Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1848 Nov. 2 Fed shoemaking made 3 pr alse pulling off corn at stack & feeding Hogs with slops

3 Henry ^{Paid Mrs Neal $2 sent by me McC from Mr} gone to mill Whites 5 Bus corn 1 Bus wheat for himself & 1 Large Hart log for Railing 2½ by 3 Inches Very large frost this morning Shucking corn to day alse & Jordan

4 Finished sewing wheat this day & bushing sewed about 28 or 29 Bushels - Housed 6 or 7 Barrels corn more began to Rain to day & this night Raining nearly all night wind Blows very hard, Fed shoemaking, -

5 Raining this morning & quite cool wind from N West.

6 Killed little Beef, Fed shoemaking Laying dining Room floor

7 D^o D^o & shucking —

8. Killed 3 Hogs put up first & Henry went to saw & Grist mill, Doct Whites 3 Bus. Grain & 1 Large Log for paling, 3 Lengths Got one Turnip off branch the largest I ever saw. weighs 7 lbs & 26 Inches in circumference Cool frosty mornings Finishing shucking Corn & Housing this day -

9 Went to saw mill again 1 Large Log for Paling 2 lengths pulling up Greens & ap^ples this day -

10. gone to saw mill 1 Log for Railing Fed shoemaking alse at kettle began to Snow a little

11 Halling Rails shoemaking spining etc etc likely to snow or Rain

1849 Oct. 26 Stoped Jacob from going to ^Oct school Mr Shelton gone to Court. he has gone nearly 4 months,

From 26 Oct to Novr 1st shoemaking spining, nearly all the time ground very wet

1st Nov began to sew wheat left side of Path by middle Barn cut down & stacked up the corn, Fed shoemaking -

2 Sewing wheat - & same work

3 Same work & gathered corn below House

4th Beautiful weather rather warm my wife gone to Mrs Hunts 1849

5 Sewing wheat & finished next to middle Barn

6. Bushing & finished by middle Barn runing furrows etc fine weather —

7 Harrow in & Plowing balance fresh ground next to Orchard — carried my Leather & Boots to Mrs Nealy fine weather alse cleaning out water furrows in bottom next to middle Barn

8th Raining this morning spitiface ^{the man Hog}white sow took with some others - cloudy & moderate weather Fed nearly done shoemaking Henry halling wood 3 spining 2 shelling etc etc etc Note quite done sewing wheat

9 Finished sewing wheat ^{sewed 2 Bus.}on branch we have sewed 30 Bushels Halling up corn & shoemaking - windy weather

10. Shucking out corn & Housing cleaning up on Ditch in Tobacco Lot where we sewed wheat

11 good day for meeting

12.th Halling up corn & Pulling

13. Trod Mr Neals wheat Pulled Halled & shucked corn —

14 Housing corn to day. Henry & Fed working on Road, Jordan gone to mill

1852 aprl 9th Finished laying off 1 way fresh ground for Corn Jordan coltering Balance Hilling, there till 12 oclock, then we sewed flax at overseers House, Planted Sweet Potatoe Patch this evening = aprl 10th Halling wood waggon & Cart till 10 oclock my wife Fannie W & Child & Cate went to CH

12th Rained Sunday & monday so much that my family did not return till Tuesday morning stay at Mr Johns all night

13th Striping Tobacco in new Barn back garden

14. Laying off left side of Path by middle barn & fencing around Corn field fence & finished

15. Rained hard last night Sent 4 Bushels Corn to mill yesterday & this morning for meal Shelled 3 bushels Corn to Plant Planted Irish Potatoes by Henrys old House & began to Plant Corn this Evening right side of Path by middle barn late in the evening — — Henry & Lila laying off Mrs Neal very sick Doct Walkup thinks from taking Laudanum Grased my wheat on mountain by Hester^{to day -} till yet Grazing my Rye Lot - by her[e] —

16th A fine day we are planting corn & laying off Borrowed of EG Lewis 4½ quarts sats. lost 2 old Sheep lately — — Bets calf a Bull calf little over one week old now

20 It has been raining every day & night¹⁸⁵² since last Saturday this is Tuesday & still cloudy & Rainy, we have planted but little corn, Striping Tobacco in new Barn back garden & trying to Finish but cant, ^{do it}quite Wind N.W. quite cool bad on stock

21. Finished striping Tobacco about 8 oclock Halled wood Turned out Lug Hh^d Tobacco uncover =ed mountain & one below fresh ground plant Beds Rained a little to day, & cleared off cool

1852 May 7th let Mrs Neal & W^m Burnett have collared plants, Finished coltering over new ground once & began to crop a little Henrys arm sore

8th Jordan Coltering in fresh ground balance Halling up wet part there, cloudy & like ^Rainfor

9th Went to meeting to day scramentul day

10th Planting Cotton this morning, cloudy & like^Rainfor

11 Coltering & Hilling in fresh ground & in ^groundnew

12 Rained in the evening & life for Rain Started to Lynchg this morning with waggon Hilling & Finished fresh ground Picked Plant Beds Hilled all ground crossed in new ground replanted Hillside drilled by middle Barn, etc waggon got home from Lynchg saturday evening one of John Hunts little negroes Died Friday night cleared off & quite Cool,

20th Plowed Lot for Tobacco yesterday, planted yesterday about 8 or 10.000 Tobacco Hills some in new ground & some in fresh ground Replanting corn to day planted corn & Peas in Cotton Patch, Henry Harrow Corn on Branch, Lila yet in House - clear & dry

22 Jordan Plowing in Corn mext to orchard Henry Coltering in new ground balance Hilling in new ground

23. Two or Three fine showers of Rain to day

24 Planting Tobacco this morning in Second yrs ground, & new ground - warm fine weather

25 Finished freshed ground except little part thats new ground cleared off & Hot Planting this evening all the Hills that made in new ground, Henry coltering Harry Set up on Hh^d to day for 37½ [?] the staves being Jointed - & is to set up one more at that price & one more staves to Joint ^{for 3 [?]}etc

29th A little shower of Rain yesterday, we have finished Hilling & Planting our new ground yesterday Plowed 2 or 3 days in our corn Began to weed corn on Branch this morning cloudy & like for rain, worked out Sweet & Irish Potatoe seed.

1854^{July 1st} Weather very Hot & dry Fed gone to shop with Cart this evening Hilled up Sweet Potaotes this morning my Spungy made ½ machine sheet Laying by Corn in fresh ground choping etc etc in Corn & weeding down Tobacco — — —

8th Done Cutting Oats got up nearly all our wheat replanted Tobacco – went to Lynchg & sold all of our Tobacco, for tolerably prices only @$6Hogh^d sold for $5.50, choped in Corn this week pulled up flax, Hilled up Cotton & Greens & Pens

12 finer Rains Since last Thursday Friday & Sunday worked out Lot Tobacco yesterday & now choping in Corn & thining nearly done laying by with ploughs, my wife went to Mr Fitzgeralds & carried Mrs Neal, etc etc Very clear this morning & at little cool

19. went to meeting last Sunday & from there Me & Kate went on to CH, my wife & children went to Mrs Hunts & returned at night, & Monday evening went up to Mr Fitzgeralds & Come back a little we came from CH, fine Rain Monday about chalk Level Monday evening, we are very dry Our Folks work 3rd yrs Tobacco & new ground this I Guanoed Lot, done over once

21 clearing of wheat yard to thrash wheat very dry & Hot, here fine shower above yesterday we stacked our Oats & got 4 or 5 Loads of Good Hay Henry Sick, Jordan Harrowing in Corn by fresh ground Barn