Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1858 May 25th Plowed Sweet Potatoes to day, we are replanting Corn & trying to get done, Jordan Crossing new ground at mountain Spring - I went to shop got mike shod & went to Mrs Hunts

26 I went to Jacobs they are Halling there & have not replanted corn yet, we are fixing our wet Land in Lot for planting scattering & Plowing in manure Jordan crossing at new ground dry Hot weather, replanting cotton by Lila & Malissa

27. Scattering & Plowing in manure in Lot & Hilling & Jordan crossing at new ground T R Shepherd sent down here for Lambs & we sent him 3 Lambs to be paid for at CH

28 & 29 Replanting corn fixing Lot for Tobacco I went to Election & stayed all day Jordan crossing new ground Bushing Oats etc Began to weed Corn

29 Bushing wheat^{not done} weeding Corn, & Plowing Halled up stack fodder this morning starting to Riceville with our Lugs this morning – cloudy & cool I went to Jacobs & halled out manure all day yesterday & this evening instead of Bushing wheat after we got Back from Riceville we went to Planting Tobacco on Branch & in Lot by^^Top stack but did not finish at neither place on acct of its raining

30th Still cloudy & like for Rain Nannie & Sallie gone to Mr Hunts me & Jerry going to Straitstone

31st Nannie & myself went to Mr Hunts Chumbly & wife both sick we are planting Tobacco in Lot this evening & Beding planted all but high part of Lot & planting that replanted second years Land at Crews, Jerry went after D^r Estes for my overseer to day - Mr John Hunts wife Lags very Low, I went security with JDH to Browns Estate for $287.40 cleared off in evening Rained this night my wife at Mr Hunts

1858 June 1st Fine Rain last night & We are Beding & planting our Lot. & will replant all we have planted, turned quite warm, Chumblys wife very sick & he is complaining

2nd Nannie & me went to Mr Hunts again Mrs Hunt is very Low Bushed wheat by new Barn Plowing & weeding Corn by Malissas House Jordan finished Crossing new ground & began to drag it over to day

3rd we are ^this worming Tobacco at Johns^s branch Plowing & weeding Corn this morning, cloudy & like for Rain, Jordan will finish draging new ground to day & Reckon — Rained Several hours & we shelled corn etc

4th Jacob come down last evening after plants To plant, claiborne & little helping to draw. Sent to Yates Mill 6 Bags 12 Bus Corn for ourselves & 4 Bushels for Chumbly for meal We are choping laying off & fixing planting our new ground Tobacco to day Nannie still at Mr Hunts,^{who wife} -- who is very low Sent Pal with Jacob to drop plants to day Cloudy & like for more Rain,— got all the meal Mr Little came here wednesday to round & Joist Shingles @ 75 cents a thousand worked when It was not raining hard Thursday taken sick that evening & left sick Friday morning, not ½ done

5th cloudy & like for Rain Laying off Hilling & Planting Our new ground at mountain Spring, taken Sow & & Pigs from mountain Spring this morning Nannie has been at Mr Hunts nearly all this week & she Died yesterday about 1 Oclock & I expect she will be buried to day

6th went to Sunday School to day

7th drawing Plants & will Finish planting this morning, Boar out in woods at this time,

21st All at some work here & at aspen Grove, I went to Division at Mrs Hunts Rained some & very windy - Mr Cothran House got on fire sunday morning & burnt smartly at top from bad chimney,- & monday morning sent Henry down there with [Planks] to Repair & finish chimney - etc etc

22. Sent Jerry down to aspen Grove he gave out a Bushels mean,- I went to Mrs Hunts sale, bot a Cow, out stack etc chumbly moved up here this morning,- Henry & waggon here now lowry went back, with cart,- I dont know what they are at down at Aspen Grove,- at work in new ground & moving Kitchen to Cothrans & putting it up

23rd Killed our Hogs here. Halling wood etc. fixing stables etc etc — At aspen Grove Cothran, is finishing his Kitchen chimney daubing etc - etc — Pretty weather at this time, yesterday we halled a Load of Oats bot at Mrs Hunts & some other things to day Lowry bro^t our Turkey from aspen Grove — — I was there, etc

24th I was at aspen Grove the day before give out meal flour & meat till wednes=day next —

25. at home all day - -

26 Sunday at home all day read to Negroes Christmas day & Sunday too.

27. Claiborne at home plowing Mrs Chumbly ^{in apple orchard}got my horse gone to her Fathers Sent Henry to Vaughans & then to Mount Airy, Big Henry gone down to aspen Grove getting shingles I am at home Jacob has not staid at home more than 2 or 3 nights in a fortnight he is at Johns Mrs Colemans & Mounts Airy etc etc.