Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1854^{July 1st} Weather very Hot & dry Fed gone to shop with Cart this evening Hilled up Sweet Potaotes this morning my Spungy made ½ machine sheet Laying by Corn in fresh ground choping etc etc in Corn & weeding down Tobacco — — —

8th Done Cutting Oats got up nearly all our wheat replanted Tobacco – went to Lynchg & sold all of our Tobacco, for tolerably prices only @$6Hogh^d sold for $5.50, choped in Corn this week pulled up flax, Hilled up Cotton & Greens & Pens

12 finer Rains Since last Thursday Friday & Sunday worked out Lot Tobacco yesterday & now choping in Corn & thining nearly done laying by with ploughs, my wife went to Mr Fitzgeralds & carried Mrs Neal, etc etc Very clear this morning & at little cool

19. went to meeting last Sunday & from there Me & Kate went on to CH, my wife & children went to Mrs Hunts & returned at night, & Monday evening went up to Mr Fitzgeralds & Come back a little we came from CH, fine Rain Monday about chalk Level Monday evening, we are very dry Our Folks work 3rd yrs Tobacco & new ground this I Guanoed Lot, done over once

21 clearing of wheat yard to thrash wheat very dry & Hot, here fine shower above yesterday we stacked our Oats & got 4 or 5 Loads of Good Hay Henry Sick, Jordan Harrowing in Corn by fresh ground Barn

1854 Friday 11th Rained a little last night & this morning it Thundered lightened & it rained more or less till 10 or 11 Oclock, ground wet, the prettiest rain we have had this Summer this evening after Dinner we went in the woods to Sawing & getting shingles - Mr Wyatt getting,- Sandy Cutting down another

12th Mr Wyatt getting shingles Fed & Henry sawing Sandy still Cutting shingles trees Jordan Plowing up Turnip Patch & going to Sew to day as soon as he gets ready

14 Rained Friday 11 & Saturday night finely, this morning we are fanning Out wheat Drying fruit worming Tobacco Plowing up Rye Lot etc Henry gone to E. G Lewis’s to Raise Barn — clear & Hot

15 Sent Fed to Farris Mill 12 Bus. wheat for flour, & got it all fine Rain this evening Henry getting Old shingles Balance gathered Queen apples & then went to work in Tobacco in corn field Mr Wyatt getting shingles in wood, Jordan & Sandy finished fallowing lot for Rye

16 Fed Toping Tobacco generally Henry getting shingles finished working Tobacco in Corn field working on Road this evening across mountain Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts — I went to Miss Sarah McCullocks Fallowing up stubble field owens clearing^{for what}

21 Augt went to Court. & to see old Bro Stone, who is very low Toping worming & succoring Tobacco

22 & finished that worming D^o again Henry & Mr Wyatt getting shingles

23 Mr Wyatt went to Blanks to Raise Barn

24 - Harrowing in & Sewing Rye in lot By Granary, Sawing yesterday again

1854 augt 24th worming & succoring new ground & lot to day again, Cloudy & like for Rain

25th augt worming & succoring fresh ground, Sewed Rye in Lot Sandy Harrowing etc Henry getting shingles, Jordan gone to Yates mill etc clear & warm - my Sam left last Monday when I went to Court = 29 Just getting Shingles in woods towards fresh ground at Dinner time & F Wyatt Jointing & Henry to Halling up &

30 to rounding about 10 Oclock working little Tobacco in Corn field finished worming succoring & toping this morning over clear & fair = F. Wyatt Jointing all day this day & began yesterday evening —

Sept 5th Have been pulling fodder ever Since last week & worming Tobacco put nearly 8 stacks Blades nearly done pulling in fresh field Clear fine weather we are worming & succoring Tobacco over now began yesterday, Henry commences getting Shingles opposite Crews to day at 12 Oclock =

Sept 9th Rained to day a days pulling fodder on ground went to Ezekiel Dews yesterday, worming & succoring Tobacco in 3rd years ground & in my Lot —

11 Tying up Fodder & worming Tobacco & gathering Peas -

12 Put Top on new Barn, = 23 Finished Pulling fodder Cutting Tops & Stacking fodder, & worming & succoring over over Tobacco & have cut about 2300 stacks & Housed old prizing Barn full, pretty weather Sunday started at Strait Stone about this time

25th & sick yet Doct Thompson has been several times to see her — I went to Court last Tuesday We have nearly finished Our corn, & have been part of 2 days Halling Logs for ourselves & M Crews, Carried 2 Logs to Yates Saw Mill yesterday 1 for Railing & 1 for Sheeting We are Cutting Halling wood etc up to day We have finished fanning out Our wheat made 15 Bus. good & 25 Bushels screan 2¾ Bushels good & 1 Bushel Screan for Mr Jno D Hunt for toll Rained last night & Cloudy yet to day Mr Fitzgerald did not buy me a negro at the sale of my Fathers negroes in orange = 27th Halling Stocks to mill to day fixing up cow pen fence & shelters grubbing & Culling — clear & Cold this morning

Decr 8 Since the 27th novr we have been ^{10th Fanny Fitzgerald went home this day Kate went with her}to Lynchg got our Salt Guano etc Cutting in new Ground to day & ^yesterday we are halling corn stalks & Cutting wood & burning Plant Bed in Slush fair & Cold this day Jacob P Graves quit Adams 6th Dec 1854, & Came home etc & our Contract at end

13th & 14 went up Mr Franklins Mrs Clements for Lucy Ann gone 2 days Halled wood & Cutting in new ground yesterday to day 14 Burning plant Bed above House etc etc Sewed Tobacco seed & lettuce only

18 Began to Plow for Corn, on Branch cleaning ^{Killed balance of Our Hogs except one}out drains etc

23rd Jacob gone to Mr Fitzgeralds cold & Cloudy

24 Sunday Raining nearly all day

25 weather moderated cloudy & moderate.

1855 April 1st A Fine clear day Windy Cate got her chin & neck burnt the past week & to day Kate & Jacob from Home Jacob gone to green field & Kate to Ja^sM Harris ––

6th Finished striping Tobacco & Bulk down all my Lugs nearly or quite Plowing for Corn at 12 Oclock Beautiful Rain moderate weather —

9 Easter Holliday cloudy & like for Rain Nearly half done Hilling Our new ground Got a good Deal of Corn Land to break up yet,- Finished Breaking our Corn Land 1855

14 Finished Sewing Oats at Mr Neals yesterday Plowed up a p^s for corn & p^t of Garden for him Plowed on Branch & Patches to day Planted Irish Potatoe seed Come from Fannies, cloudy & like for Rain Mr Evans has finished Ditching Mr Mullens Set up 2 Hh^ds — & we are Hilling in new ground Fed Coltered nearly ½ day for Jacob ———————

16 Jacob & myself went to Court Plowing fresh ground for Corn & Tobacco Hilling & Coltering in new ground fine day —

17 Same work & finished Coltering new ground Halling rails for Mr Crews Fed Picked leaves off Plant above House Beding up & listing Branch & bottoms for corn

18 Finished Bedding & listing in evening & went to Laying off for corn Hilling in new ground not quite done

19th Began to Plant Corn laying off etc Fine warm weather yesterday we altered marked etc^Hogsour Calves some days ago Jacob Laying off to day - Sandy in House