Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1851 Sept 25th very cool this morning we are stacking Our Tops cut over our Tobacco & got near 1400 Sticks in all 245 fresh ground in new ground 846 in lotts by prize barn 291 in all 1382

26th Stacked Our tops yesterday & finished worming & succoring Tobacco this morning making Hog pen for mountain Grazier — after the Dew gets off then we shall cut Tobacco again – fair & Clear sent Jacob to Faris’s mill 1 Bus wheat for flour & get the articles he bro^t from ^{for me}Lynchg

30 cutting & firing Tobacco Tobacco yesterday & to day – fair & warm

Oct 5th The weather the Past week has been fair & mild we have Housed all our Tobacco cut except the mountain field pulled & shucked Out Our Lot Corn by Granary & mountain field made nearly or about 12 Bbls while we were measuring up Corn friday Our Tops Stack fell down & we had to stack that again picked up flax yesterday Pompey Hurt Pink yesterday morning I don't Know whether he broke her ^{leg or} not meeting at Strait Stone yesterday taking some steps to put a stop if Possible to the Villany going on in this p^t of the Country

Oct. 9th Began to sew wheat here yesterday at mountain field sewed Rye at Granary Lot & also the wheat there yesterday & to day Cut Buck wheat firing prize Barn & new Barn in Lot Expect to Begin to cut all Our Tobacco to day Began to Sew wheat at Mrs McCullocks Tuesday

7th Oct Cutting down there Corn Clear & fair

10 Cutting Tobacco in Lots etc Henry Bushing mountain field Fed gone to mill 2 Bus wheat to eat 2 Bus for flour & 2 Bus. Corn & 1½ Bus for overseer & 1 peck for Lila cloudy this morning

11th we have got from the mill all but our corn meal finished cutting & stacking Tobacco this day

13th Halled first cutting out of new ground Barn 710 sticks to prize Barn

1851 Novr 1st Finished Bushing wheat in fresh field this evening. Rained a little this morning

2nd Novr. Yesterday sent to Faris s Mill flour 7½ Bus. wheat for myself & 5 Bus. Corn & 1 Bus. wheat for Henry & for overseer 1½ Bus Corn & 2½ Bus. wheat, got back in the night Weather clear & warm wheat seems to be Coming well etc etc

5th Finishing getting up & shucking corn from Stony pint only got 6 or 7 Bbls good corn from there Killed Bull this morning weighed 99 lbs to the quarter let Hiram Wyatt have 1 quarter of it cloudy & cool & Rain a little to day – finished sewing wheat & Rye at Mrs McCullocks now getting up Corn, put up my Hogs this morning

18th Went to Lynchg last week for Mrs McCullock Sold wheat etc, we were doing but little while I was gone but shoemaking, as it Rained Went to Court On Monday my horse very much worsted Archer Worsham began chimny monday morning Halling up Corn at Mrs McCullocks still cloudy like for Rain

21st cleared off still about new House chimny cleaning up & burning Brush on Branch, quite Cool Finished chimney to new cabbin

22nd & a clear day & very cool —

24th began to fix up cow shelters & Halled ^{& some wood}Rails

25th Rained all^day & we striped Tobacco in prize Barn Snowed the first time this fall & the Rain melted the most of it Freesed towards night & a very disagreeable day & night, quite cool

26 Striped Tobacco again in prize Barn Halled wood, Archibald Worsham done up Back & Hearth cleared off & a pretty day I went to Mrs McCullocks they are cutting & getting logs for overseers House there.

1853 Febr 10 Henry Jordan & Sandy Plowing Jacob malling malissa Picking [G?] Kitty fencing alse shelling corn fine weather,

11th Fencing Plowing malling & Halling wood, sent for my new wagon body Sent 2 Large cow skins & 1 kip skin to Mr E Lewis to carry to Doss s Tanyard to Tan at Green field, & we have also 2 large skin cow sent to Jefferson & Reeses Leesville

12 Malling & cutting wood to burn Plant Bed Plowing & Haling wood – fine weather

13 Fine day windy in evening & cooler

14th malling Fencing & Plowing this day quite cool this day —

15. my wife gone to Mrs Hunts to night Burnt & sewed Plant Bed above House & got done by night Jordan & sandy Plowing Raining at night a little & Hailing,

