Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1848 July 29th Weather warm. Grubing cutting & choping out mountain field corn

30 Rained yesterday last night & this morning cloudy & Rainy fine growing weather — yesterday went with Mr. McDaniel to see land & he is to say in 10 or 12 days whe =ther we trade, —

31 Misting of Rain this morning & last night Finishing choping corn at mountain field Spining etc etc. ——

1848 1st Augt. Clear & cool Plowing & Hilling up lot Tobacco etc Sewed Turnip Seed in Patch

2nd Plowing & Hilling up lot Tobacco 3rd Toping etc Fed Sick

4 Treading out 1 floor wheat, Toping & succoring Tobacco new ground succoring second yrs Tobacco Put Lady to Mr Jones^Horse Grey

5 Treading out wheat this morning working Greens in Garden

9 Finished Treading out wheat toping^worming second yrs ground

10 - Paling apples etc —

11th. Raining Toping & worming^groundnew & Branch - in Lot — Sent ½ Bushels corn to Doct Whites & 1 Log

1855 Decr 22nd Killed 8 Hogs this morning - I went to Fannie W. Fitzgeralds yesterday - Cold weather The Toll Due John D Hunt for Thrashing wheat for me 1855 is 4½ Bushels as we only made 107 Bushels which we expect to send shortly

1856 Jany 1st Killed balance our hogs & Beef Cutting little growth in new ground Cold weather lost in X good many our pigs —

3rd Jany 1856 Sent 4½ Bushels for Toll this day to Mr John D Hunts - Henry — Striping tobacco to day & p^t of yesterday very bad disagreeable weather

5th This day it snowed all day & begun in the night I started to charlott CH but only got as far as Mortons Ferry so much Ice in River I could not cross stayed at Mr McCullocks Saturday night Snow 13 Inches deep stayed at Bro. Jones Just this side River Mortons Ferry & come home Monday night about 10 Oclock in night spending 56 cents In my Trip, clear pretty day over head, I left my Buggy at Mr McCullocks, Sunday & went on horse back, Jacob I dont know where he is - he was to be at Mr Overbys the 5th Inst to meet me ——

12th Jany 1856 This week we striped Tobacco on or 2 days then got wood Friday & Cut in new ground has been Cold & Snow has not melted very little all the week This morning Just one week since the other Snow It began to Snow again & Snowed all day in evening it rained a little & hailed some one amoungst the most disagreeable Cold days I ever saw Snow very Deep Dreadful Dreadfull time Sure, one Lamb come day before the last Snow & is yet alive,-

13th clear pretty Cold windy day Snow melts a little but not much have not from Jacob yet