Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1852 Feby 12th Yesterday it Rained in morning & in evening. Turned off quite cool to day We have 10 lambs to this day & 1 calf Halled leaves in all our Barn to day — etc. We have striped but little Tobacco yet Jacob & Jerry Started to School last Monday the 9th Feby 1852

17th Since the 12th we have been plowing Halling wood malling in little new ground near new ground barn, fencing in fresh ground & began to mall here at home not striped much tobacco yet weather fine for time of year. nearly done plowing flat land for Corn Bedded a good deal for Corn next to Orchard, also flushed some next to middle barn, - waggon & Cart Halling Rails from fresh ground and around corn fields next to middle Barn, Shrubing fence Row Pilling wood in new ground here at home we have 13 Lambs to this day lost One -

19th Planted Irish Potatoes in hog pen by spring yesterday began to Plow in fresh ground Rolled Logs by fresh ground in little new ground & burning them to day & Plowing out there Federick malling in new ground by house cloudy & like for falling weather, not very cold

24. Some Rain in a few days past help Mr Lewis Ephrain & Parham & also at Mr Fitzgerald Plantation This week, we are Plowing Halling wood Out little new ground, this is a very pretty dayMy wife & Lila, & several of the children complaining. Sallie sick at last Strait Stone meeting say Feby- — 1852 We have 14 or 15 Lambs to this day & only 1 calf

March 2nd Rained Friday & saturday did not Plow much, latter part last week striped all the Tobacco we had down in prize Barn

1852 July 23rd Have ^{sowed Cow Pen in Buck wheat}been to Lynchg this week, sold our Last Tobacco, returned on Thursday Folks have been Hilling up fresh ground Tobacco hand weeding our new ground yesterday morning we finished plowing Our Corn, fine Rain yesterday we put up 4 Stacks Oats,- & some shocks, Fair day, Treading out wheat, hand weeding Tobacco & replanted Lot this morning ———

26 Plowing & Hilling up our Lot Tobacco Rained a little fine growing weather - Plowing Turnip Patch Pea Patch in cotton Patch & sowed Turnips in Garden etc fine weather about this time

27 Sewed Turnips in Garden & Plowed Patch Plowing Peas by Cotton Patch Harrowing Tobacco to kill the Grass etc etc —

28th Halling up wheat cleaning lot Tobacco on Branch Irish Potatoes etc etc

29. Plowing Halling up & finished Stacking^wheat Oats & fencing them in Hilling up new ground

30 Hilling up new ground & trying to get ^{this morning}done Henry Plowing Tobacco on Branch in Lot — Hilled up Broom Corn & Peas at Cotton Patch, Turned Hogs in Pasture at Stony Pint My wife gone to John D Hunts Cate Mr Fitzgerald

31 Choping fresh ground corn & working Peas in corn field shower rain yesterday —

augt 1st went to J D Hunts myself — 2 Plowing & Hilling up Branch tobacco in Lot 3. Henry sick choping out new ground Tobacco We went to Major Grastys

4th Fine Rain last night, little cool for 2 ^{days & nights} this morning all in house spining etc etc sent by major Grastys for to Evard for my watch

5th Foggy this morning & warm growing weather Toping & Hilling up fresh ground Tobacco —

6th Sowed Turnips yesterday Hilling up second years ground Henry Riving boards, fine growing weather, Mrs Smith Funeral this day etc etc ——

9th went to Capt Fitzgerald after machine got it began to thrash about 12 oclock & finished Tuesday Evening 1 hour by Jacob sandys axe lost, ^{not found yet}

1852 Augt 11th Rained last night a fine Rain & this morning Started with machine to help Mr Fitzgerald clear this morning 3 hands & 3 Horses gone to help him –

12th my wife went to Mrs Hunts yesterday & to day to see Mrs Jno Hunts stayed all twice lately & Mrs Hunt ^{I went to meeting yesterday}is very low & Julia Daniel & sick

13th Toping Tobacco yesterday & to day also worming & succoring This we are Hilling up Lot again & faning out wheat -Baptising at Strait Stone to day —

16 went to Court Henry Jordan & sandy & 3 horses ^{has been 4 days Mr Fitzsat} gone back again this morning choping Corn on Branch^{Henry got home from Carrying machine homeabout 11 Oclock in night}

17 Rained a fine Rain last night Henry came home from carrying the machine to Capt Fitzgerald about 11 Oclock in night fine Rain Sent to Millers Mill spining this morn[in]g

18- Toping & worming Tobacco & finished Hilling up Lot to day Sewed Turnip Patch over again

