Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

8th Halling Out Manure to day - Collering 2nd years ground, Cutting off new ground Tobacco Hills to day,= quite cool this day Sitting by fire - Doct Crews here Lucy Ann ^etc

11. Planting Tobacco nearly all Our new ground

12 Sent to mill 1½ Ba^rl Corn & 3½ Bus. wheat Picking Plant Bed Took down Our Lugs prizing etc Manured Plant this morning Sent for waggon at shop cloudy & warm

13. Coltering & Hilling 2nd yrs Tobacco Land Halled up Stack fodder this morning Let John D Hunt have 2 or 3000 Collard Plants Finished Hilling fresh ground this evening & worked Out Potaotes Irish, & began to Hill in third years ground, cloudy & warm,Set out 2 Squares Greens in Garden

15. Coltering & Hilling in 3rd yrs ground put malissa to Hilling to day the 16th

16. Nannie went to Mr M Fitzgeralds yesterday Anns child Born on Sunday last Deformed in its Legs. - weather Dry -Kitty sick again this morning Hilling & Coltering in 3rd yrs ground Cate has gone to Store this morning for Fannie White Fitzgerald — took Down all Our Lugs & halling up Second from middle Barn & got it hanging out etc

22 last week weeding Corn & Plowing Corn Harrowing etc Henry Coltered bottoms for Tobacco in fresh ground also last Planted that is Cutt off & Planted Second yrs Land in Tobacco & also all tho Hills in 3rd yrs that we did not Cut off when we hilled it - we Just cut off & Planted our Hills that was not Cutt off Part of our 3rd yrs & part of new ground is yet to Plant besides the Lot & bottoms in fresh ground,

1854 July 21st Where the Chinch bug Killed the Corn, we planted over a few days ago. - Fine shower of Rain this evening at House hard Rain on mountain & great wind etc Blowed off p^c of middle Barn roof

22 Hilling up Lot Tobacco by prize^barn

26 Sent to mill & had to go to Mr Pannills Rained Smartely Hilled up second yrs ground last time Plowing 3r yrs ground Sewed turnips in 3rd yrs ground

27. replanted a little Tobacco this morning Plowing & Hilling up 3rd yrs ground

Augt 7 wed little young Corn - Hilled up new ground Tobacco, raised Cutting House Shrubed & Piled up rocks in fresh ground owens clearing for Wheat. Shrubed this side of Branch for Corn to day we are Halling Logs to Yates Mill expect to Hall 8 there to day Toping & worming over Tobacco, - Sent to Yates Shop 4 H H 1 Colter 1 Frisen for old & had 1 shoe put on H. Clay that had not ^beenput on more than 4 days Sent to Yates to Mill nearly 1 Bbl corn — Mrs Hunt sent me 2½ Bus Corn to Yates mill, Sent Fed a Cow to Mrs Hunts for John Hunt, which I was to give him for a steer —

8 Very cool Henry & Mr Wyatt at work on Cutting House. Fed & Boys Toping Tobacco over Balance worming & succoring & Grubing^{for Corn}

9 at work on cutting House, & shrubing for corn, Jordan Plowing Lots Tobacco & Guanoed Lot - Sandy Cutting down shingles Tree, etc Very cool indeed this morning Sewing Turnip seed in Lot Tobacco

11 Finished new cutting House yesterday all But Steps that we have done this morn

25th & sick yet Doct Thompson has been several times to see her — I went to Court last Tuesday We have nearly finished Our corn, & have been part of 2 days Halling Logs for ourselves & M Crews, Carried 2 Logs to Yates Saw Mill yesterday 1 for Railing & 1 for Sheeting We are Cutting Halling wood etc up to day We have finished fanning out Our wheat made 15 Bus. good & 25 Bushels screan 2¾ Bushels good & 1 Bushel Screan for Mr Jno D Hunt for toll Rained last night & Cloudy yet to day Mr Fitzgerald did not buy me a negro at the sale of my Fathers negroes in orange = 27th Halling Stocks to mill to day fixing up cow pen fence & shelters grubbing & Culling — clear & Cold this morning

