Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

Started Wednesday & got back Thursday night about ½ past Ten oclock the waggon will ¹⁹⁵⁹got back to day = Friday - sometime near^{night Nov 11}Bot in Lynchg 25 Bus. Bran 40 Brown stuff for ^Hogs got troughs to day & p^s for Kitchen & malling & Cutting cleaning up in new ground Jerry started to school to Mr J. E Tompkins to Board with Mr McDaniel @ $8 pr month & at the rates of 25$ Tuition pr 10 months,

Novr 12 Sent waggon home 4 Bus. Brown Stuff for Hogs 5 lb Nails & [Hames] etc etc Halled wood cutting & malling overseer & Little Henry finished covering negro House I went to malling -

13 went to meeting to day SSC

14 Began to Shoe make Fed & Sandy here overseer Cut them out. Pulling Halling up Corn Feeding Hogs here on Brown Stuff bot in Lynchg -

16 went to Fannies me & Nannie shucking Corn & Housing fine moderate weather

17 Went to Plantation give out 6 lbs Cotton in evening altered our shoats - shucking & Housing Corn shoemaking ever since last Monday morning

18th Finished housing Corn put away Greens halled up one stack fodder, Fanning wheat gave out Henry, little Henry & claiborne their shoes, F & Sandy shoemaking began to Rain about 12 Oclock & in the night rained very hard, wrote a letter to Sallie ^{& Jere}

19th Set up Hh^d to day filled 2 Hh^ds of wheat Fanned out Covered Greens etc.

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 –