Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1847 August 6th Raining this morning a little finishing working branch then worming & succoring Tobacco Henry gone to to Glenns Mill with 5 Bus. wheat for flour 2 Bus for Armstead & W^m Myers & 2½ Bus. corn for me — etc etc Lila Spining cloudy warm weather

7 Raining this morning & last night all night spining shoemaking & Picking wool etc

8 a good warm day —

9. Foggy in morning & then fair

10. Cloudy this morning. Toping & worming Tobacco this morning, I am scouring etc etc Fine growing weather - High Fresh in creeks about here very hard Rain A week or Two ago W^m B. Averett of Lynchg & Green Robed the bank. Averett Ran off Green they have in Jail

11th Rained nearly all night ground very wet & Raining this morning cleaning out Stables & Spining etc etc etc

12 Grubed & cleaned up mountain field this day, went to see Ezekiel East sent Island & bot it.

13th Grubing & Cutting in new ground

14 Henry & Fed went to Mr McCullocks to Raise a barn, balance succoring Tobacco 15 Sunday prime weather

16th Toping & Succoring Tobacco

17 Succoring new ground & second yrs Halled polls on Branch

18th Succoring & worming Tobacco scraping out Cotton Patch etc

22 Rained last night, began to Thrash wheat Colo Dickinsons^machineyesterday

23 Rained again & we cant go on ^{out wheat}getting

Dr John Lain Cr

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Dr Armistead Myers Cr

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Dr Mordecai Haywood Cr

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