Pages That Mention John Myers
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 2
September 23, 1845 - October 10, 1845
1845 Sept 23. Cutting Tobacco, 24th cutting Tobacco in second years ground & new Do
25 Cutting Tobacco & finished — over once
26 Housing Tobacco this morning & then for stacking Tops
27 Stacking Tops this day -- began yesterday - Light crop of Tops this year —
29 Finished stacking Tops
30 treading out white wheat to sow & succoring Tobacco
Oct. 1st Sewed Tobacco Lot on Branch 1845 in wheat by the Bridge sewed 1/2 Bushel & cuttingon mountaindown corn
2nd Cutting down corn in mountain field & Henry Halling logs to Millers mill
3 cart broke down & axeletree made by abbot at meeting House this year alse getting out flax seed & spreading flax Balance Jinking Tobacco House Wrote to Jas. D. Moon this day etc etc
6 cutting Tobacco etc etc housing new axletree made by Mr Myer & old Irons put on by him sent 39 lbs seed cotton to Millers Mill
7 Halling up & Housing Tobacco
8 Put up Hogs Pulling corn & cutting trough to feed Hogs getting up 2 Lots Corn at Home Fine rain Last night ——
9. Wet weather 10th still raining
January 26, 1846 - February 4, 1846
1846 Jany 26th Finished cutting I expect to day & then striping Tobacco ———
27 Began to mall in new ground Phil & Fed Henry gone to shop withCart Lila & alse finishing striping in the Middle Barn
28. 2 Hands getting gate Post Fed malling alse & Lila stacking wood Mr Myers came here last night & set in this morning to set up Tobacco Hhds my wife & F.W. at Mrs Hunt last night & went to Doct Sutfins Beautifull weather about this day
29 Weather moderate, cloudy - Halling up gate Post towards granary Malling in new ground & Piling wood
30 Malling & Henry gone to mill & got 74 feet Hhd heading
31 Henry & Phil gone to Shields to roll Logs Balance took down Tobacco nearly all day Feby 1st cloudy this morning & like for falling weather my wife gone to Prayer meeting Mr Myers set up 2 Hhds & gone home 17 Lambs in Jany lost 5 —
2nd Malling Halling up Tobacco – 3rd Henry Halled wood this day
3. Malling & Prized Tobacco
4th Still fine weather clear Lila been Plowing all this week, Prizingto day Lugs Lugs malling in new ground — Halled a stack oats yesterday 3rd
February 5, 1846 - February 12, 1846
1846 Feby 5 Commenced burning Large Plant Bed on Branch before Spring
6th Sewed Plant Bed this morning & fixing plan for sallet Patch Covered small Bed on mountain Henry & Lila plowing for corn Prizing Lugs about this time — Halled up stack straw this day
7th Commenced Raining last night soon the night snowed some, this morning Hailing & snowing, & we are striping Tobacco at New ground, - weather not very cold 19 Lambs to this day — times very hard Tobacco Lugs I am told is selling well Lila complaining & I bled her
8 Tolerable good day I went to Mr McC.
9 This morning very unexpectedly we see the ground covered with snow Striping Tobacco & finishing at new ground
10 Malling & Halling wood etc
11 Malling at new ground 2 hands Henry helping Mr Myers & halling wood Lila Plowing fixed a place to burn sallet Patch
12 Henry Fed & Phil gone to Mr Lewis to roll Logs Lila Plowing alse Digging holes for ga[tes]
February 12, 1846 - February 20, 1846
1846 Feby 12 Mr Meyers finished silling up Hhd this day he is pidling about gates Tu[bs?]etc etc trying to get 13 done this day
14 Saturday Plowing for corn 2 Plows & commenced malling on Branch, worked out till 11 oclock then it began to snow rain etc Very disagreeable evening I went to meeting and striping that day -
15. Trees Hanging with Ice not much snow on ground
16. Court Day Went Sunday evening to Bro Stone on my way to CH. Malling on Branch, Lila & alse cutting old Logs in new ground - Phil cutting on branch Henry & Fed malling commencing snowing soon in morning & we went to striping Tobacco about 10 Oclock all hands Snowed all day & continues on in the night very fast very rough matter
19 Last night a Dreadfull night Rained Thundered & Lightened & freezed, Trees hang=ing with Icicles this morning, striping Tobacco, broke off in the night & quite clear & weather moderate
20 clear & tolerable moderate weather
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 4
November 15 - December 14, 1847
Cartersville etc & arrived home Saturday night after darkthe 13th Nov& found all well & doing staying at Mr Overbys all nightwell being from home about 3 weeks. Sewed 19 or 20 Bushels wheat in Johns’s field & all while we were gonesewed 6 Bus., Our friend Mr John G Lewis attended to our business while we were absent all the little growth cut in our new ground
15th began to get up Our Corn —
16. puling up Irish Potatoes & Greens thisday weather very good Henry & Jacob gone to mill —————
22, Shucking & Housing corn most of lastweek this morning Killed Bull,
24th Rained all night last night & most of the day yesterday. Striping Tobacco & shoe making - Killed a Beef Harry monday
22nd Let Mr. Myers have 81 lbs weighed about 375 lbs have not finished our corn yet —
Dec 1st Rained to day & nearly Halled up all Our Corn - Shoemaking & Spining etc etc —————
2nd Rained all night & this morning Striping Tobacco & shoemaking
Dec 6 Last Friday 3rd Fed went to shoemaking at Mrs Hunt shucking & Housing our corn & finished this day & began to put up Our Turnips
8. Killed 6 Hogs this day & began to cut big growth in new ground & Grubbing & Halling wood
11 Striping Tobacco, been cutting big growth in new ground 2 days [unclear]. weather warm, & cloudy let Mr. Crews have ½ Bus. salt for 100 lbs fodder to salt his Pork
13th Striped Tobacco, cloudy & Rainy
14 Striping Do & Cloudy & Rainy