Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1850 June 28 & 29 cutting wheat & finished all except Lot on Branch Mrs Colemans Kit & James helped me armstead cut about 3 hours cloudy most all the week but no rain Rain here began to Plant Tobacco in Lot by Garden & Kept on planting till we finished our fresh ground, we have planted about 60.000 Hills

30 still cloudy in morning & foggy last evening Plowing corn & Broom corn

July 1st Plowing corn in Johns field & weeding down new ground Tobacco very dry weather & Hot — went to Mr Fitzgeralds yesterday after Cate, she stayed there one week, Smart Rain in evev= =ing at House but none at new ground replating our Lot by garden of Tobacco set out Tomatoe & Beet screan

2nd This morning found a young Heifer in the Cow pen dead cant tell whats the matter, Bedding Our Lot for Tobacco & weeding new ground after Scattering manure, windy & dry —

3rd weeding down Tobacco Plowing corn

4th. Finished weeding down new ground Tobacco & Plowing over corn 2 times Plowed & worked Sweet Potatoe Patch. Finished cutting wheat last week —

5. began to Lay by Corn & weeding down Big second yrs Land Tobacco clear & warm weather at this time very^hot

6 Began to cut Oats this morning This Rained all round us but not much here very warm

1850 July 8th Cutting Oats clear & Hot Fannie White carried her things away this morning - etc etc.

9 Cutting Oats Jane Plowing laying by corn On Hill Johns field - The Hottest weather now for about 5 or 6 weeks I ever saw so long The sun looks like Parching every thing Oats very sorry also wheat cant get Tobacco to live in the Hill little shower ^^Rainyesterday & we Replanted part of Our new nearly all the lot by new Barn. Mrs Colemans James cut Oats ½ day yester =day & then planted Tobacco with our folks or replanted, This morning armstead came & James went home

10 went to Mrs Colman Hired Armstead to Mr Robertson Buchanon — & also went to Mrs McCullocks Rained A fine Rain here this evening Plowing in Johns field laying by - & clearing Tobacco in seconds yrs ground

11 Planted corn in new Tobacco Lot Peas Snaps & simblings & Pumpkins Sewed Buckwheat in p^t of Lot Plowed up Turnip Patch - cloudy & like for Rain

19 A Few days ago say 17th Inst I gave Doct J. C Thompson 2 $50 notes $100 pay off Doct White a Debt Due him from Geo. McCullock Bond say about $80