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 —

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 

21st clear & Cool packed down in prize Barn good Tobacco from new ground barn took down yesterday =Mourning a black cow had a calf Heifer last night =

22 Prizing Lugs & nearly done -

23 Sent to Mrs Hunts to Roll Logs Plowing for corn & Hilling in little new ground

24. Settled Mrs Colemans account Current Plowing for corn sewing Oats Hilling & halling Rails out of new ground Jane & Jordan cleaning up in new ground - fair good day for 2 days

24 cloudy & like for Rain this morning Sewed only 7 Bus. Oats to this day, -

25 Raining nearly all day I went to Mrs Colemans to see Kitt -

26 this morning clear & cool – Halling Rails & wood & cleaning up new ground this day Raking etc

27 Sewing Oats at stony point Raking Plowing for Corn at home shrubbing for Oats ———

28 Raking burning leaves Grubing Oat Land Sewing Oats & Plowing for Corn Rained a little cloudy & cool Went to Mrs Coleman last night about 12 Oclock in night, also in morning to see Kit who is very Sick Had the appraisement at Mrs McCullock

29 Sewing Oats coltering new ground cleaning up flax Patch Hilling & Plowing for corn [smudge] shoats

30 spayed 13 & Cut 9 & 5 too small to alter coltering & sewing Oats fine weather.

1849 April 6 Weather fine & clear, onions salsafy Beets come up very pretty on Hill Oats coming up well - .

7 Coltering in Big new ground Plowing on Branch for Corn -

8 Fair morning & Beautifull weather ground a little hard clouded up in evening

9. cloudy & like for Rain this morning Planted 1 Bus. Sweet Potatoes seed got from Sister Colemans & 1 peck of Our Own except the peck, all of Ours Rotted, last ^{the 7th}Saturday

10 cloudy & like for rain weather good Planted Sweet Potatoes this morning got 1½ Bushels from Mrs McCullocks Plowing on Branch for corn coltering & Hilling in new ground Nearly done Plowing for Corn

11th Finished D^o & Coltering new ground ^way one - 2 Hands Hilling weather cool & windy Cut little Bull yearling to day - Laying off to Plant Corn, one way My wife & all walk to Mrs Hunts to day we have 12 Lambs & have lost about 10

12. clear & cool laying off & Began to Plant corn this morning = Planting some water melon seed in^{Sweet Potatoe Patch}

13. Planting corn left hand of Path by ^Barn middle Laying off for Planting Corn clear & Cool

14 Laying off & Planting^cornleft hand of Path - clear & cool this morning Put stack fodder & stack Oats in house about this time Planted Corn field snaps by middle barn Finished Planting corn the other sid[e] branch next to middle barn laying off to Plant this side branch Harrowing Beds for drill Corn