Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1870. May 10th Rained yesterday in evening we planted some corn peas snaps on Branch planted about ⅓ of Branch in Corn Hired Mary Smith Worked out Irish Potatoes & replanted some in Patch replanted rosting^rostining year Patch Sam finished coltering new ground & fresh ground yesterday Keatts gets along very slow & always breaking something on out offed someway Planting simblings snaps etc yesterday

11th. 11 Rained all night & this morning quite cool. Striping Tobacco in new Barn at water loo & last we have hired Clabe & Cindy

12th Sent 13½ or 14 Bus wheat to Millers Mill for flour I went to Adkinson & Wards Shop got my Horse Shod & then went Millers Mill & Keatts gone home as he could not get the flour immediately Nat Picked up Rostin in new ground pt of the day & after 12 oclock they all pulled cockle out of wheat Keatts went to Coltering in new ground when he got home Rained this evening & Halled yesterday

13 Waggon Keatts & went to Cedar Hill after Blade fodder old Plows old Irons from wheels & Plank out of Old Granary my Hh^d up there yet. Raining again to day & this evening too my Corn coming up very well this spring

14th Tolerable clear this morning ground too wet to Plow this morning I am going to Millers Mill Carry 2 turns Corn for Mr Whitehead & Sam & bring back My flour Bran etc Weather very cool for May Got all my flour meal etc for self & R Whitehead Sam Sold 1 Bbl flour to Mr Pringle

16th Hired Charles Lovelace 1 or 2 Months @ 40¢ a day Replanting Corn till 12 oclock

1870 May 16 Plowed Potatoes Irish & Corn by Patch Plowed Nannie Patch Planted Cotton to day Broom Corn Watermelons Simblings & Cucumber Clear pretty weather hired Mary Smith to day Clabe Ditching in lot

17th I went to Mr Hunts place & shop Keatts coltering Sam Hilling just began to Clabe Corn back & finished Ditching Charles Cut Hay picked up & burning roots in new ground & fresh Nat will chop out our corn by Irish Potatoe Patch

18th Coltering new ground finished 1 way & begun Second Way. Charles & Nat getting roots all day off new ground began to Hill in fresh ground

19. at work in new ground coltering rooting etc I went to fix fence around mountain field for my cattle went to Mr Woodings & Lewis's

20th Turned 6 young Cattle in mountain field marked Millys calf that makes the 6th Jacob Cut sooks Calf this morning & marked it beautiful weather at this time & warm, Clabe & his wife & Lucinda here hilling to day & Nat has been there all day - this evening he is hilling with them thundering nearly ^day all Very Warm day. Rained Twice this evening ^{a very little}but

21st Beautiful growing morning tolerable clear & warm Clabe Hilling new ground Charles Coltered fresh ground yesterday Claborne did not Come to Hill Saturday to day Charles did not quite finish plowing fresh ground above Granary Sam replanting corn Keatts finished coltering new ground & laying off I went to Coltering in corn Doron plowed his watermelon Patch & my Potatos & Plowing in Corn all day throwing dirt from Corn

22 Sunday Beautiful day and very warm Very warm Growing weather to day -