Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845 August 20th. Raised barn at new ground this day 22nd Henry this day gone to Doct Whites Mill with wheat corn & a stack & is to bring my Palings Home Fed sick yesterday & day before — Succoring & toping Tobacco this day

26th Picking Turnip Patch & finished Hilling up Lot at Henrys house My wife son Jerry & nurse Ann started from home on yesterday Sunday to go to Charlott cty V^a on a visit to Mr Overbys & Moseleys with Mrs Hunt - Fanny White sick - fine rain yesterday Sunday

Monday ²⁵26th. Clear fine day for travelling

Tuesday 26. clear fine morning Grubing & Phil cutting Henry & Fed gone to Mr L to raise houses — —

27. cutting on Branch & grubbing Mr Lewis spayed 14 shoats & cut six & Turned out 2 young sows & 1 boar Mrs Scrugs put cloth in the loom - My wife did not start to Charlott till Tuesday morning & Pleasant came here same day about 12 & stayed till next evening making ladden etc etc

28th Grubbing & cutting Henry getting slab timber I went to Jno D Hunts & Mrs Hunts, my dear Nanny been gone ever since last Sunday to charlotte, — time seems long

29 Topping succoring and worming Tobacco today - started a letter to Colo Smith about over our

1859 March 15th Moderate weather —— but very wet. Cant Plow Halled up another Stack Blade fodder did not hall up fodder Halled wood fixed office & Porch etc Mr Chumbly done up chimney & chinked & daub it

16th Mr Chumbly Henry & claiborne all gone to Roll Logs at Mr Hunts Clem Lila working in Garden Planted simbling Cucumbers & set out some Trees in Yard, little Henry & Jerry Smith Plowing to Sew Oats, fine weather Sewed Collard Seed over in Plant Beds Clara had a Heifer 12 or 13 this m^o. at aspen Grove.

17th Piling manure in cow pen Sewing & Bushing in Oats this morning Mrs Hunt & Nannie gone to see Mrs Scruggs, to day - cloudy weather

18 I went down to aspen Grove got 5½ Bus Seed Oats making 30½ Bus Overseer & negroes beginning to put up Barn etc negroes House & began to Rain hard & wind blew very hard blowed down a great deal of fencing again, Rained till nearly night Sent Henry to Carried 2½ Bus. for Chumbly & bro^t home our Turn yesterday —

19 Laying foundation of negroes House Sent a Turn Corn ½ Barrel for us & bro^t back Chumbleys wind blows very hard yet & has Turned a good deal colder — Cutting malling & Plowing after morning

20 Turned more moderate –

21 I went to Court on ^Mrs stones business Plowing & sewing Oats & Rye in Peach Orchard fixed bridge cut & malled wood & Rails put up fencing etc —

22 Finishing sewing Rye in Peach orchard