Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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

14th Sunday Raining & a sleet this morning, Kitty better weather cold & real winter ever since 1st Dec 1845

15. Raining this morning & cant do any thing out striping Tobacco very ^wet about 9 oclock it commenced snowing & at 2 in the evening continues to snow. snow 1/2 shoe Deep, pleasant Day since Decr. came in yet. Snow 7 or 8 Inches Deep

16th Fair & cold snow melted but little

17th Cloudy & like for Rain cutting & Halling fire wood this day ——

18th Raining & we are striping Tobacco snow melted but litte yet. about 1/2 done grubbing new ground.

19 Cold & windy, real winter weather cutting fire wood in new ground

20 this day given Bond to Wm Dews Admr of Mary Stone Decs^d Jno S Lewis Scty for $31.50 for six Bbls corn — I am also Scty. for Mr. J.S. Lewis for $73.50 to same for 14 Bbls corn bot by him at said sale ———— this day Saturday Strait S. meeting is a tremendous cold day & at night the wind blows & is as cold as I most ever saw & there has not been as yet a pleasant day in this month — went to meeting & pd $5. to J T. McL no meeting on acc^t weather Preacher not there

1850 June 18th weeding corn & Plowing Mrs Moseley here, Fanney White married at night to Mr Ja^s M Fitzgerald

19. Weeding Corn & Plowing finished weeding corn & Hilling Lot by Garden for Tobacco & Hilling up Irish^Potatoes

20 working on Garden Harrowing corn finished prizing Tobacco this day the

21st Harrowing corn finished Garden

22nd Harrowing corn choping working corn Plowing cotton etc etc Rained in evening & we planted old Irish Potatoe Patch & here by b[?] Greeens in Tobacco late in evening

23rd warm day & springled rain in evening

24th Planting Tobacco this morning in Lot by Garden & fresh ground - warm weather about this time, -

25 Planting Tobacco in second yrs ground Plants from Mr Simpsons

26. gone after more Plants for second yrs ground, cloudy & warm, — fine growing weather ——— finished planting big second yrs ground & Catherine spiller Patch thinning cotton & replanting new ground Tobacco this evening, Cutting fresh ground wheat this evening etc

27th Rained a little last night replanting new ground Tobacco cutting wheat Began to weed new ground Tobacco at 12 oclock alse, malissa & Kitty, etc.

1851 March 4th Plowing in Fresh field sett ½ Our Logs Heaps on fire & we had work with the fire in & all over that part where had set the Heaps fire fine weather windy day

5 Finished plowing fresh field & gone to Mount[ain] field this evening, Halling Rails at new ground cutting Logs in new ground etc etc

6th March Plowing with 2 Plows in the mountain field Fed & alse halled up oats straw shucks & 1 Load Leaves in Stables overseer Set up Hh^d alseJane cutting in new ground Barn Logs Jordan & Lowry burning Brush etc

7th Rained a little yesterday & all last night & hard to day striping Tobacco in new Barn Sewed Over Our Plant Beds about this

8. Striping Tobacco in new Barn

9. went to Harmony Powerfull freshit[freshet] & Mr^{Plunket not at on Saturday-meeting}

10. Set Our Logs Heaps on fire, Halling wood,

11 Treading Out Oats Halling Rails at Overseers House etc Burning up Log heaps Fair & fine weather for time year

12 working on Road Lila & Jane cutting Barn alse Jordan & Lowry cleaning up in new ground fine day -

13th Began to Sew Oats in Johns field - Began to prize Lugs Lila Kitty & Lowry & ^overseer Beautifull day for prizing &

14 Sewing Oats, halling out wood & Rails out of new ground, Broke Hester Ann & Celam to Plow this week Both Plow very well most done prizing our Lug Hh^d this day

15th Same work as on the 14th fine weather

16th Rained hard last night my wife gone to Mrs Hunts Sent for Cate who has been at Mr Fitzgeralds five weeks & in fact has not been at home much since last Christmas, fine warm days fair Sewed 11 Bushels this day.

1851 March 18th. Rained last night & yesterday Finished striping our Tobacco this day gone to mill 1½ Bbls Corn Sent Henry Halling wood Balance Burning Log Heaps cloudy & Rainy this morning

22nd Began to Coller in new ground yesterday Sewing Oats in Johns field Rained & stoped them they then shelled some corn cleaned out stables & halled leaves etc Lila swingled flax —

23rd Rained & hailed again ground very wet

24th Sent Jordan to mill with 2 Bus. wheat Fed Halling wood Balance at work at the new ground fencing etc — etc —

25th March took part of meat this morning as follows 21 Hams in Bbl 11 midlings in D^o 7 shoulders in D^o 39 p^s put up

2 Hams 2 shoulders 2½ midlings 4 p^s in Box

1851 mar. 25 Coltering in new ground cutting & fencing Henry riving Boards for Barn, fixing start to Lynchg to day at 12 Oclock — with Logs

April^{1850 [1851]}1st Since 25th we have been to Lynchg sold Lug Hh^d etc been fencing & Collering in new ground no rain since 25th March Yesterday we took down our short Tobacco Planting Our Irish Potatoes this day Sewing Oats in Johns field - cloudy & very wary warm weather ——

2nd Rained this day Began to Hill in new ground Sewing Oats next to orchard, - sewed upwards of 40 Bushels to day - Still cloudy & warm Sewed about 45 Bushels in all

3rd finished sewing ^oats at 12 oclock,- Plowing for corn mountain field & at stony point 3 or 4 hands hilling in new ground overseer coltering Turned cool & like for rain - etc etc etc

4th Plowing for corn 6 hands Hilling in new ground with Kitty Jordan & lowry overseer coltering -

5th Henry gone to shop to carry Iron for waggon & 1 p^r besides & Plows balance cleaning up balance of new ground, malling etc etc.