Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845 Sept 23. Cutting Tobacco, 24th cutting Tobacco in second years ground & new D^o

25 Cutting Tobacco & finished  — over once

26 Housing Tobacco this morning & then for stacking Tops

27 Stacking Tops this day -- began yesterday - Light crop of Tops this year —

29 Finished stacking Tops

30 treading out white wheat to sow & succoring Tobacco

Oct. 1st Sewed Tobacco Lot on Branch ^{1845 in wheat} by the Bridge ^{sewed 1/2 Bushel} & cutting^{on mountain}down corn

2nd Cutting down corn in mountain field & Henry Halling logs to Millers mill

3 cart broke down & axeletree made by abbot at meeting House this year alse getting out flax seed & spreading flax Balance Jinking Tobacco House Wrote to Ja^s. D. Moon this day etc etc

6 cutting Tobacco etc etc housing new axletree made by Mr Myer & old Irons put on by him sent 39 lbs seed cotton to Millers Mill

7 Halling up & Housing Tobacco

8 Put up Hogs Pulling corn & cutting trough to feed Hogs getting up 2 Lots Corn at Home Fine rain Last night ——

9. Wet weather 10th still raining