Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1851 May 21th Finished Hilling at Fresh ground On Mountain & coltering there & at new ground began to Plow in Corn at House last week & this week worked out Irish Potatoes & to this day planted Some Tobacco in Lot by prize Barn & some in Fresh ground perhaps 6.8 or 10.000 Hills very dry & Hot —

22nd Plowing in Corn & Planting Tobacco at Fresh ground most moist places this morning Expect to begin to weed this morning or Sometime to day, very warm & dry

26th Friday & Saturday weeding corn in Lot at House & then went to new or fresh field, weather Turned very cool Friday night,- & has been ever since Sheared Mrs McCullocks sheep on Saturday - weeding Corn in fresh ground -- cloudy & like for rain

27th weather more moderate still a ^{& very dry}little cloudy Planed Peas between corn in fresh ground this day weeding corn in fresh ground & Plowing weeding corn etc at Mrs McCullocks & I got there from once to Twice & three times a week

28th Plowing & weeding mountain field cover this day. Overseer Sick again & his wife has been for a week or Two back —

29th Finished Second yrs ground Planting Tobacco & began to Bed in Lot by new Barn

30. Beding & Planting Lot by new Barn cloudy & like for Rain did not finish Planting the Lot back of Garden

June 1st Sunday not much Rain & quite cool, cleared off & fair & cold, —

2. 3. Planted Lot Tobacco by new Barn tho ground very dry & hard wed Sweet Potatoes & Peas & Hilled up little Patch by prize Barn a little Rain Sheared Sheep the 3rd June 1851

4 Plowing & weeding mountain field Corn & done fresh ground, weather warm