Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1851 Clear & Dry & Hot June 30 1851 — 30th June In evening about night pretty Rain tho the ground not wet yet.

July 1st 1851 Replanting Tobacco this in ^{on mountain}second yrs ground Finished halling up wheat last evening Just before the Rain come - clear & warm went to Mrs McC & Carried Hester to Mr Lewis Gosneys to cure hip of Fistula

2nd July Sent by Henry another Log for weather boarding or squared edge Plank - & 1 Bag Corn 2½ ^Bus & to bring back the overseers Turn Carr^d Last week Plowing Corn & choping out Corn, finished yesterday replanting over Tobacco — clear & a little Cool went to Mrs McCullocks again & made a bargain with E W Atkinson to be her overseer 1852 Finished replanting Tobacco about 12 Oclock & finished in the evening getting up wheat & Rye, Sam Plowing up Pea Patch Lee Plowing Peas,

3rd Our folks Plowing at stony pint & balance cutting Oats this morning clear & Hot Plowing in Corn at Mrs McC, will cut Oats there tomorrow — my wife Kate & Sallie gone to Mrs Hunts & I am going to Mrs Colemans to day -

4th wrote to my Father & Capt P. Boxly this day Jane & Lila Plowing at stony pint Balance cutting Oats Clear & dry - a little Cool -

5. Same work & same weather etc cutting Oats at Mrs McCullocks yesterday ^{gone there to day}& to day

12th Have ^{began to use meat from Lynchg}been to Lynchg the past week cut Oat Layed by corn Hilling up some Tobacco in new ground & Hilled up Sweet Potatoes fine Shower Rain last night, - replanting Tobacco to day in fresh ground etc

15. Stacking Oats getting up Hay & Plowing at stony pint clear & Dry very dry — 7 Stacks Oats put up, toped a little Tobacco ^{new ground}in the

17th Dry & Hot Finished ^{Laying by Corn}plowing corn & Cotton & began in Lots. Hilling up new ground Tobacco

1853 Decr 20 & 21st Cutting wood for Plant Bed etc Sent for Steer at Mrs Hunt got from John D Hunt. 25-6 & 7th cold & fair, finished striping Our fresh ground barn Tobacco Saturday before X, Just began to ^{for Corn} Plow

29th Snowed all day yesterday, Snow about 4 Inches Deep Cate & Jacob gone to Mr Fitzgeralds Mrs Mosely & overbys 2 children here yesterday & to day. My nannie gone with her to John D Hunts. clear & cold to day —

30 Went to CH about Decree, Rained & snowed all day

31 Done but little disagreeable weather,

Jany¹⁸⁵⁴1st Snowed again shelling corn all day

2nd Halling Logs to Yates & Paid & over paid the Logs I owed him, he is to give some difference in Logs in Plank & the Oak Plank for Boxes he is to allow me 1½ $ pr Hundred I have carried 1 Large Log for that purpose —

3rd Cutting etc etc

4 Halling wood waggon & Cart, Just Hitched Our young steers to day

5 all Hands Cutting Nannie & Cate gone to Mrs Hunts & Jerry & sallie — I expect to go to D P Millers to day ¬

6 Sent to Farris Mill 2 Bbls grain & 3 D^o for chop 3 Bags Cotton Picked Hired Out McCullocks negroes

9 Snowed again 5 or 6 Inches Deep

10 Halled up Ice to day - cold weather Snow melted but little

11 Striping Tobacco wrote to my Papa Raining all day Henry bottoming

16 Cutting in new ground & Plowing

17 Raining taking down prize Barn & Striping - etc etc.

1854 Novr 11th Mr David P. Miller Our Neighbour, Died on Wednesday evening the 8th Inst after being Sick nearly 2 weeks & His Sister Mary Died about a week or 10 Ten days before him - I set up with him the night after he Died very desconsolate family - broke off about 11 Oclock to day My Leg is getting better, & has been Sore ever Since the middle or 20 Octo Hurt at the Sell of the Stable Doors = My Father property including negroes Was Sold on the 7 & 8th of Novr 1854 except that Portion for my Mothers Dower & the Land- the Land my Father Willed to my Bro. James at $20 pr acre, Due Nov Mr James M Fitzgerald I authorised & Requested to go to the Sale etc I Sent Mr Fitzgerald & Fanny down to Clover Depot on Monday the 30th on their way to Richmond Louisa & Orange & Henry got back the next day 31st & Pompey has been Lame ever Since — & they & Cate is expected Home tomorrow

14th Bro. George Graves here came last Saturday from Alabama on his way to Orange has not ^been in Orange for 20 yrs Henry Halling wood. balance pulling away our Cabbage etc ground very wet & Cold, wind from N E etc George & Jerry gone up to Mr Fitzgeralds to See If they have returned from orange & Louisa

20th Geo Graves started from here this morning Stayed 1 week & 2 days Fanny Cate & Mr F. got Home Thursday & came down here Friday & Fanny W taken sick that night & this is the

1856 Novr 25th Mr Wyatt worked till Tuesday 10 Oclock about 1¼ days & then it rained & he went to the wedding balance striping Tobacco at mountain field Barn rained nearly all day

26 Striping Tobacco at mountain Barn Jacob went up to Fannies to see about measuring Corn for Henry & Sandy fixing hog pens killed sheep etc warm pleasant weather etc etc

27 Housing corn & finished & then Halled rails & began cow pen & Did not finish it, Killed Ram,- put Plank in Barn to fire, Mr Wyatt came this morning & in morning fixed gates & then him & Henry went to hewing Sills & Plates for Porch etc tolerable good day, moderate,

28th this morning striping Succors Jordan halled rails a little while in morning & then it began to rain & Rained all day — Mr Wyatt & Henry & Sandy went to hewing till 9 Oclock when it began to rain & stoped Henry & Jordan cleaned out new Barn & put some fire under Plank — still ^{at night}raining very wet & cool rain, desperate weather

29th Mr Wyatt left this morning still raining we are striping Tobacco at Mountain & fixing Hogs pens cow pen etc halling wood with cart Jordan with cart claiborne Cutting wood etc - Jerry Smith gone to Post office this morning — Rec^d a letter from My Bro John Graves Exr of my Fathers Est. etc Striped Tobacco till 12 Oclock finished cow pen Halled wood

30 Fine morning Sunday very windy last evening Fair this morning & moderate.

leased to M Hagood for 3 years per agreement

Dr Oak Hill Plantation Cr

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Dr Capt Jacob Graves Orange Cr

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Dr Andrew Thompson Cr

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