Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1857 May 1st Planting Simblings & Rice Beans to day - cloudy & like for Rain to day — Fountain Wyatt left last night worked 3 days this week & nearly done. Sick

2nd Planting Corn in fresh ground Owens clearing & finished that & began at mountain rain stoped them Just before night laying off that, Jordan & Buck coltering — I went to Mr Millers - rained nearly all night & to day we are striped Tobacco rained all day & as hard as I ever saw in my life, branches very Light, Halled from Owens Barn 1 Load Tobacco to strip to new prize Barn, - etc

3 Clearing off this morning & went to S School

4th Rained all night & Creeks very high This morning striping Tobacco - in barn Back of Garden It has been raining nearly ever since last ^nightfriday Arch Started & could not cross the creek at Mrs Tuckers On a Horse. Worshams Mill ^damgone they say & yates nearly gone & Dam broke Dews Dam broke, yet Raining Millers Dam broke - & land very much washed

5th Cleared cool & fair to day Halled to new prize Barn Owens or mountain spring Barn of Tobacco & striping to day - fixing for Riceville tomorrow - waggon & cart,Second Rate & Lugs

6th Went to Riceville Waggon & Cart 2 Loads of Tobacco 23.32 lbs Balance hilling at new ground

7th Finished striping Tobacco to day Raining morning, Mr. Crews helped me, finished turned out our cattle this morning. -

8th Raking up manure this morning Henry & Jordan coltering at new ground

26th Sept 1857 Cutting Tobacco next to Crews & Lot to day ¬– – – fine weather Cut in fresh ground next to crews 950- Lot 260 stacks = 27th Went to Mrs Tuckers funeral failed to go to Sunday School

28th We are Pulling fodder to day mountain & stoney pint & expect to finish - clear fine weather at this time Malissa at work [out?] Finished pulling & cut tops in evening at night put in some Tobacco of Nannies & Jerrys in old prize Barn Daubed weaving House

29th worming & succoring Tobacco at new ground in morning. Then Cutting Tops trying to finish Raising primings in new prize Barn clear fine morning - - one calf has his leg Broke some how

30 Finished cutting Tops & tied up nearly all. Tyed up Blade fodder & tops last night till after 9 Oclock - a little Frost this morning - quite Cool

31 Cutting Tobacco to day at new ground wormed in new ground in morning opened Blade fodder Tyed up Tops & Blades at night but Did get done, Smart Frost this morning Oct

1st Oct Housing Johns Branch Tobacco Tobacco worming & succoring new ground this morning & then we will cut at new ground —

2nd Housed fresh ground Tobacco in new Barn next to Mr Crews this morning began at 3 Oclock Stack fodder at stoney pint 2 stacks & finished Cutting at new ground Cut nearly 4000 stacks in all worming & succoring over & Halled Load from new ground for new Barn & still not full