Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1855 Feby 28th Chink Logs Heaps to burn Halling out rails & wood & nearly done the rails this Day we have covered & sowed over our plant Beds malling & cutting wood etc, Henry is at work on Garden etc- nearly done getting rails out of new ground,- all our Lambs say 2 Come Soon is Dead.

March 1st Working on Garden Cutting wood & malling & Halling out & began to Rake leaves etc

2nd Henry gone to Mill 10 lbs Bus Corn for meal 8 Hoes, 3 to Lay 3 to strap & 2 to sharpen Carried 2 Colter sometime ago & will bring them back Car^d 3 Plows McCormicks to fix etc 2 Gimblets to fix - & Get Palings If possible etc

4 went to chalk Plowing fencing corn field fence fixing Garden & etc

6 fencing Plowing & Getting shingles & in the evening began to Rain & we set Log heaps on fire

7. Fine Rain, striping Tobacco this morning Log heaps nearly all went out

8th Halling out Logs Rolling Mr Crews & Jacobs Logs Plowing Cotton Patch scat =tering leaves to Plow in Halled one stack fodder out of fresh field fine weather

9th Began to coller in new ground Plowing for corn raking et etc Planted Irish Potatoes by Turnip Patch

10th Plowing for Corn Hester broke the lines & broke away from Sandy & Pompey & Run away. Nannie went to Mr Jno D Hunts

12th Treading Oats Halling wood Set Logs Heaps on fire, & began to rain in the evening Thundered & at night it rained all night quite cool -

13 Striped Tobacco in new barn back of Garden all day

14th Striped there again & expect to finish

15 & 16 Striping in ^old prize barn got it all down we have been striping Tobacco ever Since Monday evening Rained the whole week nearly no oats sewed yet here, ground very wet & cold ––

1855 March 28. Sewing Oats last week & this week & Plowing in second years ground & Hilling Collering in new ground very Cold & windy - Sewing Oats to day at mountain field expect to get out another stack of Oats to day to sew

28th Sewed 32½ Bushels ^{Began to} ––Hilling in new ground Planted Balance of Irish Potatoe Patch yesterday & covered it with leaves yesterday ground too hard frozen of mornings to Plow any where sewing Oats Cold & windy, weather Was from N W.

The 20th March 1855 Settled with the McCullock Legatees & paid Out all money on hand as Comm^r Exer of Jer & E McCullock & Interest as pr statements in Bag fine weather this day 20th Mar

30th Fine Day finished sewing Oats Bushing Sent Henry to Yates Mill 8 Bus. Corn Sent Mrs Hunts shoe Yates Vinegar & after Plank & Palings etc this day Sent Sandy to Rices after molasses Jordan Bushing^Oats Balance Hilling etc etc

31 Sandy got no molasses at Rices, Plowing for Corn. Broke Fillmore to Plow etc etc nearly broke Our new ground Once. we have made 5 or 6,000 new ground hills besides one p^s of fresh ground at stony point Halled out of Crews new about a week ago Hewed Logs & also Logs for shoemaking shop,- cleared off & windy this morning weather getting dry Rose & Milly has both Fine Bull calves about a week old to day we have 14 Lambs alive to this day

1855 April 1st A Fine clear day Windy Cate got her chin & neck burnt the past week & to day Kate & Jacob from Home Jacob gone to green field & Kate to Ja^sM Harris ––

6th Finished striping Tobacco & Bulk down all my Lugs nearly or quite Plowing for Corn at 12 Oclock Beautiful Rain moderate weather —

9 Easter Holliday cloudy & like for Rain Nearly half done Hilling Our new ground Got a good Deal of Corn Land to break up yet,- Finished Breaking our Corn Land 1855

14 Finished Sewing Oats at Mr Neals yesterday Plowed up a p^s for corn & p^t of Garden for him Plowed on Branch & Patches to day Planted Irish Potatoe seed Come from Fannies, cloudy & like for Rain Mr Evans has finished Ditching Mr Mullens Set up 2 Hh^ds — & we are Hilling in new ground Fed Coltered nearly ½ day for Jacob ———————

16 Jacob & myself went to Court Plowing fresh ground for Corn & Tobacco Hilling & Coltering in new ground fine day —

17 Same work & finished Coltering new ground Halling rails for Mr Crews Fed Picked leaves off Plant above House Beding up & listing Branch & bottoms for corn

18 Finished Bedding & listing in evening & went to Laying off for corn Hilling in new ground not quite done

19th Began to Plant Corn laying off etc Fine warm weather yesterday we altered marked etc^Hogsour Calves some days ago Jacob Laying off to day - Sandy in House

1855 June 2 Planting Tobacco to day new& small p^s fresh ground at stony point Mr Crews & abram Planting fine Rain & season as ever I saw Just Plowed & worked out branch Second time before it Rained, fine weather now

4th Planted Johns’s Branch Tobacco to day & p^r of p^s next to orchard & p^r of Jacobs Beding Lot in evening of this day Sewed Peas on branch Just before Rain Planted Collard Plants & finished this day Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts, – got 2 Bags of meal last week & 2 more at Yates mill – worked over Cotton etc etc last week

June 6th Beded up & Hilled Lot, Thining Corn the 7th Henry yesterday Car^d my last Toba to Mr Anderson as we came back took in a Hh^d for Capt Fitzgerald & Henry has started for Lynchg this morning – Finne growing weather & every thing has improved very much in deed ¬

9. Finished Planting Tobacco yesterday Planted all day long in evening negroes Planted Mrs John S Lewis very like to die at this time,- fair this morning & Cool

13th Mrs Lewis Died the 11th June & buried 12th 1855 weeding down Tobacco Harrowing Corn Sent Jordan with 2 Bags Corn to mill 4 Bus. & to get 10 Bushels at mill

22 Cut wheat Straw yesterday all day where the chinch bug injured the wheat; Fed & little Henry working Cotton Hilling Sweet Potatoes weeding down, Tobacco began 20th to Lay by Corn & sewed Peas & Guano In fresh ground above House.

1856 Friday 11th Breaking up Balance of Lot for Toba Henry Bedding on Branch for Corn finished Coltering this morning on branch & Jordan got over new ground one way & began to Crop Dry & windy - tolerable moderate, Doct Thompson come 3rd time to see clem = 12th Sent Lowry to Mr Neals to Plow further Sandy Bedding flat Land on Johns branch Henry coltering & laying off fresh ground Balance Hilling in fresh ground clem Sick yet give Pal a dose Physic^{& windy} clear

13 Croping new ground Beding on Branch coltering and Hilling fresh ground I went to the trial of Colo Smiths warrant against Mitchell & Templeton, Clem yet very sick & Pal complaining

13 13 Doct Thompson has been 4 times to see clem Sent 2 Letters by him to PO one to Capt Boxley & one to Cobbs of Lynchg Jerry & Jacob gone to Fannies dry & ^weathermoderate

14 Went to help Crews Roll his Logs Abram gone from home Coltering & Hilling at Second years ground Jordan gone to Coltering in new ground crossing after we come from crews, Sandy Harrowing Corn Land fine weather except ^{& Cool}dry Finished coltering & Laying off Second yrs Land Laying off Corn Land on Johns Branch

15 Laying off corn ground & will try & begin to Plant Kitty taken sick this morning clem Just Jerry Smith & Pal both Laid up, Doct T. was not by yesterday moderate dry weather – Doct Thompson came again to day this is 5th Planted oregon Peas at [water stains] this time & Pepper at Plan [water stains]