Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1847 Dec 31st Took down Lugs & also new ground barn Tobacco this day

1848 Jany 1st Striping Tobacco & Halling wood cloudy all day & weather warm

2nd Rained last night & this morning clear & windy & much cooler —

3rd Mrs Coleman fails to send any of her hands to the Iron works Mrs Hunt only sends One instead 2 I this day wrote to them by allen a letter respecting them, shrubing Halling up corn stalks & Cutting in new ground, fine weather at this time A Beautiful day 3rd day Jany 1848

4th A little cloudy but moderate weather fine morning, & bids fair for a good day Plowing shrubing & Cutting in new ground

5. A little Cloudy weather moderate Plowing yesterday & to day for Corn cutting in new ground. Raining by old wheat House by side fence by Cotton^Patch

6 Pleasant morning, cloudy a little Plowing & Cutting little growth

7. Beautiful morning clear, Plowing & Cutting little growth in small new ground

8. Cutting wood for to Burn. Plant Beds & Plowing 2 Plows —

10. Burning Plant Beds on mountain

11 Finished burning 2 Plant Beds on mountain & sewed them, -

12 went to mill carr^d 2 Bbls corn & 2½ Bus. screan wheat for cows Settled with Abysom Lea at Mr H.

13. Sent 20 Bushels wheat to Mr. Pannills

14th Novr. 1849 Clear fine weather — “ “ “ Sent by Jacob to Bro Yates $1.^s worth for of wheat for old Bro Angel. -

15 Gathering corn & Housing ^{at Mr J.D. Hunts} went to Sal[e] Bot at alonzas sale 1 Pad Lock 2 Dutch Plows. singleton & 2½ pr Hames for $1.28

16. cloudy & like for falling weather shucking corn & Housing - Mrs M. here

17. Finished Fanning out our wheat one time Halling stalks leaves & wood. cut & Picked up stalks on Branch in evening. cloudy ^{for Snow}& like

18 Went to Harmony Grove meeting cloudy ^{a little}& Rained

19. Went to Wm Jinnings Sale to get a Horse for Mrs McCullock but faild to get one to suit Halled up 9 Loads of corn to day

20. Shucking & Housing ^corn cloudy & like for Rain Mr. Adams here in Oct & started^ourTucker Clock & it has keep good time ever since

21st Made & Thrashed 176½ Bushels wheat 1849. The tolls of which is a little more than 8 Bushels & 3 Pecks which I Expect the Lord permitting to send to Mr. Pannills to morrow also to carry Twenty Five Bushels to same Place for Mr Lewis — his toll, - I have laid by 17½ & 1 Bushel to Ex at the 1 we got of Mr Neal & have now over 40 a little to sell

22nd Sent to Mr Pannills 8 Bus. & a little over 3 pecks wheat by Henry for toll to Mr Organ for Thrashing our wheat 1849 carried 30 Bushels for Mr Lewis - Halling up corn, nearly have got the Big corn House full - fine weather