Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1846 July 30 Rained quite hard last night beeting apples - 30 Succoring Tobacco & worming began to Hill up lots for the last time Sewed Turnip Patch & also in lot by Tobacco House

31st Getting up apples this day –

August 1st Plowing & finishing hilling up Lot by prize Barn & Beeting apples this

2nd Sunday & cloudy but no rain

3rd cloudy this morning Toping worming & Succoring Tobacco this morning Sent Henry Clay to Mrs Hunt to go Lynchg alse Drying apples this morning —

4th Getting up apples to Beet to day Fair & beautiful weather

5 Working Tobacco Lots by & above Granary

6 Beeting apples & finishing lots

7 Plowing & Hilling up Branch Tobacco

8 Went after Mr JD & CA Hunts Still & working as Friday & done on Branch yet

9th Weather dry & Hot corn begins to suffer a little for Rain —

10 Finishing hilling up Tobacco on branch Henry gone back to Mr Hunts after still worm & tub etc little shower of rain at Mrs Hunts yesterday a little here last night after we got home weather dry & very warm, began to dry peaches this morning

11 Worming & succoring tobacco

12 Stilling most of this week

13 Went to see Capt Coleman & he Died about 9 or 10 Oclock in morning

14 he was Buried this day our hands at work On Road Malissas child a Girl Born on the 12 Inst Inst at night—

to Fanny White & sent the Bundle & letter to Mr. Grastys to carry to Court to send on to Fanny White as Mr Hubbard failed to go on to Beulah association at Milton this morning Bundle still here Mr. Grasty did not go to Court ^{sent the letter on 26th by} _{mail to Milton}

22nd cutting Tobacco at second years ground & new ground to day yesterday cut Granary lot

26 Finished cutting over Once & stacking Tops & got up 2 Loads corn in all Lila taken sick yesterday Evening & this morning 26th her child Born 10 ^A.M.Oclock

27 Went to Mr McCullock several sick

28 Halling up Tobacco nearly filled prized Barn & new ground barn

29. succoring Tobacco etc Cut Lot by ^Houseprize

30. firing Tobacco etc

Oct. 1 Put up Hogs to Fatten

Oct. 2 Halling up Corn & finished right ^{side^ PulCornpulling} Shucking out corn to day -

4 Sunday fair give alse a Rake of ^{ague & Fever}Tarter for

5. Cutting Lot Tobacoo by Granary Digging Irish Potatoes & Henry Halling wood & Rails

6 cutting Tobacco on Branch Henry halling rails at stack & Rocks to build chimney

7 Cutting Buck Wheat. Digging Irish Potatoes. Making wine, alse sick Housed about 15 or 20 Bbl corn wrote to Capt Boxley 8 shucking corn etc

9 & 10 Housing Tobacco shucking & Housing^corn

11 Geo. W. Coleman Funeral Preached by Elder J. T. McLaughlin 85 Pslam 8V. weather cool

12 began this evening to Sew wheat big Granary - night it rained all night

13th Rained hard till 12 Oclock & then broke off Cool, we did do much out this day

14 Housing Tobacco & shoemaking

15 gone to Mr. John D Hunts to get apples to put up for winter = ground still full wet to sew wheat — = Picking out cotton

16th Sewing wheat in fresh ground next to orchard - spreading f[l]ax to rot 16 Sewing wheat in fresh ground next^orchard

17. D^o D^o & spreading out flax cutting down corn stalks next to middle^barn

18. Sunday S.S. meeting clear fine day

19. Finished sewing wheat in Granary lot & Killed Beef. weighed 200 lbs

20 Digging sweet Potatoes large frost & up for seed 1 Bbl in closet & Box & Bbl in stack ——— Top stack

21. Sewing wheat in fresh ground & putting up apples & Irish Potatoes

22nd Finishing fresh ground^sewingwheat & Pulling corn & halling wood

23. ^{sewed square opposit[e] to middle Barn}My wife taken sick before day this morning & about 8 Oclock in morning had her second children ^{Doct Sutphin & Mrs. Neal here} Girl Pulling & halling corn out of Big field left hand side of Path towards Barns —

24 Halling up corn etc —25th Sunday

26 Halling up corn & finished the big field

27. Shucking & Housing corn — & had at night a Shucking & finished

28 & 29th Finishing Housing^Corngot big corn House nearly full & short corn to Fatten Hogs & cutting down & getting up corn stalks to sew wheat —

30 Halling corn stalks & began t[o] Break up ground for wheat

1848 March 25th Sewing Oats & this morning planted Irish Potatoes, sewed 10 Bus. to this day

27 Sewed clover seed this day Sewing Oats & Hilling new ground weather warm & cloudy

28. Sewing Oats 4 horses, cloudy & warm, took 1 House Tobacco down to day to prize, - , Halled up one stack Oats more to sew. -- Dan^l> Hunt got Doct White to cut his lip about 4 weeks ago last Monday

29 A Fine morning sewing Oats & Cleaning up new ground, last night about 10 Oclock Malissa ^bornMalissa's child being 10 she has had, lost 2 Nicy & Morris

30 Treading Oats this evening to seed. Sewed 30 Bushels, alse Raking new ground Fed gone to mill 10½ Bushels corn Planted Onions Beets & Salsify yesterday

31. Sewing Oats & cleaning up new ground

April 1 Sewing Oats & Cleaning up D^o weather cool & clear - in evening Rained a little this morning —

2nd Clear & cool - 3. Clear & cool Sewing Oats Collering & Raking ^groundbig new plowed up Garden

4 Finished sewing Oats sewed upward of 40 Bushels this year Collering etc -Sewed flax seed to day

5 Plowing up Sweet Potatoe Patch & Plowing for corn & coltering.

6- Coltering & Plowing for corn

7. Finished Hilling little new ground

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