Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1850 August 24th Choping in new ground - Henry Plowing in big second yrs Land Tobacco

25th. Began to Rain last evening & last night it ^rainedtremen =dous Hard, all night ground very wet, —

26 Henry gone to mill 2 Bus wheat 1 Bbl Corn, Fed & 2 Horses at Mr Lewis Balance worming & choping new^Tobacco ground clear & little cool - wrote to Col Smith to get Harry to work for me

27 clear pretty day. worming succoring & toping new ground Tobacco, & big second yrs — Fed & my 2 Black [horses] went to Mr Lewis yesterday morning federick come back in evening & went this morning

28 Fed Still at Mr Lewis worming & succoring^Tobacco Toped all over yesterday & to day

29 getting up & Beeting apples this morning Fed Still at Mr Lewis s about wheat & my horses

30 Hilling up big second yrs Land Tobacco

31 Hilling up D^o D^o D^o cloudy & foggy this morning

Sept 1st Rained this evening warm

2. Rained very hard again last night Sent 1 Bbl Corn to Mr Peake by Mr Fitzgerald Toping worming & succoring Tobacco at new ground

3 Toping & succoring & worming Tobacco, -

4th. Sent waggon & Cart to saw mill & Grass mill ½ Bbl Corn for meal 1 Long Log for 1 Inch Plank & 1 for Hh^d Staves cloudy & like for Rain

5. Sent ½ Bbl corn & got 1 Bbl meal & carried 2 more Logs 1 Long & 1 short [This?] one for squared edged the other for flooring — 10 Inches cloudy & like for Rain finish hilling up big Second years this & began to Pull fodder in fresh ground corn, succoring new ground

6th worming & succoring new ground

7th same work Pull off boards on mountain field Barn this day ——————

1859 May 29th Clear cool day,- I staid at home - - 30 Halled 1 Log to worhsams Mill & Carr^d 2 Turns Corn & got 1 of meal -

31st Car^d 1 Log to same mill & 1 Turn Corn & got the 2 Turns meal, & feet weather boarding - @ 6/- pr Hundred -

June 1st Sent to Fannie W Fitzgeralds after 5 Barrels Corn bot & p^d for @$4.00 sent the chair Mrs Hunt gave me to Peaks to mend thining & setting corn this morning then finished weeding in Lower field & come to Orchard, worked Pepper —

2nd Plowing fresh ground Tobacco weeding Corn in the Orchard had little shower Rain yesterday & looks ^ ^like more to day

3rd Rained a little in the night, planted Peas Plowing corn weeding Fresh ground Tobacco. Rained at Plantation last night & they planting & finished & replanted nearly over wheat taking Rust down there, 4 Replanted our Tobacco lot & all

5 went to meeting Edgehill very Cool day Frost last night & cooler this evening -

6 Halled wood till 12 Oclock Plowing Corn weeding down fresh ground Tobacco,-

7 Same work, chumbly making steps for Porch next to Garden, got Bills shoes changed nearly done weeding fresh ground Tobacco & Plowing corn on Road ——

8 Harrowing Tobacco Plowing corn Choping Corn etc etc Fine Rain in evening I got to Mr Pannills from CH & had to stay all night on acc^t Rain,

9th Replanting Tobacco this morning & took nearly all day to do it

10 Sent Henry to aspen Grove for Lamb & chickens

1860 Feby 18th went to mauling wood in evening

Feby 19. Started to Court, Fannie stayed all night Sunday night Jere & Sallie went back to school cold day

20. Turned moderate mauling & Cutting wood in new ground, got home Monday night weather moderate

21st Halled Rails till 12 Oclock & then Henry went to Laying off Corn Rows Balance Fencing next to Cap^t whiteheads I went to Post office Peaks Wallers Vaughans Mr Moses & Fannie W Fitzgerald

22 Fencing on Road to day W^m Shields here Halled up Oats & Halling rails till evening & then begin to Plow in orchard I went to aspen Grove & made [Lines]

23₂₅Fencing on Road & striped Tobacco ½ day & took down some Wednesday & then fenced on Road from Branch W^m Shields worked Thursday Friday & Saturday Rolled Logs 2 days nearly & fenced one - this week Henry Halled wood this evening very windy Friday & turned cold

26 Stayed at home to see Mrs Pannill

27 Went to Court House sent after Cotton Turn of wheat to Yates, & 1 to whiteheads Plowed & Stacked Rails next to whiteheads

28 Plowing & Fencing new ground fence made fence on Road yesterday fine weather at this time

29th Fencing at new ground & nearly finished Plowing in Lot rained a little,-

March 1st Sent Henry & Claiborne to Hodnetts to Roll Logs. Plowing, fine day cleared of[f] Beautiful weather,

Dr Doct Chs Miller Cr

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Dr Jonah Kelly Cr

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Dr William Peake Cr

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