Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

to Fanny White & sent the Bundle & letter to Mr. Grastys to carry to Court to send on to Fanny White as Mr Hubbard failed to go on to Beulah association at Milton this morning Bundle still here Mr. Grasty did not go to Court ^{sent the letter on 26th by} _{mail to Milton}

22nd cutting Tobacco at second years ground & new ground to day yesterday cut Granary lot

26 Finished cutting over Once & stacking Tops & got up 2 Loads corn in all Lila taken sick yesterday Evening & this morning 26th her child Born 10 ^A.M.Oclock

27 Went to Mr McCullock several sick

28 Halling up Tobacco nearly filled prized Barn & new ground barn

29. succoring Tobacco etc Cut Lot by ^Houseprize

30. firing Tobacco etc

Oct. 1 Put up Hogs to Fatten

Oct. 2 Halling up Corn & finished right ^{side^ PulCornpulling} Shucking out corn to day -

4 Sunday fair give alse a Rake of ^{ague & Fever}Tarter for

5. Cutting Lot Tobacoo by Granary Digging Irish Potatoes & Henry Halling wood & Rails

6 cutting Tobacco on Branch Henry halling rails at stack & Rocks to build chimney

7 Cutting Buck Wheat. Digging Irish Potatoes. Making wine, alse sick Housed about 15 or 20 Bbl corn wrote to Capt Boxley 8 shucking corn etc

9 & 10 Housing Tobacco shucking & Housing^corn

11 Geo. W. Coleman Funeral Preached by Elder J. T. McLaughlin 85 Pslam 8V. weather cool

12 began this evening to Sew wheat big Granary - night it rained all night

1848 Sept 1st pulling fodder Mr Myers work on yard all this week, 6 days -

2 Pulling fodder & Tying up D^o

3rd Sunday a fine dry day ——

4th Fine weather for fodder, pulling at home & stony point^{& tying up}

5 Finished pulling to day 12 oclock worming & succoring & toping^Tobacco & tying up fodder etc Lilas child a Girl born about 11 oclock

6 Worming succoring & toping Tobacco. Tying up fodder

7 same work this day - clear & cool

8 worming & succoring & toping —

9 same work - 10 Sunday a fine day

11th Finished toping & succoring this morning cut & stacked up all the tops at home this day - 12th cutting & stacking tops

12th at mountain field first & then at stony point weather cool^nights& clear

13th Finished cutting Tops & stacking fodder

14. Stilling & cutting Tobacco in big^groundnew

15. Finished cutting over by new ground & stilling to day 550 stacks cutt & made 15 Gallons Brandy — weather warm Sent 9 Bushels wheat to Glenns Mill for flour about the 1st Sept 1848—

16th Raining this morning, sent Henry to Doct Whites Mill, Large Log for Railing 1 Babl corn sent - Fed shoemaking Planted Peach Kernels in Garden

3rd Augt 1850 while we were gone to Lynchg Our folks finished weeding corn in Lot choped out new ground, done up some fencing & then went to cutting in new ground

-8th. This week we have been Halling Rails Hilling up our second yrs Land Tobacco & it has Rained nearly every day this week ground very wet., clear this morning weather remarkably hot. & Rains generally from North East. Thunder cloudy, — worked, cutting Halling Rails & shrubing fresh field.

12th cloudy this morning, choping in new ground Fed Toping at new ground - Henry & Jane Plowing Lot Tobacco back of Garden, –

13th worming over Tobacco clear warm weather

14th Plowed & Hilled up little second yrs ^Tobaccoground

16 Went to Mill 1 Bb^l Corn getting up apples

17th Beeting apples for Cider & drying Lilas child a Girl Born this morning about Sun rise, nights cool, weather dry & Hot in day

18th cloudy all day & Rained a little — cool

19th. worming succoring & toping Tobacco — Mr Whiteheads machine came saturday evening broke We have not commenced getting out our ^yet wheat

20 Getting up apples & Baling Sewed little Hog pen in Turnips — by spring —

21 Machining wheat had David & John neal A Crews & son abram Mrs Colemans Kit & James

22. Finished my own by 12 Oclock & then got out Mr Neals & moved the machine

23rd worming new ground Tobacco & choping it over this day — — A Fine rain this evening —

24 Rained a little last night, fine weather Mr Dan^l Johns has been sick at Mr Lewis for some time & Died the 22nd in night —

1853 June 15 Expect to begin to Lay by corn this day sometimes, Henry halling wood this morning working out Peas etc to day — Fannie Here

16th Finished weeding Corn this day & worked Peas etc etc Cotton & all done & began to work new ground Tobacco Laying by mountain field Corn

17. Laying by mountain field corn choping in new ground Tobacco Dry & Hot weather fannie & Jacob gone

18- Finished Lying by mountain field with Plows Choping out new ground Tobacco. no Rain last evening – fine rain at Mrs Hunts, Laying by Corn in Johns’s field,Henry is gone to Mill 8 Bus Corn Lila had a Girl child 16th June 1853 Fed sick Sallie ^{claiborne & milly ann} Ben has measles –– Jordan Sandy Lowry abram Fed Cate Jacob Sallie & Clem has had mumphs & Jerry & perhaps some others.

21st began to Cut wheat in Lot - choped over mountain field Corn & now following Plows Laying by - in Johns s field Sandy & Pallor has measles, going to finish shearing sheep mark etc this morning Jordan & Lowry also in house measles this evening & with Federick & Lila, 9 down in the house at this time & Kitty has mumphs tho out

22nd We are cutting wheat next to or= chard ^{& lot} to day Abraham Crews helping & still dry & hot, oat drying up very much & Tobacco plants in the Beds, what we have have planted missing very much 4 of our plant Beds look well last week tho they may have Dyed since at mountain 2 in new new ground look well one is gone

1855 Augt 11th Lila taken sick about 9 or 10 oclock in night, of this day — child a Girl Born to night —

13th Toping Tobacco this morning 3 hands Balance worming & Hilling up fresh ground above house – –

14th worming & succoring Tobacco Henry halled up p^s for Granary & then got up a load of apples from stony pint Rained this evening, ground very wet & as seasonable for Corn Turnips etc as ever I saw worming Tobacco at stony pint etc.

15 Rained in evening Henry Raised Granary Shed Jesse Arnold not come yet from hunting Jenny Lind Sewed Turnips over again machine come in evening Mr Evans begun to Ditch Henry arnold began to get shingles

16th in morning of Blocks sawed in wood Beeting apples for Vinegar etc –– worming new ground Tobacco but not done stop to attend to machine––

17 Finished machining wheat about 12 ocl Jesse Arnold not come yet - fine weather Sent machine home in evening & went to worming & succoring new ground

18th Killed Lamb worming & succoring Tobacco Jesse arnold Came last night Friday with Jenny Lind, & both of them will work ½ day to day Saturday

20 wormed Toped & succored Tobacco over Mr Evans Came again to day to Ditch

21st H. & J arnold getting shingles this morning

22 H & J A getting shingles Henry & Sandy etc Sawing shingles Blocks Fed Cutting pla[nk?] for barn Balance Grubing cloudy & damp & I am unwelle at this time — Bettie Hunt & children are here at this time

23rd Rained last evening & night weather warm Covering Plant Beds Halling up Shingles