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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 17
March 26, 1864 - April 1, 1864
& forward it to T C Green of Richmond have started my acct with him & have got to see Wm H Waller yet all of which must be arranged this week & sent to Richmond, my son Jerry has been at home for about a month & started to the army on Tuesday last & that day the snow fell about 10 or 15 Inches deep I was at the CH till wednesday, I got home friday & Jerry started again this morning 26th March Come back last Wednesday on acct of the weather, to day the weather is 26th Sunday very pretty & snow nearly gone – & moderate Pride & Doran started to school to Mr Boyd the 7th March 1864 the 1st week they only went about 2 or 3 days the next they went nearly all the week & the last week before the 29th they only went Monday & Tuesday & it snowed Tuesday this day week &
29th Raining & we are striping Tobacco here sold Henry a Pig for $15.
april 1 Pride & Doran went to school 2 days this week the weather very wet & bad —
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 2
February 12, 1846 - February 20, 1846
1846 Feby 12 Mr Meyers finished silling up Hhd this day he is pidling about gates Tu[bs?]etc etc trying to get 13 done this day
14 Saturday Plowing for corn 2 Plows & commenced malling on Branch, worked out till 11 oclock then it began to snow rain etc Very disagreeable evening I went to meeting and striping that day -
15. Trees Hanging with Ice not much snow on ground
16. Court Day Went Sunday evening to Bro Stone on my way to CH. Malling on Branch, Lila & alse cutting old Logs in new ground - Phil cutting on branch Henry & Fed malling commencing snowing soon in morning & we went to striping Tobacco about 10 Oclock all hands Snowed all day & continues on in the night very fast very rough matter
19 Last night a Dreadfull night Rained Thundered & Lightened & freezed, Trees hang=ing with Icicles this morning, striping Tobacco, broke off in the night & quite clear & weather moderate
20 clear & tolerable moderate weather
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 3
August 15 - September 5, 1846
15th Working on Our Road this morning Digging Irish potatoes & beeting Peaches working oat garden & drying fruit about this time 16th Meeting at S. S. M
17 Went to Court & stayed till Tuesday night the Suit of Moon agst me taken out of Court & referred[?]each man paying his Own Cost. Worming & succoring Tobacco
19 began to still again
20 Still treding out wheat & finished& Digging Irish Potatoes & Drying fruit etc etc etc
21st treading wheat & stilling & Drying fruit
22nd Finished treading wheat & stilling
23 Sunday Rained this evening 2 good showers
24th Sewed turnip Patch Over, & also in garden toping & succoring & worming Tobacco
25. Raining this morning & all night making Baskets, shoeing making for C.S. & spining etc etc Wind cool & from N.W.
26 Succoring Tobacco & Sent to mill in the evening began to Pull fodder in big field
27th Pulling fodder in big field yesterday lent Mr. Crews Lady Jane to go to Mill
28. Beating cider etc etc
29. worming new ground Tobacco & Tying up fodder
30. Sunday - weather seasonable this week cloudy nearly every& rainingday
31. Pulling fodder & finished big field.
Sept 1st Pulling fodder & succoring Tobacco
- 2. Phil gone to mill 2 Bags & carried one stack to be sawed into squared edged Plank
3 about Fodder & succoring & wormingtobacco
4 Saving Fodder & in Tobacco
5th Still the same & not done pulling yet, put savining about 8 stacks.
September 21 - October 12, 1846
to Fanny White & sent the Bundle & letter to Mr. Grastys to carry to Court to send on to Fanny White as Mr Hubbard failed to go on to Beulah association at Milton this morning Bundle still here Mr. Grasty did not go to Court sent the letter on 26th by mail to Milton
22nd cutting Tobacco at second years ground & new ground to day yesterday cut Granary lot
26 Finished cutting over Once & stacking Tops & got up 2 Loads corn in all Lila taken sick yesterday Evening & this morning 26th her child Born 10 A.M.Oclock
27 Went to Mr McCullock several sick
28 Halling up Tobacco nearly filled prized Barn & new ground barn
29. succoring Tobacco etc Cut Lot by Houseprize
30. firing Tobacco etc
Oct. 1 Put up Hogs to Fatten
Oct. 2 Halling up Corn & finished right side^ PulCornpulling Shucking out corn to day -
4 Sunday fair give alse a Rake of ague & FeverTarter for
5. Cutting Lot Tobacoo by Granary Digging Irish Potatoes & Henry Halling wood & Rails
6 cutting Tobacco on Branch Henry halling rails at stack & Rocks to build chimney
7 Cutting Buck Wheat. Digging Irish Potatoes. Making wine, alse sick Housed about 15 or 20 Bbl corn wrote to Capt Boxley 8 shucking corn etc
9 & 10 Housing Tobacco shucking & Housingcorn
11 Geo. W. Coleman Funeral Preached by Elder J. T. McLaughlin 85 Pslam 8V. weather cool
12 began this evening to Sew wheat big Granary - night it rained all night
July 14 - 29, 1846
1846 14th July. Plowing fresh ground Corn & hilling up Lot Tobacco, I am Toping Tobacco Lila Hilling up cotton alse working out Garden & Hilling up Peas & Irish Potatoes
15 Plowing Corn in Fresh ground. balance Finishing hillingupLot Tobacco & wh[e]at they begin on yesterday Potatoes Peas etc etc,
16th hilling Branch Tobacco — Plowing corn yet & nearly done laying by, Raining this morning beautifully -
17 Finishing laying by Corn thisyesterdaymorning but Little rain, - Stacking oats this day & Hilling up branch Tobacco
18. Raining to day more or less all day - Working at branch Tobacco
19. Raining all night & Still raining this morning ground quite wet, the Lord be thanked — an elegant time for corn etc etc etc etc
20 Went to Court Rained a little choping new ground Tobacco & Toping all we have over Plowing up ground for Buck Wheat
21st Sewed Buck Wheat & Hilling up second yrs ground Tobacco —
22nd Hilling up same & Halling leaves to stable —
23rd Started to Milton with F. White to School this day. got there 24 & Returned home 25th July 1846 Started the Oats & worked out our Tobacco while I was done alse choped some in corn
26 Sunday & cloudy —
27 Monday Toping Tobacco choping Corn etc
28 getting & Beeting apples, at night Rained hard ground quite wet
29 Beeting apples & treading out wheat.