Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1857 July 11th. Choping in corn Laying by at stony pint Painters Painting on top of House, cloudy & like for Rain- Nannie complaining with tooth ach etc

16th Nannie sick now with Bowel Complaint Rainy fine growing weather

17th Cutting Oats to day & Plowing corn at mountain field. Hilling up & working Tobacco at new ground Halled up last stack Oats Nannie has been sick for nearly 10 days - -

august 1st 1857 - choping^corn Stoney pint Corn to day - Sent Jerry Smith to shop with Fillmore to be shod Jerry my son gone to P.O. Henry Painting Top of carriage & Jerry Painted^Gates Sandy finishing Harrowing Corn to day -

2nd went to Sunday School went to Mr Dews & mrs Hunts

3rd cloudy, fixing to go to Lynchg, going to Carry Fannies Tobacco, Balance triming out wheat yd this morning & then Hilling up new ground Tobacco Fixing for Lynchg going after machine carr^d Load for Fannie wool carr^d to Card 1 Bag fine Bag & all 16 lbs 1 D^o Coarse D^o 17½ wool Left in Lynchg 33½ lbs to be Carded augt 57 —pRec^t

7th augt 7th we have been to Lynchg car^d a Load of Tobacco for Fannie Fitzgerald, & Bro^t wheat machine Home from Mr Whittemore cost with Band $154.48. pRec^d warranted for 12 months,- our folks has been Hilling up new ground Tobacco Toping it & shoeing making for ourselves. to day after we got home went to toping fresh ground Tobacco, left machine at Fannies

1857 July 10th W^m Williams came last night one more Horse, Raining this morning & doing but little Warm fine growing weather If the ground gets wet,- Killed Lamb to day - cleared off but little^rain Finished Halling up fresh ground on Johns Branch choping in corn nearly done laying by fresh field with Plows gone to stoney pint to day at 12. runing next to corn —

11th Painting top of House to day in evening Came a very hard Rain some Hail & a real Gust,- Blowed down our fencing — etc etc

12th went to Sunday school little rain this evening Nannie Jaw & tooth swelled very much this week I was sick yesterday myself

13th Replanted Tobacco this morning our Plowing Corn at Stoney pint choping & Hilling up Tobacco at new ground Fine day my wife gone to Mrs Hunts

14th clouday this morning finishing Painting top of House - Plowing corn working new ground Tobacco fine weather ——

15th Rained last night & cloudy & like for Rain this morning began to cut Oats Fed & clem at new ground To make Paste to put paper in a room a little allum, & Gum arabic,

16th Cutting Oats to day Abram Crews here Sandy Plowing Fed at new ground Painters done about 9 Oclock & started Paid them $45

17. 18. 19 Hilling up Tobacco Cutting Oats & Plowing in corn. 19th went to meeting & Sunday school

20. 21. 22. 23 working new ground Tobacco went to Court Halling up wheat & finished cutting Oats 21st Mr Overby & his wife here & children etc etc etc