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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 2
January 3 - 9, 1846
1846 Jany 3rd Cutting Big growth in new & trying this day to finish grubbing Phil gone to mill, carried our last cotton to Pick & 1/2 Bushel Buck Wheat & 1/2 Bbl for cows
4th Jany Sunday a Beautiful morning weather moderate snow that fell 1st Decem nearly gone some Ice in road Jany has been moderate as yet
5. Another Beautifull morning weather moderate Began to cut wood wood to burn Plant Bed on mountain, finished grubbingin new ground nearly
6th This morning raining moderately the weather moderate, we are striping Tobacco Rained Hard nearly all day Turned cold, & a Dreadfull night ——
7 Weather more moderate cloudy tho not raining striping Tobacco at new ground 3 hands, Phil gone to mill Federick shoemending, ground is very Wet about this time, snow nearly gone
8 in the morning cloudy & snowed a little Turned off windy & cold
9th a fine morning, we cutting in new ground & halling wood Pleasant making gates, 8 & 9
January 26, 1846 - February 4, 1846
1846 Jany 26th Finished cutting I expect to day & then striping Tobacco ———
27 Began to mall in new ground Phil & Fed Henry gone to shop withCart Lila & alse finishing striping in the Middle Barn
28. 2 Hands getting gate Post Fed malling alse & Lila stacking wood Mr Myers came here last night & set in this morning to set up Tobacco Hhds my wife & F.W. at Mrs Hunt last night & went to Doct Sutfins Beautifull weather about this day
29 Weather moderate, cloudy - Halling up gate Post towards granary Malling in new ground & Piling wood
30 Malling & Henry gone to mill & got 74 feet Hhd heading
31 Henry & Phil gone to Shields to roll Logs Balance took down Tobacco nearly all day Feby 1st cloudy this morning & like for falling weather my wife gone to Prayer meeting Mr Myers set up 2 Hhds & gone home 17 Lambs in Jany lost 5 —
2nd Malling Halling up Tobacco – 3rd Henry Halled wood this day
3. Malling & Prized Tobacco
4th Still fine weather clear Lila been Plowing all this week, Prizingto day Lugs Lugs malling in new ground — Halled a stack oats yesterday 3rd
February 5, 1846 - February 12, 1846
1846 Feby 5 Commenced burning Large Plant Bed on Branch before Spring
6th Sewed Plant Bed this morning & fixing plan for sallet Patch Covered small Bed on mountain Henry & Lila plowing for corn Prizing Lugs about this time — Halled up stack straw this day
7th Commenced Raining last night soon the night snowed some, this morning Hailing & snowing, & we are striping Tobacco at New ground, - weather not very cold 19 Lambs to this day — times very hard Tobacco Lugs I am told is selling well Lila complaining & I bled her
8 Tolerable good day I went to Mr McC.
9 This morning very unexpectedly we see the ground covered with snow Striping Tobacco & finishing at new ground
10 Malling & Halling wood etc
11 Malling at new ground 2 hands Henry helping Mr Myers & halling wood Lila Plowing fixed a place to burn sallet Patch
12 Henry Fed & Phil gone to Mr Lewis to roll Logs Lila Plowing alse Digging holes for ga[tes]
February 12, 1846 - February 20, 1846
1846 Feby 12 Mr Meyers finished silling up Hhd this day he is pidling about gates Tu[bs?]etc etc trying to get 13 done this day
14 Saturday Plowing for corn 2 Plows & commenced malling on Branch, worked out till 11 oclock then it began to snow rain etc Very disagreeable evening I went to meeting and striping that day -
15. Trees Hanging with Ice not much snow on ground
16. Court Day Went Sunday evening to Bro Stone on my way to CH. Malling on Branch, Lila & alse cutting old Logs in new ground - Phil cutting on branch Henry & Fed malling commencing snowing soon in morning & we went to striping Tobacco about 10 Oclock all hands Snowed all day & continues on in the night very fast very rough matter
19 Last night a Dreadfull night Rained Thundered & Lightened & freezed, Trees hang=ing with Icicles this morning, striping Tobacco, broke off in the night & quite clear & weather moderate
20 clear & tolerable moderate weather
March 21, 1846 - March 31, 1846
1846 March 21st. Fed made our waggon Britching, sewing oats back Garden
22nd Sunday. very pretty day —
23 began to make Tobacco Hdls on Branch. Jane doing up Beds and Garden 3 Plows sewing oats Phil coltering in new ground, fine weather, TobaccoPlants up in mountain Plant Bed
24 Rained & we are striping Tobacco
25. This day finished Striping Tobacco 12 Oclock, & then plowing for corn & Tobacco Lot. Hilling on Branch & Phil to mill Twice — done prizing lugs & prizing short tobacco - took all our short down nearly —
26 Sewing oats Hilling on Branch & coltering new ground
27. do the same sort of work
28. went to Chalk Level myself doing same sort of work Sewed 17 or 18 Bus. oats
29. weather moderate Went to Mrs Hunt Henry Killed Mrs Hunts horse Tombury hired to do so by J D Hunt.
30. Sewing oats colter new ground, Hilling on Branch on hill sides — weather moderate —
31st Finished sewing oats except some wet Spots Shrubing Oats at Stony point