Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1850 Novr 19th Halling up Corn yesterday & to day I have Just got from CH likely for Rain -

24th we have been getting up & Housing corn this week & not done getting where there was no wheat sewed Rained 2 days this week — John Coleman worked here this week making 1 week more one month in all Lila & Malissa & Clem has Blankets this winter Raining this evening

Novr 25. Give to Mr Fitzgerald & Fanny White Tom Perry we are Putting up our Greens & Halling wood etc clear fine day —— Capt Fitzgerald got fountain out of Jail in Montgom^{ery CH}

30 Finished our corn this morning Halling wood Fed Shoemaking Rained hard last night made about 120 or 130 Barrels in all warm weather about this time — Jordan gone to mill Expect to send^{this evening} Henry

1st Decemr. 1850 clear in morning cloudy in evening I went to Mrs Colemans & Mrs Hunts —

==2nd Mr Owen came here to help about ^Houseoverseer Mr Tucker came to shingle it cloudy all day

3rd Both here shingling overseers House Henry Jointing shingles cloudy all day – Federick & alse Halling up stalks 2 days Balance Fanning out wheat & Buck wheat made 123 Bus. good wheat & 17 Bus. screan [tolled?] to be sent to Capt Gilberts mill is 6½ Bushels good wheat including Mr Neals, & nearly 1 Bus screan,

7th It has been raining & quite cool nearly all this week Thursday night Friday & Friday night it rained very hard indeed still cloudy & Raining Owen left yesterday evening — Began to strip Tobacco in middle Barn making up Farm Pen & shelters to day Building overseers House chimney about this time

1851 June 18th- finished Plowing over corn second time here & began to Lay by mountain field this evening

19th Laying by mountain field, weeding down Tobacco in new ground & expect to finished that to day & Lots is also done, & then for fresh ground Very Cool & very dry weather, Cool ever since Monday

20th Finished laying by mountain field & next fresh ground, finished weeding Tobacco this 21st day June 1851 laying by with Plows in Lot by Granary Broke new waggon this morning first time we ever hitched the Horses to it & we sent it back to Mr Lewis Yates, to make a new coupling Pole & finish it. etc.

22nd cloudy & Turned warm my wife gone to St Andrews

23rd A little shower Rain here this night -

24th Replanted a little Tobacco smartly missing none at Mrs McCullocks, cutting wheat expect to finish to day here & at Mrs McCullocks

25 too, Sorry crop tho grain good - weather extremely dry & now Hot - Henry complaining with his rash & Plowing here by House in corn —

26th Sent Poplar Log for waggon & Pine Log for bodies & told Henry to bring back waggon frames for Wyatts & Oak Log to be sawed 4½ Inches by 4½ for Harrows etc etc - 2 Bags Corn Sent This morning 2 Bushels in each Beg & 1 Bag at mill to be bro^tHome clear & warm cleaning Out treading Yard & choping in Corn overseer making cart gate etc

28 Sent another Pine Log to Saw mill got no Plank bro^t back 2 Bags meal weather clear Hot & Dry Hilling up Corn & Plowing ^groundfresh

29, in evening a little shower about

30 Halling up wheat to day also at Mrs McC Hester got Fistula ^{& had it 2 or 3 weeks} Logan hip shot & Celam swayed inaged [injured?] some how other clear & Dry Choping over fresh ground corn about this time

1854 July 21st Where the Chinch bug Killed the Corn, we planted over a few days ago. - Fine shower of Rain this evening at House hard Rain on mountain & great wind etc Blowed off p^c of middle Barn roof

22 Hilling up Lot Tobacco by prize^barn

26 Sent to mill & had to go to Mr Pannills Rained Smartely Hilled up second yrs ground last time Plowing 3r yrs ground Sewed turnips in 3rd yrs ground

