Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

15th March 1854 Sent Henry to Mr Hunts for 1110 lbs Guano fencing around Corn field Halling wood out of new ground =Sewing Oats this evening 4 Plows

16th worked On Road in the evening towards night there came up a thunder cloud & a tremendous Gust of wind Rain & Hail Blew down great deal of fencing etc etc, Doct Johns very Sick & Died

17th we are putting up fencing manuring Plant Beds in Stash, prizing Tobacco Halling out Leaves in Corn field & Halling wood with waggon till 12 then sewing Oats = 24 ever since last week have at work in new ground burning Logs etc etc Breaking up Corn ground Potatoe Patches etc etc — Sewing Guano back of Johns field for Oats this day Fed coltering in new ground alse & clem Grubing for corn Halled stack fodder this morning

27. Very Cold clear & windy ground so hard frozen one can scarcly plow sowing Oats Sewed 2 Bags Guano last week weighing 268 lbs & sewed 2 this morning weighing 274 lbs Coltering & fencing Sowing Oats 28th Sewing Oats Jordan Coltering ^28thSet clem Plowing - Fed & the balance cleaning up new ground

29th Thrashing Oats & Rye croping in new ground to Hill nearly done Sunday Oats finish to day -

April 3nd Very Cold night. Plowing for Corn Fed gone to Mill 4 Bus Corn 2 Bus. wheat & 1½ Bus. Rye, Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts,

1859 Feby 22nd Smith & Clem Shrubing I am going to Aspen Grove

23rd Clem Planting I. potatoe, overseer & working on Logs Sent to Mill this morning claiborne & little Henry Beding for corn planted out some Peach Trees, — etc

24 I went to aspen Grove to day & to Sarah J McCullocks ^{[? Cr ]J W Graves Esq Esq}Halling Logs & Plowing for Corn, [?] JW Graves

25. Raining & Hailing this morning making a long Ladder, Harrow & spining & making a Baskets till 12 or 1 Oclock & then went to halling Logs for Barn etc

26. Raining & Hailing this morning but cleared off after a while & they went to Halling Logs for Barn, & my wife Started to the CH to see Jerry

27th I went to see Doct Johns tolerable good day.

28 Halling Logs this morning for Barn moderate weather yet Jacob here yet went to allen Scruggs yesterday & got him to take back the Horse he bought by giving him $3 done so tho it was Sunday halling wood & leaves

March 1st Mr Robey Came here to work in Black Smith Shop Mr Chumbly with him Haling out manure till 12 Oclock & then leaves in field clem little Henry ^{& Smith}Cutting down corn stalks where we are going sew Oats

March 2nd Mr Roby & overseer in Shop Henry & Claiborne Halling leaves & Oats balance finished Cutting down corn stalks etc,- our coal will only last 1 day more Fine weather at this time, Kate here

3rd Mr Roby & overseer in Shop balance Thrashing Out Oats to sew. Raining all day. quite Cold, began last night,

Godliness with Contentment is great Gain Good manners in a Lad, will make his parents Glad Great minds & small means ruin many men Good Humour hath never failing graces Gods works only are perfect in their Kind Grief nourished in your breast will never let you rest Greater profit doth always come of lear[n]ing than of play Good men are safe when wicked ones are at odds Get what you can Honestly & use it frugally God is omnipotent, True and almighty

Hasty resolutions are seldom fortunate Haste makes waste of paper Ink & time He that stumbles & falls not minds his pace Hypocrites first cheats the world & at last themselves Human life will human frailties have Honor that is true, is lawful to pursue^pursue He who sends a fool of an errand ought to follow him Honors have ^are burdens and riches have wings He who fears not an oath will not tremble at a lie Hours fly swiftly away, improve each moment of the day In praising most sparing be & blame most sparingly = 1847 Feby 3 Rained very hard & the wind Blew tremendous 1 of Doct Johns negro woman Killed in a Tobacco House which blew over killed one & crippled 2

13th July 1842 the hardest days Rain & wind I believe I ever saw I am sick with with my jaw,- desperate oat harvest finishing lay by corn about the 10th this year