Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845 August 20th. Raised barn at new ground this day 22nd Henry this day gone to Doct Whites Mill with wheat corn & a stack & is to bring my Palings Home Fed sick yesterday & day before — Succoring & toping Tobacco this day

26th Picking Turnip Patch & finished Hilling up Lot at Henrys house My wife son Jerry & nurse Ann started from home on yesterday Sunday to go to Charlott cty V^a on a visit to Mr Overbys & Moseleys with Mrs Hunt - Fanny White sick - fine rain yesterday Sunday

Monday ²⁵26th. Clear fine day for travelling

Tuesday 26. clear fine morning Grubing & Phil cutting Henry & Fed gone to Mr L to raise houses — —

27. cutting on Branch & grubbing Mr Lewis spayed 14 shoats & cut six & Turned out 2 young sows & 1 boar Mrs Scrugs put cloth in the loom - My wife did not start to Charlott till Tuesday morning & Pleasant came here same day about 12 & stayed till next evening making ladden etc etc

28th Grubbing & cutting Henry getting slab timber I went to Jno D Hunts & Mrs Hunts, my dear Nanny been gone ever since last Sunday to charlotte, — time seems long

29 Topping succoring and worming Tobacco today - started a letter to Colo Smith about over our

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]

14th Novr. 1849 Clear fine weather — “ “ “ Sent by Jacob to Bro Yates $1.^s worth for of wheat for old Bro Angel. -

15 Gathering corn & Housing ^{at Mr J.D. Hunts} went to Sal[e] Bot at alonzas sale 1 Pad Lock 2 Dutch Plows. singleton & 2½ pr Hames for $1.28

16. cloudy & like for falling weather shucking corn & Housing - Mrs M. here

17. Finished Fanning out our wheat one time Halling stalks leaves & wood. cut & Picked up stalks on Branch in evening. cloudy ^{for Snow}& like

18 Went to Harmony Grove meeting cloudy ^{a little}& Rained

19. Went to Wm Jinnings Sale to get a Horse for Mrs McCullock but faild to get one to suit Halled up 9 Loads of corn to day

20. Shucking & Housing ^corn cloudy & like for Rain Mr. Adams here in Oct & started^ourTucker Clock & it has keep good time ever since

21st Made & Thrashed 176½ Bushels wheat 1849. The tolls of which is a little more than 8 Bushels & 3 Pecks which I Expect the Lord permitting to send to Mr. Pannills to morrow also to carry Twenty Five Bushels to same Place for Mr Lewis — his toll, - I have laid by 17½ & 1 Bushel to Ex at the 1 we got of Mr Neal & have now over 40 a little to sell

22nd Sent to Mr Pannills 8 Bus. & a little over 3 pecks wheat by Henry for toll to Mr Organ for Thrashing our wheat 1849 carried 30 Bushels for Mr Lewis - Halling up corn, nearly have got the Big corn House full - fine weather

1850 Feby 14th Rained very hard last night Finished striping new Barn at 12 oclock Sent yesterday to mill another large Log to mill & 10 Bushels corn & brot home the flooring Plank of large log Sent in Janry. the Large one sent yesterday to be sawed into weather boarding. cloudy & cool —

15 Halled wood for D Neal & malling Broke & swingling flax about this time

16 Malling & Halling Rails around Corn field fence next to Mr. Lewis s. clear & windy - cool

17 A pretty day clear & moderate

18th went to Court bot a Bay mare for Mrs McCullock of Tho^s Walton at 12 months Credit from this day - for $60. I am security for the same, - malling & Piling Rails in new ground. finished swingling flax^{this day}

19 Malling & Piling Rails till evening then Loaded waggon for Lynchg etc

20 Fencing corn fielding [rep?ing] etc started to Lynchg this morning a fine day & good roads, several of our family complaining - malling & Piling Rails

21 & 22 ½ of the day rained & snowed 22nd & cleared off about 10, or 11 Oclock –

22 pretty good day over head roads very^muddy

23 We returned from Lynchg about night sold our Lug Hh^d for $5 - Malling & Piling rails & found them all well

24 cloudy & like for snow my wife gone to Mrs Hunts -

25. Malling & cutting old trees

1850 May 24th Fed gone to mill 1 Bbl corn, Hilling in New ground Henry coltering with 2 Horses in new ground. Plants very small yet, cool clear weather

25 fine Rain last night finished Coltering new ground, Hilling there, expect to get done in one or Two days more, Planted a few Tobacco Hills in new ground, Henry Plowing in corn field up Hh^d to day

26 went to Mrs McCullocks clear day

27 Finished Hilling Our new ground & big second yrs ground & very done all Finished at last sewing Oats On Our Flats this day & Plowed some in corn

28th Finishing Hilling this morning shearing sheep Plowing corn in Johns field clear & fair tolerable warm this morning

29 Cutting off all our new ground Tobacco Hills & Planted a few in evening after Rain

30 Planted about our new ground Took Our Tobacco all ^down we have & Pack it in prize Barn Turned out 1 Hh^d Plowing & weeding corn

31 Plowing & weeding corn in Johns field

¹⁸⁵⁰ June 1st Plowing & weeding corn quite cool this day wind from N.E

2nd A little cloudy & Cool Sunday

3rd Plowing p^s corn by Barn^next Johns spring & fresh ground. finished drill corn Hill next to Mr Lewis Plowed Sweet Potatoes & working them & cotton out.