Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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 August 2nd - Another shower Rain We are pulling up fence where the ^windwind Blew down last night, & toping Tobacco & Expect to Sew Turnip Patch this evening - put up steps at chamber doder^door this Branch Camp branch So called as high as I ever saw it in my life

3 good showers Rain about here today

4. Sun shng shining grubing & cutting on Branch, Halling manure to turnip Patch & Rails for Hog Pen

6th Yesterday Rained moderate and we Rep =lanted the Lot at Lilas House & the granary Lot & began to Hill up Lots & new ground - Fed shoemaking Henry cutting on branch alse breaking flax Phil gone to shop

9th. Hilling up new ground Tobacco Plowing Greens in Garden

18th. The weather has generally been seasonable since the 1st August. Working Out Garden this morning. Went to Lynchburg 13th & 14 to get Paints to Pain[t] House,-

21. Rains every night or day & sometimes both machine got out Mrs. Hunts, wheat woodings machine Wrote to Mr Taylor Painter to come the 15th & do our work.

1845 Sept. 1st Covered in Tobacco House & began to Pull fodder here at Home -- Mr Taylor & Birchet Came at night to commence painting our House ———————

2nd Sept Sent for my wife. Just returned from charlotte Mr Taylor & Birchet Painting outside House - Pulling fodder

12th Finished Pulling fodder at stony point Painted the roof of our House this day

15 Cutting Tobacco, –

16 Cutting Tobacco & finished Pulling fodder Finished Painting outside of House

17 Painters Finished this evening

18 Painters left this morning Succoring Tobacco & cutting tops etc this day

20 & 21 I am sick & failed to go to meeting at Strait Stone

22 Picking Turnip Patch, Halling Rails & wood Phil gone to Rice Lila spining Balance cutting Tobacco

20 Sent to Mrs. Hunts for some flour which she gave my wife, flour Bbl full