Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 3, Book 8

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January 9, 1877 - January 15, 1877
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January 9, 1877 - January 15, 1877

1877 Jany 9th Jimmie went to Yates Mill but did not any meal or Hominy for me

10 Cutting wood Edmond gone to Mill Yates [illegible] so [s]lippery he could not get to the Mill & come back home

11th Amon & Jime got wood Jacob went to Riceville to to Settle up & went to his to his plantation cloudy

12 Ammon fixing stalls in Stable Edmond Striping new prize Barn Housed yesterday, Tobacco to hard

13. Ammon & Jimmie getting wood getting wood 2 Loads & then go with Edmond striping tobacco snow melting very much warmer I cant go to meeting S. S. to day

14 Cate Mr Wm Moses & Clifton left on came here yesterday & went away to day Jacob come home yes erday evening about night I dont go to meeting to day S S.

15 Ed Fitzgerald came here last night Jacob came home Saturday & started to court this morning being Summoned all Striping Toba

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January 15, 1877 - January 21, 1877
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January 15, 1877 - January 21, 1877

1877 Janry 15. Cloudy & like for falling weather Ammon & Jimmie cutting wo[o]d in new ground

16th Scy Marshall sell on in here to this mawning

17th Edmond striping in new prise Barn finished the on[e] back of Garden Jimmie is hauling the others cutting cloudy & like for rain Weather cooler -- to day

18 Edmond Striping Toba Hung up my meat Raining awhil stoped Jacob come home & they went, to cuting mending Baskets little whil

19 Edmund Striping Toba Jacob Ammon & Jimmie Scy cutting wood above mountain Spring for Plant Bed cloudy & has been nearly all the week & Rain weather moderate

20 Edmund Striping Toba Balance Shelling Corn cloudy yet- Jere all night

21 Jery & Wm Mo[s]es here all

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February 3, 1877 - February 8, 1877
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February 3, 1877 - February 8, 1877

To Day Mollie...Coltering in planbead and haling and splitting Railes to fence it in Trying to finish it Wm Wallice & Robt Sidney helping about planbead

1877 Butiful Day Feb. 3rd finished Plant Bed in slash sowed and fensed it up to day - and drained it Jimmie Plowing on spring branch in lot below spring-

4th Sunday cloudy & a little cooler -

5. Ammon Hauling our fodder & some Rails Jimmy Plowing Silas malling in new ground Looks like & did rast night Weather moderate

6th Ammond Dillard Hauling rails for lot Back yard Jimmie plowing in lot Silas mauling Jacob gone to Williams & Thomas Tuckers to divide land

7th. Hauling Rails Jimmie Plowing Silas Mauling Jerry & wife here - moderate Smokey weather

8 Fencing here about Jimmie Plowing Silas

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February 8, 1877 - February 15, 1877
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February 8, 1877 - February 15, 1877

1877 Feby 8. Nannie & Mary James gone to Mr Mos[es]

9th. Fencing Plowing malling Nanny got home from Mr dark

9th. Fencing Jimmie Plowing Jacob gone again & did not come back to me

10 no Jacob I went to meeting this morning clear pretty morning

12 Jimmy plowing back of garden balance cleaning up below Granary and fencing Planted onions

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Fencing the otheraboutsad[side] Jacobs & claning & cleaning up

13th Planted Irish potatoes in garden plowing and cleaning up lot around the Granary Edmond Tucker ditching 2 days

14th cleaning up and getting off logs and plowing fresh land for corn along the land back of Granary

15. Halling rails cleaning up above granary pretty Jim Plo ulving pretty day -- Mr East at work on creek very day Edmond ditching I am above bridge to day on creek this evening

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February 22, 1877 - February 26, 1877
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February 22, 1877 - February 26, 1877

1877 Still cloudy Jerry & Wm Moses gone home

22 all Striping Tobaco to day cloudy & raining Weather bad & disagreeable Jimmie helping his daddy Jacob Hung is Meat to day

23rd Snowing all striping Tobaco to day - not very cold

24 Edmond F Striping Tobacco Jimmie went carried Bbl corn for me meal Homniney for Jacob I went to Edmond Tuckers John Powers starkey wade & Harveys looking for Lady Wyatt my sow & they were at at Mr J Powers - so they told me, -

25 Edmond Hauling up fodder stalks & balance cutting in corn house Lot on Branch Cloudy to day

26 Edmond moved from cutting & malling etc clear

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