27. replanted a little Tobacco this morning Plowing & Hilling up 3rd yrs ground

Augt 7 wed little young Corn - Hilled up new ground Tobacco, raised Cutting House Shrubed & Piled up rocks in fresh ground owens clearing for Wheat. Shrubed this side of Branch for Corn to day we are Halling Logs to Yates Mill expect to Hall 8 there to day Toping & worming over Tobacco, - Sent to Yates Shop 4 H H 1 Colter 1 Frisen for old & had 1 shoe put on H. Clay that had not ^beenput on more than 4 days Sent to Yates to Mill nearly 1 Bbl corn — Mrs Hunt sent me 2½ Bus Corn to Yates mill, Sent Fed a Cow to Mrs Hunts for John Hunt, which I was to give him for a steer —

8 Very cool Henry & Mr Wyatt at work on Cutting House. Fed & Boys Toping Tobacco over Balance worming & succoring & Grubing^{for Corn}

9 at work on cutting House, & shrubing for corn, Jordan Plowing Lots Tobacco & Guanoed Lot - Sandy Cutting down shingles Tree, etc Very cool indeed this morning Sewing Turnip seed in Lot Tobacco

11 Finished new cutting House yesterday all But Steps that we have done this morn

1854 Friday 11th Rained a little last night & this morning it Thundered lightened & it rained more or less till 10 or 11 Oclock, ground wet, the prettiest rain we have had this Summer this evening after Dinner we went in the woods to Sawing & getting shingles - Mr Wyatt getting,- Sandy Cutting down another

12th Mr Wyatt getting shingles Fed & Henry sawing Sandy still Cutting shingles trees Jordan Plowing up Turnip Patch & going to Sew to day as soon as he gets ready

14 Rained Friday 11 & Saturday night finely, this morning we are fanning Out wheat Drying fruit worming Tobacco Plowing up Rye Lot etc Henry gone to E. G Lewis’s to Raise Barn — clear & Hot

15 Sent Fed to Farris Mill 12 Bus. wheat for flour, & got it all fine Rain this evening Henry getting Old shingles Balance gathered Queen apples & then went to work in Tobacco in corn field Mr Wyatt getting shingles in wood, Jordan & Sandy finished fallowing lot for Rye

16 Fed Toping Tobacco generally Henry getting shingles finished working Tobacco in Corn field working on Road this evening across mountain Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts — I went to Miss Sarah McCullocks Fallowing up stubble field owens clearing^{for what}

21 Augt went to Court. & to see old Bro Stone, who is very low Toping worming & succoring Tobacco

22 & finished that worming D^o again Henry & Mr Wyatt getting shingles

23 Mr Wyatt went to Blanks to Raise Barn

24 - Harrowing in & Sewing Rye in lot By Granary, Sawing yesterday again

1854 augt 24th worming & succoring new ground & lot to day again, Cloudy & like for Rain

25th augt worming & succoring fresh ground, Sewed Rye in Lot Sandy Harrowing etc Henry getting shingles, Jordan gone to Yates mill etc clear & warm - my Sam left last Monday when I went to Court = 29 Just getting Shingles in woods towards fresh ground at Dinner time & F Wyatt Jointing & Henry to Halling up &

30 to rounding about 10 Oclock working little Tobacco in Corn field finished worming succoring & toping this morning over clear & fair = F. Wyatt Jointing all day this day & began yesterday evening —

Sept 5th Have been pulling fodder ever Since last week & worming Tobacco put nearly 8 stacks Blades nearly done pulling in fresh field Clear fine weather we are worming & succoring Tobacco over now began yesterday, Henry commences getting Shingles opposite Crews to day at 12 Oclock =

Sept 9th Rained to day a days pulling fodder on ground went to Ezekiel Dews yesterday, worming & succoring Tobacco in 3rd years ground & in my Lot —

11 Tying up Fodder & worming Tobacco & gathering Peas -

12 Put Top on new Barn, = 23 Finished Pulling fodder Cutting Tops & Stacking fodder, & worming & succoring over over Tobacco & have cut about 2300 stacks & Housed old prizing Barn full, pretty weather Sunday started at Strait Stone about this time