Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1849 Feby 9th cleared off & weather moderate malling car^d wood out of new ground

10 clear & a fine day moderate

11 cloudy & like for Rain or snow malling & Plowing, for corn. alse^{corn Land}shrubing

17. Have been malling in new ground & Plowing ½ this day since 11th. Halling wood leaves Hay to granary for seed, & Halled up Oats etc. yesterday & to day burnt Plant Bed in big new ground & sewed & covered it this day

18. This morning snowing weather cold Had 5 lambs & lost 3 to this day -

20 went to Court yesterday 19. qualified as Exec. to Mr ^Jere M^cCullocks will weather cold & Clear snow 3 or 4 Inches^deep shoemaking making swingling flax spining & making Bars etc etc to day sowing clover seed etc swingling fax & spining — cloudy & like for snow

22 Snowed again Monday evening & this morning again snow about 4 Inches deep yesterday & to day striping Tobacco in new ground barn got out our seed Oats yesterday, 3 stacks single

23 Finished new ground barn 12 oclock taking some down in prize barn & shelling corn still cloudy, snow melting

24 striping Tobacco in Prize barn weather moderate snow melting my wife & Cate & Jerry gone to Mrs M^cCullock

26 cloudy & like for Rain or snow. gone to mill malling & cutting Logs for barn - —

1849 March 14th cloudy & Rainy this day striping Tobacco & trying to finish, - warm wet weather, Finished striping Tobacco this evening

15th Rained nearly all night cloudy damp weather & moderate. More cloudy weather this past winter & march up to day than I ever saw. Decemr. was cloudy damp moderate weather. Janry was cold & some snow. Feby windy cold weather March has been wet all the time, no Oats sewed yet in this neighborhood Fencing corn field fence to day & halling wood with waggon,- Finished fence -

16 Still cloudy & damp Plowing & began to colter in new ground this day -

17 Coltering in little new ground & ^{one way}nearly done Plowing for corn alse shrubing for corn Henry fixing garden etc helping me weather foggy in morning & then cleared off pretty day again which makes 2 this month

18 Pretty day & went to Bro. Stones toPittsy^acourt to get Mrs Cullocks & Mrs Colemans Papers

19 went to court. clear pretty day —

20 Fanning out Oats & began to sew oats this morning, carried 4 Bushels to stony pint to day Fed & alse at new ground - - & Jordan clouded up & began to Rain about 11 Oclock Lila Plowing for corn at home X Pink had a cow calf Sunday 18th last

21 Rained very yesterday evening & last night cleared off & Cool to day prizing Lugs & cleaning up new ground

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.