Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1846 Jany10th Saturday A fine morning^{cutting onSunday}Second new ground & Halling wood —

Sunday 11th Another fine day, has been fine weather for most of this month

12th Fine day & we are burning Large Plant Bed on mountain —

13th Finishing Plant Bed to day — A little cloudy weather moderate

14 Sewed Plant Bed this morning & covered it & cutting wood for another below the road on mountain ——

15th Commenced burning small Plant Bed on mountain this morning weather moderate & cloudy to day Went yesterday to Mrs Hunts Bring Lains Ezekial East & shop to carry hides for Miller to Tan^{3 carried}— got the shingles my Plow & a little straw from Mrs Hunts yesterday Sewed small Plant Bed on mountain this night in the rain, began to rain about night —

16th rained nearly all night cloudy this morning & we are striping Tobacco at new ground —— 17th Finally a rainy Day Striping Tobacco

1847 Feby 4. Very cold & windy Fed malling Henry helping Mr Lain & halling wood the ballance cleaning out stables & raking leaves^etc

5 weather moderating halling wood & sills etc for waggon House, malling etc

6th Malling Rails & cutting down corn Stalks this morning, Mr. Lain framing waggon shelter, weather fine & fair, -

13 this week burnt Plant Bed on Branch above House striped Tobacco one day malling Rails & Grubing on Johns Branch Lila compla[in]ing & I [bleeding|[bled]] her Mr Lain at work on waggon House & little house this week — Pleasant putting latches on Gates etc etc etc, no plowing down^{by us yet}

17 Sent waggon to mill 10½ Bushels corn 1 Log to be sawed into Railing 2 by 3 In. for yard & also 2 Bags seed Cotton weighing 46 lbs 47 lbs 93 lbs^{bags in all}making new^{this day}ground fence

18 Striping Tobacco, Raining Mr Lain at work in shop

19 striping Tobacco & prizing Lugs. nearly done. Lady Jane Lame by a hurt.

20 Sent to Mr Lewis's to Roll Logs 2 hands balance cutting in new ground & Piling wood,

20 Cloudy & Raining yesterday & to day warranted E East JW this day

22 Haling Rails & fencing corn field

23 Same same & finished corn field^fence

24 began to Plow for corn in earnest

25. Plowing for corn ^{since we finished our fence}Fed malling

26. Plowing & malling & Pilling wood,

27 Raining this morning Fed shoemaking Finished striping Tobacco this day 6 lambs to this day

March 1st Finished prizing Lugs Halling wood & malling this day, weather cool & windy

1847 August 6th Raining this morning a little finishing working branch then worming & succoring Tobacco Henry gone to to Glenns Mill with 5 Bus. wheat for flour 2 Bus for Armstead & W^m Myers & 2½ Bus. corn for me — etc etc Lila Spining cloudy warm weather

7 Raining this morning & last night all night spining shoemaking & Picking wool etc

8 a good warm day —

9. Foggy in morning & then fair

10. Cloudy this morning. Toping & worming Tobacco this morning, I am scouring etc etc Fine growing weather - High Fresh in creeks about here very hard Rain A week or Two ago W^m B. Averett of Lynchg & Green Robed the bank. Averett Ran off Green they have in Jail

11th Rained nearly all night ground very wet & Raining this morning cleaning out Stables & Spining etc etc etc

12 Grubed & cleaned up mountain field this day, went to see Ezekiel East sent Island & bot it.

13th Grubing & Cutting in new ground

14 Henry & Fed went to Mr McCullocks to Raise a barn, balance succoring Tobacco 15 Sunday prime weather

16th Toping & Succoring Tobacco

17 Succoring new ground & second yrs Halled polls on Branch

18th Succoring & worming Tobacco scraping out Cotton Patch etc

22 Rained last night, began to Thrash wheat Colo Dickinsons^machineyesterday

23 Rained again & we cant go on ^{out wheat}getting

Ezekial East Senr

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John D Hunt

Ezekiel East Senr

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