Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

22nd Beautifull weather for business. nearly done Halling up our corn except Hog Corn next to orchard ——

23 Finished gathering & Housing Corn except about 3 Loads next to Orchard for our Hogs yet on stalks Housed nearly ^Bbls150

24 began to cut little growth in new ground joinging[adjoining] Mountain field Sent Henry to mill with 1 Log for Hh^d Stans[?] 3 Bus. wheat & 1 Bbl Corn —

30 Went to Lynchg this week with 41½ Bushel wheat sold at 90¢. got back in 3 days cutting all the time while we were gone little growth in new ground - quite dry & fine weather this day Halling up corn for Mr. Neal & Mr Myers came this morning to work on new House on cutting in new ground — —

Dec. 1st Covered cutting House Mr Myers & me Sent Jacob & Jordan to mill 1 of them for Mr Myers, for a days work Henry Halling corn stalks up & Lila — Balance cutting little growth & grubing in ^groundnew Rained a little in evening —

2nd Raining snowing & Hailing all day very disagreeable day indeed Give our Poeple out their winter shoes And, Malissa Henry alse Jane Ann & Jordan & Fed had Blankets

3. Striping Tobacco in middle Barn 36 33 sticks short 73 sticks Lugs. Fed Made Sally Shoes Lila spining, cleared off to day

4 - cutting little growth in new ground Henry cutting slab Timber for stable

5. Mr Myers getting Boards for Hester Anns stable Henry helping him

1850 april 27th The ground is still very wet. We are bedding our second yrs Tobacco Land every thing very late, cattle has very little to eat, - ———— at 12 oclock with 2 Horses ann & myself [droped?] We Planted nearly all our drill corn

28th cloudy warm & like for Rain ^{Hunts & Colemans} I went to Mrs

29. This morning quite cool & clear we are laying off our corn ground alse & ann Hilling in new ground expect to Plant corn at 12 oclock - flies eating Tobacco Plants, putting Plaster manure on them —

30 Planting corn in Johns field began yesterday at 12 oclock far side

May 1st Planting corn in Johns field & finished Just before night, laying off fresh ground Halling manure on Potatoe Patch & scattering very ^clear cool in deed flies eating ^Tobacco Plants very much, weather drying — Planted Simblings Snaps etc etc —

2nd Planting fresh ground corn fixing ^Sweet Potatoe Patch by ^{& Planted it} garden Federick Collering new ground Jacob starts to school to Mrs Walkup, a little ^{last night} frost

3rd Planted nearly 2 squares Greens in Garden Planted Cotton etc etc water mellons cucumbers etc etc Henry & Jane Bedding wet spots for corn, finished Planting corn yesterday except flats — Hilling & coltering got 10 Bus. to sew Sewing Oats this evening^now

1850 Decr 12th Building overseer House chimmy Halling Rocks leaves Oats wood & Rocks about this time Henry making ladder this morning weather more moderate than for several days I have been to Mrs McCullocks Twice a week for nearly a month

14th Gilbert has been here this week building chimny to overseers House worked 3½ or 4 days quite cool all this week finished chimny & House,- Halled Rocks one day to Henrys House —

17th Cutting in new ground after Killing 1 little Beef & 4 of Our Hogs & salting them up all about 380 lbs

18th My Overseer John Owen Jr moves this day - cutting in new ground Fine weather, Cate & Miss Patricks gone to Mr. ^Fitzgeralds Bot of Mr. Fitzgerald some Pork for Overseer^{this day} Bot & p^d Jacob for his Crop of Tobacco $2 & sold Jacobs to Cate for $3.00

20th Sent Toll wheat to Capt Gilberts mill^{by J D Owen} 6½ Bushels good for My own & Mr Neals 6 Bushe[ls] of my own nearly ½ Bush. for Mr. Neal 1 Bush of screan, 3 Bus. corn for meal 2½ for Owen & 1½ for Henry

21st Rented to John D Hunt Our Oak Hill Plantation, for 5 years on following Conditions He is to clear adjoining the field in 5 years 10 Thousand thousan Tobacco Hills ^{each year} fence in & Keeping up all the fencing outside take care of Houses etc etc take care of the spring & give me Twenty Dollars yearly due 25 Decr each year & Should I sell the place & wish him to give it up under 3 years he is only pay $15 a year

22 Miss Patricks gone to Mrs Smiths Cloudy —

23rd Rained last night & came a fair Huricane along here blowed off 1 Tobacco House roof with Tobacco in it blowed down a good deal of fencing & racked our shelter very much.

