Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

Dr Miss M A E, Sarah I & Martha I. McCullock Cr

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Dr Pittsy^a County to me as Surveyor Cr

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1840 June 10th My Wife Died with Consumption, Funeral Preached the 11th from 14th Chpt & 13 Verse Revelations by Elder G. Dickinson - On the 29th June 1840 My wifes Sister Susanna D Mills & her Husband Andrew L Mills came out to Pttsy^a but too late to see her sister, stayed 5 days & set out for Louisa her Fathers where they now live & have done ever since they were married -

=Very Wet Summer 1840 - & spring Wheat sorry oats good corn promising etc etc.

= On the 1st day of april 1842 JW Graves was taken with Rheumatism & did not ^get well till Harvest & indeed was not well then, but in the Harvest field on 25th June 1842 where they were cutting of wheat & on Saturday 25th had a grum =bling tooth^ache most all day at night my Jaw Prevented me & my wife from sleeping one wink next morning 26th I got Mr Neal to draw my tooth & I was then taken with a rising under my Jaw & on my throat which was near brot me near my grave & its now 26th day of July & I believe it will rise again. May God have mercy upon me & us, JW Grave_{26th July 1842}

1828 Augt 19th This day JW Graves leaves Pittsy^a & has left with his Brother Isaac W Graves a Ten Dollar V^a note to the Gen^l P office & has also left with him a Bond on Amos Faris [unclear] & acc^t on Dan^l Johns to Collect also an amount on Capt Jno White == Take a peach slip & stick it in a Irish Potatoe in the month of march & it will grow — also take slips of any other Kind of tree & set them out and it is said that eight out of ten will live = On Wednesday the 13th of Novr 1833 before day in the morning was the the greatest sight I ever beheld, it happened while we ^were in Louisa, such an appearance of falling of stars never was Seen in this section, an overcharged of Electricity in the atmosphere & was falling like stars shooting = == 1836 Oct 31st myself & my family Started to Orange & Louisa to see our relations Fanny White sick & we got the hooping cough some in our trip We returned all safe & sound the 10th of Decbr 1836 sister Frances & John Henderson with us