Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

26th Aprl 1849 Raining again this morning. seasonable weather, prizing Tobacco shelling Corn & spining this morning Went to Hilling about 9½ oclock to day Henry returned from^Lynchg hour or two Sun in evening gone nearly 3 days good trip

27 Rained nearly all night, prizing good Tobacco this morning uncovering Plant Beds piling up manure etc etc etc

28 prizing Tobacco spining etc this morning Raining cloudy damp weather - nearly all this week - Fed at work on Tray -

29 A Fine day clear, went to Edge Hill

30 little cloudy this morning, Beding up second years ground coltering in new ground & Hilling - - fine growing weather went ^to shop 2 Hands twice

May 1st Went to shop again this morning - Fixed Pea Patch & square for greens myself Henry fixing scarce crows ann & alse Hilling Coltering in new ground Jane & Lila & Henry Beding ^{Finished Beding second yrs Land for Tobacco} second yrs Land Fine weather every thing mends ^{(like vegetation}

2nd Henry started to Lynchg again this morning with fine Hh^d Tobacco all hands Hilling in new ground. cloudy & like for Rain cleared off about night - Planted ^Greens square

3rd prizing Tobacco this morning & Hilling

4. prizing Tobacco & Planted Peas & Corn & Simblings Hilling in new ground, fine weather a little cool. Henry returned from 2 or 3 hours sun this evening.

28th June 1849 replanted Tobacco over & began to cut wheat again at home weather very Hot, Keen lightening yesterday Jane Laying by^corn in fresh ground to day

29 Fed & myself cut wheat at Mr. Neals. Henry gone to Mrs Colemans to cut wheat. 3 Plows Laying by corn in fresh ground & drill corn to day ——

30 4 Plows Laying by corn this side branch Henry went to shop to have Plows sharpened Sewed Peas worked with Hoe & Plowed Pea Patch, on Branch, Planted cucumber seed in Plant Bed, weeding Tobacco in big second years ground. weather very dry & warm My wife & children going to Edge Hill

1st July quarterly meeting – – = " cloudy & likely for Rain, my wife & children 1849 gone to Edgehill meeting this day Lila & Ann^{to Green field} July 1st In the Evening we had a fine Rain

- 2nd Rained hard yesterday little cool this morning wind N. E. fine weather my wife did^{not get} home last night from Edgehill Replanting Tobacco again second or 3rd time, Corn & Tobacco Small for this time,

3 weeding second yrs ground Tobacco. Laying by corn below House & drill corn

4 Laying by corn left side Path this field, been laying by ever since friday last. weather cool at night days warm. Pulled up flax yesterday Finished weeding new ground & second yrs land laid by a p^t of branch corn yesterday — Weeding Branch Tobacco below, spring weather clear & nights cool etc etc etc

1857 March 27th Halling leaves out of new ground Raking etc, sewing Oats. Halled up another stack Oats, & treading them Out this evening, Mr Wyatt laying upper floor of Porch Buck helping him little sow has Pigs. we have 11 Lambs fine weather about this time,-

28th Sewing Oats Halling Rails around corn field fence Raking & cleaning up new ground Mr Wyatt quit last night worked 5 day this week 29th we went to Edge Hill to Hear ^RoachMr Raking & halling Out leaves at new ground Sewing Oats cloudy & like for Rain or snow Wyatt Came to work again this morning Laying floor upper of Porch, Sewing flat Land in Oats & finished sewing

31st Plowing Corn Land, Sent to Yates Mill for meal, Halling up Logs at new ground for Barn & Raking Expect to Bush Oats with Colts & Pompy a little this evening. cloudy & like for rain, Fire put out in our mountain field about 11 or 12 Oclock to day & burnt up about 1100 Rails for us & over a good deal of [illegible] We burnt leaves last night Plowing for Corn, cloudy & like for Rain -- whoever put out the fire is yet unknown to us

april 1st I went to Cap^t Clements & Miss Sarah McCullocks, fired 11 or 12 Logs heaps to day & it Rained a little, in the evening Plowing

2nd Raking in new ground & halling up Logs for Barn & putting out Log heaps. very windy last night & to day had to watch fire last night, clear & cool to day

to get Her wheat next week If we can, it has been raining nearly all this week & to days is friday - desperate time we have had this week -

7th August 1857 Sewed Turnip Patch to day upper Corner summer Turnip seed sewed & in Lot the 8th a few sewed from Mr Yates,- Henry Sandy & Jordan

8th augt Toping Tobacco at Johns Branch Finishing Hilling up new ground this morning except a bottom too wet Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground next to Crews s fine weather clear growing weather ground very wet.

9th Went to Sunday school no teacher there all gone to Edge Hill about 18 or 30 scholars I stayed there till 12 Oclock Jennings Yates & Martha I. Dews taught

10th Tying up primings Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground Tobacco next to Crews -. fine shower rain yesterday Evening - very seasonable now &^{has been for sometime} Corn very promising etc - Tobacco very sorry generally we took our Honey last week very good =Lila complaining last night & this morning sent for Mrs Neal & she had a child a Girl sometime in the day

11th fine Rain last evening we are this morning firing priminings cleaning out new new Barn & then Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground next to Crews & finished in the evening near night, Plowed in Lot till night

12th This morning toping & succoring Tobacco clear last night & this morning very seasonable weather, Sent Abram to Fannies this morning to see about machining wheat etc.

13th worked on road to day Grubing on branch By spring got up a few apples

1858 Novr 2nd All at Cedar Hill Wyatt sick Henry & chumbly finished shingling this day & 3rd wound up House, covered negroes Houses Daubed Two & Chimneys etc Henry Pressed out Cider Balance Cutting wood, Halled wood & same

4th fixing up there finished sewing wheat ^^{nearly 15 Bushels sewed}

5. Began to move Halled 4 Loads Nannie Went up in morning & stayed at home Rained a little nearly all day moved Lila ^^wentup this morning, - carried up all safe but some chickens got smothered - & expect to try & finished tomorrow Friday ^Saturday 6th the 6 If it does not Rain —

6 Finished Saturday moving -

7th Nannie went to Edgehill to meeting in evening I went down to aspen Grove

8- Put up Our Fatting Hogs at Aspen Grove & Put up shoats to alter -

8 Halling up Corn at Cedar Hill Jordan bro^t up Sweet Potatoes Bacon Pig & Sundry other thing etc

9 Halling up Corn waggon & Cart

10th Finished Halling up Corn here & Halled 1 Load wood Henry Carr^d 2 Logs to worsham mill & ½ Bbl corn for meal & got 1 Turn which was there Shucked a little corn ^{Mr Lewis}altered my shoats ^{Buck & Robt & Kitty had Blankets at aspen Grove}at Aspen Grove 26 - Turned out 1 Boar & ^{claiborne Rhoda & Lila had Blankets here Cedar Hill}1 Sow more making 2 young Boars & 2 young sows & 4 old ones,-

11th Began to shuck Corn in morning & began to Rain & stoped us, shelled Corn Cleaned out nubbin House etc etc overseer cut out shoes for negroes etc Jerry went down home in evening- & Chumbly [lost?]