Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

to get Her wheat next week If we can, it has been raining nearly all this week & to days is friday - desperate time we have had this week -

7th August 1857 Sewed Turnip Patch to day upper Corner summer Turnip seed sewed & in Lot the 8th a few sewed from Mr Yates,- Henry Sandy & Jordan

8th augt Toping Tobacco at Johns Branch Finishing Hilling up new ground this morning except a bottom too wet Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground next to Crews s fine weather clear growing weather ground very wet.

9th Went to Sunday school no teacher there all gone to Edge Hill about 18 or 30 scholars I stayed there till 12 Oclock Jennings Yates & Martha I. Dews taught

10th Tying up primings Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground Tobacco next to Crews -. fine shower rain yesterday Evening - very seasonable now &^{has been for sometime} Corn very promising etc - Tobacco very sorry generally we took our Honey last week very good =Lila complaining last night & this morning sent for Mrs Neal & she had a child a Girl sometime in the day

11th fine Rain last evening we are this morning firing priminings cleaning out new new Barn & then Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground next to Crews & finished in the evening near night, Plowed in Lot till night

12th This morning toping & succoring Tobacco clear last night & this morning very seasonable weather, Sent Abram to Fannies this morning to see about machining wheat etc.

13th worked on road to day Grubing on branch By spring got up a few apples

1859 Oct 20th Cutting & Plowing in Lot -

21st went to mill Halled & Cutting firing Tobacco - I went to Jonah Kelleys sale

22nd I went to Johns place, began to sew wheat here, Cutting down Seed Broom Corn & Egyptian wheat. Stoping Gullies in Lot etc

23 Cutting down new ground sewing wheat in Lot fine day for business

24 Same work,

25 Mr Keatts came here to build chimny Sewing wheat this day —

26 Mr Keatts worked 2nd day on chimney pulling Halling up Lot Corn halled 2 Loads. Mr chumney & claiborne with Mr Keatts.

27 Halling up Corn wood & Bricks & at work on chimney - Mr Keatts

28 & 29 Same work on chimney & Housed Corn this evening I went to Sarah McCullock Mr worked nearly 5 day this week -

30st Jerry went to Fannies, Sallie came home yesterday morning Saturday stayed till Monday & went back to Doct Thompsons to go to Danville

31 Halled up a Load of stacks our Load Corn on Stacks Halled 3 Loads wood & 4 Loads Rock Mr Keatts did not come to day all to day

Novr 1st Mr Keatts came after Breakfast Send after Mrs Neale for Lila, child Born about 12 Oclock a Girl. Chumney sent to Mill Halling Rock to day - fine weather

2nd Fox came 8 or Ten Oclock to Dig well & He is Complaining, Keatts Chimney is about to fall down, Arch Broke intoo [in two] in middle, I went to Plantation to day

3rd Mr Keatts at work fixing chimney that was about to fall down Sent to Yates got upwards 30 lbs Iron for chimney etc.

1860 June 4th Mr Faris came worked about 2 Hours & went to Capt Whiteheads Milley Ann taken sick this morning

5th June Lilas Baby & Mary sick Milly Ann & Ell still sick, Mr Faris Came this morning. plowing corn in Lot. replanting Corn last we planted in Lot weeding cotton & Corn etc - Rained last evening clear this morning - Let Mr Bybee have for negroes over at Mr Hunts place 2 Galls molasses out of 5 got for them in my cask -

6th John P. Hunt started to school at Cap^t J Richards in Lunenburg this day My Buggy Harness Bob & Top from Catalpha,- John been at work here every day this week J P Hunt is to board at Cap^t Richards at $6 pr month & $1.50 pr month now for Tuition, gave Pride $1.00 & Bob $1.50 for Expense,- fine morning Wednesday - Rained in the evening & stoped Mr Faris about 4 Oclock,- & stoped plowers Daniel R Hunt came to see Mrs Hunt & Mrs Hargrave, stayed all night

7th Rained hard again last night, & this morning we are replanting Tobacco Mr Faris at work again, DR Hunt Mrs Hargrave Sal Tate & Matty staid all night John at work this morning too Mrs Hunt gets worse, last night & this morning

8th Mr Faris & Jno Clark here at work Mrs Hunt rather better this morning she gave Dan^l R Hunt who left this morning $10. & Gave Me her money to take care of for her say $40 Haling sand this morning Laying by fresh ground Corn. Choping out with Hoes, etc Mr Cothran spaying our shoats say 11 in all here 2 got out.