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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 18
March 9, 1865 - March 17, 1865
1865 March 9th Buried Lucinda looks like Rain again making new ground fence. Sent Bacon to Depot [...ns] Tax in Kind.
10. Went to S. Stone fast day
11th Went to CH. about getting provisions for Gen. Lees Army 12th Stayed at home fine weather Roads Very muddy & Deep
13th Started to get provisions for Lees army gone all day & expect to go tomorrow
Burnt Plant Bed in new ground
Plowing & halled Rilas after 12 March
Fine weather roads drying [unclear]
15. Been out again on same
Went to plantation brot. up 20 Bus seed Oats some short corn for hogs Some [.er..] Grsss seed to sew. Some cabbage & went to Mount Airy.
Began to sew Oats to day.
17th Rained this day Sewed some Oats & Halled Rails
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 2
April 30, 1845 - May 7, 1845
1845 April 30th Prizing good Tobacco - Cloudy & like for rain, but dry & Hot Had no rain to Do much good fine middle March - Hilling on Branch
May 1st this morning look a little like rain --Planted one square Greens this morning Small Shower of Rain at night
21 Planted out our Garden in Greens,Plowing up Cotton Patch Rain almost gone dry & cool this day after shower last night; Finished Hilling little new ground on branch
3 Planted cotton & Irish Potatoes
4 Sunday Rained at night. Went to association, Planted Water Mellons, Potatoe Pumpkin etc on 4th Inst
5 replanting Corn on Mountain Manured Plant Beds, Rained, Borrowed 5 3/4 lb bag & all of Sugar of Mrs Ephraim Lewis this day
6th Still cloudy & Raining this morning prizing Tobacco, & Fed Shoemaking
7 Started Lugs & short Tobacco to Lynchg by Mr Montgomery, began to Plow on mountain field Hilling second years ground
June 4 - 18, 1845
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
July 16, 1845 - August 1, 1845
the Lord to bless with spiritual & temporal blessings. Yesterday it was at Strait Stone meeting house etc etc etc
28th. Still very dry & Cool. Streams all drying up Camp branch along the road by Mrs Smith dry & allmost dusty - a little water above in a whole — — — John McHany Died last July 1845. this year year is another sort worse than 1838 because the Draught is so much more extensive, & no oats hardly made & the most remarkable year ever Known its now July & the ground has not been really wet since 1st March last — 1845 1845
30 Some showers around us but none here - wind has been from NW more or less for a week or 10 days & very drying Corn all vegetables etc drying, Serious times, Treading out wheat and Grubing on branch never was so bad a prospect for corn it has now sold for five Dolls pbl Poeple very sickly about Leesville & in charlotte. Colley Bradley Died last July
aug. 1st. Rained & Hailed about 4 Oclock in the evening a little shower about 12 Oclock last night or Rather this morning about 2 Oclock - the Hardest Rain I ever heard fall but one, 1836.
September 1, 1845 - September 22, 1845
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