Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1859 Janry 11th Halled Rails around Corn field fence, etc fixing at aspen Grove to burn a plant Bed tomorrow morning Carried a Milch Cow from here last Monday morning Still cold weather

12 & 13th Burnt 2 Plant Beds here & sewed them on Road, Mrs Hunt stayed here 2 days & quite unwell with head ach Fannie & Kate Came down yesterday weather moderated —

14 Raining this morning fix up bellows etc in shop, striping Tobacco - got our plant Bed Caught yesterday -

15 Finishing plant Beds this morning Halled up Stack fodder Plowing in Peach orchard trimed up the trees & Hewing Logs for Henry’s House Cothran is at work in Tobacco

16 Went Court House car^d Jerry to live with Mr Hargrave, Bot 19 yd mouslin for Cate & Nannie & 1 yd Jeans for triming paid Hargrave for Jacob $7.00, Plowing here & shingling smoke House, Nannie Kate came home Sunday evening & taken sick —

18. Same work nannie sick yet — yester =day cold & windy - to day fine weather

19th Shingling smoke & Plowing Peach or chard - fine weather

20. Burnt Plant in Partnership at aspen Grove on Road, 30 by 16 — Bro From there clock Potatoes chaff etc Mr Chumny covered little House —

21st began to Hall - wood etc & then Rained & we went to striped Tobacco, warm Rain —

1859 Decr 17th Mr Fox here yet - left about 10 or 11 Saturday self – & Horse worked on well in evening & Layed Hath in negroes House Piled shingles etc stoped Raining in evening

18th Stayed at home to day - -

19 went to Court. Chumney at work on well House & Jerry Smith Henry Halling wood claiborne & little Henry cutting & malling Rails & wood

20th Raining a little this morning working on Stable to day putting up rafters Sawing out doors facing of etc = I went down to Mrs Hunts with her Sent my horse to shop this evening by Charles,

21st worked on Stable, claiborne Jointing shingles little Henry & Smith Dawbing House in evening I went to Sale of Mrs Hunts Land, no Sale, at all, Mr Tompkins here on my return Fox came at night Mr T stayed all night

22. Mr T. left. Fox Finished well, Henry & claiborne with him till Dinner cleaning out & finished well Henry^{Little Henry}& chumbly at work on Stable claiborne & Henry & Smith went to new ground malling & cutting, Jerry went down to Plantation aspen Grove Kelley carried my hog home & got 3¼ ^VinegarGallons

23 working on Stable. Sent Henry to Mill Turn ^wheat for us 2½ & 2 Bus for chumny. bro^t back plank & bag Corn meal bro^t back — I have had sick head ache all day

24 Sent Henry to mill got Plank his own flour & Bens. worked on stable & negroe House & Rounding & Jointing Shingles I went down to warranting at Mr Millers about Irbys & W^m Yates Debts done nothing –