Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1847 July 20 Weather fair & warm Mr Henry ^Smith helped us cut our wheat & oats = stack our wheat & Put it Granary about this time, -

24 For the last 3 or 4 days we have been Plowing up Our Branch Tobacco & finished this evening Just before night — Lady Jane took the Horse all the whole season & have p^d $5 as pr Rec^t —

26 Sewed Turnip seed in p^t Lot next to ^stable Plowed it & now Hilling it up Plowing second years ground Tobacco.

27 Fine Rain last night. Hilling & Plowing second yrs Tobacco Land

28 Last night & this morning very cool & we are setting by fire Finished Hilling up second yrs Tobacco this morning & then Hilling new^ground clear & cool this morning

29. Stacking Oats this day & Hilling up new ground Tobacco, about middle July very hard Rain here & some Hail & not far off a tremendous Hail Large as Hen Eggs & perhaps some Larger

31 Finished Hilling up new ground & second yrs land & balance of Lot by Henry’s house & Sewed Turnip seed Choped out Garden & Hilled up Peas & Choped out cotton Finished stacking Oats yesterday. Now making water furrows on branch & Hilling up Tobacco etc

Augt 1st Fine Rain this day (Sunday)

" 2 Sewed Turnip Patch worked Johns branch Tobacco & 1 hand toping^{all day}

3 Raining, we are at work on branch

4 Raining Sent 2 Bus Corn to mill worming & succoring Tobacco

23rd May 1854 weeding Corn Plowing & prizing Second Rate of late planting with lugs- dry season to plant Tobacco – Mr Henry Smith here this morning to get Shingles - A C Sick, & has been for a week

-27 Planted all Our Tobacco except part of our Lot by prize Barn & little Guanoed Lot at Stony pint & bottoms in fresh field Weeding & Plowing Corn in fresh field nearly done Plowing it,- prized seconds of Tobacco made on new ground & got all the Seconds down, in prizing order - finished planting greens & Pumpkins etc etc not much rain this week tho cloudy all week nearly no Swarms of Bees this Spring yet Fanny White here this evening clear & cool

29 - Turned Out Hh^d Seconds & Loaded for Lynchg Plowing at mountain field

20. Plowing at mountain field & weeding Corn cloudy & like for Rain

31 Henry started for Lynchg 2 Hh^d 1 of Lugs & seconds & 1 Hh^d Seconds Sandy gone with him,- gave him $2:00 he to return Balance above 7/6 Weeding corn & cotton & Peas, Raining this morning

June 1st Replanting Tobacco & Beding Lot.

— 2 - Weeding corn & Bushed Oats & in the evening we Planted Our Lot by prize Barn clear & cool put out our good Tobacco new ground out of Prize Barn,Jordan Harrowing Cotton by work shop.

3.4 5. 6 7. 8. Warm & dry till yesterday light shower of Rain & then Turned Cool Tobacco plants dying in the Beds & thats is planted is Dying very much Sheared Sheep yesterday 8th Plowing & weeding Corn at Stony pint Finished at mountain yesterday prizing 1 fine 1 good & 1 second rate Tobacco

1859 Decr 8th Halled wood Cut & malled some in new ground Overseer & little Henry at work on Henrys House all day, fixing to Kill hogs in morning Jordan & Lowry come to help Francis Blanks came here between 7 & 8 Oclock wanted me to Hall his Oats down here in the road up to his House & I sent Henry & my 2 Grey Horse gone in the night

9 Given Out the negroes their Blankets Fed alse Sandy Jordan & Lowry & give Kitty one for her child at aspen grove, Give Little Henry & Jerry ^LilaSmith One here ^^{& Clem - had one} Sent the Blankets to aspen Grove by Jordan, Killed Hogs here 12 in number weighing 1138 lbs here aspen G. 1777 sent Henry to Mill 5 Bus. wheat got^hereoneCover_{corn at mill}1138 1 Turn wheat for 291.5 negroes Christmas bolled, fine morning, Sent 2½ Bushel wheat for Chumney – Killed at aspen Grove & Bro^t here 22 ^Hogs1777 lbs Given overseer there 3½ Hogs weighing 300 Killed here this day 12 Hogs weighing^{lacking 4½ - whichI will send}1738 Killed in all 3215 lb Still cold & cloudy Mr Blanks paid me One Dollar for last night & I gave ½ to Henry

10th Sent to Mrs Hunt for the nubbins She gave me & 2 Stirup Irons for waggon Halled wood Rails all day, little went after Chumneys Meal or flour overseer & & Smith at work on House laying floor etc etc Cutting & malling in new ground I went to meeting & aspen Grove this evening for benefit of negroes

11 I went to meeting to Strait Stone by ^{in Buggy}myself

12 Chumney gone to store Claiborne malling Little Henry & Smith cutting & stacking wood, Henry gone gone to mill with 1 Log for sheeting for stable & carr^d 1 Bus. wheat for him & 1 Bus. for Ben & to bring back

1859 Decr 17th Mr Fox here yet - left about 10 or 11 Saturday self – & Horse worked on well in evening & Layed Hath in negroes House Piled shingles etc stoped Raining in evening

18th Stayed at home to day - -

19 went to Court. Chumney at work on well House & Jerry Smith Henry Halling wood claiborne & little Henry cutting & malling Rails & wood

20th Raining a little this morning working on Stable to day putting up rafters Sawing out doors facing of etc = I went down to Mrs Hunts with her Sent my horse to shop this evening by Charles,

21st worked on Stable, claiborne Jointing shingles little Henry & Smith Dawbing House in evening I went to Sale of Mrs Hunts Land, no Sale, at all, Mr Tompkins here on my return Fox came at night Mr T stayed all night

22. Mr T. left. Fox Finished well, Henry & claiborne with him till Dinner cleaning out & finished well Henry^{Little Henry}& chumbly at work on Stable claiborne & Henry & Smith went to new ground malling & cutting, Jerry went down to Plantation aspen Grove Kelley carried my hog home & got 3¼ ^VinegarGallons

23 working on Stable. Sent Henry to Mill Turn ^wheat for us 2½ & 2 Bus for chumny. bro^t back plank & bag Corn meal bro^t back — I have had sick head ache all day

24 Sent Henry to mill got Plank his own flour & Bens. worked on stable & negroe House & Rounding & Jointing Shingles I went down to warranting at Mr Millers about Irbys & W^m Yates Debts done nothing –

Dr Henry Smith Cr

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Dr Doctor John Sutphen Cr

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