Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1849th Jany 10th Very cold this morning clearing & Halling Pine Brush & wood last night from some cause or another the Fire was made up about 4 O clock in morning & a spark Poped out on the chair that my wifes wearing apparel was put the over night, which Caught fire & the Blaze waked me & I succeeded in puting it out tho her frock Handkf & apron entirely burnt up with several other things —

11th very cold & Clear, cutting wood for Plant Beds near house — Lila Breaking flax, – smart^{snow on ground}

12th Cut wood for Plant Beds till 12 oclock & then went to new ground. Clear & Cool

13 Halling wood cart & waggon

14 Sunday Raining weather moderate

15 ground very wet snow all gone Taking down balance of middle barn Tobacco. Henry gone to Glenns Mill with 8 Bus. wheat for flour & ½ Bbl corn for meal, weather moderate & windy ground very wet — Jacob went to school to Mr. Shelton from Mrs Colemans 2 days last week & started again this morning. – he is to Board at Mrs Colemans till Friday evening Saturday morning every week & then come home.

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