Pages That Mention Doct Crews
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 9
May 8, 1854 - May 22, 1854
8th Halling Out Manure to day - Collering 2nd years ground, Cutting off new ground Tobacco Hills to day,= quite cool this day Sitting by fire - Doct Crews here Lucy Ann etc
11. Planting Tobacco nearly all Our new ground
12 Sent to mill 1½ Barl Corn & 3½ Bus. wheat Picking Plant Bed Took down Our Lugs prizing etc Manured Plant this morning Sent for waggon at shop cloudy & warm
13. Coltering & Hilling 2nd yrs Tobacco Land Halled up Stack fodder this morning Let John D Hunt have 2 or 3000 Collard Plants Finished Hilling fresh ground this evening & worked Out Potaotes Irish, & began to Hill in third years ground, cloudy & warm,Set out 2 Squares Greens in Garden
15. Coltering & Hilling in 3rd yrs ground put malissa to Hilling to day the 16th
16. Nannie went to Mr M Fitzgeralds yesterday Anns child Born on Sunday last Deformed in its Legs. - weather Dry -Kitty sick again this morning Hilling & Coltering in 3rd yrs ground Cate has gone to Store this morning for Fannie White Fitzgerald — took Down all Our Lugs & halling up Second from middle Barn & got it hanging out etc
22 last week weeding Corn & Plowing Corn Harrowing etc Henry Coltered bottoms for Tobacco in fresh ground also last Planted that is Cutt off & Planted Second yrs Land in Tobacco & also all tho Hills in 3rd yrs that we did not Cut off when we hilled it - we Just cut off & Planted our Hills that was not Cutt off Part of our 3rd yrs & part of new ground is yet to Plant besides the Lot & bottoms in fresh ground,