Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1873 March 18th Davy Hauling leaves Milton Raking quite Cool this morning - Lonesome time Now

[1]9th Hauling leaves again to day the wind Blew So hard yesterday Kit said he could not Sew Oats So stoped sewing oats at 12 oclock & went to Hauling Manure on Irish Potatoe Patch & finished last night this morning fixed it & Plantated it & Planting Some for themselves this morning yesterday Mary Plowing 1 Square in Garden Planted Peas Beets etc etc - Sewing Oats

20th Thursday. Thrashing Oats raining this morning Weather Moderate, fencing yard this morning in part finished thrashing & faned them Out Twenty nine Bushels 29 ^Bushels Sewed & to Sew. Kit opening my Lugs in each Barn, Raining more or less all day weather moderate Come up a thunder cloud in evening & turned Cooler -

21st Kit Mary & Sarah Sewing Oats Davy gone to Mr Woodings to roll Logs Milton Raking Leaves to day windy & Cool to day Sarah raking leaves after 12 Oclock & Milton Plowing

22nd Brought my Cattle from fresh field & put them in field next to Mr Lewis & Calves too Kit Mary & Milton Plowing in Oats Davy Hauling leaves^{Planted goard seed & Peas etc} Sarah raking Cloudy & like for falling Wea -ther my Hogs has ^not been up for 2 or 3 days. quite Windy Mr Whitehead brot Nannie Home & Doron come at night

23rd They left this morning for Brook Neal, Cloudy & weather moderated a little

24th Mary Kit & Milton Sewing Oats. Davy & Sarah Hauling leaves on Lot raining a little this morning

25 Scattering & Plowing in leaves on Tobacco Lot - Davy gone to Yates with Corn to Mill for meal corn & wheat ½ Bbl for Chop^{corn & wheat} for me ½ Bbl for meal 3 Bus corn for Davy 2 Bus. corn for Milton & Sarah & 1 Bag full for Kit for meal 1 Dutch plow Hoe missing that & little for Martin Sam Had last year