16 Striping tobacco in prize Barn Raining,-

17th Jacob & Lowry halling wood for Mr Neal Henry Fed & Sandy malling Balance fencing around Johns field, cleared off & fine morning not very cold,- my wife not got back yet —

18th Jacob & Fed malling 3 Plows running. Balance fencing, cloudy & like for falling weather I went to Capt Gilberts.-

19th Striping Tobacco in prize Barn Rained in morning & then Snowing till night disperate day very cold, indeed no wood

20th cleared off & fine morning –

21st went CH & striped Tobacco —

22nd Jacob gone to Farris Mill 2 Bus wheat for^flour Balance all Halling leaves cloudy & like for Rain began to Rain about night & Rained all night

23rd Striped Tobacco in prize Barn etc etc

24th Fencing & malling alse Swingling flax very cold & windy —

1853 Feby 24th Sent Henry to Farris s mill with 16 Bushels Corn for meal, got back at night I went to Mrs McCullocks & to Farris s mill myself & had blind Tushes Knocked out his Hest[ers] & celams mouth - went by mount airy & got 11 lbs Bro sugar @ 11¢ 4 lbs D^o @ 6¢, Knife ⅙ 1 Bottle or vial Mr Mustang, ⅙ 1 tooth Brush 1 /- in all $2.21

25th Began on the meal from Farris s mill this morning 26th some cutting Halling wood. Malling 26 Some cutting for wood malling & Plowing Put up part of our new ground fences Sewed all our plant Beds over except the last we Burnt., cloudy & like for Rain.

27th Rained a little – cleared of in evening

28 Saml Fitzgerald came to Survey Land where Mr Crews Lives with Mr Jno J Corbin only come out 277 acres in all, 138½ for me & same for E. Fitzgerald. Rained a little, Our folks Striping Tobacco & prizing Hh^d Lugs. –

March 1st mr Corbin divided Land & we choped the Line,- Still striping Tobacco & prizing Lugs. Halled Tobacco from Mountain Barn to Overseers House to ^be striped very windy & cool this evening –

March 2nd My Son Jerry starts to school to Mr Boswell, we are cleaning out Granary this morning putting chaff in pen halling corn to Little corn House etc etc, Halling wood malling. Swingling flax. & cleaning out my stable - Tolerable good weather prizing Hh^d Lugs, put Jacobs Lugs in Hh^d 9⁵⁷ lbs lent for a flour Bbl I givepay him for 100 lbs what I get in Lynchg—

5 we have striped Tobacco one or Two days this week plowed some malled cut stacks to sew oats & to day & yesterday we cut down Pines for a Barn, prize Barn, quite cool

1853 Novr 9th wrote to Bro. James, cleared off cold Fed shoemaking Fed fanning out wheat.

Novr 12 cloudy & like for Rain Sewing wheat in Johns field, sent Mr Evans meal home alse & malissa shrubing at mountain field, Fed shoemaking

17. jerry Stoped going to^School after 1st week in Novr Finished shoemaking to day - 14th 15th & 16th Halling up Corn & Halling Out manure on wheat in Johns field,- Fallowed up & sewed Rye in Granary Lot & finished this evening Jordan Helping Mr Evans Ditch from 12 Oclock to day tomorrow expect to Plow up p^s above Henrys house & sew it in wheat

19th Jordan has worked with Mr Evans 2½ days this week - to day we halled wood put in our Land Corn sewed wheat by Henrys House & I went to Vaughans for Lucy Ann in her case agst Richard Smith

21st I went to Court as a Juror & for Mr & Mrs McCullocks Estates stayed till Friday night Our Folks got wood cut & Grubed in new ground all this week Kate & Jacob went to to Mrs Thompsons to wedding

Decr 1st We Finished Our Corn to day I appraised Mr & Mrs McCullocks Est. Henry Halled Rocks for his Chimney Some cut & some Grubed etc

2nd Henry Halling up Stalks etc Jordan & Sandy Plowing up Cotton Patch for wheat Fed Fanning out our wheat. malissa Picked Cotton out of Patch On Monday 28th we Killed 12 of our Hogs weighing 1077 - 3rd made shelters -

3rd Sewed Cotton Patch in wheat, 1 Bus. to sew sewed some in Johnsons field. Henry went to Farris’s Mill, 5. Bus. wheat for flour, 3 Bus screan for Horses & 7 Bushels Corn for meal.