Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1846 May 9th Weather warm & fine about this time, Finished fencing about 12 Bushing wheat & oats -

10th Showers this day & turned cool in evening

11th began to Replant & Plow corn this day Replanted all the side of the the Branch next to Tobacco Houses & part of the side & Plowed all drill corn nearly

12 Hilling & Coltering in second

13 done collering & laying off second yrs^ground gone to mill this morning lent Wm Neale 2 mugs of Coffee this morning my wife Which she has to clean her teeth began to Cross Coltering on Branch

14 Finished hilling second years ground Plowing corn - 15th Drawing Plants

15 & Planting Yobacco this day ^{in new ground} Raining & we are Planting Tobacco

16 Finished Planting new ground Tobacco Thining corn this morning Phil gone to Shop & mill

17 Meeting day at S. S. M H. a good day

18 Cloudy Plowing corn & Replanting corn & hilling on Branch 19 My waggon start to Lynchg 20th myself Mrs Clements & John starts this morning sold our Tobacco for Little or nothing 21st hilling on Branch

1848 April 24th Easter Monday dry Done Planting corn 23rd finished 22nd Coltering Second yrs ground for Tobacco Oats & wheat looks badly. Tobacco plants small & flies eating them very much in places

26. Dry & warm, Halling out manure on Lots cart & waggon, coltering & Hilling in new ground, - 4 lambs to this date Halling Rails yesterday for Lot

27 taking down Tobacco prizing Tobacco Halling out manure waggon & Cart

28 nearly all this week

29. Finished Halling manure ^{except on cotton Patch} to day Hilling new ground, fine Rain this week tho not a enough. Halled up a Double stack fodder & putting up scare crows this morning —

30. Cool & Raining this morning — Plowed a little Tobacco Land yesterday on Johns Branch, Planted watermellon seed a few days ago, May 1st Finished Johns branch made up Tobacco Lot fences went to shop

May 1st Planted out a few cabbage Plants wed corn in Garden

May 2nd prizing Tobacco shoemaking etc. shelling corn. Raining, ^{& halling wood}ground wet

3. made a steer of Mr. Neals calf this morning coltering & Hilling in new ground, & Plowing Lot -

4. Planted cotton watermellons etc etc - Plowing for Tobacco & Hilling in new ground. Seasonable weather

5. Rained very to night Hilling coltering in new ground & took down Tobacco

1848 June 15. began to Lay by corn with Plows yesterday on Hill by cotton Patch - Plowing fresh ground Tobacco this weather dry & cool night

16 - Spayed & altered 21 shoats yesterday Scattering manure in Lot & Plowing for Tobacco. Very dry & warm & ground hard, laying by corn up on the Branch above house, weeding Tobacco in big new ground — Lost 2 Turkey ^{& young one}Hens

17. Weeding Tobacco, Laying by corn 1848

18. Sunday like for Rain but did -

19. began to cut wheat to day - weed– =ing down Tobacco in little new ground not plowing much more till after harvest Mrs Hunt Sick & my wife gone there no Rain yet to do any corn

20. cutting wheat & weeding Tobacco On Branch Mr W^m Neal helped us ^wheatcut

21 Weeding Tobacco & Laying by corn at home, several little showers Rain for a day or Two but not to do any good weather very dry — yet (12 oclock

22. Finished cutting wheat yesterday Last of stacks in Fresh ground over the drain next to Barn 111 or 112 stacks this way first cleaning 68 69 stacks in the old Land next to Mr Lewis’s in Johns field stacks - finished Lay by corn at home by 12 oclock.

1849 Jany 16 Cutting little growth in new ground & expect to get done to day at 12 Hall up leaves etc etc etc — Mr. Myers came again this morning

18 Yesterday striped Tobacco & finished middle House began to mall & stacking wood & Halling leaves & Oats to feed with, weather cooler Distrain on Ja^s East for Mrs Coleman Rent this day —

19 Stacking wood in big new ground Halling wood & malling in little new ground. weather clear & Cool

20 Halling wood for Mr Neal malling & stacking wood in new ground weather cloudy & Cool like for snow. began to Rain & freeze about 10 Oclock in day - & stoped work^{halled for Mr Neal all day} at home Henry

21st Raining this this morning smart sleet,

22 Took down new ground Tobacco this morning stacking wood taking down Lugs at mountain field Henry gone to mill 1 Log 7½ Bus Corn & get Palings weather clear & good for season —— got no Palings 4 Logs there -

23rd fine day clear & moderate morning Malling & stacking wood

24. Burning 2 Plant Beds above House

25 Finished large one & about small one fine weather

28th June 1849 replanted Tobacco over & began to cut wheat again at home weather very Hot, Keen lightening yesterday Jane Laying by^corn in fresh ground to day

29 Fed & myself cut wheat at Mr. Neals. Henry gone to Mrs Colemans to cut wheat. 3 Plows Laying by corn in fresh ground & drill corn to day ——

30 4 Plows Laying by corn this side branch Henry went to shop to have Plows sharpened Sewed Peas worked with Hoe & Plowed Pea Patch, on Branch, Planted cucumber seed in Plant Bed, weeding Tobacco in big second years ground. weather very dry & warm My wife & children going to Edge Hill

1st July quarterly meeting – – = " cloudy & likely for Rain, my wife & children 1849 gone to Edgehill meeting this day Lila & Ann^{to Green field} July 1st In the Evening we had a fine Rain

- 2nd Rained hard yesterday little cool this morning wind N. E. fine weather my wife did^{not get} home last night from Edgehill Replanting Tobacco again second or 3rd time, Corn & Tobacco Small for this time,

3 weeding second yrs ground Tobacco. Laying by corn below House & drill corn

4 Laying by corn left side Path this field, been laying by ever since friday last. weather cool at night days warm. Pulled up flax yesterday Finished weeding new ground & second yrs land laid by a p^t of branch corn yesterday — Weeding Branch Tobacco below, spring weather clear & nights cool etc etc etc