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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 8
December 23, 1850 - January 11, 1851
1850 Decr 23rd Halled Tobacco from fresh ground barn to prize Barn, & Packed it down to strip
234rd Halled leaves till 12 oclock then fixed up cow shelter Rake in up manure & waggon & Cart Halling wood till night Fair & Cool, Killed 8 Hogs yesterday the 23rd 25th Stayed at home myself my wife went to Mrs Hunts
26th went to see Robt & Mrs McCullock Grastys Mrs Farmer etc etc as School Commissioner - etc
27 Rode all day as School Comr. & finished
28th Raining this morning moderate weather
29th cleared off cool
30th Halled wood & Cut in new ground Henry has been sick most one week
31st Finished Thursday & friday in Christmas getting last of Indigent children as S. Commissioner Snowed last night & we are striping Tobacco
1851 Janry 1st cleared off cool striping Tobacco that come out of the House the top Blowed off in fresh ground - expect to get done that to day — I went to Mrs Colemans & Yates yesterday to hire Jas The Snow is about Two Inches Deep
2nd Sent Fed to mill 5 Bushels wheat for chop 1½ Bbls corn for meal & ½ Bbl for overseer & to get a Bag Cotton at mill
7th Fine weather cutting in snow nearly gonenew ground Halling wood for Mr. Neale ½ day with cart Written to Mr Roach respecting Miss Milly Ann McCullock Land, & wrote a notice forwarning any persons from trespassing on it & offering it for Rent - or lease etc etc Halled Leaves & straw about this time
11 Burning & finishing Plant Bed on mountain & sewed it. 19 yds square cutting & pressin= 2 more to barn next week
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 13
June 26, 1860 - June 30, 1860
1860 June 26th Finished Laying by corn next to Capt whiteheads & began to Plow Tobacco & Hilling up over there. I went to Thomas W andersons Sale. property sold only tolerable Capt Haley staid all night with us
27. June Jacob bot some Land at andersons sale amt about $1200 & odd Dollars I am going his security for that Plowing Corn in Lot lower part & then the Cotton, clear drying weather
28th waggon from Bro H. place started to Lynchg Carried a Pat of butter to sell 2 Hhd s of Tobacco, to bring back a 10 lb Coffee some wine for sacrament, some little whiskey say 2 Galls & Barrels for Cider 1 Gallon machine Oil & machine Iron Finished Plowing corn Second time & coltering in middle of the Row in upper Lot. Hilling up Cotton chopping in corn & trying all day to finish Henry & Ben commenced this morning to get Plates & Prize stump for prize Barn Engage with Mr Keen to take my machine & thrash the season, machine to be in good Order, I have ¼th that is 4 Bus. in every 100 thrashed & I gave him 1 Bushel in every 4 I get I give him one & he bears ¼th of all Damage & Expence the Season all about the machine is nothing as Starkey wantsgotas long as he has the machine Mrs Farmersthe machine but don't want to bear any expence hope to get wood A J Lewis s & Mr Davenport I wont let it go. at Mrs Smiths Plantation, James McHay John R Shields, machine to start at aspen Grove,
29th Ben here this morning & Bob, Ben & Henry get ps for prize Bob Plowing Tobacco Balance Hilling up next to whiteheads very Hot dry weather
30 Ben & Bob here Plowing in Tobacco finished Hilling up Tobacco next to Whiteheads