Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

6. 7. 8. 9th ^{July 1862}Laying by our Corn with Hoes & Plows & weeding Tobacco This morning pulling flax & Cutting Oats Began to Cut oats & Pull up our flax to day –

10. Cutting Oats up here & at Vaughans to day Very Hot weather at this time

11 Raining Began to Lay by Corn again clem in house, sewing, doing but little. claiborne & Smith gone to Kates Moses to save her Oats Rained nearly all day long

12 fine Rain replanting Tobacco & then ^{& Corn etc}Plowing Garden Sewed Peas by Bars this day –

17th has been Laying by Corn this week I have been to Danville to carry negroes from 7 magisterial District as agent for Government to Danville to go to Richmond,

18th Raining all day Shelling Corn etc etc

19 Replanting Tobacco, & Plowing on Creek & finished choping Corn on branches at home

21. Choping Corn on Creek to day & Plowing ^{& Potatoes}Tobacco

22nd Plowing Tobacco & Plowing negroes corn Hilling up Sweet Potatoes I went to Court Sunday ev[en]ing Home^{back Monday}

25. Plowing new ground Corn chopping & also sugar Kane Peas Plowing & sewing Turnip Patch. Carrying away Tobacco to Riceville 2 Days, 3 of our cattle has Dyed lately —

[2]6 Halled up wheat at home & halling oats to day at home Chip ^Coleman started back to army at Richmond this morning

28: 29 Getting up wheat & oats & finished choping new ground, corn,

31 July sent to Mr B. Nowlin by Ben 22 lbs wools to Card into Rolls for me to Lynchg, sent Lard & Vinegar of Estates to R H Garrett to sell.

Augt 1st This has been a day with me of business shelling corn for Government at Plantation & Mr Hunts place & settling with Mrs Harriet Hodnett about steer they over Heat ^it & Died in her employ she Referes A D Worsham chose by her Mr C Gilbert & James P Lewis by me Dedced ^Decided that she pay $30 for the Same & she & Father agreed to abide their decision – Hilling up Tobacco & Cotton at this time

2nd Same work & Plowing young Corn on branches

3rd. Raining to day moderate. Child Born last night a Girl named