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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 12
February 22, 1859 - March 3, 1859
1859 Feby 22nd Smith & Clem Shrubing I am going to Aspen Grove
23rd Clem Planting I. potatoe, overseer & working on Logs Sent to Mill this morning claiborne & little Henry Beding for corn planted out some Peach Trees, — etc
24 I went to aspen Grove to day & to Sarah J McCullocks [? Cr ]J W Graves Esq EsqHalling Logs & Plowing for Corn, [?] JW Graves
25. Raining & Hailing this morning making a long Ladder, Harrow & spining & making a Baskets till 12 or 1 Oclock & then went to halling Logs for Barn etc
26. Raining & Hailing this morning but cleared off after a while & they went to Halling Logs for Barn, & my wife Started to the CH to see Jerry
27th I went to see Doct Johns tolerable good day.
28 Halling Logs this morning for Barn moderate weather yet Jacob here yet went to allen Scruggs yesterday & got him to take back the Horse he bought by giving him $3 done so tho it was Sunday halling wood & leaves
March 1st Mr Robey Came here to work in Black Smith Shop Mr Chumbly with him Haling out manure till 12 Oclock & then leaves in field clem little Henry & SmithCutting down corn stalks where we are going sew Oats
March 2nd Mr Roby & overseer in Shop Henry & Claiborne Halling leaves & Oats balance finished Cutting down corn stalks etc,- our coal will only last 1 day more Fine weather at this time, Kate here
3rd Mr Roby & overseer in Shop balance Thrashing Out Oats to sew. Raining all day. quite Cold, began last night,
March 3, 1859 - March 10, 1859
1859 March 3rd Sent to Mill for overseer Brought Turn meal for us left his there we Thrashed Out one stack Oats
4th Mr Roby quit on acct of no coal about 3 Oclock Halling leaves wood Claiborne malling Covered Potatoe Patch halled leaves in Big lot & Corn field, I went down to Yates Mr Lewis’s & aspen Grove, fine windy day My Boar gone Two or Three weeks –
5. Winding & Cleaning Oats to Sew. Henry laying off Corn Land claiborne beding Fencing etc etc Mr W Chumbly & Balance This day Swapted off Rose with Tom Owen for a Jenny named Jane & her Jenny Colt. Jenny about 4 yrs old little Colt about 4 or 5 months old,– jenny is a female donkey
6th. Beautiful day & all gone to Edge Hill to meeting but myself,- weather moderate
7th Jonathan Dawson came here very tight last night & stayed all night, very sick from it - This morning about light it commenced raining all morning till 12 then we were Shelling Corn & fixing plows & Harrow to Plank Corn, in evening pulled down & Halled old shop to burn etc etc etc Jacob left this evening with Mr Moses,
8 Nanny & Kate Sallie & negro Catham went to Doct Thompsons got some teeth drawn & wewere fixing overseers Garden etc till night
9th Finished overseers Truck Patch this morning Squared barn Logs & Plowing for Oats in big Lot fine weather
10th Plowing for Oats & fencing Began this morning to Sew Oats, Jacob commenced Plowing this morning. Here fine weather I went yesterday to Aspen Grove gave out
May 3, 1859 - May 9, 1859
1859 May 3rd Henry & Mr Shields gone to Lynchg paid Mr Shields for toll We are Hilling in fresh ground Jacob making martin Box - Mr Robey came here to work in Shop@ 6/–
4.5.6 Bushing Oats Cutting off Tobacco Hills etc etc got back from Lynchg this night etc
May 7th Tobacco Sold by Toot & alexander 22nd april 1859
Planting Cotton this day put Guano en fresh ground hills cut off Harrowing Corn got Hogs Home Cutting & malling wood, etc etc
May 9th Plowing & replanting Corn - 10 Same work Henry complaining put up Martin Box Glued Table etc etc
February 4, 1860 - February 10, 1860
1860 Feby 4 quite cold I went to Yates shop & to Court there had the case of Wm Yates decided plantif JDH Est cast from Lewis yates evidence that Mr Hunt gave W Yates the Debt, - pd 30/- Cost. Halling wood Cutting & mauling in new ground below House not quite so cold -
5. Nannie & myself went to Fannies & Card Sallie there Board & go to school to Kate at $3½ pr Mo & we do her washing —
6th Halling leaves to day claiborne sawing shingles for well, Rained & Snowed yesterday all night Rained & this morning a little Send down 1 Gobler & 1 Turkey Hen to aspen Grove this morning
7th mauling to day clem Burning Brush took Down some Tobacco this morning in new Barn, I had viewers here to day to see about changing Road - Henry at work on well all day
8th Striping tobacco all day Snowed about 2 Inches Deep Rained & Hailed, bad day -
9th clear this morning & we will strip Tobacco till we get done what we have down not very cold - Sent Henry to Yates with a Log for Plank get Cutting machine & Cart wheels. Balance Cutting for wood in new ground Sent 35 lbs Iron to Yates to pay some I borrowed last fall got 7 plank wheels & Cutting Knives
10th Cutting & mauling, in new ground clem shrubing in new ground; Mr Geo. Robey worked here to day 2 days. making 2 days in all