Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845 March 6th Fanny W Catharine S & Jacob P Graves starts to school to Mr Stanfield this day. F. W. goes at $1.50 pr month the other two at $1 pr mo 20 days to the month pay by the mo counting only the days they go to school-----

This day 6 march all 2 go !School attendance, spring 1845 |!Date |! Notes|Days| |------|-------|-----:|

Friday 7	3 went two days this week	2
" 14	3 went two days this week	2
" 21	2 went 5 days this week	5
" "	F. W. went 2 days this week	2
" 28	3 went 4 days this week	4
Friday April 4	3 went 5 days this week	5
" 11	3 went 5 days this week	5
" 18	3 went 5 days this week	5
" 25	3 went 5 days this week	5

at Mr Stanfields

!School attendance, spring 1845 (continued) |!Date |! Notes|Days| |------|-------|-----:|

May 2	Went all the week 3 5 days	5
" 9	Went 1 day this week 3	1
16	Went 2 days this week	2
" 23	Went 5 days this week 3	5
" 30	F W went 3 days
Jacob & Catharine 2 went 5
June 6	F. W. went one day this week
" "	J. P. & C. S. went 4 days " "
" 13	went 1 day 3 sch	1
" 20	3 went 4 days this week	4
" 27	3 went 3 days this week	3

1846 Jany 4 Raining a little all day striping 1847—tobacco in prize Barn —

5 taking down Tobacco in prize ^{this morning} barn going to saw & Grts mill to day waggon stock for Hh^d staves & meal 10½ Bushels cutting little growth in new ground

6 cutting in new ground

7 began to Rain about day this morning after the morning it Rained hailed & snowed & about night Turned very cold, yellow Bull calf crippled & Died

8 very cold cutting ^{big trees this day began}in new ground Lady Jane very sick but got ^{in evening}well

9 Cutting big trees & Henrys axe broke Jacob gone to shop & Henry halling ^wood weather a little moderated last evening

10 Sunday cloudy & cold & at began to hail Rain & snow & very bad night

11 Striping Tobacco in big barn & halling wood in evening. I went to see B.L ^{& [?]}& E[?]

12 Cutting in new ground —

13 D^o D^o D^o

14 D^o D^o D^o

15 D^o D^o D^o

16 D^o D^o & nearly finished^{this day}

17. a pretty day & we all went to meeting

18. Halled wood & finished cutting new ground except barn Logs

19 Cutting wood for Plant Beds & Halled straw fodder & Leaves

20. Commenced Snowing early last^night & snowing fast in the evening this day yesterday evening we found in my field at Stoney point 12 of our sheep Dead & had the appearance of being Killed by a Dog Striping Tobacco in prize barn

1847 25th Augt. Jacob ^{James Dearing}started to school & this week went 2 days

Sept 3rd Friday went 1 hr week 4 days “ 10 went 4 days 1 hr week 4 “ 17 went 5 days 1 hr week 5 “ 21 went 1 hr day & stayed 12 oclock “ 24 ^{Mr Waddel went to [Corcons?]}went 3½ days this week Oct 1st went 4½ days this week 8 went 2 days this week 15 went 5 days this week 22 went 5 days this week 25 went Monday of this week Nov. 22 went this week 3 days “ 24 went Monday 1 day

1848 Jany 31st Jacob starts to school Feby 4 went 4 days this week Jacob has missed 3 days^{this day} or 4 do to Jerry starts to make up his lost time Jacob miss 1 day more Jery about made up Jacob lost time up to this day Jerry gone to day

[three sentences crossed out diagonally:] augt 30th^mondayTalton at building chimny 1 day &^{began 9 Oclock say little ps} " Sept worked 2 1/2 days & went Home 25 " worked 2 1/2 days on ^{[?] it}& went home Entered on bond — = 1848 May 22nd Jerry 2 days to school 2 23 Jerry 1 day to D^o 1

18 Aug 1847 Catharine Spiller started to Pine_ =ville to Miss L Wilson’s School at Pineville Academy. Board at Mr & Mrs Clark @ $7 pr month $10 for Tuition of 5 months - Board & Tuition $9 pr month - fine weather

23rd Too wet to Thrash wet. Succoring & worming & Topping Tobacco on Branches here & at Johns

25 Rained all day yesterday yet cloudy succoring^worming& toping^{ground etc}new Jacob P Graves starts to Mr. Waddel to school @ not quite $1 pr. month for the time he goes.

27 Thrashed out our wheat

30 Cloudy & foggy this morning succoring & topping Tobacco this morning Rained very hard Saturday evening —

31 Talton & Henry put up chimney to House for Jane. began Monday 29 & worked 2½ days & went Home sick

Sep 1st Pulling fodder in fresh ground & cutting Buck Wheat there yesterday alse & Fed went to Mr Hunt to pay for Epp & Allen helping me to thrash our wheat —

2 Pulling Fodder in big field to day Tying up Blade fodder etc etc Ann & Jane in House. Henry at Mr. Lewis^{Raising barn}

3 Worming & succoring Tobacco this morning Henry gone to mill weather good

4 Succoring Tobacco & worming to day.

6 Succoring & worming Tobacco weather^fine

17 Been succoring Tobacco & Finished Pulling Fodder 15th now stacking

1847 Oct 4 Stacking our tops Talton here finishing chimney — weather fine^businessfor

5. Housing lot Tobacco this day. —

6th Raining this day —

7 Thundered & Rained nearly all day & in the evening the most sever Thunder & lightening I most ever saw –

8th Turned cooler & the sun shining this morning ground very wet - etc etc

9 Went down with Talton to see Land cutting Our Buck wheat & housed Tobacco Second cutting - weather still moderate Our new ground Tobacco still standing nearly ½ of it.

11 began to Pull fresh ground corn, this morning cloudy & like for Rain, warm, Halled up 5 loads Corn yesterday, made 11 in fresh ground

15 Frost this morning cut all our Tobacco yesterday Hanging & Housing this day

16 sewed second years Tobacco Land in wheat - 3 bushels. Choping round the stumps & cutting off Bushes Housed 20 Barrels Corn

18 Plowing for wheat Housing Load corn fresh ground. Made 25 Bbls Digging sweet Potatoes this morning

19 weather fine about this time,-

23. 59 Bushels cleaned out, sold, in 2 Hh^ds & used together to this day

26th myself & wife & Jacob Jerry & Henry started for Orange went on by the way of Lynchg & Charlottesville had a good trip & got to my Fathers in Orange on Saturday before night. Jacob & myself went to Capt Boxleys on the 9th Nov 1847. We started back for home by the way of Louisa CH