Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1849 Jany 26 Finishing Plant Beds above House sewing^{& Fencing} covering etc - cloudy & like for Rain — weather warm — 1 Bed Large one 15 yds Square & the other 11 yds Square

27th Cutting Large growth in new ground & Halling Rails for Corn field fence, James East relinquished his Lease of Hill field Plantation this & its rented to AW Worshom & Tho^s East Junr ^{son of Thomas East}

28 cloudy & like for Rain, my wife gone to Mrs Hunts 29 gone to Mrs Hunts etc

29 cutting big growth in big new ground weather moderate a like like Rain

31 Loaded waggon with Lugs & started to Lynchg about 10 Oclock wednesday & got back Friday night about 1 Oclock in night made trip in 2½ days sold Lug at 1-60,- carr^d nearly 1000 lbs while we were gone made little new ground fence Halled wood, & making up out side corn field fine weather cleared off last night tho it has been cloudy & Rainy all the week, nearly

Feby 1-2nd Fencing out side corn field [fr?] – 3. Still D^o weather cloudy & cool 4 Rainy- 5. Still cloudy & Rain

5. Striping ^{Halled up a stack Oats & straw to rack}Tobacco in new ground barn

6 Malling Halling wood & cleaning up new ground, - weather windy & cool

7. Sent Henry to Doct Whites Mill 1 Large Log for Paling & 2 Bags Corn 1 Bbl - malling & stacking wood etc etc etc

8 Have 5 Logs at mill only bro^t home one Rolled Logs in Little new ground after 12 oclock, put up about 6 or 7 heaps & car^d out the wood malled before Rolling ^{swingling flax} Lila 

1849 Dec. 15th Halled up 1 stack of Blade fodder this day cloudy yet

Dec 22nd- the Past week went to mill waggon & cart, with Cotton to Pack & Log to saw meal & flour Halled wood fixed stables striped Tobacco p^t of 1 day covered Turnip Patch Hall out straw Cut in new ground nearly done little growth Killed Our Hogs wednesday or Thursday Rained one day nearly all day ——

23rd cloudy & likely for Rain or snow children gone to St. Andrews, —

24 Halling leaves & wood all day turned cold ^eveningin

25. Very cold this morning & clear ——— Sold Lady Jane to A W Worsham for $17.50. pr Bond Due in 12 mo^s from this day — — Sometime about ^{10th or}15th Dec Inst & bot a Horse colt of John Dan^l Coleman for $20. payable in 12 months from Date of Bond. -

30 Christmas has been cold & cloudy Yesterday cutting little growth in new ground & Halling wood clouded up & in the evening it began to Hail & Hailed & snowed 4 ^DeepInches

31 cleared off this morning snow 4 Inches Deep, striping Tobacco — striped 63 sticks Lugs 36 sticks short & 11 good in middle Barn

1850 Jany 1st clear this morning & cold. striping Tobacco in prize Barn

2nd Halled wood & washed & shelled corn cloudy & snowed a little -

3rd still cloudy, weather moderate. striping Tobacco in prize Barn

1851 Augt 29th my wife going to Mr Fitzgeralds to day I made a Bargain with Mr Johnson Farmer to do carpintinters work for me getting shingles & fixing carriage & Ice House at 3/- pr day

Sept 1st clear & warm finished this day working our fresh ground Tobacco, Toping & worming & succoring too & this evening working out Garden Henry working all day on new Barn - overseer made Jacobs shoes & also last week Sallies & Jerrys – –

3rd began to Pull fodder a little yesterday Daubing & fixing Barns, Owen gone - Henry sick clear & fair I went this evening to Mrs C. JF.^{to Mr F} AW. & _{gone home by 9 ^Ocl}

4 cloudy & like for Rain, Henry in house yet Toping at from 5 to 8 leaves worming & succorig over at this time - etc I am going to Mrs McC to day after Kate she has been there several days

7th Fixing to day scaffolds drawing shingles going to machine attending to fodder etc Mrs McC wool weighs gross 43 lbs cloudy & like for Rain

9th covered shop & Barn worming & succored Tobacco at home at Mrs McC I expected they were fanning wheat, went up there to measure etc & behold they were at work on their carriage House

10th Pulling fodder here ^ ^{^in fresh field-}& there fair & clear

11th Jobing this morning, then Pulled down mountain field fodder got a^done little after 12 Oclock, worming & succoring Tobacco over there gathering Peas spreading flax Tying up fresh field fodder in evening —

12 Pulled fodder at old House place at stony point worming succoring & toping & Tying up Our Blade in evening — I am sick Mrs Hunt went home this morning

1851 Novr 1st Finished Bushing wheat in fresh field this evening. Rained a little this morning

2nd Novr. Yesterday sent to Faris s Mill flour 7½ Bus. wheat for myself & 5 Bus. Corn & 1 Bus. wheat for Henry & for overseer 1½ Bus Corn & 2½ Bus. wheat, got back in the night Weather clear & warm wheat seems to be Coming well etc etc

5th Finishing getting up & shucking corn from Stony pint only got 6 or 7 Bbls good corn from there Killed Bull this morning weighed 99 lbs to the quarter let Hiram Wyatt have 1 quarter of it cloudy & cool & Rain a little to day – finished sewing wheat & Rye at Mrs McCullocks now getting up Corn, put up my Hogs this morning

18th Went to Lynchg last week for Mrs McCullock Sold wheat etc, we were doing but little while I was gone but shoemaking, as it Rained Went to Court On Monday my horse very much worsted Archer Worsham began chimny monday morning Halling up Corn at Mrs McCullocks still cloudy like for Rain

21st cleared off still about new House chimny cleaning up & burning Brush on Branch, quite Cool Finished chimney to new cabbin

22nd & a clear day & very cool —

24th began to fix up cow shelters & Halled ^{& some wood}Rails

25th Rained all^day & we striped Tobacco in prize Barn Snowed the first time this fall & the Rain melted the most of it Freesed towards night & a very disagreeable day & night, quite cool

26 Striped Tobacco again in prize Barn Halled wood, Archibald Worsham done up Back & Hearth cleared off & a pretty day I went to Mrs McCullocks they are cutting & getting logs for overseers House there.

Jennings Thompson

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Jeremiah McCullock

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Archer Worsham

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