Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 6

1848 Nov. 2 Fed shoemaking made 3 pr alse pulling off corn at stack & feeding Hogs with slops

3 Henry ^{Paid Mrs Neal $2 sent by me McC from Mr} gone to mill Whites 5 Bus corn 1 Bus wheat for himself & 1 Large Hart log for Railing 2½ by 3 Inches Very large frost this morning Shucking corn to day alse & Jordan

4 Finished sewing wheat this day & bushing sewed about 28 or 29 Bushels - Housed 6 or 7 Barrels corn more began to Rain to day & this night Raining nearly all night wind Blows very hard, Fed shoemaking, -

5 Raining this morning & quite cool wind from N West.

6 Killed little Beef, Fed shoemaking Laying dining Room floor

7 D^o D^o & shucking —

8. Killed 3 Hogs put up first & Henry went to saw & Grist mill, Doct Whites 3 Bus. Grain & 1 Large Log for paling, 3 Lengths Got one Turnip off branch the largest I ever saw. weighs 7 lbs & 26 Inches in circumference Cool frosty mornings Finishing shucking Corn & Housing this day -

9 Went to saw mill again 1 Large Log for Paling 2 lengths pulling up Greens & ap^ples this day -

10. gone to saw mill 1 Log for Railing Fed shoemaking alse at kettle began to Snow a little

11 Halling Rails shoemaking spining etc etc likely to snow or Rain

1848 Novr 14 been Rain’g for 2 or 3 days. Faning out wheat yesterday & to day. Jane spining alse at Kettle still. cloudy & like for Rain,-

15th Went after Rent corn & fodder at Long Hill, -

16 sent Henry to saw mill after Timber etc. Bro^t it home & 1 Bag meal Began to cut ^{Big growth in little new ground}in new ground yesterday

17 Cutting again Henry gone to Cotton Jin 389 lbs Seed Cotton Sent.

20 making cow pen fence this morning pulling up Irish Potatoes etc. Fanning out wheat, clear & cool large frost

21 started to Lynchg with 37.40 Bus. wheat sold for ’90 - got back on Friday the 24th, while we were gone they Grubed till Friday Rainy day spun & shoemaked

25th Halling Rails Fanning out wheat cleaning out stables etc etc etc.

30. We have been grubing cutting some in little new ground & Halling Logs for Henry House This day making cow shelter in Lot Halling leaves & laying foundation of House for steers weather cloudy & not much Rain yet, Bot in all this year 22½ Barrels of Corn

Dec. 4 waggon House blowed down the 2nd Inst. Grubing for several days 4 hands Henry cutting Post & fork etc for waggon & Cart shelter

7- Cloudy & likely for Rain taking down middle House Tobacco

1848 Dec. got down part of mountain field barn & middle barn Began the 6th yesterday to cut small growth in big new ground Mr Myers & Henry putting up waggon shelter & getting slabs etc etc

9 Cutting little growth in big new ground Lila Halling wood yesterday Henry & Jordan gone to mill Finished waggon shelter etc etc, cloudy & like for Rain

11 Cutting in big new ground little growth Henry went to Doct Whites Mill 1 Large Log for Palings 2 Turns Corn 2 Bus. wheat & 2 Bushels for chop Screan

12 all hands striping Tobacco in ^{field Barn}mountain Raining^{Recd the flour meal & chop etc}this morning & a little cooler

13 Killed Poll for a beef - Henry gone to Doct Whites mill 5 Bushels Corn & 1 Large Log for Paling

14 Striped 3 days & not quite done mountain field Barn. still cloudy —

15 Cutting little growth in new ground Federick gone to Morton Pannill 10 stack Corn fair & pretty moderate day in evening Halled 7 Loads leaves etc etc Mr Jeremiah McCullock Died, 14th a little before 11 Oclock in night

16 Cutting in new ground all hands Mr McCullock Buried — about 12 Oclock

1848 Dec 18th Cutting in new ground little growth this week —

19th started to Lynchg with wheat & Turkeys got back 21st & sold Turkeys for 50¢ & wheat for 90¢ got back in 3 days —

22nd Finished striping mountain field barn Tobacco this day —

23rd Killed our Hogs this morning & salted them up etc 20 in number

24 likely for Rain

25 went to Mrs Hunts & it Rained

26 quite cool this morning & somewhat cloudy = —— Tolerably good days

27 began to snow in morning about 5 Snowed & Rained nearly all day snow about one or Two Inches Deep Brot over cattle from stony pint this morning & have not fed them till now

28 Very pretty day Snow melted Smartly tolerable cool

29 Raining this morning, striping Tobacco in Middle Barn snow melting very much, weather moderate

30 cleared off in morning early Striped Tobacco in prize barn Halled 3 Loads wood & 1 load straw in evening

31st Tolerable good^dayquite cool snow not gone yet, my wife gone to Mrs Colemans to day & wheat Looks remarkable well, for time of year —

1849 Jany 1st striping Tobacco in middle barn good striping day

2nd Striping in second & finished 9 O clock in night what we had down

3rd cloudy & like for Rain or snow Halling wood & burning little Plant Bed in new ground Bro^t Home berkshire yesterday & he is gone^{found him in Pasture & hes not gone} this morning

4th Shelled corn & carried 5 Bus corn to mill & 1 stack for Palingin we have 3 Large Logs at mill for Palings. Cutting in new ground big growth in little new ground — Sewed little Plant Bed in new ground this day weather fair & clear Halling up a stack Oats 2 days ago

5th Very cold clear & windy Cutting in new ground all hands

6 Halled out 1 stack wheat straw yesterday cutting in new ground big growth,went to Mr. Lewis to get him on Tuesday next to act as referee in Ja^s East Rent matter about Tobacco Lots & also E Fitzg^erald very cold & windy this day

7 weather moderated cloudy & like for Rain^snowor

8 Still cloudy & like for snow, my wife & Lucy Ann clement went to Riceville yesterday 7 to get Lucy Anns tooth Extracted Cutting big growth in new ground Henry sick in house. cold

9th Ground covered with snow not very 5 or six snows to this time not deep cleared off in evening.