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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 12
June 7, 1858 - June 15, 1858
1858 June 7th Cloudy & like for Rain, foggy — — 8th Thined corn last evening plowing corn Jordan halled 2 Loads of wood 2 Loads leaves for & 1 stack Blade fodder & Turned out steers in Pasture – This morning weeding corn by malissas House Plowing Henry Coltering cotton & Irish Potatoes & Greens in Garden, I went to Pigs Jacobs & Jno Shields & Jas Shields to make arrangements to Carry Faris Tobacco to anderson & am to give scruggs & shields $2.50 a Load-, Plowing & weeding corn at this
9th time put out some good Tobacco to sun Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts, Sent Jordan to dig grave at Mr Neals for Robys child to day - took in Tobacco at night
10th Henry Coltering corn Jordan Sandy & claiborne throwing Dirt from corn balance weeding after Henry cloudy this morning
11th Plowing & weeding corn, I went to Riceville to Carry Faris Tobacco & delivered to anderson 2600 & some pounds as Recd [sh?] @8$ —
12, This morning drawing plants & replanting till it rained It began to rain about 7 or 8 oclock & Rained tremendous hard 2 or 3 hours they finished replanting Johnss Branch, in morning & finished replanting all but Lot by alse house
13th Rained a little to day went to meeting & Sunday School. Johns children 3 of them came here, Henry complaining at this time & I gave him a dose of medicine last night
14th Raining this morning cleaning out Tobacco Barns etc Hung up our Bacon this morning Finished replanting Tobacco & thining corn
15. Plowing & weeding corn, cleared of[f] very pretty Sent Jerry to Andersons after money for Faris Tobacco & my Lugs, got no money at all