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

14th Sunday Raining & a sleet this morning, Kitty better weather cold & real winter ever since 1st Dec 1845

15. Raining this morning & cant do any thing out striping Tobacco very ^wet about 9 oclock it commenced snowing & at 2 in the evening continues to snow. snow 1/2 shoe Deep, pleasant Day since Decr. came in yet. Snow 7 or 8 Inches Deep

16th Fair & cold snow melted but little

17th Cloudy & like for Rain cutting & Halling fire wood this day ——

18th Raining & we are striping Tobacco snow melted but litte yet. about 1/2 done grubbing new ground.

19 Cold & windy, real winter weather cutting fire wood in new ground

20 this day given Bond to Wm Dews Admr of Mary Stone Decs^d Jno S Lewis Scty for $31.50 for six Bbls corn — I am also Scty. for Mr. J.S. Lewis for $73.50 to same for 14 Bbls corn bot by him at said sale ———— this day Saturday Strait S. meeting is a tremendous cold day & at night the wind blows & is as cold as I most ever saw & there has not been as yet a pleasant day in this month — went to meeting & pd $5. to J T. McL no meeting on acc^t weather Preacher not there

1849 May 5th Beding Cotton Patch & Planted Cotton Watermellon Simblings etc etc this day & negroes have Holliday after Picking Plant Beds etc — Henry come back in a little more than 2½ days

6 cloudy all day & Rained a little

7 Taking down Tobacco, short, this morning prizing & Hilling cloudy & like for Rain - a little cool this morning

8 prizing Tobacco & Hilling new ground

9 Coltering & Hilling new ground rained a little this morning - cloudy & like for Rain

10 cloudy & like for Rain - Finished yesterday Collering our new ^{both ways} ground & expect to get done Hilling this day new ground fine growing weather. preparing for greens & Irish Potatoes this morning etc began to Rain in evening & we lacked a little of finishing the new ground

11th Rained all night & very cool indeed wind N E, quite cold children stayed all night at Bro. Dews at Miss Marthas wedding Planted out greens yesterday prizing & steming Tobacco this morning - Tobacco Plants small Henry gone to mill cart 7½ Bus. Corn^mealfor stoped raining about 12 Oclock tho cloudy

19 It has been quite cool & Rainy all the week, nearly done hilling second yrs Land went to Lynchg on Tuesday Broke down & pestered tho not a great deal Mr John Ward lent us a pr of wheels & we went on & Returned Friday sold our Tobacco 3.80 3.30 4.55 & $5.90

1849 May 20th Nights till very cool some poeple planted Tobacco We have not yet

22. Planted about 7 or 8000 Tobacco Hill Planted Irish Potatoes seed to day Plowing Corn & weeding. Planted last square Greens

23 Replanted corn on Branch & weeding drill Corn. Planted Peas & Corn on Branch

24th weeding drill Corn, Plowing & Harrowing weather fine, cloudy & a ^little like for Rain nearly done Plowing p^s cheek corn below house Cut Mrs Coleman colt. done by Bro. Wm Dews

25 Weeding corn below house Plowing & Harrowing weather cool, finished weeding p^s below the House, & all drill corn nearly except ^branch

26th Raining this morning & last night & all day shoemending spining shelling corn etc. weather Cool & Rain from N. E.

27th cloudy & Rainy this morning, quite cool Put Lady Jane to Mr Collins Horse kept by Free Patrick I am to pay Five Dolls for a Colt. no Colt no pay, =

28 Thundered & lightened this morning Rained hard & raining nearly all day very wet time in deed. weather more warm — Planted 3 or 4000 Hills mon in big new ground Tobacco Hills last Saturday 27th Inst.

29th Planting & expect to finish all new ground to day - Cutting off & Planting -

30 My waggon started for Lynchg with Mr Lewis’s Tobacco 1 Hh^d at $4 Fernage & tollage all p^d, Planted our new ground Tobacco except a Bottom in it. Planted a little of our second yrs Land now Bushing Oats & wheat thining Corn etc very wet time & warm Thining corn & gone to mill this morning

31st May - Thundered cloud in night & rained very hard Brot from mill this week 3 Bbls meal

1852 sept 26th cloudy this morning, & like to Rain,- Turned cooler wind for 3 days S. E. -

27th Cutting & Hanging Tobacco on Branch in Lot & new ground Second Cutting in Lot In new ground this evening Stacking fodder at night cutting Tops in morning

28 Finished the Lot except Branch yesterday to day cutting on Branch & in new ground -

29th Sent Fed to Mill this morning 6 Bushels Wheat 2½ Bus. corn beautifull weather Began to Cut Tobacco in fresh ground this morning cutting Tops in morning Finished Stacking Blade fodder, put up 16 stacks one in House - fine weather —

30 Cutting Tobacco in fresh ground yesterday cut there to day we cut & Hung there

Oct 1st Stacking 1st stack ^{First Cutting}tops, & gatheing Rice ^Beans

2 Finished Stack & gather Peas fine weather

3. fine day went to Mrs McCullocks

4- Fixing to Stack 2nd Stacks tops worming & Succoring tobacco & succorin like for Rain

5. cleared off we are stacking the other ^topsstack this morning clear fine weather at this

6th succoring & worming & Housing prize House of Tobacco 7th Finished & sent for my yearlings at ^McHaneysMrs

8 Cutting & Halling up fresh ground corn gathering Rice Beans cotton Peas etc etc clear & fair weather warm —

9th clouded up & looks like for rain Halling up corn after filing fresh ground Barn with fine Tobacco in the evening Rain all tho Tobacco we have cut in new ground Barn –

10 went to meeting Rained in night & all the ^(morning

11th Finished Halling up fresh ground corn shucked out 5 Bbls & put it in House Mr W^m Dews altered celam this day for me