Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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

1848 Oct 6 Digging Irish Potatoes first planting Turn out moderate Began to sew wheat in fallow Land fresh field firing Tobacco in prize Barn & mountain Barn weather moderate, clear, to day. -

7. A Fine morning, cutting second ^groundyrs Tobacco, & Henry sewing wheat in fresh ground

8. clear moderate ^{Lucy A. Clements Baptized to}day by Bro Plunket

9th clear & cool, firing Tobacco sewing wheat & Cutting down corn & Halling it up, cut Buck Wheat

12 Halling up Tobacco & Corn, smart frost weather cool Sewing wheat in fresh ground & Choping bushes etc began to sew wheat big prize Barn,

13th Sewing wheat. Halling wood etc Choping Bushes in fresh ground cloudy and like for Rain Cool

14. Sewing wheat in second yrs Tobacco Land, firing Tobacco at mountain field & Cutting down corn stalks there & Piling Rocks, Mr Hagood got Leather & thread to make myself & wife a pair shoes weather clear & moderate - 5¼ lbs warp filing & bag carried to Mrs Tuckers

15 went to Mrs Smiths clear & warm

16 Sewing wheat in fresh Tobacco Land Henry gone to Doct Whites mill 1½ Bbls