Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1847 August 6th Raining this morning a little finishing working branch then worming & succoring Tobacco Henry gone to to Glenns Mill with 5 Bus. wheat for flour 2 Bus for Armstead & W^m Myers & 2½ Bus. corn for me — etc etc Lila Spining cloudy warm weather

7 Raining this morning & last night all night spining shoemaking & Picking wool etc

8 a good warm day —

9. Foggy in morning & then fair

10. Cloudy this morning. Toping & worming Tobacco this morning, I am scouring etc etc Fine growing weather - High Fresh in creeks about here very hard Rain A week or Two ago W^m B. Averett of Lynchg & Green Robed the bank. Averett Ran off Green they have in Jail

11th Rained nearly all night ground very wet & Raining this morning cleaning out Stables & Spining etc etc etc

12 Grubed & cleaned up mountain field this day, went to see Ezekiel East sent Island & bot it.

13th Grubing & Cutting in new ground

14 Henry & Fed went to Mr McCullocks to Raise a barn, balance succoring Tobacco 15 Sunday prime weather

16th Toping & Succoring Tobacco

17 Succoring new ground & second yrs Halled polls on Branch

18th Succoring & worming Tobacco scraping out Cotton Patch etc

22 Rained last night, began to Thrash wheat Colo Dickinsons^machineyesterday

23 Rained again & we cant go on ^{out wheat}getting

1848 Sept 1st pulling fodder Mr Myers work on yard all this week, 6 days -

2 Pulling fodder & Tying up D^o

3rd Sunday a fine dry day ——

4th Fine weather for fodder, pulling at home & stony point^{& tying up}

5 Finished pulling to day 12 oclock worming & succoring & toping^Tobacco & tying up fodder etc Lilas child a Girl born about 11 oclock

6 Worming succoring & toping Tobacco. Tying up fodder

7 same work this day - clear & cool

8 worming & succoring & toping —

9 same work - 10 Sunday a fine day

11th Finished toping & succoring this morning cut & stacked up all the tops at home this day - 12th cutting & stacking tops

12th at mountain field first & then at stony point weather cool^nights& clear

13th Finished cutting Tops & stacking fodder

14. Stilling & cutting Tobacco in big^groundnew

15. Finished cutting over by new ground & stilling to day 550 stacks cutt & made 15 Gallons Brandy — weather warm Sent 9 Bushels wheat to Glenns Mill for flour about the 1st Sept 1848—

16th Raining this morning, sent Henry to Doct Whites Mill, Large Log for Railing 1 Babl corn sent - Fed shoemaking Planted Peach Kernels in Garden

1849th Jany 10th Very cold this morning clearing & Halling Pine Brush & wood last night from some cause or another the Fire was made up about 4 O clock in morning & a spark Poped out on the chair that my wifes wearing apparel was put the over night, which Caught fire & the Blaze waked me & I succeeded in puting it out tho her frock Handkf & apron entirely burnt up with several other things —

11th very cold & Clear, cutting wood for Plant Beds near house — Lila Breaking flax, – smart^{snow on ground}

12th Cut wood for Plant Beds till 12 oclock & then went to new ground. Clear & Cool

13 Halling wood cart & waggon

14 Sunday Raining weather moderate

15 ground very wet snow all gone Taking down balance of middle barn Tobacco. Henry gone to Glenns Mill with 8 Bus. wheat for flour & ½ Bbl corn for meal, weather moderate & windy ground very wet — Jacob went to school to Mr. Shelton from Mrs Colemans 2 days last week & started again this morning. – he is to Board at Mrs Colemans till Friday evening Saturday morning every week & then come home.

30th & 31st Augt. worming & succoring Tobacco Machine came here 31st from Mr Lewis’s about 11 oclock & by the time we got a start it commenced Raining, & Rained a good shower we carried the wheat with straw after we discover=ed that it was going to be wet we then wound up & it Rained sure enough till in^nightthe

1st Sept. ground very wet & the machine doing nothing spining etc etc — Began to machine wheat between 1 & 2 oclock in evening till night put up 4 Stacks straw Kit & Mr. Lewis 3 hands come ——

2 Fannie W. & Cate went to Greenfield Jerry Better than he has been for several days

3. began again to Thrash wheat fine day Kit Mr Lewis s 3 Hands & 2 from Mrs Hunts came & we finished & carried the machine to James Whiteheads got done about night 1½ days Thrashing Our crop wheat

4 alse & Ann gone to Mrs Coleman to Pull fodder & its Turned out to be cloudy & a little rainy, succoring & worming Tobacco Henry gone to Mrs Hunt after 10½ Bushels corn making 4 Bbls lent me — Fanned out some wheat to make flour this morning — alse & ann returned at 12

5. worming & succoring & toping Tobacco on Branch & Lot. Henry gone to Glenns Mill 10 Bus. wheat for flour 5½ Bus. corn for meal. Turned cooler. I am going to Mrs McCullocks & Riceville to day —

6 Pulling Blade fodder after morning all hands my wife went to Mrs Colemans

7 alse gone to Mrs Colemans to Pull fodder worming & succoring Tobacco in new ground Fair & cool this morning ⅓ done Pulling^fodder Mr Myers & Henry getting slabs, Tying up fodder This evening.