Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1849 July 13th weather fair & warm Finished laying by corn 11th except a little on the Spring sprang branch

14 yesterday we cut oats Had Mr Pannills Ennis, did not get done this morning Halling up wheat ^{Fems hid - Halling up our wheat} & Halling up sweet Potatoes by Carriage Weather warm & clear fine time indeed for crops, Finished Hilling sweet Potatoes

15 Very cool windy weather went to see Mr. Angel to day carried him the contribution sent by the church $4.12½ ½ Bb^l & 3 Bushels wheat

16 Weeding Tobacco Finishing in Lot. Henry & Lila Plowing fresh ground Tobacco. Jacob started to school again

17. Hilling up Big new ground Tobacco Finished little one this morning. Plowing second yrs land Tobacco & will get done that this morning. working pickling cucumbers going to Plow small corn on Branch & Finished laying by Plowing Lots of Tobacco - It has been cool nights & mornings ever since last Saturday 14th. ,-

18. Finished Plowing lots to day Hilling up new ground, - & choping young corn on branch

19 carried waggon to shop got 2 Horses shod Hilling up^{several out S. S. M. House}new ground - cloudy & like for Rain

20. Hilling new ground Halling up Sills for Henrys House, & logs for Tobacco House Plowed out & worked garden The 13th Inst somebody came & stole a Bee Gum from us carried up hear by old field took the Honey out [k]nocking the Gum all to p^s first

21st Hilling up Fresh ground Tobacco & Halling up Logs for Barn - cloudy ^{for Rain}& like

out 2 Hh^ds wheat. Fed mending Cates shoes Lila spining. Rained smartly during the day -

21st Cutting tops this morning & shacking up still cloudy & cool. Henry did not get back last night

22 waggon got back yesterday evening being gone nearly 4 days, we finished cutting our tops & shacking yesterday 21st This morning we worming & succoring our branch & making scaffolds & then^cuttingfor cloudy & like for Rain weather warmer cut about ½ little second yrs ground & it Rained^hard & got all the Rain that fell Hung it in evening Began to chink & fix new Barn Sent 4½ Bushels grain to mill this day

23rd Beautiful a little cool have not cut much of our Tobacco yet, a good deal ripe

24. Cutting Tobacco finished over once big second yrs ground little D^o & little new ground, & began this evening on Branch weather cool, cut^{new Lot}over our [na-?]

25. Housing soon this morning little barn at second yrs ground cut there pretty tobacco not Large

26. cutting in new ground this day -

27. Finished cutting over new ground & filling prize Barn cloudy & like for Rain little cool

28 Halling wood^{to Barn Polls etc} firing prize Barn worming & succoring over to day - Jacob ^{school this week}did not go to

29 Finished worming & succoring over Tobacco Firing prize Barn made Top stack frame Henry Halling Rocks & fixing new Barn to put Tobacco in 1 or 2 helping him Digging ^PotatoesIrish Pot clear moderate weather —

30. fair pretty day - cloudy & warm & like for ^Rain

Oct 1 we are finishing our Barn Halling in little new ground & getting up Top fodder like for Rain in evening Thunder cloud pass^ing by in even[ing]

2 cloudy This morning all our ^Topswill be caught as we have not finished no part after stack all gathered in Piles, - firing 2 Barns Tobacco Finished this night Rain some - Barn & little in ^our [unclear]

3rd Put all the Tobacco in we have cut filled need

1849 Jany 15 Sent ^{on a/c of Jacob Boarding at Mrs}1 little Cake Butter to Mrs Fitsg - Sent 1 D^o D^o—

Aprl 13 2 lbs coffee - 18 Aprl sent 1 cake B[?] by Henry 19 sent 1 Ham & 1 middling 10 lbs or 11 lbs Bacon 22 Sent 1 Cake Butter by Jacob May 7 Sent 2 cakes by Jacob nearly 2 lbs Sent 4 Cakes more July 7 sent Butter again

