Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1847 Dec 31st Took down Lugs & also new ground barn Tobacco this day

1848 Jany 1st Striping Tobacco & Halling wood cloudy all day & weather warm

2nd Rained last night & this morning clear & windy & much cooler —

3rd Mrs Coleman fails to send any of her hands to the Iron works Mrs Hunt only sends One instead 2 I this day wrote to them by allen a letter respecting them, shrubing Halling up corn stalks & Cutting in new ground, fine weather at this time A Beautiful day 3rd day Jany 1848

4th A little cloudy but moderate weather fine morning, & bids fair for a good day Plowing shrubing & Cutting in new ground

5. A little Cloudy weather moderate Plowing yesterday & to day for Corn cutting in new ground. Raining by old wheat House by side fence by Cotton^Patch

6 Pleasant morning, cloudy a little Plowing & Cutting little growth

7. Beautiful morning clear, Plowing & Cutting little growth in small new ground

8. Cutting wood for to Burn. Plant Beds & Plowing 2 Plows —

10. Burning Plant Beds on mountain

11 Finished burning 2 Plant Beds on mountain & sewed them, -

12 went to mill carr^d 2 Bbls corn & 2½ Bus. screan wheat for cows Settled with Abysom Lea at Mr H.

13. Sent 20 Bushels wheat to Mr. Pannills