Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1848 Oct 16 weather cloudy & like for Rain my wife gone to Mrs Hunts

17. Finished sewing fresh ground Tobacco Land 3½ Bushels sewed one that white from Mr McCullocks - weather cloudy & Rainy began to Hall up stalks from mountain field & sew that, Rainy & ground to[o] ^{to Plow}wet

18. Rained a fine Rain commenced Sewing Tobacco Lot this morning, white wheat from Mr McCullocks

29 Firing Tobacco & Digging Sweet & ^BushelsIrish Potatoes & finished sewing Lot

20 & 21st Firing Tobacco Halling stalks from mountain field & finished sewing that in wheat.

23rd gone to Mr. Jno D Hunts after Bricks to Lay Dining Room floor & get apples waggon & cart - cloudy & like for Rain Give Bro Angel ^{got 525 Bricks} 1½ Bus wheat carried it to Bro Yates for him about 10 ^agodays

24 Halling corn from stony with waggon 9 Loads this in all

30. Shucked out & put up corn from stony point. gathered corn at home 4 Loads & to day shucking that Halling up stalks from stony point Put up Fatting Hogs this day the Ballance say 19 now & 3 some time ago & Dick in yard

Nov. 1st Seeding wheat in Lot, ^{by Mallisas house}at home

2nd Finished there & gone to stony pint

1848 Dec 18th Cutting in new ground little growth this week —

19th started to Lynchg with wheat & Turkeys got back 21st & sold Turkeys for 50¢ & wheat for 90¢ got back in 3 days —

22nd Finished striping mountain field barn Tobacco this day —

23rd Killed our Hogs this morning & salted them up etc 20 in number

24 likely for Rain

25 went to Mrs Hunts & it Rained

26 quite cool this morning & somewhat cloudy = —— Tolerably good days

27 began to snow in morning about 5 Snowed & Rained nearly all day snow about one or Two Inches Deep Brot over cattle from stony pint this morning & have not fed them till now

28 Very pretty day Snow melted Smartly tolerable cool

29 Raining this morning, striping Tobacco in Middle Barn snow melting very much, weather moderate

30 cleared off in morning early Striped Tobacco in prize barn Halled 3 Loads wood & 1 load straw in evening

31st Tolerable good^dayquite cool snow not gone yet, my wife gone to Mrs Colemans to day & wheat Looks remarkable well, for time of year —

1849th Jany 10th Very cold this morning clearing & Halling Pine Brush & wood last night from some cause or another the Fire was made up about 4 O clock in morning & a spark Poped out on the chair that my wifes wearing apparel was put the over night, which Caught fire & the Blaze waked me & I succeeded in puting it out tho her frock Handkf & apron entirely burnt up with several other things —

11th very cold & Clear, cutting wood for Plant Beds near house — Lila Breaking flax, – smart^{snow on ground}

12th Cut wood for Plant Beds till 12 oclock & then went to new ground. Clear & Cool

13 Halling wood cart & waggon

14 Sunday Raining weather moderate

15 ground very wet snow all gone Taking down balance of middle barn Tobacco. Henry gone to Glenns Mill with 8 Bus. wheat for flour & ½ Bbl corn for meal, weather moderate & windy ground very wet — Jacob went to school to Mr. Shelton from Mrs Colemans 2 days last week & started again this morning. – he is to Board at Mrs Colemans till Friday evening Saturday morning every week & then come home.

1849 Jany 26 Finishing Plant Beds above House sewing^{& Fencing} covering etc - cloudy & like for Rain — weather warm — 1 Bed Large one 15 yds Square & the other 11 yds Square

27th Cutting Large growth in new ground & Halling Rails for Corn field fence, James East relinquished his Lease of Hill field Plantation this & its rented to AW Worshom & Tho^s East Junr ^{son of Thomas East}

28 cloudy & like for Rain, my wife gone to Mrs Hunts 29 gone to Mrs Hunts etc

29 cutting big growth in big new ground weather moderate a like like Rain

31 Loaded waggon with Lugs & started to Lynchg about 10 Oclock wednesday & got back Friday night about 1 Oclock in night made trip in 2½ days sold Lug at 1-60,- carr^d nearly 1000 lbs while we were gone made little new ground fence Halled wood, & making up out side corn field fine weather cleared off last night tho it has been cloudy & Rainy all the week, nearly

Feby 1-2nd Fencing out side corn field [fr?] – 3. Still D^o weather cloudy & cool 4 Rainy- 5. Still cloudy & Rain

5. Striping ^{Halled up a stack Oats & straw to rack}Tobacco in new ground barn

6 Malling Halling wood & cleaning up new ground, - weather windy & cool

7. Sent Henry to Doct Whites Mill 1 Large Log for Paling & 2 Bags Corn 1 Bbl - malling & stacking wood etc etc etc

8 Have 5 Logs at mill only bro^t home one Rolled Logs in Little new ground after 12 oclock, put up about 6 or 7 heaps & car^d out the wood malled before Rolling ^{swingling flax} Lila 

1849 Feby 9th cleared off & weather moderate malling car^d wood out of new ground

10 clear & a fine day moderate

11 cloudy & like for Rain or snow malling & Plowing, for corn. alse^{corn Land}shrubing

17. Have been malling in new ground & Plowing ½ this day since 11th. Halling wood leaves Hay to granary for seed, & Halled up Oats etc. yesterday & to day burnt Plant Bed in big new ground & sewed & covered it this day

18. This morning snowing weather cold Had 5 lambs & lost 3 to this day -

20 went to Court yesterday 19. qualified as Exec. to Mr ^Jere M^cCullocks will weather cold & Clear snow 3 or 4 Inches^deep shoemaking making swingling flax spining & making Bars etc etc to day sowing clover seed etc swingling fax & spining — cloudy & like for snow

22 Snowed again Monday evening & this morning again snow about 4 Inches deep yesterday & to day striping Tobacco in new ground barn got out our seed Oats yesterday, 3 stacks single

23 Finished new ground barn 12 oclock taking some down in prize barn & shelling corn still cloudy, snow melting

24 striping Tobacco in Prize barn weather moderate snow melting my wife & Cate & Jerry gone to Mrs M^cCullock

26 cloudy & like for Rain or snow. gone to mill malling & cutting Logs for barn - —