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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 3
January 21 - February 3, 1847
1847 Jany 21st began to strip in new ground barn this morning
22nd Striping Tobacco in same barn Yesterday & this morning fair & cold snow melted but little -
23 Cold yet & a little cloudy, we are striping Tobacco in new groundbarn tho very bad weather for striping
24 Sunday fair & snow melting very much
25 Cloudy & moderate weather, snow most gone Striping in new ground barn & expect to finish there to day - One Lamb yesterday Mrs Smith gave me four Dolls to pay Doct White her account with him
26 striping Tobacco to day & sent 10 Bushels corn to mill, & 1 Log to be sawed into Railing 2½ by 3. I wrote to Mr Dove sent 1 bag cotton 51 lbs to Pack
27 Striped Tobacco & put Hhd under prize & got it half full sent 1 Large 1 Common & 1 Calf Skin to Mr Lewis’s for Tanner the largest for sole next for upper next for Kip 3 in all Mr L to geta Receipt, weather quite cool to day & clear
28 began to mall in new ground Henry halling up Oats straw & leaves Lila & Ann shrubing fresh ground for corn 29 30 & 31 cloudy & part of the time striping Tobacco
Feby 1st burnt plant Bed on Mountain& sewed it
— 2. Cutting wood to burn above House Mr Benjamin Lain set in to work for me at 3/- per day
3rd Rained hard & the wind blew tremendous & in evening turned very cold & a hard night
February 4 - March 1, 1847
1847 Feby 4. Very cold & windy Fed malling Henry helping Mr Lain & halling wood the ballance cleaning out stables & raking leavesetc
5 weather moderating halling wood & sills etc for waggon House, malling etc
6th Malling Rails & cutting down corn Stalks this morning, Mr. Lain framing waggon shelter, weather fine & fair, -
13 this week burnt Plant Bed on Branch above House striped Tobacco one day malling Rails & Grubing on Johns Branch Lila compla[in]ing & I [bleeding|[bled]] her Mr Lain at work on waggon House & little house this week — Pleasant putting latches on Gates etc etc etc, no plowing downby us yet
17 Sent waggon to mill 10½ Bushels corn 1 Log to be sawed into Railing 2 by 3 In. for yard & also 2 Bags seed Cotton weighing 46 lbs 47 lbs 93 lbsbags in allmaking newthis dayground fence
18 Striping Tobacco, Raining Mr Lain at work in shop
19 striping Tobacco & prizing Lugs. nearly done. Lady Jane Lame by a hurt.
20 Sent to Mr Lewis's to Roll Logs 2 hands balance cutting in new ground & Piling wood,
20 Cloudy & Raining yesterday & to day warranted E East JW this day
22 Haling Rails & fencing corn field
23 Same same & finished corn fieldfence
24 began to Plow for corn in earnest
25. Plowing for corn since we finished our fenceFed malling
26. Plowing & malling & Pilling wood,
27 Raining this morning Fed shoemaking Finished striping Tobacco this day 6 lambs to this day
March 1st Finished prizing Lugs Halling wood & malling this day, weather cool & windy
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 8
February 1, 1851 - February 16, 1851
1851 Feby 1st let Mr James P Lewis have 1 Plank 14 feet Long 12 Inches square Edged ^wide & 2 Do Bark Edged 17. Inches wide & 11 feet Long to make negro man Isaacs coffin who Died this morning
Feby 3rd Raining this morning striped Tobacco awhile & then we halled leaves all day after weather more moderate had 4 or 5 very cold days 6thLambs to this day lost only one —
6th cutting in new ground all hands yesterday or day before Halled shucks Fodder & Oats beautifull weather to day ——
7th Plowing in fresh field. Jane & alse in new & childrenground Henry overseer Fed & myself went to Raise school House
8th Henry gone to Mr Parham Lewis s to Roll Logs Fed & overseer gone to school House Jane alse & Jordan gone to new ground.— Fine weather weather warm ———
9th Went to Meeting tolerable good day
