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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 12
June 10, 1856 - June 19, 1856
1856 June 10. thining corn ground too wet to Plow striping Tobacco in barn Back of Garden cloudy & Raing a little —— Jordan Lowry & Buck getting better & so is Johnson Sandy is very Sick & the Doct has been here nearly 20 times here this evening since last of april
11th Striping tobacco belonging to Jerry s etc & Fed Thining corn etc Replanted Tobacco on Branch Sent Jerry to Riceville to get [name?] Paragone etc – – Jacob gone to Fannies
14 Raining the most of this week striping mostTobacco of this week, here to day - weeding Corn & Plowing Corn We have thined the most of Our Corn — we think Sandy has been for 3 days very low a little better
15 Sandy Smartly better Doct T. here this morning clear pretty day ¬– we have not sheared our yet –sheep =Jordan Lowry & Buck getting better
16th I went to Court & returned same day - settled with Mar & Give up James McCullocks Heirs negroes or give Wm H Waller an order for them
17 Finished weeding & Plowing Corn below orchard this morning Began to Bed & Plant Tobacco in Lot when it Commenced Raining raining and we had to stop striped Tobacco evening in
18 Replanting Tobacco this morning & Planted all the Beds made in Lot ground very wet we have finished Thining corn Fannie Fitzgerald sent her waggon down with my one of my calves & got Tobacco plants and my wheat Fan which I Lent her or she takes for $5
19 Plowing & weeding corn at stony pint Plowing & Hilling up Irish Potatoes & work Cotton this day ¬fine clear day
August 11, 1856 - August 20, 1856
1856 Augt 11 Finished the Lot nearly — -- 12th Augt began to Thrash wheat Ben with Kellys machine cloudy & like for Rain
13th Several Showers about this time Thrashing this morning & rained stoped us Bob & Joshua here from Mrs Hunts
14th we have been 2 whole days trying to Thrash Our wheat & it has rained so we have not finished yet. Toping & worming & succoring Tobacco this morning cloudy & Rained finely last night weather warm finished Thrashing wheat to day & card the machine to James P Lewis in evening
15 I am going to Riceville carry Jordan the Doct May see him,- Toping worming & & succoring over all our tobacco at this time, Sewed our Turnip Patch last week & some seed in Lot by Hog pen —
16th worming & succoring Tobacco Henry
18th I went to Court Monday morning & stayed till Tuesday night settled with D Marr & all McCullocks Legatees & had the acct Reported in full by Comm Banks as pr Rects & settled for Adams & Martha as here give up the Bond & took a Rect and if any Cost they have it to pay for advertising etc,- Borrowed $200 of Bro. Geo. Gilbert for a month — Our folks finished cutting pines at stony pint Grubed some Henry Lowry & claiborne Sawed shingle Timble & on Tuesday the 19th it Rained in the evening they got up apples & Beet Cider —
20 My wife gone to Mrs Hunts sent by her $119.21 to pay Danl R Hunt for Guano $10 for Lucy Ann collected for her Henry gone