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.