Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

29th Novr Fine morning, Set out Marmosa Tree in Yard this morning - Cutting in new ground next to Plant Bed -

30. Halling wood cutting wood, I am stilling

Decr. 1st. went after Mrs Hunts Corn, got Barrels, bot Oats 3000 lbs Tom Templeton for Mrs Hunt @ 3/- pr Hundred, settled with them about Tobacco made 1859 for Mrs Hunt give out my negroes meat at aspen Grove 21 lbs Beef - they are not quite done Shucking Corn,- going to measure next Tuesday - cool weather snowed to day fast for awhile - Windy -

2nd Stayed at home read to negroes -

3rd give Mr Bybee 1.25 for tollage to Lynchg with wheat & Mem^o for Tomb stones for Mr & Mrs Hunts Graves cost $15. a p^s $30 to get 10 Galls Black M^o. 5 for me & 5 for Est. to bring my wifes Bonnet, & 6 & give him Mr B $15. to get 8 Bottles Acitus morpia & 1 lb Calcined magnesia - Bills etc Put up my Hogs here 13 Killed Two & got 2 House House making 17 in all here to Kill got 12 at aspen Grove in pen 39 Pigs there & 4 sows, Cutt & marked here 7 Large Pigs & 9 Small ones making 16. 3 Sows out 1 Boar & 1 not got up yet has been at Mr Hunts place Bot of Mr James P Lewis 3 p^s Bacon midlings 1 for myself weighing 12½ lb 2 lb for John D Hunts Est weighing 27 lbs, not p^d for this 4th Decr 1860 but will pay shortly,- got the Bacon in Oct. ¹⁸ 3 ⁴ Halling rails here to day & Cutting - I went to as aspen Grove measuring corn measured up to day 50 Bb^ls in corn House &