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]