Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845 Sept 23. Cutting Tobacco, 24th cutting Tobacco in second years ground & new D^o

25 Cutting Tobacco & finished  — over once

26 Housing Tobacco this morning & then for stacking Tops

27 Stacking Tops this day -- began yesterday - Light crop of Tops this year —

29 Finished stacking Tops

30 treading out white wheat to sow & succoring Tobacco

Oct. 1st Sewed Tobacco Lot on Branch ^{1845 in wheat} by the Bridge ^{sewed 1/2 Bushel} & cutting^{on mountain}down corn

2nd Cutting down corn in mountain field & Henry Halling logs to Millers mill

3 cart broke down & axeletree made by abbot at meeting House this year alse getting out flax seed & spreading flax Balance Jinking Tobacco House Wrote to Ja^s. D. Moon this day etc etc

6 cutting Tobacco etc etc housing new axletree made by Mr Myer & old Irons put on by him sent 39 lbs seed cotton to Millers Mill

7 Halling up & Housing Tobacco

8 Put up Hogs Pulling corn & cutting trough to feed Hogs getting up 2 Lots Corn at Home Fine rain Last night ——

9. Wet weather 10th still raining

1845 Decemr 1st last night rained & Hailed & sleet this morning 28th & 29th ^ ^noonI sent Henry to Mr W^m Collins Mill with 20 Bushels wheat to be ground into flour etc. he returned with 3 Bbls & about one Bushel flour 1/2 Bbl shorts 1/2 bbl shipstuff & about 15 Bushels Bran started one morning an hour besun [before sun] & returned next evening about sun Down. Killed our last Hogs 29th novr which day I went to Mr Hanfields & Mr McCullocks this morning 1st Decemr. continues to rain & we are shelling corn & spining Federick this 1st Decemr 1845 started to shoemaking at Mrs Hunts

2nd Decr. Hewed Plates for Jane & Henrys house Henry Halled up Mr Neals corn 1/2 the day - alse breaking flax Lila sewing —

13 This week D Lain framed the Top of new House & shingled it with my aid the 11th & 12th & this finished also nailed on Board on Henrys house

10th Decr. Commenced grubbing in new ground, 3 hands & little over half done, this 13th Decr, Kitty is sick taked sick Thursday or Friday - now very sick

1846 Jany 26th Finished cutting I expect to day & then striping Tobacco ———

27 Began to mall in new ground Phil & Fed Henry gone to shop with^Cart Lila & alse finishing striping in the Middle Barn

28. 2 Hands getting gate Post Fed malling alse & Lila stacking wood Mr Myers came here last night & set in this morning to set up Tobacco Hh^ds my wife & F.W. at Mrs Hunt last night & went to Doct Sutfins Beautifull weather about this day

29 Weather moderate, cloudy - Halling up gate Post towards granary Malling in new ground & Piling wood

30 Malling & Henry gone to mill & got 74 feet Hh^d heading

31 Henry & Phil gone to Shields to roll Logs Balance took down Tobacco nearly all day Feby 1st cloudy this morning & like for falling weather my wife gone to Prayer meeting Mr Myers set up 2 Hh^ds & gone home 17 Lambs in Jany lost 5 —

2nd Malling Halling up Tobacco – 3rd Henry Halled wood this day

3. Malling & Prized Tobacco

4th Still fine weather clear Lila been Plowing all this week, Prizing^{to day} Lugs _Lugs malling in new ground — Halled a stack oats yesterday 3rd

1846 Feby 5 Commenced burning Large Plant Bed on Branch before Spring

6th Sewed Plant Bed this morning & fixing plan for sallet Patch Covered small Bed on mountain Henry & Lila plowing for corn Prizing Lugs about this time — Halled up stack straw this day

7th Commenced Raining last night soon the night snowed some, this morning Hailing & snowing, & we are striping Tobacco at New ground, - weather not very cold 19 Lambs to this day — times very hard Tobacco Lugs I am told is selling well Lila complaining & I bled her

8 Tolerable good day I went to Mr McC.

9 This morning very unexpectedly we see the ground covered with snow Striping Tobacco & finishing at new ground

10 Malling & Halling wood etc

11 Malling at new ground 2 hands Henry helping Mr Myers & halling wood Lila Plowing fixed a place to burn sallet Patch

12 Henry Fed & Phil gone to Mr Lewis to roll Logs Lila Plowing alse Digging holes for _ga[tes]

1846 Feby 12 Mr Meyers finished silling up Hh^d this day he is pidling about gates Tu[bs?]etc etc trying to get 13 done this day

14 Saturday Plowing for corn 2 Plows & commenced malling on Branch, worked out till 11 oclock then it began to snow rain etc Very disagreeable evening I went to meeting and striping that day -

15. Trees Hanging with Ice not much snow on ground

16. Court Day Went Sunday evening to Bro Stone on my way to CH. Malling on Branch, Lila & alse cutting old Logs in new ground - Phil cutting on branch Henry & Fed malling commencing snowing soon in morning & we went to striping Tobacco about 10 Oclock all hands Snowed all day & continues on in the night very fast very rough matter

19 Last night a Dreadfull night Rained Thundered & Lightened & freezed, Trees hang=ing with Icicles this morning, striping Tobacco, broke off in the night & quite clear & weather moderate

20 clear & tolerable moderate weather