Decr 8 Since the 27th novr we have been ^{10th Fanny Fitzgerald went home this day Kate went with her}to Lynchg got our Salt Guano etc Cutting in new Ground to day & ^yesterday we are halling corn stalks & Cutting wood & burning Plant Bed in Slush fair & Cold this day Jacob P Graves quit Adams 6th Dec 1854, & Came home etc & our Contract at end

13th & 14 went up Mr Franklins Mrs Clements for Lucy Ann gone 2 days Halled wood & Cutting in new ground yesterday to day 14 Burning plant Bed above House etc etc Sewed Tobacco seed & lettuce only

18 Began to Plow for Corn, on Branch cleaning ^{Killed balance of Our Hogs except one}out drains etc

23rd Jacob gone to Mr Fitzgeralds cold & Cloudy

24 Sunday Raining nearly all day

25 weather moderated cloudy & moderate.

1854 Decr 26th we went to Mrs Hunts to day Dan^l Hunt is up, Rained my wife did not get Home Lewis Yates & myself examined the Record of Church Book this evening for the year 1854 & find it Correct. weather quite moderate Bot Rose of^at Mr David Millers Sale & she has been on the left ever Since She came home, which I did not know gave $11- for her, she appears a little better now Same age of Netty, Hesters Colt both of which is by Harveys Horse Buldocus

27th 28. 29 Jacob very Sick at Mr Fitzgerald we are Halling wood Cutting etc took down middle barn Tobacco & put it in new Barn took down part of Owens Barn, Plowed some weather has been moderate

30 & 31 weather moderate, Jacob a little better Doct Thompson went to see him Twice

1855 Jany 1st Plowing & Halling wood & Cutting - 2nd Raised steer stable & heaved it ^down - 3 - 4 5-6 Cutting & Halling wood Mr H Arnold & 2 more workmen her[e] a little over 2 days this week., Cloudy & like for Rain, weather moderate

7th my wife & Jerry went to James M Fitz to see Jacob & I am nearly alone ^{Sallie at home}

8. All hands striping tobacco in new Barn Raining this morning, Turned little Cooler. One Young Lamb yesterday My Black Steer bot of Mr JD Hunt Died in the Christmas - -

9th striped Tobacco to day in new barn Hung up first killing Pork this morning

10 Halled up Owens Barn of Tobacco to new Barn, finished what was in there Halled from middle Barn, Halled Straw to day,- Sewed Cabbage Seed lettuce & mustard to day-,

1855 Feby 28th Chink Logs Heaps to burn Halling out rails & wood & nearly done the rails this Day we have covered & sowed over our plant Beds malling & cutting wood etc, Henry is at work on Garden etc- nearly done getting rails out of new ground,- all our Lambs say 2 Come Soon is Dead.

March 1st Working on Garden Cutting wood & malling & Halling out & began to Rake leaves etc

2nd Henry gone to Mill 10 lbs Bus Corn for meal 8 Hoes, 3 to Lay 3 to strap & 2 to sharpen Carried 2 Colter sometime ago & will bring them back Car^d 3 Plows McCormicks to fix etc 2 Gimblets to fix - & Get Palings If possible etc

4 went to chalk Plowing fencing corn field fence fixing Garden & etc

6 fencing Plowing & Getting shingles & in the evening began to Rain & we set Log heaps on fire

7. Fine Rain, striping Tobacco this morning Log heaps nearly all went out

8th Halling out Logs Rolling Mr Crews & Jacobs Logs Plowing Cotton Patch scat =tering leaves to Plow in Halled one stack fodder out of fresh field fine weather

9th Began to coller in new ground Plowing for corn raking et etc Planted Irish Potatoes by Turnip Patch

10th Plowing for Corn Hester broke the lines & broke away from Sandy & Pompey & Run away. Nannie went to Mr Jno D Hunts

12th Treading Oats Halling wood Set Logs Heaps on fire, & began to rain in the evening Thundered & at night it rained all night quite cool -

13 Striped Tobacco in new barn back of Garden all day

14th Striped there again & expect to finish

15 & 16 Striping in ^old prize barn got it all down we have been striping Tobacco ever Since Monday evening Rained the whole week nearly no oats sewed yet here, ground very wet & cold ––