Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

the Lord to bless with spiritual & temporal blessings. Yesterday it was at Strait Stone meeting house etc etc etc

28th. Still very dry & Cool. Streams all drying up Camp branch along the road by Mrs Smith dry & allmost dusty - a little water above in a whole — — — John McHany Died last July 1845. this year year is another sort worse than 1838 because the Draught is so much more extensive, & no oats hardly made & the most remarkable year ever Known its now July & the ground has not been really wet since 1st March last — 1845 1845

30 Some showers around us but none here - wind has been from NW more or less for a week or 10 days & very drying Corn all vegetables etc drying, Serious times, Treading out wheat and Grubing on branch never was so bad a prospect for corn it has now sold for five Dolls pb^l Poeple very sickly about Leesville & in charlotte. Colley Bradley Died last July

aug. 1st. Rained & Hailed about 4 Oclock in the evening a little shower about 12 Oclock last night or Rather this morning about 2 Oclock - the Hardest Rain I ever heard fall but one, 1836.

1853 Febr 10 Henry Jordan & Sandy Plowing Jacob malling malissa Picking [G?] Kitty fencing alse shelling corn fine weather,

11th Fencing Plowing malling & Halling wood, sent for my new wagon body Sent 2 Large cow skins & 1 kip skin to Mr E Lewis to carry to Doss s Tanyard to Tan at Green field, & we have also 2 large skin cow sent to Jefferson & Reeses Leesville

12 Malling & cutting wood to burn Plant Bed Plowing & Haling wood – fine weather

13 Fine day windy in evening & cooler

14th malling Fencing & Plowing this day quite cool this day —

15. my wife gone to Mrs Hunts to night Burnt & sewed Plant Bed above House & got done by night Jordan & sandy Plowing Raining at night a little & Hailing,

16 Striping tobacco in prize Barn Raining,-

17th Jacob & Lowry halling wood for Mr Neal Henry Fed & Sandy malling Balance fencing around Johns field, cleared off & fine morning not very cold,- my wife not got back yet —

18th Jacob & Fed malling 3 Plows running. Balance fencing, cloudy & like for falling weather I went to Capt Gilberts.-

19th Striping Tobacco in prize Barn Rained in morning & then Snowing till night disperate day very cold, indeed no wood

20th cleared off & fine morning –

21st went CH & striped Tobacco —

22nd Jacob gone to Farris Mill 2 Bus wheat for^flour Balance all Halling leaves cloudy & like for Rain began to Rain about night & Rained all night

23rd Striped Tobacco in prize Barn etc etc

24th Fencing & malling alse Swingling flax very cold & windy —