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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 4
October 4 - 26, 1847
1847 Oct 4 Stacking our tops Talton here finishing chimney — weather finebusinessfor
5. Housing lot Tobacco this day. —
6th Raining this day —
7 Thundered & Rained nearly all day & in the evening the most sever Thunder & lightening I most ever saw –
8th Turned cooler & the sun shining this morning ground very wet - etc etc
9 Went down with Talton to see Land cutting Our Buck wheat & housed Tobacco Second cutting - weather still moderate Our new ground Tobacco still standing nearly ½ of it.
11 began to Pull fresh ground corn, this morning cloudy & like for Rain, warm, Halled up 5 loads Corn yesterday, made 11 in fresh ground
15 Frost this morning cut all our Tobacco yesterday Hanging & Housing this day
16 sewed second years Tobacco Land in wheat - 3 bushels. Choping round the stumps & cutting off Bushes Housed 20 Barrels Corn
18 Plowing for wheat Housing Load corn fresh ground. Made 25 Bbls Digging sweet Potatoes this morning
19 weather fine about this time,-
23. 59 Bushels cleaned out, sold, in 2 Hhds & used together to this day
26th myself & wife & Jacob Jerry & Henry started for Orange went on by the way of Lynchg & Charlottesville had a good trip & got to my Fathers in Orange on Saturday before night. Jacob & myself went to Capt Boxleys on the 9th Nov 1847. We started back for home by the way of Louisa CH