Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1847 25th Augt. Jacob ^{James Dearing}started to school & this week went 2 days

Sept 3rd Friday went 1 hr week 4 days “ 10 went 4 days 1 hr week 4 “ 17 went 5 days 1 hr week 5 “ 21 went 1 hr day & stayed 12 oclock “ 24 ^{Mr Waddel went to [Corcons?]}went 3½ days this week Oct 1st went 4½ days this week 8 went 2 days this week 15 went 5 days this week 22 went 5 days this week 25 went Monday of this week Nov. 22 went this week 3 days “ 24 went Monday 1 day

1848 Jany 31st Jacob starts to school Feby 4 went 4 days this week Jacob has missed 3 days^{this day} or 4 do to Jerry starts to make up his lost time Jacob miss 1 day more Jery about made up Jacob lost time up to this day Jerry gone to day

[three sentences crossed out diagonally:] augt 30th^mondayTalton at building chimny 1 day &^{began 9 Oclock say little ps} " Sept worked 2 1/2 days & went Home 25 " worked 2 1/2 days on ^{[?] it}& went home Entered on bond — = 1848 May 22nd Jerry 2 days to school 2 23 Jerry 1 day to D^o 1

18 Aug 1847 Catharine Spiller started to Pine_ =ville to Miss L Wilson’s School at Pineville Academy. Board at Mr & Mrs Clark @ $7 pr month $10 for Tuition of 5 months - Board & Tuition $9 pr month - fine weather

23rd Too wet to Thrash wet. Succoring & worming & Topping Tobacco on Branches here & at Johns

25 Rained all day yesterday yet cloudy succoring^worming& toping^{ground etc}new Jacob P Graves starts to Mr. Waddel to school @ not quite $1 pr. month for the time he goes.

27 Thrashed out our wheat

30 Cloudy & foggy this morning succoring & topping Tobacco this morning Rained very hard Saturday evening —

31 Talton & Henry put up chimney to House for Jane. began Monday 29 & worked 2½ days & went Home sick

Sep 1st Pulling fodder in fresh ground & cutting Buck Wheat there yesterday alse & Fed went to Mr Hunt to pay for Epp & Allen helping me to thrash our wheat —

2 Pulling Fodder in big field to day Tying up Blade fodder etc etc Ann & Jane in House. Henry at Mr. Lewis^{Raising barn}

3 Worming & succoring Tobacco this morning Henry gone to mill weather good

4 Succoring Tobacco & worming to day.

6 Succoring & worming Tobacco weather^fine

17 Been succoring Tobacco & Finished Pulling Fodder 15th now stacking

1848 Jany 31 Began to prize Lugs weather moderate, piling wood & malling, Jacob starts to School Lila Sick about the 20th Jany last Inst. Dew had a Bull calf 2 weeks ago Poll had a cow calf last night

Febr 1st Beautiful clear day, for winter prizing Our Lugs malling cutting old Logs & Halling wood last very stormy & Rainy a little & cooler this morning

2nd Halling Rails at stony point. cutting old Logs in new ground & fencing - cloudy & like for R. or S. in 10 or 15^days we have 2 young calves & 27 pigs - all look well —

3rd Sent Henry to mill 1 Log & 1 Bbl Corn for meal & sent $1 to pay Doct Miller what I Owe him & 9¢ to have band put on hind hounds of waggon, the Log is for Hh^d Heading

4 Striping Tobacco in prize Barn Burnt little plant abed above ^{on branch}House to this day sent 4 Logs to mill & Rec^d 28 p^s 2 staves in p^s & 4 plank for Heading

5 Cutting big growth in little new ground Turned cold & windy - Our Black sow which had 5 pigs cant walk weakness in ^loins the

6 this morning very cold & windy - have 26th pigs at this time, Bet had her calve few days ago. Now have 3 young calves clear weather,

7. Still cold & windy finished Cutting little new ground, malling, -

8th Snowed a little last night went to Uncle Jerrys last evening. Striping Tobacco. weather cold yet.

Ruth T Hunt

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John Tucker

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John Tucker & Albert Waddee

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