19. Beeting apples Toping Tobacco etc etc –

20. Toping & worming Tobacco & Beeting apples etc Drying fruit, Sent Fed to shop & Mrs Hunts, carried to shop 3 McC ^ ^Plows 2 to sharpen & 1 to p[a]int Iron to Iron waggon & 1½ Bars for Plantation Sent 2 Grub Hoes to sharpen 1 oxe yoke to put Ring & staple in for young steers 1 little auger to mend. Sent to Mrs Hunts for 1 Bbl^corn she gave us

21st went to Mrs Colemans Hillfield plantation & W^m Wallers yesterday, Rained all night nearly - cloudy this morning & Raining Fed mending Jacob shoes working on Baskets & spining, very warm fine growing weather Halling rocks for chimney to Henrys house ^eveningin

22nd Rained nearly al night very wet growing weather etc etc

1852 Novr 26 Raining all day striping Tobacco Federick gone to mill 5 Bus. Corn 3 Bush. wheat alse malissa & Kitty spining – weather moderate

Decr 2nd Finished shucking all our branch Corn & old Land Have all the fresh Land where we sewed wheat here at home to get up now fine weather for it

3rd Raining this morning & Turned Cooler making Baskets & shoeing making –

4 Halled up wood & Housed Corn in evening moderate clear day - 5 went to S.S. M House to hear Br. McLaughlin ¬

6 Killed 2 Hogs this morning. Pulling off Corn & Halling up, Fair moderate day

7 Halling up Corn in the evening clouded up & Rained a little so that we shucked no corn

8. clear fine morning, sent Fed to Mill 5 Bus. Corn & 2½ Bus wheat for J. Tucker Trying to finish Halling up corn this morning then for shucking & Housing —

16th Finished Our Corn last monday & this day its raining last night it Hailed quite cool Cut & Halled wood yesterday,- to day we are shoeing making Baskets etc etc

21st Finished Halling stalks next to orchard & sewed the wheat there & next to [illegible] clearing cloudy & Raining this day. we are striping tobacco weather warm; not quite done Grubbing this side of branch where we are clearing —

22nd Grubbing & Cutting, Finishing sewing wheat where stacks is in field, but not finished halling stalks Jacob & Lowry halled wood for Mr Neal ½ day

5th Kill our Hogs 3 or 4 days ago It has been Raining nearly all this^week only clear 1 day last monday very wet time indeed Have not seen the sun for several days

1853 Jany 5. It has been raining most all this X & one or Two Jany came in & night before last it rained & snowed very bad night Henry sick all this week & all have bad colds etc.

1853 Jany 5 Spotted Sow had 7 pigs^{only 4} 2 or 3 days ago the one come from Mr. Fitzgeralds has pigs but we cant find her have been hunting for her 2 or 3 days – ^{she came up with 8 Pigs –}to day we are halling wood grubbing etc. yesterday we striped Tobacco,- sow came up with 8 Pigs.

8th we have been Halling wood Cutting etc

12th This week we have been cutting & Halling wood^etc yesterday we began to Plow & Hall Leaves in Johns field Balance is cutting wood for Plant Bed at mountain, This morning its Raining hard & began sometime in night & we are all striping Tobacco in overseers House. finishing whats there about 12 Oclock We have finished Grubbing out new ground —

15th Striping Tobacco in Middle Barn yesterday & to day, not quite done the Barn back of Garden Snowed Thursday night about 4 or 5 Inches deep for the first this winter, Jacob & Cate to see Mr Fitzgerald who is Sick as well as myself I have sick for 2 weeks to day taken several doses Pills & 2 doses strong medicine one of Calomel last night. Halling out Straw for cattle this evening, Mr Crews helping to assort Tobacco @ 12^Ocl. Who I have engaged to help when he can @ 2/3 pr day Sent Jordan to store for Papers letters & a bottle of Castor Oil for me —

22nd The past week I have been sick all the week, they have Burnt one Plant at mountain Field cut in new ground Burnt Brush halled wood etc etc they striped Tobacco one or Two days in middle Barn. to day cutting Jacob ^{& Lowry} gone Abram Neals to hall wood, cloudy & like for snow or Rain, 23rd Tolerable good day

24th cloudy & like for falling weather & we are striping Tobacco in middle Barn till 12 oclock then stoped cleared off They went to cutting in new ground —

25 Put straw in cow Racks yesterday, we are all hands cutting to day, my wife Jerry & little Henry gone to see Mr Fitzgerald to day etc