Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

9th Halled rails made cow & Hog, Halled some wood shelled Corn, Raining nearly all day a little cut some wood etc

10 Halled wood malled & cut. Halled & put up fatten hog Pen cleared of cool & windy Kate & Mr Moses here to night.

11th Went to meeting at Strait Stone. Mr H

12. Sent to Whiteheads saw mill got 200 feet sheeting, Sent 1½ Barrel screan wheat for chop 2 Bushels corn for meal then Halled 5 Loads corn from field next to Whiteheads. Pulling corn there. I am Stilling for Estate of JDH.

13 Stilling again to day all day Halling up corn from far field, Halled up 15 Loads in waggon from there 1 more to hall in morning - fine weather — Sent Jacob 5 last & sent another little one for Doran over there,

14 Halled one Load corn up to day here 1 stack oats & little fodder stack,- pine Brush to cover greens. Loaded waggon with 2 Hh^ds Tobacco & started Henry to Lynchg give him for toll $1..25 shucking corn here, Hogs are put up at aspen Grove 11. & 1 Beef to Kill they are getting up corn there,

15. Shucking corn Nannie went with Mrs Hunt to Whiteheads a little while Mrs Worsham here cutting out negroes clothes for JDH Est. I am stilling & finished Cider for Est. Mr Wyatt came here this morning to shingle office Henry helps him for $4.00 clear fine weather to day —

16th Finished shucking corn halled up & housed 2 waggon Loads

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 &

1861 Feby 21st [Bought] of Mr Geo. Pannill 59 acres of Land including Low grounds on Creek, to be paid for as viz For the 59. acres $750. ½ to be paid in 12 m^os. & the other ½ If not paid to Carry In^t. from 22nd Mar. 1862 till paid, Mr Waller (Hampton) to make a Deed in fee for it when money p^d. to Mr P, paid 22nd Feby 1861 on said contract $1.00 pRec^t

22nd Fix water gates on Creek Land bought of Mr. Pannill Plowing Cutting to day - Drawed of Cider 5 Bb^ls. at Mr Hunts place

22nd.23 Sent to Chalk after Papers & letters & to mill

24^{Plowing & in new ground till began to rain} then striping Tobacco till night

24 went to Prayer meeting - cold day

25 been Hunting my Big white & spotted sow Cant find her, been missing 3 days fixed Cart body plows. raking in new ground Henry plowing for Corn balance in new ground cutting malling, Bob this evening digging holes to move bee House

26 Halled up 2 stacks to sew & thrashing out moved Bee House, planting I[rish] Potatoes by smoke House, Plowing Garden, Halled up stack fodder to day, Bled Ball sent to shop 1 Large dleaver to mend. plow Plate for new Plow 2 [St. ]Hoes to Lay & steel & steel to work 10 lbs I reckon - looks likely for Rain to - night

28. Cutting & malling, Halling Rails. Plowing – fine weather - about this time, –

March 1st Mr Barksdale here last night & we settled to this day, Cutting malling & Halling wood to day Claiborne gone to Mr Blanks to roll Logs, sent Charles to Aspen Grove carried Jordan & Abram ½ soles & Cap. for shoes & Coller & back band for Molley, Sent Smith to Chalk Level to -^day Winding out Oats measured up 30½ Bus.

14¹³th March 1861. I have ^^been to Charlotte Richmond & Louisa Lynchg & got back this day our folks has been working in new ground coltering on road, etc Just been to sew oats here this day my wife sent to [smudged] Mrs Cole

1861 March 26th. weather moderate, Mrs Coleman & family & fannie W Fitzgerald here to day —

27th I was writing letters to Bro Garret & Cousin Ch to day they finished Sewing Oats here & claiborne halling rails. this morning it rained Snowed & hailed a little & the wind blew tremendous hard, we set some trash heaps on fire early & thought they were about out, but about 12 Oclock the broke out & was soon nearly all over the new ground & we had hard work to save our wood & fencing, but none did not get burned, blew down some of our fencing fire also got out over at Mr Hunts place but did not do much damage. We planted our Irish Potatoes on road in wheat Lot & prepared ground in garden to plant Corn Snaps etc etc etc.

28th Went to Plantation to day nearly done breaking up Corn & Tobacco Land except new ground coltering that & Raking balance, 28 Lambs there & 39 old sheep at this time, - we have been fencing here to day & coltering new ground Crossing Halling stuff out of our new ground & raking Fine day. Went to shields Barksdales & mount airy for Mr Grastys business —

29 I went to Chalk Level to day got a letter from Toot stating he had sold my Tobacco in Lynchg 2 Hd^ds Halling out Trash out of new ground began to Hill, Plowing for Corn, paid off Tate to day for myself & Estate John D Hunt,

30 Plowing for ^^Corn Halling out Leaves out of new ground began to Hill yesterday in new ground next to road; took up our Irish Potatoes to day & Beets Kept very well Kate & Mr Moses Came here

31st March Sunday Fannie & Jacob came [faded] cloudy

1861 april 2nd Started at 3 Oclock in night after Sallie got to Lynchg by 12 or 1 oclock Started from there in Carrs ½ past 3 Oclock got to Institute about 8 at night stay there wednesday 3rd staid at Institute Started to Salem with Sallie in evening did not sleep much started in the Carrs at 1 Oclock for Lynchg got there about day Break, & started for home about 9 Oclock. Our folks had been plowing Hilling Halling Rails, while I was gone, fine weather, -

april 5th to day Hilling coltering other new ground Halling up Timbers for carriage House

6th april Sent Jerry Smith to Chalk Level after Papers & letters, Carr^d to Faris's mill 1½ Bus wheat for flour, - Coltering, & Hilling to day – Took down this morning of Bacon ^H23. ^S23. ^M2— like for Rain moderate weather -

7th Rained, stayed at home Mrs Hunt went to Mrs C^olemans

8th Rained again, finished striping Tobacco here Mrs Hunt Came home again –

9th drawing & fixing shingles that come of[f] our Kitchen for Carriage House & Granary ¬ I went to aspen Grove to day ¬–

10th At work On Shingles, fixing Rope works little Henry halling wood Jerry Smith Piling chip manure, did not rain much ¬

11th Halling out trash of new ground, cutting Hop Poles & slab tree & fencing this morning ground wet, & then Mr Chumney & Bob at work on shingles they went down to Creek & fixed water gap or [R]

12th Mr Christian Doct Fletcher & Aaron Simpson stayed all night. Simpson owes 50 centsbalance Paid. Hilling Coltering & Halling out manure till 12 Oclock & then Rained hard till night Shelled corn & made Brooms & spining ¬

13th went to meeting, got slabs cut down Trees at overseers House worked on shingles etc.