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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 8
February 1, 1851 - February 16, 1851
1851 Feby 1st let Mr James P Lewis have 1 Plank 14 feet Long 12 Inches square Edged ^wide & 2 Do Bark Edged 17. Inches wide & 11 feet Long to make negro man Isaacs coffin who Died this morning
Feby 3rd Raining this morning striped Tobacco awhile & then we halled leaves all day after weather more moderate had 4 or 5 very cold days 6thLambs to this day lost only one —
6th cutting in new ground all hands yesterday or day before Halled shucks Fodder & Oats beautifull weather to day ——
7th Plowing in fresh field. Jane & alse in new & childrenground Henry overseer Fed & myself went to Raise school House
8th Henry gone to Mr Parham Lewis s to Roll Logs Fed & overseer gone to school House Jane alse & Jordan gone to new ground.— Fine weather weather warm ———
9th Went to Meeting tolerable good day
10. Raining a little, taking down Tobacco & striping in middle Barn — Rainy evening F.WF. & Cate gone with her homethis morning Weather warm Jacob gone to bring horse home Made John D Hunt a Deed for Land near him JW Odaniel here cleaning & fixing Turner clock for which I gave him $1 - Raining hard took down all our Tobacco to strip
13th Plowing & malling, began to mall yesterday yesterday I went to Mrs McCullocks set up 2 Hhd & went to Chalk Level
14th Fed gone to mill 1 Bbl Corn 1 Bbl wheat we are striping Tobacco in middle Barn. Bets Bull calf came 13th- 10 Lambs to this time ^alivelost 6 Raining this morning The 11th I went to finish school house card Fed with Did not finish & give [Ditchie?] Jacob 9¢ Grasty 9¢ & Hendrick 1/6 making 50¢ in all to finish chimny 12th
15 Rained striping Tobacco Halled out chaff
16 Miss E McCullocks funeral & Burial