Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

9th A Fine clear moderate day Halling wood malling etc.

10th Sent 2 hands to Mr Lewis to Roll Logs. fine morning. burning brush malling & fencing etc etc.

11 cloudy malling etc. Lower ground

12 Snowed last night striping Tobacco

13 pretty day a little cloudy

14 Rained a little finished malling little new ground & Rolled Logs

15 Burning Log Heaps. Cloudy

16. Made up new ground fence the small one Logs Heaps burnt up striping Tobacco Hh^d about full cloudy & Rainy foggy for 2 days malling in big new ground

17 Took down all our Tobacco & striping

18. Sent 2 Bbls corn & 1 Large Log to saw mill for staves.

19. Striping Tobacco this time -

20th moderate weather I am sick about chicken Pocks here & bad Colds -

21 went to Court a fine day malling & shrubing for corn

22 Striping Tobacco & Raining

23 broke off this morning beautifully. Halling wood & malling

24 Striping Tobacco Raining & snowing this day. weather cold

25. Snowing a little this morning Finishing striping Our Tobacco this morning Fed shoemaking one Hh^d Lugs ready to turn out several 100 lbs besides

1852 Novr 26 Raining all day striping Tobacco Federick gone to mill 5 Bus. Corn 3 Bush. wheat alse malissa & Kitty spining – weather moderate

Decr 2nd Finished shucking all our branch Corn & old Land Have all the fresh Land where we sewed wheat here at home to get up now fine weather for it

3rd Raining this morning & Turned Cooler making Baskets & shoeing making –

4 Halled up wood & Housed Corn in evening moderate clear day - 5 went to S.S. M House to hear Br. McLaughlin ¬

6 Killed 2 Hogs this morning. Pulling off Corn & Halling up, Fair moderate day

7 Halling up Corn in the evening clouded up & Rained a little so that we shucked no corn

8. clear fine morning, sent Fed to Mill 5 Bus. Corn & 2½ Bus wheat for J. Tucker Trying to finish Halling up corn this morning then for shucking & Housing —

16th Finished Our Corn last monday & this day its raining last night it Hailed quite cool Cut & Halled wood yesterday,- to day we are shoeing making Baskets etc etc

21st Finished Halling stalks next to orchard & sewed the wheat there & next to [illegible] clearing cloudy & Raining this day. we are striping tobacco weather warm; not quite done Grubbing this side of branch where we are clearing —

22nd Grubbing & Cutting, Finishing sewing wheat where stacks is in field, but not finished halling stalks Jacob & Lowry halled wood for Mr Neal ½ day

5th Kill our Hogs 3 or 4 days ago It has been Raining nearly all this^week only clear 1 day last monday very wet time indeed Have not seen the sun for several days

1853 Jany 5. It has been raining most all this X & one or Two Jany came in & night before last it rained & snowed very bad night Henry sick all this week & all have bad colds etc.

1854 april 3rd Turning out Lug Hh^d Morning clear cold weather

4th Plowing for corn at mountain field etc Coltering in new ground & Hilling — Expect to Start to Lynchg with Hh^d Lugs tomorrow morning ———————— Hester had her second colt a she by Buldocus Harveys Horse on Monday night 3rd April 1854 which we Call ^Nette Siley^Nette Finished plowing at mountain field for corn Plowing ^{th Sewed flax Patch}in fresh ground finished there to day ^ ^{Jacob P Graves went to mount airy this day to live with Adams & Mr Ward} 11th made trip to Lynchg in 3½ days sold Lugs at 5.50 - weighed nearly 1100 neat finished Hilling little new ground & now Hilling the other new ground Plowing at Stony point for corn & Tobacco Henry Coltering & Harrowing in fresh ground for Corn I halled 1704 lbs from Lynchg for Messrs Adams & Ward @ 4⁵¢ very cold this day - & dry Jacob went to live with Mr Tho^s T Adams At Mount Airy the 6th day of April 1854 engaged for 3 yrs from that time for the 1st Year $50 second $60 - 3rd $80 – Sewed flax about the 1st april 1854

15th Striping Tobacco in fresh ground barn

16 April 1854 It Rained hailed & Snowed & very cold & windy- wind from N E. Kitty Laid up & most all on the plantation have bad Colds & complaining, - have not planted any corn yet, Planted Sweet Potatoe Patch last Friday planted between 2 & 3 Bushels Tobacco plants some Killed & some about as Large as Dollars etc - sewed over mountain Bed last week —

17th Snowed all night & snowing yet, Snow 5 or 6 Inches Deep Cold yet - Winters morning, etc etc

1859 Janry 25th Sent Henry to Mill to Yates for Meal, from Aspen Grove Carried a log from here to be sawed into scantling 3 by 3 balance Cutting & Hewing Logs & malling wood, clem shrubing etc etc fine weather

26th have this morning to Send to Mill for Chumbly, ^{bad management to send to mill every day}Cutting & Hewing Sills for Negro House & Barn this day - weather moderate,-

27th Raining Took down Lugs here, & finished striping Tobacco,-

28th Overseer & 3 hands gone to aspen Grove to Strip Tobacco to day -. Carr^d 5 Bags & 1 Midling Pork,- - Raining this morning a little, Carr^d Rhodas shoes to mend,- & Milly Anns, striped down there 2 days

29th I come back in evening quite unwell

30. cloudy & like for Rain or Snow,

31st Sent Henry this morning with a little walnut Log 2 Bushels Corn to Worshams Mill for Plank & Meal, & get scantling bark edge etc Balance finishing Hewing Sills & Cutting wood & Halling

Feby 1st 2nd & 3rd Halling wood Rails & fencing out Side Fence next to Capt Whiteheads - This day Jacob is taking down his Good Tobacco & putting it in Hh^d for Lynchg I have been in house nearly all this week with bad cold & sick - -

4th Mr Chumbly Jacob & Claiborne fixing to prize Tobacco Henry halling wood balance cutting & Stacking wood on Road -- cloudy & cool

4 Jacob Packing down his Tobacco this morning. Cutting wood & Halling wood & Rails weather tolerable at this time,

1860 Jany 6 to 14th I went to Louisa started 5th bro^t home 6 negroes to my children & had them checked by commissioners chosen by my children & they carried them on home this day & Jerry has cut & malled wood for ^Bed Plant in new ground Halled leaves 10 Loads & wood & striped Tobacco when Raining several days -, - found all well when I got home soon this morning from republican

15 Stayed at home beautiful day

16 Beautiful day Halled Cut & malled I went to Carry Dan^l R Hunts Fanny home to Davis & to Plantation & Mr Lovelaces

17th Sent Henry after Stack fodder at Grastys Rained in morning some striped Tobacco ^awhile In evening went to new cutting & malling Jerry halling —

18. Jerry Started back to Mr McDaniels to school, little Henry with him We are fencing back of Peach Orchard then for new ground Cutting & malling etc Hung up our meat to day as follows midlings Hung 67. Joles 26 pieces Hams 68 Shoulders 63 making in all 224 p^{s s}. including Joles Halling shingles to Stables to cover it;

19th Worked on new stable shingling Clem & Jerry Smith cleaned out stable this morning Claborne malling Rail, etc cleaning up in new ground

20th Same work on stable & new ground -

21 Same work on Stable & new ground today Put ashes around Peach trees & went to mill Claiborne rounded & Jointed shingles till 12 ^oclock

22 Fine day, stayed ^{at home} I have a bad cold

23rd Finished covering Stable, halled wood & Cutting & malling wood for Plant Bed on round sent to mill 19th Saturday