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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 8
July 18, 1851 - July 31, 1851
1851 July 18th Hilling up new ground Tobacco Plowing Lots Tobacco - Dry & Hot
19th Plowing & Hilling up Lots of Tobacco, still Dry & nights Hot went to Mrs McC 18th & to see Hester. Sent Fed to mill 2 Turns of corn for me 1 for overseer & also 3 Bushels wheat for overseer —
20 21 & 22nd Clear & dry & nights a little cool
21st 22nd Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground on mountain Sent new waggon to shop again & Mrs Colmans Iron Going to day to Mrs McC. to grastys & Rice & in the route see about machine at Yates —
23rd Thrashing wheat & finished this day - Joel Hubbard machine — fair & Dry — fixing to Thrash at Mrs McCullocks, Keatts machine
24th going to carry the machine to Crew Miller this morning Fed sick yesterday & done the wheatnothing in choping in corn - finished Hilling up Tobacco [on?]
28th Halling Rock to build chimny to Henrys House still cloudy & like for Rain, wind Blew hard yesterday Sunday — Malissas child a Girl was Born Thursday morning before day Break say Juste after midnight, on the 24th July 1851.
29th went to Colo Smiths Plantation & to Mrs McCullock a little shower rain after I got home & in the night it rained again Smartly, my the tooth achwife got
30 Cloudy & like for more rain, We are Replanting our 2 Lots & fresh ground to day - plants from Capt Fitzgerald quarter
31st Replanting in second yrs ground nearly done will get done soon this morning A Fine Rain last night, & still cloudy J D owen went to Colo Dickinsons to get an overseer place this day
augt 2nd now gone to Mr Watson Wamacks on same business
— 11 now gone to Wm Tuckers I don’t Know what for
October 13, 1851 - October 29, 1851
1851 Oct. 13th Sent Henry to Colo Smiths plantation to Exchange 6 Bushels wheat to sew, in fresh ground Tobacco Land on mountain, We are this evening Hanging last Cutting there & Plowing up Tobacco Hills to begin to sew tomorrow Clear this evening & windy this morning was very like for Rain, still warm —
15th Finished mountain field fresh ground Tobacco Land Digging Irish Potatoes
16th day of the month, sent to Mr Grastys to Raisebarn Clear & moderate weather
18. Finished Housing Tobacco, Dug our Sweet & Irish Potatoes yesterday & day before also sent 2 Hands to majr Grastys to Raise Barn Killed a little Beef this morning — cutting down Corn going to sew wheat If it does not Rain Henry Halling wood & Land
19 A Fine Rain Rain last evening & night fine weather, - Sold Jane yesterday morning to Mrs Mary Moseley of Charlotte for $600 fine weather about this time
20. Plowing Lotts for wheat cutting Corn cleaning Out stables firing Tobacco Halling leaves etc
21 & 22 Sewed 2 Tobacco Lotts in wheat one at prize barn & one by new Barn, sewing in fresh field to day 22nd firing Tobacco in 2 Barns Sewed about 24 Bushels at Mrs McCullocks to this day – – no rain, cleared of
30 went to CH as school Com. Aff[airs] Rain this day not quite done seeding wheat - cleared off stayed all night Mrs McC
31 Finished seeding wheat in fresh field Sewed now between 25 & 30 Bus. weather still moderate & arm Bot at Robt McCullocks Sale 1 Calf $1 & 1 chest 25¢ — Seeding rye at old Mrs McCullocks Jeremiah Pallison Fitzgerald son of F.WF. Born 20 Oct 1851 Turn backward as thats Blank
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 12
May 20, 1857 - June 1, 1857
1857 May 20. Rained nearly all night this morning fencing around Granary Lot, Riving Slabs fixing shelter etc ground very wet. & I went to appraise Colo Smiths at his plantation to day — — —
21st Halling up stack fodder this morning
21st Started Load of Tobacco to Riceville Replanting Corn ground very wet,Tobacco plants very small, flies eating them up Plowing seconds yrs ground.
22nd began to Hill in fresh ground & sewing Guano on it, 23rd Hilling & Plowing fresh ground I gone 2 days friday & saturday to Sunday Mrs clements land @ $2. pr day $4.00.
24th Went to Sunday School & Mrs Hunts,-
25. Card Load Tobacco to Riceville replanting Corn & Hilling at fresh ground — clear good weather about this time
26th. Coltering in fresh ground Hilling & choping plant Beds. Planting Greens to day & Irish Potatoes
27 Began yesterday to Plow in Corn Coltering & Plowing finished this morning Hilling fresh ground, Hilling at fresh groundbegan to weed corn in Owens clearing to day Rained yesterday & to day
28 Began to weed Corn this morning Plowing & Coltering in Corn
29th Clear day cutting of Tobacco Hills at new ground, & weeding corn, carried Load Tobacco To Riceville to day - fine day
30 weeding & Plowing corn owens clearing Cool mornings & nights
31st Rained a little this morning before day fine growing weather,-
June 1st Planted 5 or 6 Thousand fresh ground Tobacco Hills this morning
January 14, 1858 - January 23, 1858
1858 Jany 134th I went to Plantation Bybees for Mr John D Hunt. to Hillfield & to Mr shields & sent to Colo Smiths Plantation to see about Hiring a Cook for Jacob have not got her, Cutting & Halling wood Henry Riving boards & stop Ice pond on Road to day, looks very much like for falling weather –
15th Raining again this morning it has rained every few days ever since Christmas nearly the ground uncommonly wet Nannie & Jerry went to Mrs Hunt last evening, Striping Tobacco this morning -- Raining nearly all day did not quite finish the Tobacco in old prize Barn 7 Lambs to this day - Hunt Sow got Pigs 9 in number yellow sow has 6 the other Two 13 all look well
16 went to meeting House Henry & Jerry Smith gone to Jacobs to Hall wood leaves etc
17th Fannie W. & Cate came down 16th stayed at Home to day - Hunt Sow got 9 Pigs- cutting last Saturday ¬
18. Cutting wood to burn Plant Bed on Road Hitched Netty again worked by herself very well etc etc — —
19 Cutting in new ground & Halled wood 2 Plows Running - Halled up 1 stack fodder from mountain I go Riceville to settle my business with Anderson Clement & Doct Thompson
20th Burning Plant Bed on road I went Mr Kelleys Jacobs & mount airy to send letter to JDH
21st Finishing off Plant Bed on Road & Sewed & fenced & covered it to day - & then expect to work Hester to waggon - cloudy moderate weather
22nd working Netty to day Halling Rails around corn fieldcutting in new ground
23rd Halled out straw this morning Cutting Henry Halling wood to day Netty at work