Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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

1846 April 4th Planting Snaps & Corn in Garden Sewed flax in second years Ground

6 Sewed Pepper finished sewing oats. Fed Coltering in new ground alse & Mallisa hilling Philip going to mill & shop all day

7. Plowing for corn Coltering & hilling in new ground Phil gone to Mr McCullock after Sweet Potatoe Seed ours all rotten Weather very pretty, ground a little hard Lady Jane Lame - 8 Of our wild hogs come up this morning, (4 out yet,

8 this morning raining, our Tobacco in order prizing short Tobacco & Packing good & fine this day, quite a cold rain soon this morning warm an elegant season

9th Cleared off cool, took all of our Tobacco^down nearly done prizing Lugs & short Henry & Lila plowing for corn, Phil halling manure on Sweet & Irish Potatoe Patch, - have been packing down good & fine Tobacco to day

10 Plowing for corn coltering & hilling in new ground all of our wild hogs up

11th this morning & yesterday warm & cloudy rained a little elegant weather for every thing work the same as yesterday, except in the evening to finish coltering lot at fodder stack

12th Raining this morning Manured our Plant Beds yesterday ([illegible] this day in

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

1846 July 30 Rained quite hard last night beeting apples - 30 Succoring Tobacco & worming began to Hill up lots for the last time Sewed Turnip Patch & also in lot by Tobacco House

31st Getting up apples this day –

August 1st Plowing & finishing hilling up Lot by prize Barn & Beeting apples this

2nd Sunday & cloudy but no rain

3rd cloudy this morning Toping worming & Succoring Tobacco this morning Sent Henry Clay to Mrs Hunt to go Lynchg alse Drying apples this morning —

4th Getting up apples to Beet to day Fair & beautiful weather

5 Working Tobacco Lots by & above Granary

6 Beeting apples & finishing lots

7 Plowing & Hilling up Branch Tobacco

8 Went after Mr JD & CA Hunts Still & working as Friday & done on Branch yet

9th Weather dry & Hot corn begins to suffer a little for Rain —

10 Finishing hilling up Tobacco on branch Henry gone back to Mr Hunts after still worm & tub etc little shower of rain at Mrs Hunts yesterday a little here last night after we got home weather dry & very warm, began to dry peaches this morning

11 Worming & succoring tobacco

12 Stilling most of this week

13 Went to see Capt Coleman & he Died about 9 or 10 Oclock in morning

14 he was Buried this day our hands at work On Road Malissas child a Girl Born on the 12 Inst Inst at night—

to Fanny White & sent the Bundle & letter to Mr. Grastys to carry to Court to send on to Fanny White as Mr Hubbard failed to go on to Beulah association at Milton this morning Bundle still here Mr. Grasty did not go to Court ^{sent the letter on 26th by} _{mail to Milton}

22nd cutting Tobacco at second years ground & new ground to day yesterday cut Granary lot

26 Finished cutting over Once & stacking Tops & got up 2 Loads corn in all Lila taken sick yesterday Evening & this morning 26th her child Born 10 ^A.M.Oclock

27 Went to Mr McCullock several sick

28 Halling up Tobacco nearly filled prized Barn & new ground barn

29. succoring Tobacco etc Cut Lot by ^Houseprize

30. firing Tobacco etc

Oct. 1 Put up Hogs to Fatten

Oct. 2 Halling up Corn & finished right ^{side^ PulCornpulling} Shucking out corn to day -

4 Sunday fair give alse a Rake of ^{ague & Fever}Tarter for

5. Cutting Lot Tobacoo by Granary Digging Irish Potatoes & Henry Halling wood & Rails

6 cutting Tobacco on Branch Henry halling rails at stack & Rocks to build chimney

7 Cutting Buck Wheat. Digging Irish Potatoes. Making wine, alse sick Housed about 15 or 20 Bbl corn wrote to Capt Boxley 8 shucking corn etc

9 & 10 Housing Tobacco shucking & Housing^corn

11 Geo. W. Coleman Funeral Preached by Elder J. T. McLaughlin 85 Pslam 8V. weather cool

12 began this evening to Sew wheat big Granary - night it rained all night