Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845 Feby 22 this week Mr Moon has got shingles to cover Old House & he Began to strip tobacco in Big Barn on Hill this day - 21st halled lugs out of Mr Grastys new ground this day.

26th Feby. Beautiful weather allmost like May- Ja^s C. Hunt married yesterday 25th Feby 1845 — Shingling our old House this day Burning log Heaps etc etc Plowing in mountain field Mr Moon left on Thursday 27th Feby & Irby on Friday 28th without finishing

March 1 Children started to school this day -Jeremy at Stony Point & Plowing -Planted Irish Potatoes, English Peas & onions etc etc began to prize Lugs

7 I went to Rice to meeting

8 Raining & we are stripping Tobacco weather changed & a good deal cooler In Jany 1845 made a bargain Mr Ja^s Murphy to Plaster my House & white wash it to be finished off as I want it for $45. But If I think myself this work is worth $47.50$ I am to give him that sum the two Dolls and fifty cents is at my discretion which sum of $45 I am to pay said Murphy March or april 1846 - this is our contract

March [10?] Halled stacks and wood out^{& Piled up trash} of new ground

12 Halled up & getting out oats to sow

1845. April 9th Remarkable dry & very cool --- Henry Clay has the Distemper very bad --- Moons Negroes cut his wifes throat & very near Killed her On the 8th April every thing Killed almost Beets & all the fruit Killed

11th. Commencing planting corn in mountain field Weather rather warmer but very dry & Windy no appearance of Rain

12 Still dry & little cool, planting corn ^^{& Snaps} by Malissas House Very Smoky Weather - Planted Sweet Potatoes

14th Planting Corn at Stony Point Looks a little like Rain, weather a little cool, great deal Smoky weather

15. Still Planting corn at Stony Point it looks something like ^rain Weather moderate

16 No rain faired off dry & Hot. Planted Corn & Snaps back of Garden this day Fed Halling Rails to make Tobacco Lot by Henrys House, Marked my Calves & Turned all out this morning Still very Smoky

16th Planted all our corn except where the ground is too hard to break up

17 Hilling & colter New ground

1845 April 18th. Cloudy & Drizling Rain none yet to do any good Hilling new ground little cool this morning Sent by Phil counterpane to Mrs Jno Tucker to weave flower of almond the Draught 9¢ cash & dif in trade -

19th began to rain about night & rained moderate 19th one or 2 Hours, Planted out some cabbage plants - ground yet hard in places Sent Bro. Wm Dews at meeting 1/6 -

21 Cloudy but no more Rain yet Shuck Peas this Morning. Breaking Balance of our corn Land

-22 Finished Planting Corn at Stony began to prize tobacco again & Coltering & Hilling new ground,-

23 Prizing Tobacco short coltering with Horse & Hilling new ground

26 last evening had a shower of Rain Prizing Tobacco & about finishing hilling up new ground Planted watermellon Seed in sweet Potatoe Patch, & also set out Tomatoe and Cabbage plants this day. Manured Plant Beds. Coltering up cow Pen for Corn, Dry & Hot little Windy -

28 Finished Planting in cow pen Lot etc - Hilling up little new ground on Branch above Granary planted Pumpkin seed etc

1845 May 8^th Cleared of[f] very cool & Windy - Began to Plow corn at House & Mountain field. Hilling second year ground -

9th Replanting corn at Stony Point, Finished Plowing mountain field first time today. Morning & nights very cool - 9 Finished replanting corn Planted Peas in new ground every Saturday in may

10 Began to Hill again. Planted out Tomatoe Screan, Finished prizing Tobacco run Coulter next to cotton

13 Planted little new ground Tobacco Cloudy & Rainy this day

15 Rainy day we planted nearly all our new, Turned off very cool Plowing corn at Stony Point

16 Very cool Hilling Second years Ground & Plowing corn

17 Plowing at Stony point Finished Hilling Second years ground, Thinning corn here at home

19 began to Weed Corn & Plowing over corn Second time, Mr Moons Negroes condemned to be hanged Worked Out Garden Plowed S. Potatoes & Harrowed Cotton, Returned from Lynchg to Sell Tobacco. Tuesday 20th May 1845

Got $ 7 1/2 and $10 - for our Tobacco, On 23rd at night it rained & on 24th we finished planting our new ground & second years - began on Friday to weed corn at stony point. finished at Home, replanted cotton the 24th, Bushed the oats & wheat 23rd

26th returned by Malissa 5 3/4 lb Bro. sugar to Mrs E. Lewis this day I am sick. We are weeding corn.

30th May 1845. Engaged with Mr John R Taylor to paint our house, inside and out in a nice style for the sum of Forty six dollars. I furnishing the Paint as pr bill.

31 May 1845. Smart frost last night see it on the fences & am afraid many things are killed. weather cool indeed & tolerable day —

June 2nd. weather moderated Quite dry frost singed good many things & in some places corn killed to the ground — goard very simbling etc but smartly & cucumber very nearly all killed. Tobacco plants grow slow got 15 or 20,000 to plant yet.