10. Raining a little, taking down Tobacco & striping in middle Barn — Rainy evening F.WF. & Cate gone with her homethis morning Weather warm Jacob gone to bring horse home Made John D Hunt a Deed for Land near him JW Odaniel here cleaning & fixing Turner clock for which I gave him $1 - Raining hard took down all our Tobacco to strip
13th Plowing & malling, began to mall yesterday yesterday I went to Mrs McCullocks set up 2 Hhd & went to Chalk Level
14th Fed gone to mill 1 Bbl Corn 1 Bbl wheat we are striping Tobacco in middle Barn. Bets Bull calf came 13th- 10 Lambs to this time ^alivelost 6 Raining this morning The 11th I went to finish school house card Fed with Did not finish & give [Ditchie?] Jacob 9¢ Grasty 9¢ & Hendrick 1/6 making 50¢ in all to finish chimny 12th
15 Rained striping Tobacco Halled out chaff
16 Miss E McCullocks funeral & Burial
May 3, 1851 - May 13, 1851
1851 May 3rd Tyed up Our young steers this evening to Help Hall out manure
4th Sunday it Rained all day, moderately
5th Rained all night & wind blew hard & its quite cool indeed wind from N E Raining all day nearly prizing Tobacco Spining mending shoes Henry bottoming chair We are in evening manuring Our Plants Still very cool indeed —
6th Prizing Short Tobacco fencing Halling Rails yesterday & to day from mountain field Some frost this morning fixed scaffold for ing outTobaccoHang= Federick gone to mill this morning 1½ Barrels Sent & 2 Bushels there making 2 Bblsnearly
8 Went to Mrs McC. yesterday to sister Coleman Halling out manure finished nearly Hilling our new ground about this time on mountain
9th Collering & Hilling at fresh ground Mr J P. Lewis returned the Plank Cut him in Feby last — Suning &Dewing Our Tobacco this morningin Houseput it Prizing Our Second Rate
10th Sent Waggon to shop, began yesterday to Hill in Second yrs Tobacco Land Coltering etc Turned Out Second rate Hhd Tobacco warm fine weather,-
13 from 10th to this time took down our good Tobacco Monday morning. Coltering Second years ground, going to Replant Corn in a day or two. Fine growing weather at this time very warm, from 13th to this 19th may Hilling made trip 19th to Lynchg & Court House Planting Some Tobacco in Lot by prize barn finishing Halling out manure Henry coltering balance fresh ground at Mountain taken out to use & for Mr Owen 5 Gallons molasses of Barrel
February 12, 1852 - March 2, 1852
1852 Feby 12th Yesterday it Rained in morning & in evening. Turned off quite cool to day We have 10 lambs to this day & 1 calf Halled leaves in all our Barn to day — etc. We have striped but little Tobacco yet Jacob & Jerry Started to School last Monday the 9th Feby 1852
17th Since the 12th we have been plowing Halling wood malling in little new ground near new ground barn, fencing in fresh ground & began to mall here at home not striped much tobacco yet weather fine for time of year. nearly done plowing flat land for Corn Bedded a good deal for Corn next to Orchard, also flushed some next to middle barn, - waggon & Cart Halling Rails from fresh ground and around corn fields next to middle Barn, Shrubing fence Row Pilling wood in new ground here at home we have 13 Lambs to this day lost One -
19th Planted Irish Potatoes in hog pen by spring yesterday began to Plow in fresh ground Rolled Logs by fresh ground in little new ground & burning them to day & Plowing out there Federick malling in new ground by house cloudy & like for falling weather, not very cold
24. Some Rain in a few days past help Mr Lewis Ephrain & Parham & also at Mr Fitzgerald Plantation This week, we are Plowing Halling wood Out little new ground, this is a very pretty dayMy wife & Lila, & several of the children complaining. Sallie sick at last Strait Stone meeting say Feby- — 1852 We have 14 or 15 Lambs to this day & only 1 calf
March 2nd Rained Friday & saturday did not Plow much, latter part last week striped all the Tobacco we had down in prize Barn