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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 6
May 20, 1849 - May 31, 1849
1849 May 20th Nights till very cool some poeple planted Tobacco We have not yet
22. Planted about 7 or 8000 Tobacco Hill Planted Irish Potatoes seed to day Plowing Corn & weeding. Planted last square Greens
23 Replanted corn on Branch & weeding drill Corn. Planted Peas & Corn on Branch
24th weeding drill Corn, Plowing & Harrowing weather fine, cloudy & a little like for Rain nearly done Plowing ps cheek corn below house Cut Mrs Coleman colt. done by Bro. Wm Dews
25 Weeding corn below house Plowing & Harrowing weather cool, finished weeding ps below the House, & all drill corn nearly except branch
26th Raining this morning & last night & all day shoemending spining shelling corn etc. weather Cool & Rain from N. E.
27th cloudy & Rainy this morning, quite cool Put Lady Jane to Mr Collins Horse kept by Free Patrick I am to pay Five Dolls for a Colt. no Colt no pay, =
28 Thundered & lightened this morning Rained hard & raining nearly all day very wet time in deed. weather more warm — Planted 3 or 4000 Hills mon in big new ground Tobacco Hills last Saturday 27th Inst.
29th Planting & expect to finish all new ground to day - Cutting off & Planting -
30 My waggon started for Lynchg with Mr Lewis’s Tobacco 1 Hhd at $4 Fernage & tollage all pd, Planted our new ground Tobacco except a Bottom in it. Planted a little of our second yrs Land now Bushing Oats & wheat thining Corn etc very wet time & warm Thining corn & gone to mill this morning
31st May - Thundered cloud in night & rained very hard Brot from mill this week 3 Bbls meal