Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

14th Sunday Raining & a sleet this morning, Kitty better weather cold & real winter ever since 1st Dec 1845

15. Raining this morning & cant do any thing out striping Tobacco very ^wet about 9 oclock it commenced snowing & at 2 in the evening continues to snow. snow 1/2 shoe Deep, pleasant Day since Decr. came in yet. Snow 7 or 8 Inches Deep

16th Fair & cold snow melted but little

17th Cloudy & like for Rain cutting & Halling fire wood this day ——

18th Raining & we are striping Tobacco snow melted but litte yet. about 1/2 done grubbing new ground.

19 Cold & windy, real winter weather cutting fire wood in new ground

20 this day given Bond to Wm Dews Admr of Mary Stone Decs^d Jno S Lewis Scty for $31.50 for six Bbls corn — I am also Scty. for Mr. J.S. Lewis for $73.50 to same for 14 Bbls corn bot by him at said sale ———— this day Saturday Strait S. meeting is a tremendous cold day & at night the wind blows & is as cold as I most ever saw & there has not been as yet a pleasant day in this month — went to meeting & pd $5. to J T. McL no meeting on acc^t weather Preacher not there

1846 Nov 13th The weather has been & is still cloudy for nearly 2 weeks tho has not rained much this week - quite warm last night or this morning killed 2 small Fat Hogs - - done shoemaking Sewed about 15 Bushels wheat to this day

18 Weather yet Warm Finished this day sewing^{in Lot by prize barn}wheat served about 20 Bus.

19th This morning Raining pulled corn yesterday ½ the day & its now on the ground - weather yet warm fine for wheat coming up shelling corn & striping Tobacco ——prize barn

^{card a stack to Millers mill}Decemr 1st Finished housing corn & we have ^been grubbing & cutting for several days Started to Milton this day after Fanny White - gone 3 days & got home

3rd got home about 9 oclock this night, Henry sick when I got home

4 Grubbing & cutting in new ground, Mr. Lewis yet sick,

6 Striping Tobacco in prize barn Henry^sickyet Began to Rain yesterday morning & Raining this morning. very wet indeed Settled with James D Moon 30th Nov & took his rec in full of all claims to date Killed all our Hogs 23rd Nov 1846. Sent another Log to saw mill & wrote to saw it into weather boarding 30 Nov 46

7 Cloudy day not much rain

8 Still cloudy & like for Rain

9 Rained very hard last night & in the night cleared off fair all this day & a very pretty day

10 cloudy & Rainy this morning turned cooler wind N. E.

1851 Planted watermellons cucumber seed & snaps in Lots of Tobacco & Corn by house Plowing & Weeding Corn at stony point. Bushed Oats yesterday but did not quite finish Reds Calf 2 days old, lost 2 Hogs lately

4th June Finished Planting Tobacco at Mrs McCullocks this day weeding Potatoes etc & Corn

5th Plowing & weeding corn at stony pint Killed Lambs - weather clear & warm Mr ^{J S}Lewis s Funeral this day ; ; —

6th Plowing & weeding corn at stony pint. have been to Mrs McCullocks 3 times this week, they are Plowing or Harrowing & weeding out this way in Big field

7 Fine Rain last night replanting Tobacco, this morning did not get done — in fresh ground at mountain field - warm fine weather

9th June not quite done weeding corn, a little Shower of Rain last night — all gone ^toMrs Hunts Did not get replanting Saturday Tobacco & overseer went from Home - clear & warm in middle of day

10th Finished to day about 12 Oclock weeding corn Finished Hilling & Plowing Cotton Sweet Potatoes & Greens, etc etc, working at Overseers House Mrs McCullocks Kitchen burnt Down Sunday morning 8th June 1851 newly ^{covered with shingles} Henry gone to shop after new waggon & to Mrs Patricks after White Sulpher Water -

11 Prizing good Tobacco Henry Harrowing here in Corn by Granary washing wool began to weed down Tobacco in new^ground& lott by prize Barn Henry & Jane Harrowing in evening at Mounta field

12th Prizing good Tobacco & expect to finish to day Harrowing in corn & Plowing & weeding Tobacco Lila sick, weather warm, cloudy & like for R

John S Lewis

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