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.

1860 Jany 6 to 14th I went to Louisa started 5th bro^t home 6 negroes to my children & had them checked by commissioners chosen by my children & they carried them on home this day & Jerry has cut & malled wood for ^Bed Plant in new ground Halled leaves 10 Loads & wood & striped Tobacco when Raining several days -, - found all well when I got home soon this morning from republican

15 Stayed at home beautiful day

16 Beautiful day Halled Cut & malled I went to Carry Dan^l R Hunts Fanny home to Davis & to Plantation & Mr Lovelaces

17th Sent Henry after Stack fodder at Grastys Rained in morning some striped Tobacco ^awhile In evening went to new cutting & malling Jerry halling —

18. Jerry Started back to Mr McDaniels to school, little Henry with him We are fencing back of Peach Orchard then for new ground Cutting & malling etc Hung up our meat to day as follows midlings Hung 67. Joles 26 pieces Hams 68 Shoulders 63 making in all 224 p^{s s}. including Joles Halling shingles to Stables to cover it;

19th Worked on new stable shingling Clem & Jerry Smith cleaned out stable this morning Claborne malling Rail, etc cleaning up in new ground

20th Same work on stable & new ground -

21 Same work on Stable & new ground today Put ashes around Peach trees & went to mill Claiborne rounded & Jointed shingles till 12 ^oclock

22 Fine day, stayed ^{at home} I have a bad cold

23rd Finished covering Stable, halled wood & Cutting & malling wood for Plant Bed on round sent to mill 19th Saturday