Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

22nd Beautifull weather for business. nearly done Halling up our corn except Hog Corn next to orchard ——

23 Finished gathering & Housing Corn except about 3 Loads next to Orchard for our Hogs yet on stalks Housed nearly ^Bbls150

24 began to cut little growth in new ground joinging[adjoining] Mountain field Sent Henry to mill with 1 Log for Hh^d Stans[?] 3 Bus. wheat & 1 Bbl Corn —

30 Went to Lynchg this week with 41½ Bushel wheat sold at 90¢. got back in 3 days cutting all the time while we were gone little growth in new ground - quite dry & fine weather this day Halling up corn for Mr. Neal & Mr Myers came this morning to work on new House on cutting in new ground — —

Dec. 1st Covered cutting House Mr Myers & me Sent Jacob & Jordan to mill 1 of them for Mr Myers, for a days work Henry Halling corn stalks up & Lila — Balance cutting little growth & grubing in ^groundnew Rained a little in evening —

2nd Raining snowing & Hailing all day very disagreeable day indeed Give our Poeple out their winter shoes And, Malissa Henry alse Jane Ann & Jordan & Fed had Blankets

3. Striping Tobacco in middle Barn 36 33 sticks short 73 sticks Lugs. Fed Made Sally Shoes Lila spining, cleared off to day

4 - cutting little growth in new ground Henry cutting slab Timber for stable

5. Mr Myers getting Boards for Hester Anns stable Henry helping him

1850 Jany 25 cutting in New ground cloudy & warm & like for Rain —

26. cutting & prizing Lugs cloudy & warm

27 Rained all night ground very wet,

28 striped tobacco in new Barn cloudy & like for Rain —warm

29. Finished cutting big growth to day

30. Burning Plant Bed above House^{both days cutting 30 & 31}

31 began to Burn Plant Bed above House On Branch Large weather moderate cloudy & like for ^Rain

Friday 1st Feby 1850. Finished Big Plant Bed above House & fixed for another at new ground & Saturday 2nd Burnt & sewed it

2nd nearly all & it began^{we did not finish} to rain & so

3 clear & windy & cold ——

4 Halled wood waggon & cart Began to mall Jane & Federick Piling or stacking wood

5. Henry malling Balance Burning another Plant Bed in new ground clear & cold this day ——

6 Henry gone to Mr Nealy to Hall wood Finishing Plant Bed at new ground Malling etc - pretty morning

7 Halled wood waggon & cart Fed & Jane malling

8 malled with 3 hands alse Breaking flax yesterday & to, Piling wood & cover all our Plant Beds 3 in all Burnt - cloudy & like for Rain

9 Striping Tobacco in new Barn Raining nearly all day weather moderate.

1850 March 13th Plowing & mending up Log Heaps Windy & moderate - weather

14th Raining this morning took down some good Tobacco & Pack it in Hh^d 10 Layers Sent Jordan to mill Halled up 1 stack Blade fodder - opned all our good Tobacco. & Finished prizing all our Lugs Plowing for corn, Fed etc Faned out Oats this morning & then he went to cut ^{Logs in new ground etc}House

15. Finished Cutting House Logs & began to sew oats by Janes House

16. Prizing Tobacco & took down good Tobacco in Prize Barn. Turned out Lugs & short & put good Hh^d Tobacco under Prize Mr Crews nearly ½ this day —

17. Rained nearly all day I went to Mrs ^Hunts

18. cloudy & moderate weather prizing^{Mr Crews} good Tobacco ½ day Henry gone to shop with waggon Balance of them forking up manure in cow Pen

19. Plowing for corn Halling Barn Logs at new ground & cleaning up for coltering cleared off & fine weather manured Plant Beds Halled leaves to Stables & began to sew Oats again at 12 Oclock, windy day.

20 Sewing Oats Halling out manure on Sweet Potatoe Patch cleaning up new ground

21. Raking & Burning leaves in new ground Sewing Oats, Hitched Logan yesterday to Plow & he Plows elegantly cloudy all ^weekthis

22 Halled up Stack Oats this morning Logan [rioting?], Balance Sewing Oats Began to colter in new ground. Hewing gate Post etc etc etc.

16th aprl 1850 Laying off corn ground in Johns field. coltering & Hilling in new ground

17th cloudy & Raining a little this morning snowed some quite cool, every thing quite backward been wet & cool all the winter & spring to this time but not much very cold weather, not much corn planted yet continues to snow & cool Snowed fast till after 12 Oclock, snow 3 or 4 Inches Deep & If it had not melted at first as it fell, the snow would have been near 10 Inches Deep, quite cool yet Henry gone to shop in evening after waggon Fed shomaking for my W- alse & ann shelling corn Jane & Lila spining

18th april 1850 Real winters mor= =ning Ice snow & ground smartly frozen where the snow has melted - Halling wood shoemaking etc spining —

19. Fencing In the morning Hauled up 1 stack fodder alse & Fed Hilling about 10 oclock Jane & Henry went & commenced Planting corn in Johns field & Planted till 12 & then it rained till night nearly fixed the corn to Keep the Crows from pulling it up 4 spoons Tar. to 6 quarts corn the Tar put in 1 Gall. Boiling water & stired & put in after & let it stay 2 minutes & then roll it in Plaster

20 Raining this morning making Baskets sewing etc etc Buting up cobs -

21st still cloudy & cool I went yesterday to Mrs McCullocks & Mrs Colemans my wife gone to Mrs Hunts to day

22 Rainy & Cool there has been very little fair weather since 20th or 25th march ground so wet we cant do but very little

1850 april 27th The ground is still very wet. We are bedding our second yrs Tobacco Land every thing very late, cattle has very little to eat, - ———— at 12 oclock with 2 Horses ann & myself [droped?] We Planted nearly all our drill corn

28th cloudy warm & like for Rain ^{Hunts & Colemans} I went to Mrs

29. This morning quite cool & clear we are laying off our corn ground alse & ann Hilling in new ground expect to Plant corn at 12 oclock - flies eating Tobacco Plants, putting Plaster manure on them —

30 Planting corn in Johns field began yesterday at 12 oclock far side

May 1st Planting corn in Johns field & finished Just before night, laying off fresh ground Halling manure on Potatoe Patch & scattering very ^clear cool in deed flies eating ^Tobacco Plants very much, weather drying — Planted Simblings Snaps etc etc —

2nd Planting fresh ground corn fixing ^Sweet Potatoe Patch by ^{& Planted it} garden Federick Collering new ground Jacob starts to school to Mrs Walkup, a little ^{last night} frost

3rd Planted nearly 2 squares Greens in Garden Planted Cotton etc etc water mellons cucumbers etc etc Henry & Jane Bedding wet spots for corn, finished Planting corn yesterday except flats — Hilling & coltering got 10 Bus. to sew Sewing Oats this evening^now