Jeremiah White Graves Diaries, Volume 3, Book 6,Page 3

1874 March 30th Sewing Oats Sewed 27 Bush and
31st Finished sewing this morning before it rained
Ed Tucker [assorting] in new prize Barn for
Plantation 1/2 day & Ed Dews & Martin Sent to
striped this evening. Working my Horse [Davy]
[Gray] yesterday & to day before it Rained
Plowing for corn
31st Plowing up Patches & corn Land
Martin Smith Broke my Double plow
[mole] Board Plowing for himself Hauling
wood Bro [Reid] came here to day
April 1st Raining more or less all day
Finished striping Tobacco in new prize
Barn Ed & Jimmy striping in old prize
Barn Martin not here to day at all
Bro [Reed] here yet still cloudy
2nd April Plowing for corn Martin fixing
Plows all after 12 oclock him & Jimmy
shrubing above road to [Neals] very
pretty day cloudy more or less all day
3rd Ed Plowing for corn Martin shrubing
for corn & Jimmy I went down to Mr
Yates shop & had my Bed pin of waggon
Mr Yates fixed it himself cutting it off &C
4th Ed Plowed up my Garden & for corn
Martin & Jimmy shrubbing above road
for corn on Branch & along fence
sewed over plant Bed next to Miss
M. Neyls to day & manured the other
On John's Branch to day --
5_ Tolerable moderate weather Holliday
6th pretty morning clear pretty weather
7 Raining this morning striping Tobacco Edmd
Tucker assorting & Kate striping back of Garden
weather moderate he began to assort 8 or 9 oclock
Mr J W Laine has not come yet to start to
Lynchg. Rain stop us from Loading this morning