Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

Who moved him and he has him to find till christmas, I give him at the rate of $125 pr year I have to pay Mr Hunt at that rate from this day 17th day of Sep[tember] When he begins to work for me —

17 ^Sept fixing to Cut Tobacco, etc worming & succoring fresh ground Tobacco Mr W Adams Sets in to work for me this day Protracted meeting going on at S. S. M. H. cloudy & like for Rain, —

18th Cutting & hanging Tobacco in fresh ground and tying up & stacking fodder — meeting going on all this week at S S M H 10 or 11 mourners Mr Witherington with us

21st Great meeting at Strait Stone some 8 or ten professed & to day 7. I think Baptised by Bro. Maran Bro Witherington with us none has given in that professed at this meeting yet

22nd Julia Boyd came here yesterday to go to meeting Sent her home this morning – Housing Tobacco in new prize Barn to day Pulling fodder not quite done put 3 or 400 stacks of Tobacco in new prize Barn -

23 Housing Tobacco this morning – cloudy & like for rain —

24th Cut & Piled Tobacco all day

25th Cut Piled Tobacco all day & finished all the ripe Tobacco, no frost to bit tho 2 mornings Smart frost & quite Cool

26th Hanging Tobacco to day & typing up fodder Fair & cool, my wife Started up to Fannies & I sent Clem to stay till next Tuesday 30 Kate has been complaining ever since she went to Bottetourt about 4th Inst Sept 1856

27th Hanging Tobacco in Lot & as busy as we have been all the week Adams has not hung any Tobacco at night or tyed up any [water stain]

11th May 1859 Plowing or coltering & Harrowing Corn on far Branch, Replanting there to day I went to Riceville yesterday —

12th coltering & Harrowing & Replanting Corn Mr Chumbley fixing steps at front door fair cool weather, ground getting very dry, have not rain for 3 weeks

13th Bushing wheat & Rye, Picking plant Beds & manuring them, fixing Garden to Plant Greens Weeding Sweet Potatoes, Henry & claiborne Plowing & Harrowing Corn, Mr Chumbly fixing Carriage Tongue, & table,

14 Plowing or Harrow Corn weeding corn in Bottoms on far Branch

15 Bro John D Hunts funeral Preached by Witherington & Hardwick at SStone meeting House this

16. I went to Court, Halling Rock for chimney. weeding Corn etc etc

17th Halling Logs to Mill & Plank from Worsham Mills, Sent Corn Balance planting Peas etc, this morning cloudy & like for Rain

18th Rained Halled 2 Loads ^^stocks to Worhsams Mill & Halled Plank home began to Plant Tobacco

19. Planting Tobacco fine season in fresh ground, Mr Overby here this evening still cloudy & like for Rain -

20 & 21st Finished Planting fresh ground Tobacco little Corner in Lot some by Corn House Planted out Garden in Greens & Planted Some Yam Screan - Beding Lot For Tobacco Planted Sugar Cane in Lot Warm fine weather, weeding Corn to day part of the day, Mrs Hunt sent her Bureau here to day - Bot for Mr Chumbly 2 Bbls Corn 3 for myself & 10 for Bro Hunts Est.

1959 June 10th Plowing & working in corn, done Peas Greens etc weeding down some Tobacco Plowing or Harrowing Tobacco --

11 Finished Harrowing Tobacco in Lot weeding it down - Kate Came down & 12th married in morning Sunday & went on to meeting at Strait Stone, to Mr Jo^s M Moses - married by Mr Witherington

13th Fannie Kate & Mr Moses left this morning Mr Witherington stayed all night last night. clouday & like for Rain — Sent down to aspen Grove & got some cherries &Rasb etc —

14th weeding Down Tobacco in Lot. Plowing corn next to Cap^tWhiteheads- 15th Raining a little Halling stacks to worsham mill went to aspen Grove for wool Paid Cap^tL W Clement $2558 & some cents for his Land & we had a fair settlement & he is to make a Deed next Monday for the Land & give me a Plot —

16th Halling Logs again Sent 1 Turn corn for Chumbley this morning bot from Ja^s Shields & give him $12½ to be delr^d here in my pasture as pr Rec^t - in a day or Two choping in our Corn etc etc I am going to aspen Grove & Republican to day Halled 6 Logs to day Car^d standing Turn to Mill & bro^t home 2 Turns meal for ourselves & 1 for Chumbly - etc etc

17 Fine Rain last night replanting Tobacco this morning - still cloudy I went to Aspen Grove & Republican etc etc

18 Halling Logs thinning corn etc Ja^s Shields Bro^t 5 Hogs home this morning bot of him clear pretty morning