Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1849 Feby 26. Carried 1½ Bbls corn & 1 Large Log to Doct Miller Mill for ^HartPalings Sewed over 2 plant Beds at home little & big one -

27 Sent to Mr Lewis to Roll Logs. Cutting old Logs malling etc cloudy & like for falling weather - cold-

28. Taking down Tobacco in prize Barn this morning nearly done malling

March 1st. Broke off warm, first time the sun has shined for several days the moon is full & we have not yet seen it on account of cloudy & dry weather - Finished Our new ground Fence this morning halling wood & about winding up malling We have ⅔ our prize barn Tobacco strip yet =

2 Rolled Log this day did not get

3rd Burning Logs this day. Halled up stack Oats & straw paid Mr Yates for corn

4 still cloudy & cold quite damp all this whole week except one day had 14 in 14 Lambs only 7 alive to this ^day

5 Striping Tobacco – nearly done

6 Striping Tobacco prize barn still cloudy & like for rain or snow cloudy & damp nearly all Feby & March to this day, since Feby court I dont there has been 3 fair days

1849 march 31st. I went to Mrs Lovelaces Coltering Raking Sewed flax Patch & Sewing Oats, fine day

Aprl 1 A little cloudy but fine weather Bit Had a Bull Calf 29th or 30 march

2nd Red Cow Called Rose had a cow calf this day or night, - fine weather Halling Barn Lugs out of new ground coltering & Raking. Plowing for Oats & sew flat above House ——

3. Henry gone to mill with Large Log for Paling & Hh^ds stairs & ^{off side}Plank to Doct Millers mill, carried 7½ Bus. Corn for meal 3 Bus for chop also 1 Bus for A Neale & a peck for abram Bushing in Oats back of Garden, Raking nearly done, Fed croping little^groundnew Planted ^ButterBeans Snaps & Simblings Still fine weather, & clear

4 Laying off drill corn to Bed Finished sewing Oats about upwards of 30 Bushels - Lila Plowing for Corn

5 Taking middle House good Tobacco, - to prize, down Finished prizing Lugs & put under a Hh^d good Tobacco out of middle Barn Halling out manure on Sweet Potatoe Patch

6 Hilling & Coltering nearly done Hilling little new ground & coltering one way big new ground Plowing for Corn & fixing Sweet Potatoe Patch by prize Barn

1849 aprl 20 Henry going to mill with a large Log for Palings & 10 Bushels corn for meal - Hilling & Coltering in new ground Lila breaking lot on Branch —— got the meal & no Paling. 2 Large Logs at Millers mill for Palings

21st Hilling new ground, Broke up Lot on Branch, Henry gone to Mrs Colemans to Plant Corn or lay off the ground The 19 or 20th Henry Jane & Alse was there helping to Plant Corn-- very cool indeed & looks like Winter weather very dry & some times windy -

22 Weather still cool tho moderated a little Flies are eating Tobacco plants. a little cloudy to day & last night

23. clear moderate weather dry & windy & a bad time on Stock, Buds all Killed & wheat & collard Plants Bit etc etc. Hilling & Coltering Henry gone to shop with Horses to shoe etc Written 3 letters 1 Col^o Smith about by Lug Hh^d Tobacco & the articles for Mrs. McCullocks family, one to Mr Bagby for one sack sate 10 lbs steel 1 Bale Cotton one letter to Dan^l for a Bonnet for Fanny White & sent ½ Doll. for Sally a pr of Bl[ac]k [no. ?] shoes — about 5 oclock

24 This morning Henry gone to Lynchg. started with Lugs Hh^d, Hilling in big new ground began to Rain about 12 oclock this day In evening Alse shelling corn Jane spining. Lila Ann & Fed prizing Tobacco —

25 Rained moderately all night. monstrous good Rain weather moderate taking down all our good Tobacco this morning prizing & Packing in Hh^d & Bulking good fine weather in deed very good — Raining nearly all day

1850 August 24th Choping in new ground - Henry Plowing in big second yrs Land Tobacco

25th. Began to Rain last evening & last night it ^rainedtremen =dous Hard, all night ground very wet, —

26 Henry gone to mill 2 Bus wheat 1 Bbl Corn, Fed & 2 Horses at Mr Lewis Balance worming & choping new^Tobacco ground clear & little cool - wrote to Col Smith to get Harry to work for me

27 clear pretty day. worming succoring & toping new ground Tobacco, & big second yrs — Fed & my 2 Black [horses] went to Mr Lewis yesterday morning federick come back in evening & went this morning

28 Fed Still at Mr Lewis worming & succoring^Tobacco Toped all over yesterday & to day

29 getting up & Beeting apples this morning Fed Still at Mr Lewis s about wheat & my horses

30 Hilling up big second yrs Land Tobacco

31 Hilling up D^o D^o D^o cloudy & foggy this morning

Sept 1st Rained this evening warm

2. Rained very hard again last night Sent 1 Bbl Corn to Mr Peake by Mr Fitzgerald Toping worming & succoring Tobacco at new ground

3 Toping & succoring & worming Tobacco, -

4th. Sent waggon & Cart to saw mill & Grass mill ½ Bbl Corn for meal 1 Long Log for 1 Inch Plank & 1 for Hh^d Staves cloudy & like for Rain

5. Sent ½ Bbl corn & got 1 Bbl meal & carried 2 more Logs 1 Long & 1 short [This?] one for squared edged the other for flooring — 10 Inches cloudy & like for Rain finish hilling up big Second years this & began to Pull fodder in fresh ground corn, succoring new ground

6th worming & succoring new ground

7th same work Pull off boards on mountain field Barn this day ——————

1850 Sept 28th Sent Henry to saw & Grass Mill 2 Bus. Corn & 2 Logs one for square edge Plank the other for Gates into Laths clear fine day weather warm

29th went to Doct Ch^s E Millers Funeral at H Anderson Fine Day - good many poeple—

30th Halling up Tobacco from new ground to prize Barn had that full from new ground & ^over80 sticks

Oct 1st. Halling Tobacco from fresh ground to new Barn got that over half full first cutting worming & succoring over all we have stacked all our Blade fodder last night

2nd Firing Tobacco Halling Tops from fresh ground to feed on, worming & ^{lot by new Barn}succoring in Cutting Buck^wheat to day - where we want ^{our tops}to stack

3 Finishing firing prize Barn & quit in new Barn. Clear & Cool this Day

4th Cutting over Tobacco again --

5 Halling Rails Poles & forks for Stack frame Stacked Buck wheat Diging Irish Potatoes etc etc etc

7&^th8 Cutting Tobacco stacking Tops pulling late fodder, Halling up Tobacco etc

10th Car^d Cider to Mr Lewis s to Still Hanging Tobacco Tying fodder & Halling up Tobacco about this time finished Cutting Tobacco yesterday Clear & warm at this time

22nd Have been cutting Tobacco, been to Lynchg with a Load of wheat etc etc etc. Since the 10th its now clear & fine weather, went to Court stayed 2 days

23 Harry came Here monday morning & Fed went to Mr Hodnetts in his place -- getting plates Joist & Rafters for Henry’ House began to throw down Hills in big second yrs ground for wheat etc