Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

21st clear & Cool packed down in prize Barn good Tobacco from new ground barn took down yesterday =Mourning a black cow had a calf Heifer last night =

22 Prizing Lugs & nearly done -

23 Sent to Mrs Hunts to Roll Logs Plowing for corn & Hilling in little new ground

24. Settled Mrs Colemans account Current Plowing for corn sewing Oats Hilling & halling Rails out of new ground Jane & Jordan cleaning up in new ground - fair good day for 2 days

24 cloudy & like for Rain this morning Sewed only 7 Bus. Oats to this day, -

25 Raining nearly all day I went to Mrs Colemans to see Kitt -

26 this morning clear & cool – Halling Rails & wood & cleaning up new ground this day Raking etc

27 Sewing Oats at stony point Raking Plowing for Corn at home shrubbing for Oats ———

28 Raking burning leaves Grubing Oat Land Sewing Oats & Plowing for Corn Rained a little cloudy & cool Went to Mrs Coleman last night about 12 Oclock in night, also in morning to see Kit who is very Sick Had the appraisement at Mrs McCullock

29 Sewing Oats coltering new ground cleaning up flax Patch Hilling & Plowing for corn [smudge] shoats

30 spayed 13 & Cut 9 & 5 too small to alter coltering & sewing Oats fine weather.

1852 aprl 9th Finished laying off 1 way fresh ground for Corn Jordan coltering Balance Hilling, there till 12 oclock, then we sewed flax at overseers House, Planted Sweet Potatoe Patch this evening = aprl 10th Halling wood waggon & Cart till 10 oclock my wife Fannie W & Child & Cate went to CH

12th Rained Sunday & monday so much that my family did not return till Tuesday morning stay at Mr Johns all night

13th Striping Tobacco in new Barn back garden

14. Laying off left side of Path by middle barn & fencing around Corn field fence & finished

15. Rained hard last night Sent 4 Bushels Corn to mill yesterday & this morning for meal Shelled 3 bushels Corn to Plant Planted Irish Potatoes by Henrys old House & began to Plant Corn this Evening right side of Path by middle barn late in the evening — — Henry & Lila laying off Mrs Neal very sick Doct Walkup thinks from taking Laudanum Grased my wheat on mountain by Hester^{to day -} till yet Grazing my Rye Lot - by her[e] —

16th A fine day we are planting corn & laying off Borrowed of EG Lewis 4½ quarts sats. lost 2 old Sheep lately — — Bets calf a Bull calf little over one week old now

20 It has been raining every day & night¹⁸⁵² since last Saturday this is Tuesday & still cloudy & Rainy, we have planted but little corn, Striping Tobacco in new Barn back garden & trying to Finish but cant, ^{do it}quite Wind N.W. quite cool bad on stock

21. Finished striping Tobacco about 8 oclock Halled wood Turned out Lug Hh^d Tobacco uncover =ed mountain & one below fresh ground plant Beds Rained a little to day, & cleared off cool

1852 June 15th Plowing & weeding Corn. Dewing & suning Tobacco —— Finished Shearing Our Sheep this day Weeding part of Our Fresh ground Tobacco

17th Finished weeding corn this morning Finished prizing Hh^d Second quality Tobacco –

18 went to Mr W^m Tuckers & in the evening come up a fine Rain we replanted our Tobacco all over saturday fine time for it Weather warm & growing, Mrs smith very ^sick smith

19th Raining a little to day - Thursday we Harrowed the flat Land again, began to weed Tobacco in fresh ground on ^{2 hands}Thursday

21st Expect to start my waggon to Lynchg in the morning Hh^d seconds Began a little to day to Lay buy [by] corn Planted Peas & sewed Same weeding fresh ground Tobacco Sent 7 Bushels Corn to Capt Gilberts mill to day & could not get it & have to send again

22nd my waggon started to Lynchg this morning with our Hh^d of Tobacco & some for Mrs Lewis Brans. weeding down fresh ground Tobacco, I went to Mrs McCullocks this day —

24th my waggon got back in 3 days weeding down Tobacco in Lot on Branch & lot & replanted over this day I hope for the last time this year

25. Laying buy corn in fresh ground next to orchard. 3 plows, Lila plowing lot Tobacco cutting Rye, wednesday & to day, clear & cool Expect to Begin to Cut Lot wheat to day – planted cucumbers for Pickling & watermellons^etc

26th Cutting wheat in Lot back Garden & by prize Barn, clear & cool nights, weeding down Tobacco in Lots - & bushing new ground —

1st july 1982 weeding lot Tobacco Laying by corn on Branch & next to orchard. seasonable weather

22nd [2nd] Thrashing Rye Plowing in fresh ground toward ^{point laying by}stony weeding Lot Hill next to corn field ———

1st May 1853 cloudy & like for Rain -

2nd Finished Sewing Oats On Branch this day Sewed 4 Bushels Sent Henry to Riceville for Doct Thompson for alse who got back from Mrs Hunts very sick sickly times Croping in new ground Hilling & Henry prizing Tobacco —

6 May- Finished Hilling new^{this week}ground got back from Lynchg Saturday sold Lugs for about $150 or little upwards Rained one night after I left for Lynchg

7 - done nothing after we got here

9th Took down nearly all of Our short Tobacco Fed sick. Cate got measles fine weather Sunday it rained,

10 Planed our Garden in Greens scattering manure & Plowing Lot & fresh ground Planed Irish Potatoes last Saturday

12 Plowing & Hilling in 3rd years ground Packing ^{2nd Rate}Tobacco in Hh^d Henry set up 3 Tobacco Hh^ds this day fine Rain day before yesterday - Coltering up 3rd yrs land for Tobacco, – clem & Cate Sick ever since Sunday last, & Clem monday Hilling at Second yrs ground & Plowing

13 Laying of secondyrs Land coltering in seconds yrs above House Replanting Corn this day etc etc put in stack fodder by stable in cutting house

14th Layed of 3rd yrs Land for Tobacco & Replanting corn in Johns’ field coltering in 2nd yrs Land

16 went to Court. Hollidy Clear pretty day

15th March 1854 Sent Henry to Mr Hunts for 1110 lbs Guano fencing around Corn field Halling wood out of new ground =Sewing Oats this evening 4 Plows

16th worked On Road in the evening towards night there came up a thunder cloud & a tremendous Gust of wind Rain & Hail Blew down great deal of fencing etc etc, Doct Johns very Sick & Died

17th we are putting up fencing manuring Plant Beds in Stash, prizing Tobacco Halling out Leaves in Corn field & Halling wood with waggon till 12 then sewing Oats = 24 ever since last week have at work in new ground burning Logs etc etc Breaking up Corn ground Potatoe Patches etc etc — Sewing Guano back of Johns field for Oats this day Fed coltering in new ground alse & clem Grubing for corn Halled stack fodder this morning

27. Very Cold clear & windy ground so hard frozen one can scarcly plow sowing Oats Sewed 2 Bags Guano last week weighing 268 lbs & sewed 2 this morning weighing 274 lbs Coltering & fencing Sowing Oats 28th Sewing Oats Jordan Coltering ^28thSet clem Plowing - Fed & the balance cleaning up new ground

29th Thrashing Oats & Rye croping in new ground to Hill nearly done Sunday Oats finish to day -

April 3nd Very Cold night. Plowing for Corn Fed gone to Mill 4 Bus Corn 2 Bus. wheat & 1½ Bus. Rye, Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts,