Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1857 June 26th Began to weed Tobacco in fresh ground on Johns Branch, Laying by Corn at mountain Spring Barn alse & Jerry Smith choping in core & Peas. Halled up Stack Blade Fodder this morning Rose & Mr Faris’s Jack this day Hester Refused very warm day Wrote to Jacob P Graves W^m. A Miller Miller & One to Lovelace & Mott Choped out new ground Tobacco & Plowing corn Laying by etc choping in Owens clearing to day —

27th Finished choping out new ground & choping in Corn owens clearing

28th went to Sunday School Fannie Kate & all here —

29th Fine Rain last night replanting Lot & new ground to day Sent to Mr Millers Plantation to day to_{& did not quite replant} get some ^Plants_{but got none} Wrote to Mr W^m. A Miller to pay Mr Charles L Cocke Hollin Institute $51.36 includingthat being the am^t I owe there including Doct Lemons medical Bill for Kate — Replanted new ground & nearly finished

30th Let Mr Crews have Henry clay to day to Plow cutting wheat. Sent Robin to be shod Fed & clem in Tobacco fresh ground next to^crews Abram Crews cut wheat this day Henry sick & sent for Doct Thompson, clem weeding Tobacco next to Crews

1870 April 4th I went to old place waggon started from there with Load of Lugs Jesse Kelley with waggon to Lynchg gave him $2 for toll he carries Butter & $183 Dollars for C A Hunt & to get his Rec^tfor $192 34/100 Letter written to Rucker Ha[nner?] & Snead to sell load Tobacco sent Statement & money - back by Jesse J Kelley - Sent for allum water for Mattie Herrings for Sam Gilbert & 1 No 12 oven top Jacob P Graves Carried Sam $50 Note to Lynchg to See if it was good, & get some Snowed & quite cold to day wind very cool Striping Tobacco all hands Sam & Ben too

5 Halling wood & Rails out of new ground to day Waggon & cart & Hauled till night cloudy all day Jere. H Graves sent Ed & Buggy down for Nannie Mott Sick all night of the 4th April 1870

6th Plowing corn land to day Keatts & Ben Keatts Laying off & Bedding for corn still cloudy Sam Caroline & Nat Raking leaves in new ground to day weather more moderate I am here by myself Bob came here last night

7th Plowing for corn again to day

8th All hands Sewing oats 3 Horses & steers to day Beautiful weather yesterday & to day raking & Burning leaves in new ground yesterday look like planting corn now

9th Sam & Keatts Plowing Keatts 2 mules on Sam next to woods Halled up 1 stack fodder this morning, I went to S S meeting no Preaching nothing heard from Jeres & Nannie since She went up there Rained this morning but few people at meeting Still cloudy

10th Raining this morning & quite cool

11th Striping Tobacco all day Sam & Ben helping

12th Finished striping Tobacco in new prize Barn this morning & hung it up & Sam & his family went to the Circus at Whitehead Store Keatts