Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

June 1st Finished Thining corn yesterday except some drill Corn in bottoms & on branch Planted Tomatoe Peach screan & Goards ^hill on to day replanting tobacco in new ground weeding Corn & shearing sheep fine Growing weather. ground very wet

2nd Ground very wet Rained last evening Henry returned from Lynchg for Mr Lewis last night in 3 days, - we are this morning spining making Bars. shoemaking & then for finishing shearing our sheep marking & cutting our Lambs & Planting Tobacco - done our new ground Hills except, ^{100 Hills}about Planted little second years ground Plants are small

4th Plowing & weeding corn to day, weather warm & seasonable fine growing time

5. Plowing & weeding^{by middle Barn} Corn Halling out manure on Tobacco Lot clear day Went to Mr Hodnetts & Mrs McCullocks

6 Finished last evening Plowing by middle barn Weeding there & Harrowing this morning Plowing fresh ground next to orchard. Covering potatoes & corn on Hill Halling out manure again to day cloudy — Sent Bit & calf to Mrs Colemans & 3 of hers is in my pasture

7 Planted fresh ground with plants from Bro Sampson, starting to fix lot & began to Rain & stop us sent for plants to Plant it

8 Beding & Planting Lot to day -^wetground Finished planting all except 6 Or. 8000 on branch fine season clear fine weather —

9th Plowing & weeding corn, this day over^nearlyonce

10. Rained this evening hard shower

11. Plowing corn over once weeding corn by^barn middle nearly done.

1849 august 19 quite cool this morning. my wife gone to Mrs McCullocks & Catharine S to go to school with Mildred Ann E. McC they Board her for nothing Milly stays here some & so change about, cloudy

20th Milly Ann E. McCullock starts to school to Mrs Walkup same Terms as Catharine S. Raised Henrys House & Forage House near stable Succoring & worming Tobacco this day —

21st Henry & Fed gone to Mrs Lewis to Raise Barn Succoring & worming Tobacco etc etc as Hot a day ^{& night} as I ever felt in my life I think some little appearance of Rain in ^{but did not}evening

22nd clear morning a little foggy in South Topping Tobacco worming & succoring This day Fanny W. went to charlotte with miss Ruths & Jno D Hunt, started last Thursday -- still Hot Mr Martin a clock Doctor stayed here last ^night fixed clock in sitting room gave him a $1- for it

23 Worming Tobacco & Grubing in new ground Henry Hewing down Barn & this House A fine Rain in evening, Lila ^{after morning}spining

24. Same work to day. nearly done grubing

25 Fanny W. returned from charlotte worming Tobacco this morning Shrubing corn field. Henry halling Rails for hog pen

26 went to association Buffaloe clear hot day

27 Henry sick, shrubing corn field

28 worming & succoring Tobacco, & toping Henry still in House clear & dry - Jerry had Crofe Croup last night very^bad,

29. scraping off wheat yard this morning worming & succoring Tobacco. clear & dry Toping tobacco. - went to Mrs Colemans to Hillfield to see Mr East.

30th & 31st Augt. worming & succoring Tobacco Machine came here 31st from Mr Lewis’s about 11 oclock & by the time we got a start it commenced Raining, & Rained a good shower we carried the wheat with straw after we discover=ed that it was going to be wet we then wound up & it Rained sure enough till in^nightthe

1st Sept. ground very wet & the machine doing nothing spining etc etc — Began to machine wheat between 1 & 2 oclock in evening till night put up 4 Stacks straw Kit & Mr. Lewis 3 hands come ——

2 Fannie W. & Cate went to Greenfield Jerry Better than he has been for several days

3. began again to Thrash wheat fine day Kit Mr Lewis s 3 Hands & 2 from Mrs Hunts came & we finished & carried the machine to James Whiteheads got done about night 1½ days Thrashing Our crop wheat

4 alse & Ann gone to Mrs Coleman to Pull fodder & its Turned out to be cloudy & a little rainy, succoring & worming Tobacco Henry gone to Mrs Hunt after 10½ Bushels corn making 4 Bbls lent me — Fanned out some wheat to make flour this morning — alse & ann returned at 12

5. worming & succoring & toping Tobacco on Branch & Lot. Henry gone to Glenns Mill 10 Bus. wheat for flour 5½ Bus. corn for meal. Turned cooler. I am going to Mrs McCullocks & Riceville to day —

6 Pulling Blade fodder after morning all hands my wife went to Mrs Colemans

7 alse gone to Mrs Colemans to Pull fodder worming & succoring Tobacco in new ground Fair & cool this morning ⅓ done Pulling^fodder Mr Myers & Henry getting slabs, Tying up fodder This evening.

8th Sept 1849 Finished succoring Tobacco & tying up all fodder pulled. Riving Boards for Barn

9th clear fair day for meeting

10th Pulling fodder Riving boards for Barn & finished - clear & fair day—

11th Pulling fodder & gathering to stack Halling up Boards etc etc. etc. — alse gone to Mrs Colemans to pull fodder We are trying to finish Pulling our fodder^{and done it}today

12 Tying up all day our Blades & Covering Tobacco House. cloudy nearly all day

Mr Myers framing up Tobacco House & cutting house doors & make shutters etc etc

13 Gathering fodder together to stack Tying up some halling worming & succoring Tob cloudy this morning ——————

14 Worming & succoring Tobacco Fanning out a Load of wheat

15 worming & succoring Tobacco, stacking fodder have put up 6 stacks to this morning 10 stacks put up in all this night Double stacks

17 worming & succoring big second yrs ground Then for cutting our top fodder have not cut a plant of tobacco yet - fair & dry Fanny W commenced weaving counterpanes this morning

18 waggon started to Lynchg with 35 or Forty Bushels wheat Mrs McCullocks with something like 60, say 40 & 62 meaured put up 14 stacks fodder began yesterday to cut our tops at again to day

19 Began to cut big second yrs^Tobaccoground & cut stacks did not quite get over that p^s

20 This morning cool & Raining cleaning out ^barnprize Halling away chaff etc etc etc & Tobacco [sh?] Halled up 1 Load corn cut some tops & Faned

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