Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1859 April 1st Stoped Gullies in Lot. Plowing

2nd Aprl Plowing awhile in morning in Garden & then bushing apple Orchard for corn & it began to Rain, shelling Corn Mr Chumbly Cutting Out my wifes shoes & at work on them I gave him a patern of upperleathers for his Daughter - making brooms & Baskets Wyatt Walker Came after his Bull & pd $2.50 for wintering him this morning,-

3rd Sunday Raining very hard last night Still cloudy this morning My boar gone again, I am going to Aspen Grove to day -

4th Mr Cothran came from aspen Grove this morning & 3 hands & we got one hand from Mr Kelley & 1 from Mr Hodnetts & we Raised our Barn got done before night & sent to Mill & Halled 2 Loads of wood windy day Mr Bybee Rolling Logs & did not send to help us at,- all, Rained last night, smartly -

5th We have been plowing for Potatoes & Cotton, began to Colter Seconds yrs ground, Manured Plants Beds, took up our Sweet Potatoe Seed, Kept tolerable well, very windy & cold to day all day - Sent to Mill yesterday ½ Bbl Corn, & got one D^o at Worshams Mill Jordan Came up here to night on his way to Lynchg & Henry & Mr Shields is going down to aspen Grove for another Hh^d a p^s. Jordan has gone in some Loose,-

6.7.8.9 Hung yard Post Riving Tobacco [?] Cutting & Malling wood, at work some in^shop I got home last night from Lynchg about 12 oclock in night