Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1848 April 8th. Henry Plowing Tobacco Lot & we hilled up our^sweetpotatoe patch

9th Raining this morning & quite cool

10 weather cool Plowing for corn Finished coltering big new ground one way to day Manuring Plant Beds, & began to crop D^o

11 ^{sent Jane to Mr Jno D Hunt for Peg Cally} Plowing for corn & cleaning up coltering second years ground, -

12. Plowing for corn Planted Sweet Potatoe Patch & water melon seed

14 began to Plant Corn in mountain field & finished Plowing for corn began to Plant at Stony Point this evening —

15. Planted drilled corn at Stony point & Hill at Home

16 clear & cool 17th making up yard fine & Planting corn at home clear & cool

18 Planting corn at home & will finish to day Put Plaster on Beds of Tobacco Plants Planted Pepper this day or yesterday Planting chick corn at home

19. Burnt sallet Patch & Hilling Planting chicked corn in evening at stony point, very cook & windy & dry

20 Planted D^o at stony point, cold night Dry & windy about this time -

21 Finished Planting corn this morning coltering & Hilling in new ground & second years. Dry & windy weather more warm

22nd Coltering second years land & new ground Hilling. moderate weather & cloudy.

Feby 27th 1856 Walter Evans came this morning [illegible] Raining this morning, Shelling Corn shoemaking alse & Kitty spining, Hung up Balance of Pork say 24 m 24 S 24 H 11 Joles 83 in all Shelling Corn 3 or 4 of them,- moderate weather

28. Fencing & Halling wood & Rails Jordan & Sandy Malling at stony pint Mr Evans began 27th wednesday to work on Garden tho it rained in morning Thursday he is at work on it to day making most 2 days - Henry is going to Hall rails this evening around Corn field fence

29th Fencing this day Henry gone to saw & Griss Mill Carr^d Log for Paling & 2 Bags for meal, one at mill bring home & railing Fine weather Fannie come down & staid 3 days Sandy malling at stony pint —

March 1st Raining Halling Racks & taking down Tobacco - — I went up to mount airy & in presence of Mr W^m C Grasty Registered a letter to Pumpkin pile PO Polk County Geo enclosing $49 S C money to Edmond D Johns being his part of Francis McCullocks Debt Due McCullocks Est,- — Cold Rain^{to day} Mr Evans worked 3 days p^d him & he is gone

8th Sent to Saw & Griss mill 4 Bus corn for meal & 1 Log for Pailings got 4 Bus meal, Plowing for Corn Burnt Plant Bed on Road & sewed it this week p^t not burnt, but Guanoed, malling wood, cleaning up in corn field made 2 Bridges to day - Planted Irish Potatoes to day & Goard Seed, etc Covered all our Plant Beds yesterday Mr W^m Dews Died this day soon in morning & Buried on Sunday the 9th March 1856

10th sent up to Fannies to day ^{she rented the Kitchen} Peg moved there to him as long as they entirely agree @ $1.00 – Plowing for Corn Grubbing up Rushes on Ditch malling wood in new ground