Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1848 Novr 14 been Rain’g for 2 or 3 days. Faning out wheat yesterday & to day. Jane spining alse at Kettle still. cloudy & like for Rain,-

15th Went after Rent corn & fodder at Long Hill, -

16 sent Henry to saw mill after Timber etc. Bro^t it home & 1 Bag meal Began to cut ^{Big growth in little new ground}in new ground yesterday

17 Cutting again Henry gone to Cotton Jin 389 lbs Seed Cotton Sent.

20 making cow pen fence this morning pulling up Irish Potatoes etc. Fanning out wheat, clear & cool large frost

21 started to Lynchg with 37.40 Bus. wheat sold for ’90 - got back on Friday the 24th, while we were gone they Grubed till Friday Rainy day spun & shoemaked

25th Halling Rails Fanning out wheat cleaning out stables etc etc etc.

30. We have been grubing cutting some in little new ground & Halling Logs for Henry House This day making cow shelter in Lot Halling leaves & laying foundation of House for steers weather cloudy & not much Rain yet, Bot in all this year 22½ Barrels of Corn

Dec. 4 waggon House blowed down the 2nd Inst. Grubing for several days 4 hands Henry cutting Post & fork etc for waggon & Cart shelter

7- Cloudy & likely for Rain taking down middle House Tobacco

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 aprl 14th. Fed Halling wood 2 Plows laying off one way 3 hands Hilling from 12 oclock^15thcloudy & cool all day

15 very cool & dry windy weather -

16th Every thing Killed by frost I expect this morning, very cool, Laying off to Plant^Corn Hilling & Harrowing beds on bottoms,

17. cloudy & cool all natures in mourning every thing Killed by Cold & frost. weather moderated a little, began to Plant Corn this side branch = finished laying off one way Collard Plants & flax very much Killed by frost

18 Planting Corn Just below House & on Bottoms to day - cloudy & like for Rain at this This morning Rain Hail and snowed a little took Bacon^down& Packed up 35 middlings 35 Hams & 31 shoulders & some p^s very cold & windy weather – Planting all drill corn to day very^{cold windy day} Finished Planting Corn this evening

19. Cold & windy morning, Henry Jane & alse gone to Mrs Colemans to Plant Corn Jordan going to mill 1 Bus. Fed Halling manure & wood & Hilling Ann Hilling Lila breaking Tobacco Lot on Branch My wife & Fanny W. went to Mr Jno D Hunt yesterday about his [Caty?] or [Settoe?] etc etc Henry Jane & Alse went to Mrs Colemans to ^{Plant Corn}

20 Smart frost every thing like vegetation Seems to stop at the cold windy dry weather tho the weather seems to be rather moderating

1849 aprl 20 Henry going to mill with a large Log for Palings & 10 Bushels corn for meal - Hilling & Coltering in new ground Lila breaking lot on Branch —— got the meal & no Paling. 2 Large Logs at Millers mill for Palings

21st Hilling new ground, Broke up Lot on Branch, Henry gone to Mrs Colemans to Plant Corn or lay off the ground The 19 or 20th Henry Jane & Alse was there helping to Plant Corn-- very cool indeed & looks like Winter weather very dry & some times windy -

22 Weather still cool tho moderated a little Flies are eating Tobacco plants. a little cloudy to day & last night

23. clear moderate weather dry & windy & a bad time on Stock, Buds all Killed & wheat & collard Plants Bit etc etc. Hilling & Coltering Henry gone to shop with Horses to shoe etc Written 3 letters 1 Col^o Smith about by Lug Hh^d Tobacco & the articles for Mrs. McCullocks family, one to Mr Bagby for one sack sate 10 lbs steel 1 Bale Cotton one letter to Dan^l for a Bonnet for Fanny White & sent ½ Doll. for Sally a pr of Bl[ac]k [no. ?] shoes — about 5 oclock

24 This morning Henry gone to Lynchg. started with Lugs Hh^d, Hilling in big new ground began to Rain about 12 oclock this day In evening Alse shelling corn Jane spining. Lila Ann & Fed prizing Tobacco —

25 Rained moderately all night. monstrous good Rain weather moderate taking down all our good Tobacco this morning prizing & Packing in Hh^d & Bulking good fine weather in deed very good — Raining nearly all day

26th Aprl 1849 Raining again this morning. seasonable weather, prizing Tobacco shelling Corn & spining this morning Went to Hilling about 9½ oclock to day Henry returned from^Lynchg hour or two Sun in evening gone nearly 3 days good trip

27 Rained nearly all night, prizing good Tobacco this morning uncovering Plant Beds piling up manure etc etc etc

28 prizing Tobacco spining etc this morning Raining cloudy damp weather - nearly all this week - Fed at work on Tray -

29 A Fine day clear, went to Edge Hill

30 little cloudy this morning, Beding up second years ground coltering in new ground & Hilling - - fine growing weather went ^to shop 2 Hands twice

May 1st Went to shop again this morning - Fixed Pea Patch & square for greens myself Henry fixing scarce crows ann & alse Hilling Coltering in new ground Jane & Lila & Henry Beding ^{Finished Beding second yrs Land for Tobacco} second yrs Land Fine weather every thing mends ^{(like vegetation}

2nd Henry started to Lynchg again this morning with fine Hh^d Tobacco all hands Hilling in new ground. cloudy & like for Rain cleared off about night - Planted ^Greens square

3rd prizing Tobacco this morning & Hilling

4. prizing Tobacco & Planted Peas & Corn & Simblings Hilling in new ground, fine weather a little cool. Henry returned from 2 or 3 hours sun this evening.