Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1860 March 27th weather moderated some Hilling to day Sent Henry to Faris's Mill 9 Bus. wheat for flour 1 Bus. wheat for Chop & 1 Small Log for Plank, etc Got 9 Bus. sent for flour & Plank

28. Plowing for Corn & Raking in new ground & cleaning up.

29 Plowing for Corn Grubing in new ground & cleaning up fine weather

30. I have been to aspen Grove, they are hilling down there in new ground fine weather We are Grubing in new ground & Plowing for Corn & trying to finish Mrs Hargrave here

31st finshed this morning & Halled Leaves & cleaning up new ground leaves halled in field ¬¬ – fine weather I went down to See Jim Faris’s property sold he is gone off nobody Knows where.

1st aprl 1860 Sunday Stayed at home.

2 " Halling leaves & Logs Out of new ground Set Leaves on fire this evening

3rd Halling wood Rails etc out of new new ground

4th Raining set Log Heaps & Leaves on fire Rained till 12 Oclock then cleared off we were striping Tobacco Came up a cloud Rained hailed & the wind Blew very ^hard Blowed down about 200 pannels of our fence & Hailed Smartly ¬– nearly burnt up our Logs 5th Have been ½ day putting up fence

5 Began to colter new ground at 12 Oclock Raking forking up manure to day – I went to aspen Grove M^t airy & Millers Mill,

6 Coltering Hilling for Sweet Potatoes Raking some, I went to Chalk Level –^{a Lock}& got

7. Halling dirt from Well Sent to Mill