Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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 & Fever}Tarter 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 & Housing^corn

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

1847 Oct 4 Stacking our tops Talton here finishing chimney — weather fine^businessfor

5. Housing lot Tobacco this day. —

6th Raining this day —

7 Thundered & Rained nearly all day & in the evening the most sever Thunder & lightening I most ever saw –

8th Turned cooler & the sun shining this morning ground very wet - etc etc

9 Went down with Talton to see Land cutting Our Buck wheat & housed Tobacco Second cutting - weather still moderate Our new ground Tobacco still standing nearly ½ of it.

11 began to Pull fresh ground corn, this morning cloudy & like for Rain, warm, Halled up 5 loads Corn yesterday, made 11 in fresh ground

15 Frost this morning cut all our Tobacco yesterday Hanging & Housing this day

16 sewed second years Tobacco Land in wheat - 3 bushels. Choping round the stumps & cutting off Bushes Housed 20 Barrels Corn

18 Plowing for wheat Housing Load corn fresh ground. Made 25 Bbls Digging sweet Potatoes this morning

19 weather fine about this time,-

23. 59 Bushels cleaned out, sold, in 2 Hh^ds & used together to this day

26th myself & wife & Jacob Jerry & Henry started for Orange went on by the way of Lynchg & Charlottesville had a good trip & got to my Fathers in Orange on Saturday before night. Jacob & myself went to Capt Boxleys on the 9th Nov 1847. We started back for home by the way of Louisa CH

1851 Clear & Dry & Hot June 30 1851 — 30th June In evening about night pretty Rain tho the ground not wet yet.

July 1st 1851 Replanting Tobacco this in ^{on mountain}second yrs ground Finished halling up wheat last evening Just before the Rain come - clear & warm went to Mrs McC & Carried Hester to Mr Lewis Gosneys to cure hip of Fistula

2nd July Sent by Henry another Log for weather boarding or squared edge Plank - & 1 Bag Corn 2½ ^Bus & to bring back the overseers Turn Carr^d Last week Plowing Corn & choping out Corn, finished yesterday replanting over Tobacco — clear & a little Cool went to Mrs McCullocks again & made a bargain with E W Atkinson to be her overseer 1852 Finished replanting Tobacco about 12 Oclock & finished in the evening getting up wheat & Rye, Sam Plowing up Pea Patch Lee Plowing Peas,

3rd Our folks Plowing at stony pint & balance cutting Oats this morning clear & Hot Plowing in Corn at Mrs McC, will cut Oats there tomorrow — my wife Kate & Sallie gone to Mrs Hunts & I am going to Mrs Colemans to day -

4th wrote to my Father & Capt P. Boxly this day Jane & Lila Plowing at stony pint Balance cutting Oats Clear & dry - a little Cool -

5. Same work & same weather etc cutting Oats at Mrs McCullocks yesterday ^{gone there to day}& to day

12th Have ^{began to use meat from Lynchg}been to Lynchg the past week cut Oat Layed by corn Hilling up some Tobacco in new ground & Hilled up Sweet Potatoes fine Shower Rain last night, - replanting Tobacco to day in fresh ground etc

15. Stacking Oats getting up Hay & Plowing at stony pint clear & Dry very dry — 7 Stacks Oats put up, toped a little Tobacco ^{new ground}in the

17th Dry & Hot Finished ^{Laying by Corn}plowing corn & Cotton & began in Lots. Hilling up new ground Tobacco

1853 Sept 20th Nannie & Sallie gone to Mr F. this morning in Rain 21st Cutting tops & working In Fodder to day

22, Henry gone to D P Millers to raise barn make ready to cut tobacco worming & succoring third Thirds Ground cloudy & like for Rain —

24 Began to Cut tobacco in new ground Yesterday cutting to day & yesterday all Finished Fodder except Tops fine weather

26. Housing^{new ground} Tobacco in Prize Barn Fair fine weather, worming & succoring –

28th Peter Died yesterday Buck, Sometime ago Brown another young steer sick with Postul lost 8 Cows Heifers Steers etc- to this day had to stop halling Rocks for under Pening of Barn on a/c of Browns being sick worming & succoring second yrs ground Skinning Logs for Tren Poles in Barn gather= =ing Peas Cotton etc etc

29th Raised Our prize Barn on Road Brown Died, wormed & succored over thirds yrs ground

30 Lost 10 Head cattle in 12 months all my work steers but one young one Cutting Tobacco in Second yr ground to day Some frost last night, one of our Hogs Dead Ann & alse came to me yesterday morning very soon to go with them home but was raising my barn & Capt E. Fitzg went

Oct 7th We have stack Our Tops worming & succoring Cutting & Housing Tobacco we have filled prize Barn new Barn at fresh ground & new Barn back of Garden have Cut upwards of 3500 Stacks & a good deal standing in Lot & fresh ground yet wrote to Pallison Boxley this morning & sent to Doct Whites Mill 10 Bushel Corn for meal when Capt Fitzgerald carr^d Ann & alse home arch ran away next morning

1856 Friday 11th Breaking up Balance of Lot for Toba Henry Bedding on Branch for Corn finished Coltering this morning on branch & Jordan got over new ground one way & began to Crop Dry & windy - tolerable moderate, Doct Thompson come 3rd time to see clem = 12th Sent Lowry to Mr Neals to Plow further Sandy Bedding flat Land on Johns branch Henry coltering & laying off fresh ground Balance Hilling in fresh ground clem Sick yet give Pal a dose Physic^{& windy} clear

13 Croping new ground Beding on Branch coltering and Hilling fresh ground I went to the trial of Colo Smiths warrant against Mitchell & Templeton, Clem yet very sick & Pal complaining

13 13 Doct Thompson has been 4 times to see clem Sent 2 Letters by him to PO one to Capt Boxley & one to Cobbs of Lynchg Jerry & Jacob gone to Fannies dry & ^weathermoderate

14 Went to help Crews Roll his Logs Abram gone from home Coltering & Hilling at Second years ground Jordan gone to Coltering in new ground crossing after we come from crews, Sandy Harrowing Corn Land fine weather except ^{& Cool}dry Finished coltering & Laying off Second yrs Land Laying off Corn Land on Johns Branch

15 Laying off corn ground & will try & begin to Plant Kitty taken sick this morning clem Just Jerry Smith & Pal both Laid up, Doct T. was not by yesterday moderate dry weather – Doct Thompson came again to day this is 5th Planted oregon Peas at [water stains] this time & Pepper at Plan [water stains]