Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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, Tobacco^Plants 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

1846 March 4th, very pretty day over head Went this day with Mr. J D Hunt to see Mr Jesse Pitts waggon which I bot of Mr Hunt who takes the waggon from Pitts & let me have it complete for the sum of $41.50 with this understanding I pay Principal & Interest when convenient to me he Mr Hunt gives me several years to pay for it by paying In^t

5th Beautiful day over head Phil cutting up Logs for fire wood alse & Henry halling out manure on Potatoe Patch Fed making 2 pr shoes for Lucy Ann children this day —

6. Thrashing out oats, Henry went after a Load of wheat straw to Mrs Hunts.

7. Went after waggon to Pitts, cutting up Trees on Branch fire wood - very pretty Weather over head Snow melted very much,

8. Snow nearly gone this second Sunday a beautifull day over Head —

9 Halling wood & Burning Log Heaps started 1 Hh^d Lugs this day by Geo Bruce, he finds himself & I paying him ferrigage[ferriage] 4$ carriage 75¢ for fodder & he gets 4 Bushels corn in Lynchg at River which I have to Colo Smith to let

him Mr Bruce have the money,^{to pay for}I have this day p^d him for fodder 75 3/9 toll etc 9¢ of which he pays me back If he takes in another Hh^d which he thinks of doing found Mr Bruce also 4 lb Bacon & 2 Gallons meal one Gallon meal to much —

10. Very pretty Day Halling out wood & burning Logs - made Rail body for Cart

11th Halling wood & Rails & Raking leaves in new ground, - Henry Plowing — my wife gone to Mrs Hunts—

12th Sent to Mill Malling on Branch for wood & Plowing for corn, raking & Pileing trash in new ground very pretty weather about this time Planted Irish Potatoe Patch & expect to cover it with leaves —

13 Rained nearly all night & this morning taking down our Tobacco that we have yet to strip, - weather moderate

14 Upsetting Corn field fence Henry Halling leaves to cover Irish Potato Patch very hard rain last night ground very wet Snow & hail all gone,

20th Plowing for corn Fed making Britching Fill Halling wood sewed Peas & Planted Onions Lila sewing oats this week Rolled Logs on Branch & sent 2 hands to Mrs Hunts square in Garden, —

21st Very pretty day Burnt & sewed sallet Bed - Balance Plowing & Halling wood.

1846 April 22nd Planting on side below house Fine weather warm & ground getting a little dry - 3 Swarms bees to this day -

23rd Planting corn on this side Branch

24 Finished this evening Planting Corn all but a little on Branch

25 Cleaning up on Branch & Planted Irish Potatoes in Garden & went to Mill —

26. Tobacco Plants Looks well some leaves as large as a quarter of a Doll. Collard plants plenty Large to set out, -

27. began to prize good Tobacco, manured plant Beds, planted Irish Potatoes & one square Greens in Garden & began to plant cotton, - Breaking up Tobacco Lot by Granary - halled fodder

28 Raining prizing Tobacco finished Planting cotton etc. Fed shoemaking my wife gone to Mrs Hunts -

29. Rained nearly all night ground very wet this morning. making up Cross fence in the field, prizing fine Tobacco & Good to day.

30. Halling & Plowing for Tobacco

May 1st Finished prizing good fine & Lugs this day & nearly done short Tobacco

2 Plowing for Tobacco. Hilling in new ground

1846 June 23 This morning quite & finish =ing Plowing & weeding fresh ground allmost ruined with grass & wet etc. weather quite cool last Rain we had was last Friday — — I expect to send to Mill Mill sent to mill — cloudy to night & weather a little warmer

June 24th Plowing & weeding corn cut Lots wheat at 12 Oclock Plowing Cotton Sweet & Irish Potatoes & Hilling them up

25 Fair day & moderate, trying to get done Plowing & weeding corn to day Pompey foundered & cant Plow

26 Cutting wheat at Stony Point today Finished at 12 Oclock Bot 5 Bb^ls corn at Mrs M Stones sale last fall at $525, 5 Bbls D^o in Lynchg at $3.70 Mrs Hunt gave me 1 Bbl which comes in good time as we are laying by Our corn & our corn nearly out

27th Weeding out Branch Tobacco today sent to shop layed by all corn this side ^branch

29th Laying by corn & weeding Tobacco on Branch sent for Doct. Thompson for alse