Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1873 Oct 1st Fair morning Burning 2 coal Kilns working on coal yesterday all day Mr Thomas Yates came this morning Spayed & marked 4 shoats Cut & marked 3 Shoats Turned out & marked 1 Boar & ^{9 in all} Sow & Cut 1 little Bull

2nd Began to Cut Tobacco in Big Lot this morning late Standing as Kit help Mr Yates about my shoats. this morning 4 of my shoats up with the Hogs expect to cut Tobacco again to days & House in new prize Barn, Let Edmond Tucker have 9 lb nails to cover Tobacco House cutting Tobacco 3 till after 12 Oclock then Hauling up & Cart gave way & about 1 hour be[fore] Sun Kit went to Mattherlys & got my waggon & mules to Haul up Tobacco, Hauled one Load & placed it away I went to Mount Airy & carried Mr Creasey some^butter

3rd Hauling Tobacco this morning & putting in new prize Barn only 2 of my Shoats up this morning

4 Filled new prize Barn & made a smoke under it yesterday & this morning working on Coal Kiln & Cutting my Tobacco Cloudy & rained a little Raind Several times to day Did not Cut but Cut Some tops Hauled Some & Coal fired the new prize Barn cleared off about night

5 Clear this morning I have about 70 ^stacks Tobacco Cut & on stick in my Lot cut yesterday by Sam Mattherly very pleasant weather at this time

6 Raining this morning they put my Tobacco Cut in Old prize in the end towards new prize Barn & in morning Wm W Moses came after me to go up to Jeres to the burying of Jers Baby named Jeremiah William who died yesterday Sunday

7 evening raining off & on nearly all ^day & cool Our folks got wood Hauled some yesterday & Some frost last night & every body here & on the road cutting & Piling Tobacco when I got home I Sent for Mr Mattherly to Help Kit Tobacco & they are at in night cutting & Piling how long Mattherly I dont, they will hardly