Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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