Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845 March 14th Malissa sick child Born after midnight this morning --

15. Bud Faris sent for help to Roll Logs Could not help him Henry sowing oats. I am going to meeting. Federick cutting gutter for Malissa House to drain the water off -- Phil gone to mill. Just commencing sowing oats this morning tho have been preparing the ground for 2 days.

1845 ^{March 18th} Sewed 15 bushels to this night Fed gone to day to Roll Logs to Mr Neals Set yams this morning for [name?] to plant. Planted goard seed Paid Mr Moon $115 in all the other $10 I dont Know that I shall ever pay him without being compelled because he did not finish my ^houseat all & some he did do was not done workmanlike

¹⁸⁴⁵ March 19, Wednesday Very cold & windy ground hard frozen I am afraid Tobacco plants Killed. My wife & F.W. gone to see ^Coleman Mrs

20 Really a winters morning ground hard frozen. cant Plow. Freezing weather Pull Down old saddle House this morning at 12 Oclock this day the water Freezes in the Porch tremendous cold for March 1845 1845 26th. weather a little moderated Sewed flax seed nearly done sowing oats

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

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.

1845 June 4 Mr James preaches at Strait Stone this day — On Friday 31st May the frost was so severe that many vegetables was injured, corn in some places but nearly to the ground, weather very cool but now quite warm, nearly done weeding corn weeding cotton today --plowing it this morning,

7. Sent Mrs Hunt 6 ¼ lb Bro. sugar Bag & all — Began to lay by corn the 6th Just Finished weeding corn — began to weed tobacco the 5th Inst. sweet & Irish potatoes, greens etc etc all hilled up & oats bushed.

9 June still dry & hot, have all our lot land to plant into tobacco yet

10 - Quite dry & hot. Went to Mrs Hunt's & attempted to whip Epp who ran from me into the bushes. Laying by corn with plows by Malissa's house, -

11. Epp came home next morning.

18. Quite dry & hot, cut our fresh ground wheat the 12th. Mrs Hunt began out the 12th & ending on 18 I am Laying by our potatoes on Hill started up little new ground on Branch

1845 June 18 Working Out Our Garden & hilled up Our Pea Patch etc

1845 June 17th Tuesday Mr. Johnson came here last evening & began to work for me this day - at $1 [six?] shilling per day 6/- June 19th A fine shower of Rain

1845 June 19 Planting Tobacco, expect to get over once Tomorrow & Replant Weather Warm,- Hilling up Corn by Malissas House & back of Garden

20th Finished planting and replanting tobacco this day & began again at Ten Oclock to cut wheat

22. An Elegant Rain & on 23 we replanted over again, cleaned off wheat yard

24. Plowing & Halling up wheat 25 Hilling up cotton etc etc Mr Johnson is about to finish covering passage this day. pulled up a part of our flax yesterday

26. hard rain & wind on yesterday. sewed Buck wheat this day — pulled up flax —