1851 Feby 1st let Mr James P Lewis have 1 Plank 14 feet Long 12 Inches ^{square Edged} ^wide & 2 D^o Bark Edged 17. Inches wide & 11 feet Long to make negro man Isaacs coffin who Died this morning

Feby 3rd Raining this morning striped Tobacco awhile & then we halled leaves all day after weather more moderate had 4 or 5 very cold days 6thLambs to this day lost only one —

6th cutting in new ground all hands yesterday or day before Halled shucks Fodder & Oats beautifull weather to day ——

7th Plowing in fresh field. Jane & alse in new ^{& children}ground Henry overseer Fed & myself went to Raise school House

8th Henry gone to Mr Parham Lewis s to Roll Logs Fed & overseer gone to school House Jane alse & Jordan gone to new ground.— Fine weather weather warm ———

9th Went to Meeting tolerable good day

10. Raining a little, taking down Tobacco & striping in middle Barn — Rainy evening F.WF. & Cate gone with her home^{this morning} Weather warm Jacob gone to bring horse home Made John D Hunt a Deed for Land near him JW Odaniel here cleaning & fixing Turner clock for which I gave him $1 - Raining hard took down all our Tobacco to strip

13th Plowing & malling, began to mall yesterday yesterday I went to Mrs McCullocks set up 2 Hh^d & went to Chalk Level

14th Fed gone to mill 1 Bbl Corn 1 Bbl wheat we are striping Tobacco in middle Barn. Bets Bull calf came 13th- 10 Lambs to this time ^^alivelost 6 Raining this morning The 11th I went to finish school house car^d Fed with Did not finish & give [Ditchie?] Jacob 9¢ Grasty 9¢ & Hendrick 1/6 making 50¢ in all to finish chimny 12th

15 Rained striping Tobacco Halled out chaff

16 Miss E McCullocks funeral & Burial

17th I went to Court - cold day our folks Plowing 1 Horse Balance in new ground

18th Halling wood with Cart till 12 oclock malling in new ground fine weather

19th malling Lila Plowing - Burning Brush etc alse & Jordan cleaning up in mountain field

20 Halling wood waggon & Cart with waggon myself - Henry gone to John Hunts to Roll logs Balance malling etc etc

21st Raining this morning striping Tobacco in prize Barn trying to done there to day

22 Rained tremendous hard last evening finished striping in prize Barn cleared off in night Sent to Mill 10 Bushels wheat for flour 1 Turn sold overseer for flour & ½ Barrel Corn for overseer also

23rd Moderate weather, malling & sh[r]ubing mountain field Jane sick been complaining for several days

24 malling shrubing & Plowing for corn

26th Jane got out Jane & Lila Plowing Balance Cutting old Logs put Top on Fresh ground Barn

27 Rolled Logs had 2 companies nearly finished, had a fine day clear & warm

28 sent Henry to Mrs Colemans to Roll Logs Jane & Lila Plowing at stony point Balance cleaning out fence Row in new ground Still moderate weather warm etc

March 1st Overseer gone to Capt Fitzgeralds quarters to Roll Logs making new ground fence, ground very wet Henry halling out wood & rails round new ground & to Plant Bed near to it weather cool Winter gone & only one snow the 1st Jany 1 in the whole winter of 1850 & 51

March 2nd tolerable day for beginning of spring my wife Jacob Jerry & Sally gone to Mrs Colemans Cate has been at Mr Fitzgeralds about 3 weeks weeks next monday —

March 3rd Henry gone to Mrs Hunts to Roll Logs Fed gone to mill 1½ Bbls corn ½ Bbl wheat for chop, Plowing at stony Point. Fair moderate weather