Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

14th Novr. 1849 Clear fine weather — “ “ “ Sent by Jacob to Bro Yates $1.^s worth for of wheat for old Bro Angel. -

15 Gathering corn & Housing ^{at Mr J.D. Hunts} went to Sal[e] Bot at alonzas sale 1 Pad Lock 2 Dutch Plows. singleton & 2½ pr Hames for $1.28

16. cloudy & like for falling weather shucking corn & Housing - Mrs M. here

17. Finished Fanning out our wheat one time Halling stalks leaves & wood. cut & Picked up stalks on Branch in evening. cloudy ^{for Snow}& like

18 Went to Harmony Grove meeting cloudy ^{a little}& Rained

19. Went to Wm Jinnings Sale to get a Horse for Mrs McCullock but faild to get one to suit Halled up 9 Loads of corn to day

20. Shucking & Housing ^corn cloudy & like for Rain Mr. Adams here in Oct & started^ourTucker Clock & it has keep good time ever since

21st Made & Thrashed 176½ Bushels wheat 1849. The tolls of which is a little more than 8 Bushels & 3 Pecks which I Expect the Lord permitting to send to Mr. Pannills to morrow also to carry Twenty Five Bushels to same Place for Mr Lewis — his toll, - I have laid by 17½ & 1 Bushel to Ex at the 1 we got of Mr Neal & have now over 40 a little to sell

22nd Sent to Mr Pannills 8 Bus. & a little over 3 pecks wheat by Henry for toll to Mr Organ for Thrashing our wheat 1849 carried 30 Bushels for Mr Lewis - Halling up corn, nearly have got the Big corn House full - fine weather

1851 March 4th Plowing in Fresh field sett ½ Our Logs Heaps on fire & we had work with the fire in & all over that part where had set the Heaps fire fine weather windy day

5 Finished plowing fresh field & gone to Mount[ain] field this evening, Halling Rails at new ground cutting Logs in new ground etc etc

6th March Plowing with 2 Plows in the mountain field Fed & alse halled up oats straw shucks & 1 Load Leaves in Stables overseer Set up Hh^d alseJane cutting in new ground Barn Logs Jordan & Lowry burning Brush etc

7th Rained a little yesterday & all last night & hard to day striping Tobacco in new Barn Sewed Over Our Plant Beds about this

8. Striping Tobacco in new Barn

9. went to Harmony Powerfull freshit[freshet] & Mr^{Plunket not at on Saturday-meeting}

10. Set Our Logs Heaps on fire, Halling wood,

11 Treading Out Oats Halling Rails at Overseers House etc Burning up Log heaps Fair & fine weather for time year

12 working on Road Lila & Jane cutting Barn alse Jordan & Lowry cleaning up in new ground fine day -

13th Began to Sew Oats in Johns field - Began to prize Lugs Lila Kitty & Lowry & ^overseer Beautifull day for prizing &

14 Sewing Oats, halling out wood & Rails out of new ground, Broke Hester Ann & Celam to Plow this week Both Plow very well most done prizing our Lug Hh^d this day

15th Same work as on the 14th fine weather

16th Rained hard last night my wife gone to Mrs Hunts Sent for Cate who has been at Mr Fitzgeralds five weeks & in fact has not been at home much since last Christmas, fine warm days fair Sewed 11 Bushels this day.

1851 June 13th To Day went to Mrs McCullocks not done weeding there yet a fine Rain this day about 12 Oclock Capt Fitzgerald & myself looking at Mr. Sam^l Fitzgerald’s Land where Crews lives Replanting Tobacco here this evening – Fresh ground On mountain ——

14th Replanting Tobacco this morning fine ^weathergrowing then Plowing in corn at stony pint & weeding Tobacco Plowing up & planting Turnip Patch in Tobacco & Plowing Pea Patch & Turnip Patch Cutting Rye at Mrs McCullocks this day & finished Laying by first planting Irish Po[ta]toes Plowing in corn not quite done weeding corn at Mrs McC — no Rain There friday, quite ^ ^cool this ^{Plowed Celam to day}evening

15th quite Cool & Clear Kate gone to Harmony

16th A little shower this evening went to Court weeding down lotts of Tobacco - Plowing at stony pint - etc Halled up Stack 17th of Fodder this morning — Red, Suck & Rose had calves lately 1 Heifer^only

Memorandum of an agreement made with Geo. Cothran this 17th June 1851 to wit I sell Mrs Sarah W Colemans Old Barauch to Said Cothran for forty Dollars, the said Geo. has already agreed to repair a waggon for said S W Coleman for $14. makes a Large waggon Body, which body is for Mrs E McCullock for the sum of $10 Plank a body for said Graves for 1.50, making 25.50 worth of work & get more work If possible for said Cothran on a/c said Trade, & whatever Balance may be Due of the $40 the Said Geo. Cothran is to pay said sarah w Coleman at Christmas in money — — very cool at this time

18 - went to Mrs McCullocks finished weeding corn set up Hh^d for Mrs R McC cut little Lot wheat prizing Tobacco & working out Truck Patches etc very cool yet

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 March 17th Raining this morning & we are Striping Tobacco. Rained nearly all day

1853 18th Mar. Piling manure Halling up fodder from ^{I went to Mrs McCullocks to day} fresh ground & put up stack^fodder at House Cutting Hh^d Heading etc I went to Mrs McC

19th Rolled Logs & in evening bushed in ^{that was sewed} Oats Fannie White been here this week fine weather Sallie gone with her home —

20 cloudy & like for Rain my wife to gone to Harmony Grove meeting to day etc

21st I went to Court to settled land matter with Sam^l Fitzgerald & he failed to have the Deed ready the Land was survey by Jameson Corbin County Sur =veyor FWF! is dissatisfied because it don't hold out & Posponed making the Deed to us till he could have it calculated over by sombody else before I change Mr Corbin will have to tell me he has made an error & show me where & how etc etc Our folds striped Tobacco yesterday in new ground Barn — cloudy & like for rain ^morning this

22 Burning Log Heaps Halling wood & Plowing. Sook one of Our cows Died last night expect to sew Oats to day ——————

23rd Sewed Oats. Burning Log Heaps cutting ^wood cool & windy this day —

24th Sewing Oats, malling Rails & ^{new ground} wood in clear & fair weather - put Bells on cows

25. Halling rails out new ground round Corn field etc Lot - & get wood out of new ground shrubing corn field fine weather

26. Halled up Oats to tread to Sew & sewed Some Plowed for Oats Rained in evening manured Plant Beds at home & on the mountain Cut Hoop Poles

27 clear fine morning I am going to Strait Stone balance to St. Andrews