Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1865 Janry 21st Cleaning out Stables Raining & freesing this morning

22nd Real Sleet was breaking down with Ice powerfully this is 3 or 4 sleets. Did not send for Lain to day or rather Saturday Jos A. Whiteheads little & Doct Wooding came once to see it

24th ^{negro got hurt after X & Doct Horton attended it} Cold & windy my wife gone to Mrs McC Henry^{& Doct Wooding came once to see it} went after J J Lain & stayed all night Moved him to Plantation to live

25..26 Very cold & Windy ground like a Lump of Ice Malling wood & rails in new ground next to road. I went to stables with Smith, went to Starkeys Tan Yard Yesterday, greatest freezing & breaking of Trees 21 & 22nd I ever saw in my life F W Fitzgerald here this week

27-28. Cutting & malling & halling wood Very cold weather the past week.

29 weather more moderate

30 John R. Whitehead started to the Army in the Valley. Very pretty day Halling leaves & malling.

Feb 2 Quite cool for 2 days not much thaw yet 3 of my sheep stole at Plantation night before last by some

1865 Feby 15 Sent Big Henry to Millers Mill 1 Bbl Corn for meal 2 Bags Cotton to pick 1. 55lb. 1. 58lb 1/3lb seed & to see about my plank Raining & freesing a little this morning Cutting in Piny old field

17 went to Plantation Rained to day & snowed. Halled wood with Waggon from old place

W Bybee cut my shoats[?] last week I went to sale at stables Pannills Depot last Monday bot a Black Horse, Lewis, gave $105 for him Very poor -- said to be 9 or 10 years old

18th. Let Negroes Have 13½lb Bacon for 2 weeks from thsi day at Plantation

Henry went to old place to day to make waggon body Ben to help him, Balance malling & cutting in woods for fire wood.

Quite a moderate day, snow melted smartly

19th tolerable moderate day.

20. Same. Snow melting smartly.

22. Henry has been helping Ben make Waggon Body for 3 days. Balance striping. Women, Henry & Claiborne Malling Wood & Rails