Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1848 Augt 14th Thomas Templeton came after a search warrant this morning to search Mrs Garrotts House for his Tobacco, lost — We got apples for vinegar at stony point in evening a fine Rain indeed

15th Cloudy & foggy this morning. we Beeting apples & getting up for vinegar I am sick & have been for 2 weeks & several have desperate coughs it may be Hooping cough. —

18 Worming & succoring Tobacco & going to meeting all this week. Revival at Strait Stone at this time W^mH Plunket Pastor Several showers of Rain in 10 days past, beautiful one last night

20th began to Rain to day about 11 or 12 oclock we were all at a great meeting at strait stone

21 Still Raining & wind Blows from N.E. ground very wet indeed cool wet weather

22 Fair day Toping & worming Tobacco

23 Same work, began to Plow for wheat, cloudy & like for Rain ——————

29. Sent to Doct. Whites mill 1 Large Log for Paling & 5 or 6 Bushels corn — Henry gone worming & succoring branch & lot to day & Granary Lot -

31st & 30. Getting up & beeting apples for Brandy finished over Tobacco 30th Inst. weather fair & warm

31st Pulling mountain field fodder

1848 Oct 6 Digging Irish Potatoes first planting Turn out moderate Began to sew wheat in fallow Land fresh field firing Tobacco in prize Barn & mountain Barn weather moderate, clear, to day. -

7. A Fine morning, cutting second ^groundyrs Tobacco, & Henry sewing wheat in fresh ground

8. clear moderate ^{Lucy A. Clements Baptized to}day by Bro Plunket

9th clear & cool, firing Tobacco sewing wheat & Cutting down corn & Halling it up, cut Buck Wheat

12 Halling up Tobacco & Corn, smart frost weather cool Sewing wheat in fresh ground & Choping bushes etc began to sew wheat big prize Barn,

13th Sewing wheat. Halling wood etc Choping Bushes in fresh ground cloudy and like for Rain Cool

14. Sewing wheat in second yrs Tobacco Land, firing Tobacco at mountain field & Cutting down corn stalks there & Piling Rocks, Mr Hagood got Leather & thread to make myself & wife a pair shoes weather clear & moderate - 5¼ lbs warp filing & bag carried to Mrs Tuckers

15 went to Mrs Smiths clear & warm

16 Sewing wheat in fresh Tobacco Land Henry gone to Doct Whites mill 1½ Bbls

Celebration at Riceville this day etc & has been very cool ever since 1st day of the month

5th Finished weeding Lot on Branch Laying by corn big middle Barn left hand Path thro field. Weather very cool & we are sitting by fire This morning we begin to Hall up our wheat - etc. little cloudy & like for Rain in evening, Halled up 4 Loads by 12 & 4 after

6th Laying by corn, sent to mill^{with cart} this morning 1 Barrel corn. nights & morning cool. weeding Lot Tobacco this morning Plowed & Hilled cotton, Halling wheat again

7. went to Mrs Colemans to see Harriet & then on to Meeting at Bro. Plunket did not come Prayer meeting^{gave negroes Holiday from 12 oclock}

8 Raining a little, Bro. Plunket came here on his way to meeting, ^{I say at home & Cate}Henry sick not quite done weeding down our Tobacco In the Evening Rained hard before & after my wife etc returned from meeting & at night^again fine growing weather - at this time —

9th Hilling up little new ground Toba. Treading out a floor wheat this day ground quite wet - - cloudy morning

10 Rained hard last night replanted second yrs big fresh ground Raining this morning. Halling up new ground If it stops raining on new ground being too wet we have not finished laying by our corn yet.

11 Plowing corn & Hilling up big new ground Henry runing boards this morning, Jacob gone to mill 1½ Bus new wheat - &

12 Halling up wheat waggon & cart Did not get done good day —

13 Sent Jacob to Mill 1½ wheat for common use. Cutting oats, Ennis here from Mr. Panillos

1852 Sept 13th cleared off & very cool & not a cloud to be seen to day we are worming succoring Tobacco Tying up fodder which has been pulled a week & Cutting Fired Tobacco in Lot on Branch, one of my sheep Died W^m Plunket not at meeting yesterday -

14th Sent Fed to Mill this morning 9 Bushels wheat 2½ for fine flour worming & succoring Tobacco Hanging some Cut yesterday & Pulling fodder I am going to Settle business for Mrs McCullock

15th worming Toping & Succoring flat in Lot — Pulling fodder, the morning that they ^{done yesterday}ought to have

16. Cutting & Housing new ground Tobacco in the evening Tying up fodder cleared off very pretty^weather

17th worming & succoring new ground & lot Tobacco firing Fair fine weather, moderate weather,

18. we have ^{cut & Housed about 1700 Hundred Stacks}cut over all our Tobacco & out of all got about 1600 Hundred stacks, good fired with spots & some drowned, - worming fresh ground. Tyed up fodder last night put up 4 stacks Injured by wet,- pulling fresh ground fodder to day,- gathering peas etc etc

19. Fine weather, went to Harmony to day to Hear M^Rush

-20 Housing New ground Tobacco in new Barn. worming & succoring fresh ground Tobacco, some little cloudy gathering Peas & Expect to pull fodder to day the other side of the Branch weather moderate

21st Finished pulling fodder this evening Stacked 7 Stacks Blade like for Rain —

22nd Housing Tobacco in new ground. Barn or ^groundfresh Cutting Tops & firing Tobacco, cutting wood – cleared off this morning - gathering Peas, etc

23rd Finished pulling Blade fodder & Tyed some Tops - cutting tops on Branch

24 Began to Cut Tobacco & tying up fodder

25. Rained & cloudy friday & saturday some Blades on ground have put up 9 stack Blades all to Stack the other side of Branch

1853 Sept 3rd Rained all day Carr^d yes= =terday In all before to this night 20 Logs to Yates Mill not Sawed nor Devrd

4 went to W^m Dews s to see him ^hepling he is

5. Sent to Mill 10 Bus Corn for meal worming & succoring Tobacco & Toping^{this day}

=6. & 7 Pulled fodder at mountain & at home

8th Rained Caught all my fodder on ground

9th still raining. yesterday we squared Barn Logs wormed & succored Tobacco all over but second yrs ground Peggy Sally Ben & all the chaps nearly got bad Colds Sally has been sick Raining & Mr Irby gone Mr Lipscomb at work on Buggy shaft but cant do much on a/c weather

1[ink spot] went to meeting Mr Plunket Elected Preacher Mr Lipscomb worked a little this morning pulling on Buggy shaft. —

12 Toping worming & succoring gathering Blade fodder squaring barn Logs etc -

15. yesterday worming & succoring Tobacco & stacking fodder very sorry & not one stack of good saved yet - this morning worming & succoring & Toping new ground Tob. Killed Lamb squaring Logs. good deal of fodder on ground. we have stacked 5 stacks Blades worming succoring & toping new ground Mr Lipscomb left at 12 Oclock

16. Stacked one stack fodder next to orchard Finished worming & succoring new ground to day Pulled some fodder & Cut some Tops finished Halling Barn Logs —

19 Tying up fodder worming & succoring & Toping Tobacco, Squaring Barn Logs

20. Raining this morning