Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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

18 Aug 1847 Catharine Spiller started to Pine_ =ville to Miss L Wilson’s School at Pineville Academy. Board at Mr & Mrs Clark @ $7 pr month $10 for Tuition of 5 months - Board & Tuition $9 pr month - fine weather

23rd Too wet to Thrash wet. Succoring & worming & Topping Tobacco on Branches here & at Johns

25 Rained all day yesterday yet cloudy succoring^worming& toping^{ground etc}new Jacob P Graves starts to Mr. Waddel to school @ not quite $1 pr. month for the time he goes.

27 Thrashed out our wheat

30 Cloudy & foggy this morning succoring & topping Tobacco this morning Rained very hard Saturday evening —

31 Talton & Henry put up chimney to House for Jane. began Monday 29 & worked 2½ days & went Home sick

Sep 1st Pulling fodder in fresh ground & cutting Buck Wheat there yesterday alse & Fed went to Mr Hunt to pay for Epp & Allen helping me to thrash our wheat —

2 Pulling Fodder in big field to day Tying up Blade fodder etc etc Ann & Jane in House. Henry at Mr. Lewis^{Raising barn}

3 Worming & succoring Tobacco this morning Henry gone to mill weather good

4 Succoring Tobacco & worming to day.

6 Succoring & worming Tobacco weather^fine

17 Been succoring Tobacco & Finished Pulling Fodder 15th now stacking