Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1959 Given out negroes here & at Plantation ^{nov 19} their winter shoes except Pal, cleared of[f] very pretty day =

Novr 21 I went to Court, Rained all the evening Come back in Rain me & Mr J.P. Lewis Halled some Rails to fence in fodder stack Fed & Sandy shoemaking began to strip^Tobacco

22nd Set up Hh^d made Cow Pen etc etc

23rd Finished shoemaking except my shoes Fed making them sent Sandy home & sent after Cart Fanning out wheat & Finished, I went with Mrs Hunt down to See about her Corn nearly all nubbins Finished up Our wheat as follows - Used & Sewed 19 Bushels Fanned & put in 3 Hh^d 75½ D^o. Bot of Kelley 20 Bus chumney got - 2½ - In Hh^d in my Granary 27½ - 27½ In 4 Hh^d in my Granary^{122 Bus} Began to Halled up Logs for stable to day

24th Halling Logs for stable malling & cleaning up in new ground ^^little Henry gone to Yates to get 2 Bus. Corn in meal for mutton Sold Wright Yates Miller -

25 Halling Logs Rocks p^{s s.} for well Cutting & cleaning up in new ground I went to Grastys Sale, clerk it for him gave me $3. went back this day got some things I bot, sent waggon halled wood & the evening Henry carried 1 Log to whitehead saw mill for sheeting 2½ wheat for overseer & 2½ for me etc —

26 Sent Cart & Fan Home to aspen Grove Henry Halling wood, Balance Cutting & malling etc

24th May 1860. I went to Election, Saw Mr Pannill, he is quite bad off, from a Fall from his Horse coming from Court last Monday night — Cap^t Yate gotwas thrown Two [too] but did not get Hurt. Bob here this day at work. weeding Corn Plowing & coltering Corn, manured Our Plant Beds this morning Finished Tuesday I believe Hilling in new ground Damp weather Mrs Hunts still very much compla[in]ing —

25. Rained Hard this morning striped Tobacco a while & then went to planting Tobacco & trying to get done Our Crop

26 I went to aspen Grove Plowing & weeding Corn to day - Fixed Clems House pulled down old House this morning Bob not here to day. Mrs Hunt still complaining - etc - W^m C Grasty here to day – – – –

27th Sunday Doct Tho^s Haley came to see Mrs Hunt to cure neuralgia, stayed till evening, & think she is not as bad off at night as usual Rained hard in the evening, claiborne went to Mr Moses

28 Mrs Hunt Rested tolerable last night & seems sick from the Physic this morning

29 Plowing Corn & weeding next to Cap^t Whiteheads Finished Plowing over there Doct Haley Came here to see Elvira, & amy sick too Doct Haley came second time to see Mrs Hunt,- Mr. Faris came between 1 & 2 oclock

30. weeding Corn Finished plowing next to Whiteheads Fixing waggon for Lynchg. Raining this evening a little

31st Rained very hard last night, I went down I went to aspen Grove to day

1861 May 6th began to Bed Cotton Patch halled some wood & scattering manure a little Raining in evening too hard to work out Mr Chumney & Bob in shop nearly all day Pinting 2 colters, pinting 3 Harrow Teeth etc mended Poker making Some Staples etc 5 Staples mended 1 clevice & pin, fixed 3 other Harrow Teeth, sharpend 4 H Hoes made some lap links mended up our Traces mended some time ago 2 Swingletrees put Iron on etc pinted 2 colters sometime ago. Mr Yates shod my mare Hester before & steeled 2 H Hoes for Cedar Hill making some lap links etc.

7th Putting up Scare Crows claiborne halling wood Chumney at work in shop this morning - fixing Cotton Patch Plowing Potatoes Beding Garden for Greens etc cleared off but very cool clary had a calf a few days ago, Planted some greens & Potatoes & did not begin to Plant Cotton Henry planting his corn. I went to aspen Carried Salt there to day –

8th Planting Irish Potatoes for late use Planted Cotton Broom corn & Sugar cane, water mellon Mus. mellon & cucumber simblings Greens, Peas etc etc Plowing up Tobacco Lot, getting wood etc etc

9th Mr Chumney & bob fixed prize beam this morning & at work on Carriage House, Henry & Washington at work coltering Second yrs land balance hilling let Mr Chumney have 2 Bundles Oats to feed Horse at his house Sent 1 Bushel Wheat for me to day

10th I went Patrolling last night nearly all night Plowed Irish Potatoes & Planted Some more Greens Coltering in fresh ground & Hilling Raining Beautifully to day doing some work in shop making Brooms, clem cooking –

11th Fine weather Mr Chumney & Bob at work on Carriage House balance Plowing & Hilling I am going to meeting –