Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

29th Saturday Sept 1860 I Have been stilling nearly all this week for Bro Hunts Est. stilled into Low wines 11 Bb^ls Cider Finished Covering Barn for Tobacco to day & skined Cow, got up Broom Corn Sent Jerry^ ^{^ Smith} to Chalk Level,-

30th Sent W^m A Millers acc^t to Mrs Coleman by Charles to day

Oct 1st Mrs Coleman came gave me ^$40 money to pay Sam^l Steptoe & W^m A Miller Firing Tobacco, on Road finished stilling Cider for Bro Hunts Est. this morning prizing Tobacco to day Turned out another Hd^d & put under prize the Lug Hd^d chinked Barn, etc etc. Finished worming & succoring over Tobacco Gave My Daughter Kate 4 Ewe Lambs & a stack Blade fodder to Mr Moses last spring to feed with

2nd Oct. Stilling myself, Mrs Hunt went to Doct Steptoes & come back at night prizing old Tobacco cutting to day in near new ground all day - moderate weather finishing new Barn

3 Hilling & finished to day by Dinner made 42 Gallons, toll & stilling to come out for Bro Hunts Est — Cutting Tobacco Bob at work here to day cloudy Sent all the Cotton over to old place that belongs there oil & molasses

4 Prizing & Finished prizing to day Rained nearly all day

5. Daubing new Barn & Cut over Tobacco have Cut about 2000 sticks getting up apples & Beeting Mrs Fitzgerald 2 hands come at night to help

6th Oct getting up apples & Beeting Mrs FW 2 hands here to day hot 4-Bb^ls

7th likely for rain stayed at home -

8th Housed Tobacco in prize Barn 1st Cutting down below Barn did not quite fill it Halled up stumps Poles Rails etc for fodder stack fram[e] put in forks etc — — — I went to aspen Grove found slow sick give her a p^s meat found negroes doing not much, & Cothran gone — Rained to day about 12 oclock - -

9th Stacked Tops got them all together before Breakfast Henry & his gang - Turned Cooler I went to old place to see about ^sale Nannie & Mrs Hunt went too — — I gave Mrs Hunt 50 for Bob to day to help me stack Tops as he talked of going to Mrs Coleman — Finished Tops Firing prize Barn Tobacco have cut near 2000 sticks here Turned cool to day — We have 11 or 12 Stacks fodder here 14 stacks Oats ½ stack old fodder yet 19th Stacks fodder & 16 stacks Oats at Plantation & at this time 6 Barns Tobacco full there & they are finishing cutting —

10th Cutting Tobacco & Piling to day Henry got another Barrel Cider last night fine weather Mrs Hunt & Bob gone to Mrs Colemans to day, Nannie & myself went to Chalk Level & Lent John shields 5 long Bags & 3 short Bags to carry wheat to Lynchg - clear weather returned 4 short & 3 long Bags — 1 missing & too many short ones sent me