1849 Augt 20th Milly Ann E. McCullock starts to school on same Terms that Catharine Spiller goes. 1849 Augt 24th This week 5 days Augt 31st this week 5 days 10 days Sept 7 This week 5 “ Sept 14 This week 4 “ 9 “ 21 This week 4 “ “ 28 This week 5 9 Oct 5 This week 4 Oct. 12 This week 4 8 19 This week 3 “ 26 This week 3 6

Nov 2 This week -

The number of days Catharine Spiller goes to school to Mrs Walkup each week & month

in all July ¹⁸⁴⁹ 27 This week 3 days Augt 3rd This week 5 days 8 days Augt 10 This week 3 days “ “ 17 This week 4½ “ 7½ “ “ 24 This week 5 days “ 31 This week 5 10 “ Sept 7 This week 5 “ Sept 14 This week 4 9 “ “ 21 This week 4 “ “ 28 This week 5 9 “ Oct 5 This week 4 Oct 12 This week 4 8 “ “ 19 This week 3 “ 26 This week 4 7Novr 2 This week 1 1

1849 Oct. 26 Stoped Jacob from going to ^Oct school Mr Shelton gone to Court. he has gone nearly 4 months,

From 26 Oct to Novr 1st shoemaking spining, nearly all the time ground very wet

1st Nov began to sew wheat left side of Path by middle Barn cut down & stacked up the corn, Fed shoemaking -

2 Sewing wheat - & same work

3 Same work & gathered corn below House

4th Beautiful weather rather warm my wife gone to Mrs Hunts 1849

5 Sewing wheat & finished next to middle Barn

6. Bushing & finished by middle Barn runing furrows etc fine weather —

7 Harrow in & Plowing balance fresh ground next to Orchard — carried my Leather & Boots to Mrs Nealy fine weather alse cleaning out water furrows in bottom next to middle Barn

8th Raining this morning spitiface ^{the man Hog}white sow took with some others - cloudy & moderate weather Fed nearly done shoemaking Henry halling wood 3 spining 2 shelling etc etc etc Note quite done sewing wheat

9 Finished sewing wheat ^{sewed 2 Bus.}on branch we have sewed 30 Bushels Halling up corn & shoemaking - windy weather

10. Shucking out corn & Housing cleaning up on Ditch in Tobacco Lot where we sewed wheat

11 good day for meeting

12.th Halling up corn & Pulling

13. Trod Mr Neals wheat Pulled Halled & shucked corn —

14 Housing corn to day. Henry & Fed working on Road, Jordan gone to mill

14th Novr. 1849 Clear fine weather — “ “ “ Sent by Jacob to Bro Yates $1.^s worth for of wheat for old Bro Angel. -

15 Gathering corn & Housing ^{at Mr J.D. Hunts} went to Sal[e] Bot at alonzas sale 1 Pad Lock 2 Dutch Plows. singleton & 2½ pr Hames for $1.28

16. cloudy & like for falling weather shucking corn & Housing - Mrs M. here

17. Finished Fanning out our wheat one time Halling stalks leaves & wood. cut & Picked up stalks on Branch in evening. cloudy ^{for Snow}& like

18 Went to Harmony Grove meeting cloudy ^{a little}& Rained

19. Went to Wm Jinnings Sale to get a Horse for Mrs McCullock but faild to get one to suit Halled up 9 Loads of corn to day

20. Shucking & Housing ^corn cloudy & like for Rain Mr. Adams here in Oct & started^ourTucker Clock & it has keep good time ever since

21st Made & Thrashed 176½ Bushels wheat 1849. The tolls of which is a little more than 8 Bushels & 3 Pecks which I Expect the Lord permitting to send to Mr. Pannills to morrow also to carry Twenty Five Bushels to same Place for Mr Lewis — his toll, - I have laid by 17½ & 1 Bushel to Ex at the 1 we got of Mr Neal & have now over 40 a little to sell

22nd Sent to Mr Pannills 8 Bus. & a little over 3 pecks wheat by Henry for toll to Mr Organ for Thrashing our wheat 1849 carried 30 Bushels for Mr Lewis - Halling up corn, nearly have got the Big corn House full - fine weather