Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1860 August 18. Worming & succoring Tobacco this morning Henry gone to Aspen Grove to get 10 Bushels wheat, 8 for flour 2 to eat for negroes carried 2 Bus. Corn, & 1 stack to make square edge Plank & sheeting all to yates, etc — Hot day —

19th we all went down to aspen Grove except Jerry who went to St Andrews to meeting

20. Jerry & myself went to Court. Our Folks choped up the Grass & covered plant Beds & then went to Toping worming & succoring Tobacco next to Whiteheads —

21st Toping worming & succoring Tobacco Mr Wright came here yesterday morning Monday to work on yard at it again to day

22nd Started waggon with 2 Hd^ds Tobacco from aspen Grove, Jerry gone with it gave him $6 - 2 Bushels corn in Ears & oats & fodder Mr Wright here again Mrs Hunt started from here this morning for Mr Browns & come back in evening, - Doct Thompson comes to Mr Hunts Plantation nearly every Ho[u]r about 10 days & to Bybees together Emma Died monday morning, 19th Augt.

23rd Toping Tobacco worming & succoring Tobacco & Beeting Cider Cloudy this morning Beeting Cider in evening Henry started with 2 Hd^ds ^Tobacco from aspen Grove wednesday evening,^{to Lynchg} Jery & Smith went with him Expences, Henry & my 2 Horses — Oats for 4 Horses & some fodder 2 Bus. corn in years from here Toll of Waggon 1.25 - p^d I sent for 1000 lb Peruvian Guano to W^m Miller 5 Sent waggon on Home by Henry

1860 Sept^8th9th went to meeting myself — — 10th worming ^{Mrs Hunt gone to CHouse} & Succoring Tobacco I am stilling again making 1½ days cleared off cool JCT been Twice to old place

11th Stilled again to day, Pulling fodder next to Whiteheads, stacked up 4 & a p^s stack last night fine Blade fodder —

12th Pulling again to day & stilling Sent to Mr J.P. Lewis for Bacon yesterday

13th Finished daubbing in night last night worming & succoring Tobacco to day. Tying up Fodder etc cool weather —

14th cool this morning worming & succoring this morning Tying up Fodder etc etc I am going to Plantation to day — to see Doss this went to see Doss saw Mr Waller he told me Doss was going to live with him, went to yates Cris Lanes & Plantation made a proposition to Cothran to Live there again & give him till Tuesday morning to decide -- We have 11 or 12 stacks Blade ^{here & 19 at Plantation}

15th Stayed at home all day riving boards prizing Tobacco Stacking fodder etc etc clear pretty weather —

16th Mr Doss Came here this morning & told me he intended to stand to his contract, & never said or thought of being off or disappointing me

17th Lucy & Mr Faris s Jack I dont go to Court to day Raining & we are working in our Tobacco prizing & taking down etc Raining moderately al day —

18th Fanning out our wheat, made about Bus. here sewed 9, Rained all day —

11th Oct Housing Tobacco firing etc -

12 ^{Sale of Mr Hunts Hunts Household property} Same work Cool weathering

13. Rained ^{& Mrs Hunts Land} went to meeting etc

14 Mr Moses Baptised^{gave an Experience}Raining all day & Baptised Sunday all came here Saturday night Sunday Raining all day

15 I went to Court firing Tobacco Cutting down & Plowing for wheat —

16th. delivered property to day not done

17. gathering apples Halled furniture from Mr Hunts place, shrubing Halling wood

18 Halling wood Halled up our old Blade fodder & 1 stack Oats & 1 Load leaves Malled up some wood & I went to aspen Grove, cloudy nearly all Capt clements Daughter Buried here this evening

19th Raining this morning & very cold got out Peas firing Tobacco & making Baskets & Jobing about got our apples in Granary yesterday or day before Diging [H] in Barn to put up apples

20. Raining again putting up Irish Potatoes & apples to day in cellar & Barn. Sent to Mill this morning checking stables Let Buck Jerry Smith Lila Jordan & Lowry have Soles Buck & Lowry Caps firing Tobacco

21st stayed at home all day nannie went to Mrs Colemans, tolerable day

22. Began to sew wheat Digging Sweet Potatoes etc I went to see Edd — Mr Bybee has put up Sweet Potatoe seed & also the Estate of J D Hunt If they Keep I am to have seed from Mr Bybee We ran 3 Plows to day charley Plows well

16th novr Sent my Horse to L Yates Shop Car^d 1 shoe & he found one nailed them on behind had Mrs Hunts here to day & to night I have stilled to day 1 Doubling 25 Galls^Brandy for Est. toll to come out Mr Wyatt finished 1 side of office & began the other, likely for rain—

17th Raining this morning & we are doing but little till after dinner, then we housed all the corn we shucked. about 40 Barrels & 27 before. making over 65 Barrels housed shattered corn to get up yet had Mrs Hunts Horses to hall up about 7 Loads Henry got back this evening Tobacco and sold did not get any time nor my wifes Bonnet; - got bale cotton for Cothran & 1 Bar Iron for Est. of J.D. Hunt -

18 Went to Court. sold Mr Hunts children carriage his gold watch & silver - watch sent waggon Home to aspen Grove Halled wood, Claiborne gone to aspen Grove in Sandys place, Sandy is at Mr Hunts place shoemaking, yet. etc —

19th Stilled to day made for Est 2.25 Gallons toll to come out. Halled up Corn to day, Mrs Hunt & Bob went to her place yesterday Cleaned up round office this morning Mr Wyatt finished it yesterday

20th Halled up fresh ground corn & part of the stalks I went to Doct. J C. Thompson Funeral & Burial at Riceville Mrs Ward Mary Adams & Mrs Coleman all came here about 12 oclock cool day —

21. Finished Shucking Corn & halling stalks

22nd Killed Beef at aspen Grove & shucking Corn

1861 Janry 16th Halled 2 Loads of Tobacco out of new Barn to new Barn to strip & then went to getting Boards Henry went to mill Carr^d. 1 Turn ^Corn for overseer Bro^t. back slab plank or puncheons for overseers kitchen & 1 Turn meal for us 1 there now I hunted sow^{but did not find her}

17th Fine morning Mrs ^Hunt & Bob going to CH - getting slabs & wood to day I am going to plan^t to day - to see how they are coming on — Cut down corners of Cider House & sawed out door. My White Sow come up this evening with 5 Pigs very likely & good Looking –

18th Raining this morning began to Hew p^ss for Carriage House & Granary & Rain stoped us & we went to striping Tobacco

19th Cutting Malling & Halling wood to day

20th. Went to Sam worshams to see about hog & its mine, come by old place to see them there, etc staid at home balance of day

21. went to Court. done nothing hardly – Hewing p^ss for Carriage house & Granary Sent Henry for Hog & got him home

22nd Hewing Plates for Granary & logs –

23rd Hewing logs for Granary cleaning up new ground on Road, Ditching next to Whiteheads 4 feet & 2 feet Deep @ 6¢ both prongs. cold cloudy day & like for snow in the evening it did snow smartly —

24th Horrid morning - Raining & freezing this morning. snow not Deep, striping Tobacco clem spining - sale day at Mr Hunts place my old Sow had 4 pigs lost 2 of them ¬– Milleys Calf about 6 weeks old – cloudy all day ^snow did not melt much no Sale but few poeple next Striping Tobacco

25 Henry haled wood Harry malled rails & helped him Load, balance striping Tobacco clem spining I went to Mrs Fitzgeralds to see her & Jacob