Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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 ground^barn 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 Hh^d 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 tremen^dous & in evening turned very cold & a hard night

1847 Feby 4. Very cold & windy Fed malling Henry helping Mr Lain & halling wood the ballance cleaning out stables & raking leaves^etc

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 down^{by 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 lbs^{bags in all}making new^{this day}ground 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 field^fence

24 began to Plow for corn in earnest

25. Plowing for corn ^{since we finished our fence}Fed 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

1847 March 6th this week halled up some oats for seed & to feed Horses, cutting in new ground & malling, & this day Rolled Logs, Plowing for corn - weather good. only 4 Lambs alive at this time, -

March 8. breaking up Lot & burning log Heaps this day. Mr. Lain came again to work to day

9 Raining again & most tremendous wet every few days it Rains getting out seed Oats this morning Mr. Lain making carriage house doors Lala & Jane spining

10th Rained in morning about 10 oclock it faired off & a very pretty evening & we started to Lynchg with waggon & the worst time on man & beast that has been this winter viz. it began to Rain soon in the night wednesday night while we were at Locust thicket. Thursday morning dreadful, Raining Snowing & hailing & I slept in waggon the over night the rain etc put out our fire went to Campbell CH pestered some, there stayed all night all day night it snowed some, next morning started & got to Lynchg Friday about 12 oclock. Stayed all night sold our Lug Hh^ds Saturday morning 13th for $2.25. Started for home 10 or 11 oclock & got home Sunday evening Horses very much worsted, it snowed also friday night — balance burning log Heaps

16 burning log Heaps Henry gone to mill Fed helping Mr. Lain get yard post

17 Henry halling out rails Fed helping Mr. Lain Balance cutting etc

18 Finished getting yard Post brot from mill to day 15 Bus meal

1846 June 29th Plowing left hand side Path thro field ground very hard 30 Finished weeding Tobacco this oth side branch - & Replanted in the evening it Rained a ^little

30th Still Laying by corn in big field —

July 1st Rained a smart shower last night weeding Tobacco the other side^{& hilling up}branch from house

2nd Plowing corn & weeding Tobacco. last evening about night it rained a pretty shower 3rd Rained yesterday & last night

3rd This morning cloudy & ground too wet to work, Hilling up new ground Tobacco - etc etc Rained 2 Showers to day, ground too wet except Our new ground which we are hilling up, top a little Tobacco —

4th July cleared^offthis morning, - it rained a good deal last night, —

5 A very pretty day Rained a little in evening

6th A little cloudy very seasonable weather Plowing this morning - finished new ground Tobacco to day - & Halling up wheat, -

7 Halling up wheat, weeding Tobacco in second year ground, - Fed Fell off the cart tongue & cart run over him, he got up afterwards & walked home from fresh ground

8 Treading out wheat & weeding Tobacco

9 Sent to mill in cart & Plowing lots of Tobacco & finishing weeding second yrs ground

10 Cutting Oats at Stony Point began yesterday at home,

11 Cutting oats at Stony Point. Fed has got out & weeding Tobacco — Finished cutting Oats this day —

12th Went to Rice to meetings —

13th Phil Plowing Tobacco Lots. Henry & myself halling up wheat & Oats. balance hilling up Tobacco Lots.

27th Hilling & Coltering in new ground

28. D^o D^o - 29 This evening Planted flat Land in corn - branch & old meadows

30. Hilling & collering in new ground Henry preparing Johns branch^{or Tobacco}for corn

May 1st weather dry. Tobacco plants small Hilling in new ground — Lila leg yet sore & she does but little

2 Rained last night & some to day but ground not wet yet uncovered mountain Plant Bed, - ^3rd & manured, preparing ground for cotton etc - to day Hilling in new ground Mourning had her calve last April 1847

3rd Planted Cotton & Greens in one square Garden Planted mellons etc in cotton ^PatchPatch Henry Plowing on branch etc etc

7th Finished Hilling new ground this day weather dry & cool very bad on wheat Oats & corn to come up, etc etc. frost last night, -

8 Hilling in second yrs ground Cloudy this evening & about night began to Rain

9. Cloudy & Raining this morning little

10 prizing good Tobacco at this time 10 Rainy warm weather we took down all of our Tobacco

11 Hilling in second yrs ground making ready to Plant greens & Peas etc this evening —, simblings

12 Plowing & Hilling second yrs ground Prizing good Tobacco —

13 Cool Windy & Rainy prizing Tobacco

14 prizing Tobacco & shoemaking & spining

15. nearly done prizing. Hilling in second yrs ground finished to day. yet cool & Windy, setting by fire like winter.