Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

In prize Barn this morning & covered it this evening, fine weather to day —

13th. Burning plant Bed in woods left hand side of Road to day. Bob here, finished it except Sewing & fencing & covering, put [Him] manure & Guano on it,- cloudy this evening -

14 Bob gone after Mrs Hunt Nannie gone to Mrs Colemans & Dawsons, Fencing Plant Bed & sewed it & covered Harry plowing with new Two Horses for Corn, - Sewed clover seed here & at aspen Grove at this time,

15. Burnt Plant Bed at aspen Grove yester day,- Rained on it last night, Killed Hog down there & salted it to day we are malling & carried 2 Turns Corn for us & got one from mill, Chumney sent 1 & got it. Cleared off Mrs Hunt not come yet. I went to old place & Sam^l worsham this evening also - -

16 Burning plant Bed here on road, Rained in evening, & caught it not finished - Rained & & hailed & wind blew hard, Thundered & lightened & very disagreeable evening indeed —.

17th I started to court Jerry stayed all night

18. Come back from Court, cut malled & halled wood to day & began new ground fence

19th Finished planted Bed & Sewed it on the road & malled & put up new ground fence & halled Boards to Cider House & Barn — snowed this day

20th Rained last night. Cleared of[f] this morning Plowing & Covering Cider House etc Cutting & malled pine wood. Mr Geo. Pannill here;

21st Went to aspen Grove made 2 pr plow lines then went to mount airy, our folks fixed & chinked Cider House Cutting & malling Plowed till Dinner Bob here, very windy Cool day –

1861 March 26th. weather moderate, Mrs Coleman & family & fannie W Fitzgerald here to day —

27th I was writing letters to Bro Garret & Cousin Ch to day they finished Sewing Oats here & claiborne halling rails. this morning it rained Snowed & hailed a little & the wind blew tremendous hard, we set some trash heaps on fire early & thought they were about out, but about 12 Oclock the broke out & was soon nearly all over the new ground & we had hard work to save our wood & fencing, but none did not get burned, blew down some of our fencing fire also got out over at Mr Hunts place but did not do much damage. We planted our Irish Potatoes on road in wheat Lot & prepared ground in garden to plant Corn Snaps etc etc etc.

28th Went to Plantation to day nearly done breaking up Corn & Tobacco Land except new ground coltering that & Raking balance, 28 Lambs there & 39 old sheep at this time, - we have been fencing here to day & coltering new ground Crossing Halling stuff out of our new ground & raking Fine day. Went to shields Barksdales & mount airy for Mr Grastys business —

29 I went to Chalk Level to day got a letter from Toot stating he had sold my Tobacco in Lynchg 2 Hd^ds Halling out Trash out of new ground began to Hill, Plowing for Corn, paid off Tate to day for myself & Estate John D Hunt,

30 Plowing for ^^Corn Halling out Leaves out of new ground began to Hill yesterday in new ground next to road; took up our Irish Potatoes to day & Beets Kept very well Kate & Mr Moses Came here

31st March Sunday Fannie & Jacob came [faded] cloudy

1870 Jany 22nd I went to shop got 1 Dicth Dutch Plow & singletree, no Colter Saml getting slabs for Mr Whitehead in morning in evening I found him & Wm cutting & Caroline & Keatts went to old place fixed agreements with Randol Sam & Charlotte Hodnette & Jorden Graves for 1870 weather cloudy & moderate Nannie has been sick all the week will take some medicine tonight

23rd Moderate day stayed at home Nannie

24th Hung up our meat this morning & fanned out Our wheat & divided it mine in Bbl or Hhd in ^Toll Corn & bbl. 1 Bbl my own some onions in it & ^Bags Hh my own make the smallest Hogs - & Box behind door in Granary is Richards, Mr Keatts Plowing with 2 Horses for Tobacco Sam & Caroline in new ground cloudy & moderate weather - could not find my Hogs sold Sam 15 lb Lard Butter Pot & all Pot to be taken ^& paid in cash Pot to be deducted Lard @ 21¢ per lb

25th Striping tobacco over next to Mr Keatts owens Barn. Rained nearly all night last night Lowry gone to Barn the striped in owens barn

26th Sam & Wyatt got Boards for Mr Whitehead nearly all this day, they cut a little while in evening Mr Keatts & Carolene cut nearly all day. - I went to Mill for Mr Keatts Carried ½ Bbl & ½ Bbl wheat for him I let him have I also carried 1 Bushel wheat for Mr Wyatt, & brot back from Mt Airy 1 Box & 4 flour Barrels Bot of Jacobs P. Graves 40¢ for flour bbls & 2/3 for Box making 77½ Cents owe to Jacob Beautifull weather found all my hogs but 2 one of which is my Boar Large size from moses Sow but they went off again

27 Sam & Wyatt Cutting in new ground & Caroline Mr Keatts Plowing 2 Horses in Lot for Tobacco cloudy & moderate weather Doron went to shop brot home 1 plow Hoe Dutch Colter lap ring Br[lost in margin] Knife & clevice[clevis] pen

Grastys Store Mount Airy 5 Oct 1824 I planted my Peach nursery at Green Grove this day. the nursery is 16 yds wide & upwards of Twenty yds long - Containing Twenty Three or four Rows ——— Jer. W Graves Dark moon in march, for planting forward Irish Potatoes, & the Dark moon in June for planting winter Irish Potatoes = The 2nd day of april 1825 being Saturday it commenced Snowing in the morning, & continued untill ½ past Six O^cClock in the Evening, the Snow is full¹⁴⁺ Inch[es] Deep, & Several poeple have began to plant Corn I have never seen the like before JWGraves

Daniel Ring planted me a Peach nursery on the place he lives in Septemr 1825 — J.W. Graves

1833 Thursday Evening the 28th & last day of Feby it comm= =enced raining and it Freezed as it fell & continued so doing that night,- the next day the 1st day of March it was cloudy & Rained Smartly & Continued freezing & in the Evening the wind began to blow & for several hours & never saw^{& heard} the trees break so much in my life, they have so much Ice on them, on Saturday the 2nd Mar the Ice has scarcely melted any it being a very cold day the wind is from N. W quite clear & such a time I never saw in my life; the reflection of