Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1846 Oct 31. Raining nearly all day

Novr 1st drizling rain nearly all day — 2. ground too wet to Plow Fed sho emaking. Henry gone to saw & Gras[ty] mill cleaning out stables & spining

3. Henry carried another large stack to saw mill Fed shoemaking Lila spins alse & Ann fencing etc etc wrote to Mr Dove to saw the Log sent yesterday into Hh^d Heading & the one carried this day into flooring^Plank out of the Hh^d Heading I am to return Mr Dove 74 feet of the same sort lent Spring

4th Sent to Saw mill & Gras[ty] Mill to day

5 Plowing up Land for wheat

6 Plowing up land for D^o

7 Raining a little nearly all day Henry went to shop & Mr. W^m Dews

8 Still cloudy Fed & Henry^{1 or 2 days this week}shoemaking this evening it cleared off Just before sun down

9th Sent another good size log wrote to Mr Dove to saw it into^full¾ squared ^Plankedges

10. Sent 2 Logs to saw mill this [da]y wrote to Mr Dove to saw first car^d into weatherboarding & next into squared edged Plank getting ^anext [skirting?] on sides — Fed shoemaking began to Grub in new ground yesterday & at it to day —

11 Plowing & Bushing inn wheat in Big field & Halling Stalks etc

12 Bushing & Plowing in wheat in big field Choping round stumps & etc etc etc Put up Steer mark, to fatten several days ago

13th nearly done the square by middle laid off first to sew in wheat & choped round the stumps etc etc

1846 Dec 11th Cutting & Grubbing in new ground

12. Same sort of work —

13 Sunday — 14th cutting & Grubing

15. Cutting and Grubbing —

16 Halling wood waggon & cart Grubing & cutting — began to snow about night

17. a dreadfull night Raining hailing & snowing — & Keeps at it all day — striping Tobacco Lila spining

18. Same striping Tobacco — Sent waggon & cart to saw & Gras[ty] Mills, short Log to be sawed into Hh^{d heading} & the other into Hh^ds staves.

19. Cloudy & we all are cutting in new ground —

25. The weather generally cold & at this time cloudy Halled wood 24th etc etc

26 weather moderate & a fine day

27 cloudy this morning but not cold all of us went to Mrs Hunts Saturday in Christmas a fine day

28 Warm moderate 29 Still moderate 30 Still moderate & cloudy^{& cutting in new ground}31 still moderate 1847 Jany 1st Still moderate & cloudy^{Mrs Coleman}went to ^[asso?] Hung up Pork this day took down new ground Barn Tobacco yesterday Halled up Oats & straw about this^time cutting hill growth in new ground

2 Still cloudy & warm cutting

3 A little cooler but moderate yet my wife gone with Mrs Coleman to Mrs Hunt

1846 Jany 4 Raining a little all day striping 1847—tobacco in prize Barn —

5 taking down Tobacco in prize ^{this morning} barn going to saw & Grts mill to day waggon stock for Hh^d staves & meal 10½ Bushels cutting little growth in new ground

6 cutting in new ground

7 began to Rain about day this morning after the morning it Rained hailed & snowed & about night Turned very cold, yellow Bull calf crippled & Died

8 very cold cutting ^{big trees this day began}in new ground Lady Jane very sick but got ^{in evening}well

9 Cutting big trees & Henrys axe broke Jacob gone to shop & Henry halling ^wood weather a little moderated last evening

10 Sunday cloudy & cold & at began to hail Rain & snow & very bad night

11 Striping Tobacco in big barn & halling wood in evening. I went to see B.L ^{& [?]}& E[?]

12 Cutting in new ground —

13 D^o D^o D^o

14 D^o D^o D^o

15 D^o D^o D^o

16 D^o D^o & nearly finished^{this day}

17. a pretty day & we all went to meeting

18. Halled wood & finished cutting new ground except barn Logs

19 Cutting wood for Plant Beds & Halled straw fodder & Leaves

20. Commenced Snowing early last^night & snowing fast in the evening this day yesterday evening we found in my field at Stoney point 12 of our sheep Dead & had the appearance of being Killed by a Dog Striping Tobacco in prize barn

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