Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

18 Aug 1847 Catharine Spiller started to Pine_ =ville to Miss L Wilson’s School at Pineville Academy. Board at Mr & Mrs Clark @ $7 pr month $10 for Tuition of 5 months - Board & Tuition $9 pr month - fine weather

23rd Too wet to Thrash wet. Succoring & worming & Topping Tobacco on Branches here & at Johns

25 Rained all day yesterday yet cloudy succoring^worming& toping^{ground etc}new Jacob P Graves starts to Mr. Waddel to school @ not quite $1 pr. month for the time he goes.

27 Thrashed out our wheat

30 Cloudy & foggy this morning succoring & topping Tobacco this morning Rained very hard Saturday evening —

31 Talton & Henry put up chimney to House for Jane. began Monday 29 & worked 2½ days & went Home sick

Sep 1st Pulling fodder in fresh ground & cutting Buck Wheat there yesterday alse & Fed went to Mr Hunt to pay for Epp & Allen helping me to thrash our wheat —

2 Pulling Fodder in big field to day Tying up Blade fodder etc etc Ann & Jane in House. Henry at Mr. Lewis^{Raising barn}

3 Worming & succoring Tobacco this morning Henry gone to mill weather good

4 Succoring Tobacco & worming to day.

6 Succoring & worming Tobacco weather^fine

17 Been succoring Tobacco & Finished Pulling Fodder 15th now stacking