to day — — Tobacco very sorry – pulling all day at home, sent to mill etc,- warm weather at this time

8th Pulling fodder here & at Cedar Hill Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts, & finished at home

9th Tying up fodder at home & worming ^ ^Tobacco& stacking ^{some fodder} got up 7 or 8 stacks & about ^stack to several more, put up 3 at Cedar Hill & got some to stack to day – trying to get done pulling up there by 12 Oclock to day fair fine weather for the business,- Bot Jacob Black Horse Bill last night. gave him $50. payable next march - & brot him home ¬

10th I went to Cedar Hill Finished pulling fodder there & put up 2 more stacks Jordan there this evening helping about fodder ¬ Stacking here & worming & succoring Tobacco put up 21 stacks here & 5 at Cedar Hill, Turned out cattle in Pasture at Stoney,- like for Rain this morning-

11th Went to meeting at Strait Stone Rained a pretty shower, worming & succoring Tobacco at mountain, Jordan went to Cedar Hill yesterday to help about fodder got some in the rain,- done stacking at home & put up 21 ^stacks one or Two small ones,

12th Mr. M. Pannills Funeral to day at S Stone quite Cool, Sent Jim up to Jacobs this morning

13th quite cool worming & succoring Tobacco

14. 15. 16 & 17 & 18th worming & succored over Tobacco Cutting Tops & began 17th to Cut Tobacco about House, & Cutting to day 18th at Cedar Hill I have been stilling this week ma[de] 26 Gallons Brandy & left there 8 Gallons for

1858 Oct 19 Cutting down corn at Cedar Hill & fixing Land for wheat here Cutting down & stacking Corn & sewing wheat nearly done next to orchard –

20th Oct overseer Jordan & claiborne gone to Cedar Hill to commence overseers House this morning balance here & there same as yesterday a little cloudy this morning Cut & spayed Hunts sows shoats about a a week ago, 8 in number —

21st overseer Jordan & claiborne at Cedar Hill Cutting Logs for his House to live in next ^year We finished Sewing wheat here to day sewed 21 Bushels Twenty one, this evening pulling Corn by malissas House from chickens alse & Jerry Smith scouring out overseers House here; Sent Lowry & Jim to Cedar Hill. Plowing for wheat in LotMr Wyatt Rounding & Jointing shingles 2900 @ 4/6 pr Thousand & I have agreed to give him $1 pr day & put a hand with him from the time he begins after fixing the shingles, say next monday morning —

22nd we all went to work on Road from Dews to Codeys to day - Balance shucking corn picking out Cotton

23rd Sent Henry to Faris mill with 1 Log 8 or 9 Bus. wheat for flour & & Bus corn for meal Balance gathering corn Mr Chumbly fixing corn shelling Room Housing Corn etc gathering cotton to day. I am going to Riceville etc & Cedar Hill flour Plank to go there this ^evening at home this day Mr J D Hunts Lucy Ann here etc

25th Began to sew wheat at Cedar Hill & Mr Wyatt & Henry shingling dwelling house Mr Chumbly at Here sewing wheat etc etc.