Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

28th Began to Shoe make last Monday novr 1863 23nd Novr. Roland Cutting out all day^{3 oclock} Sandy Shoemaking, Roland was not here Tuesday, here 5¾ of the days this week made me a pr my wife a pr Prides & Dorans & begun Matties, I found thread & Roland to make them.

Decr 5th 1863 Sandy has been shoemaking for nearly 2 weeks Mr Roland work 6½ 4 days making Mr Hunts childrens shoes - we have been Plowing and Halling to Gov -ment Stables for upwards of a week. Wk Green & Wyatt has been at Government Stables ever Since 4th Novr 1863 pr Bond Henry went Decr 5th 1863 pr Bond Abraham started 7th Decr 1863 as pr 1864 nd [The text "1864" is written in pencil between "pr." and "nd", apparently later.]

March 22nd Since Christmas many things has transpired & I have been from home nearly all the time as assesser, but I shall resign my commission as assesser shortly On this day week I left home for Pittsy^a Court & on 22nd very cold & Williams Collicler was with me going to Mrs Womacks to settle up & take her Rec^t for my acc^t of assessment

26th Febry 1848 Rolled Logs at Jacobs to day overseer & 4 hands from here, making 5 got done by ½ after 12 Oclock, come home & finished malling next to Overseers house Henry Carried Some nubbins Top fodder shucks & some straw to Jacobs & went after Chumblys things at Motleys & did not get back till 10 or 11 Oclock ¬— alse & Abram burning Brush to day Beautiful day for business ^moderateweather

27th Beautiful morning again making 2 good days in this morning Opening Tobacco in old prize Barn & new, this morning malling burning brush at mountain Spring again, Henry plowing Fillmore & Robin,- in Tobacco Lot ¬ Jacob covered his plant Beds yesterday ^brushwith

28th and last day of this month fine morning making only 3 days good weather for business a little cloudy this morning-, moderate

March 1st Monday my wife went to Mrs Hunts yesterday & last evening Mr Jno D Hunt & family Came with her home last evening & night it Rained this morning Mr Hunt gone & like for falling weather Doran Hunt right sick Plowing Big & little Henry Chumbly sick barely about Jordan & Jerry Smith halling out chaff Cobbs & out of Granary & then will hall up Stack fodder from mountain balance malling & burning brush etc etc ¬– – halled out ^straw

2nd It Rained a little yesterday & snowed a little about night & then cleared cold & windy & [damage] morning very cold malling & burning brush Henry Halling wood,- part of our [damage] up last night,- clear & Cold

1858 March 2 went to Plowing after Dinner 2 Plows, Sent for Doct Thompson for Mr Hunts son Doran sick Jerry went,= Jacob stayed till near night. Carried Kate & Sallies shoes to make, etc ^a very cold windy weather —

3rd Weather cold & still this morning – I think the weather moderated, malling at new ground finishing burning brush, Henry halling wood this morning & a Load or Two for overseer little Henry gone to Mill for overseer to carry his corn & will get the meal when we send, Doct Thompson Came last evening to See Mr Hunts son Doran This day about 12 Oclock Henry house burnt up & every thing they had except ^what they all had on, dis= -covered first by jerry I run & Henry and Lila & Malissa but was in such a light blaze insided impossible to get any thing but one chair out how it caught nobody can tell, but I suppose accidental by Some of the children as the Beds seems to have caught first & then the floor over head was all in a blaze when I got there & seemed to have caught about the Beds, considerable loss as they saved nothing at all, weather was quite calm - -

4th Henry & Jerry & 2 or 3 of the little gang got 5 Loads & filled the Ice House & then halled leaves little Henry went to Mill carr^d 2 Bushels corn for us & brought a Turn Car^d yesterday for overseer Malling at mountain Spring; Mr. Dallas here last The Ice about 2 Inches thick & very nice -

5th Malling & cleaning Out stables I am going to Riceville to day – Halled out Straw in evening 1 Load very cold & Poeple getting Ice in Several places My Hogs came up except one Black boar

6th Ground Cobbs & corn etc this morning weather moderated a little this morning

19th april 1860 Striping Tobacco, Raining nearly all day

20 I went to Sarah McCullock & aspen Grove & told Cothran to let negroes eat 10 Bus. wheat more than leaving upwards of 20 BusHalling out Manure here & hilling – moved Cows to day ¬– fine weather

21st Sent Turn Corn to Mill & bro^t back what^wheat Planting Corn next to Cap^t whiteheads

22nd We went to aspen Grove & I went on to Strait Stone M. H. to prayer meeting

23rd Finished Planting Corn except Lots this day Haling Out Straw & stacking it by new Stable, scattering manure & fencing Lot next to woods. — Mrs Lucy Ann Clements Broke up from Johns D Hunts place this day give me up the Keys. John P Hunt Matty & Alice all came here to day & L A Clement ^{Hunt came Saturday –}takes Doran, @ $6 pr month ^{& she gave me the Keys & delvd up every thing}

24th Fencing & Plowing Lots for Corn Nannie went over for Mrs Worsham to Cut Out Estates negroes clothes –

25. Sent Henry down to aspen Grove to Hall 4 Heart Logs 2 for me & 2 for sawing Palings for yard & Hall plank from mill saw for me last fall, got 3 Loads 2 [m?] at aspen Grove 1 Halled up here & more at Mill besides the Palings, yesterday I went to Mr Hunts Plantation, they were fencing here & Hilling.

26 Henry got home with a Load of Por[ch] flooring soon, & they are raking here I went to aspen Grove

27 Finished Planting corn to day wed out Irish Potatoes Halled leaves out new ground to day

29 Striping Tobacco Raining all day.

1860 April 30th Planted Cotton water mellons Simblings cucumbers Egyptian wheat & Broom Corn seed & fixed Land for Irish Potatoes.- Mrs Hunt went to Court House to day & Nannie Clement with her & Rhoda

May 1st. Sent to work on Road to day Rained & they back by Twelve Oclock & we went to striping Tobacco & Will finish what we had down

2nd went to work on road again & it rained & stoped them, Halled 4 Loads wood & then making Brooms & Spining Rained. I went to Aspen Grove they were prizing Tobacco & doing but little Found Federick very sick, & left him so.

3rd Federick Died last night about 3 Oclock & Buried him this evening - finished working here to day claiborne went to aspen Grove to help Dig Grave, Halling leaves Bushing Oats, & Hilling etc etc — Mrs Hunt returned this evening from CH.

4th Halling out Trash out of new ground Rails & wood. Hilling Picking Plant Beds etc —

5. Planted Peas Irish Potatoes for Cate use & Coltering in new ground fine weather Mr Moses here on Saturday evening & Sallie

6th Left & went home, Rob^t Clifton of Mr Hunts Est Buried to day = Doron has been here for 2 days - Doct Steptoe attended on child that Died

7th Replanting Corn weeding Oats & coltering new ground nearly done 1 way -. Doron gone

8 Hilling & Coltering. Halling out manure

9th Halling manure Hilling in new ground

10. Raining, Halling,- Rails Planting greens Beets etc,- etc,- began to Plow Corn

11 Took down our Lugs here this morning & last evening began to Plow corn yesterday Cut our Calves & marked yearlings