Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845 March 14th Malissa sick child Born after midnight this morning --

15. Bud Faris sent for help to Roll Logs Could not help him Henry sowing oats. I am going to meeting. Federick cutting gutter for Malissa House to drain the water off -- Phil gone to mill. Just commencing sowing oats this morning tho have been preparing the ground for 2 days.

1845 ^{March 18th} Sewed 15 bushels to this night Fed gone to day to Roll Logs to Mr Neals Set yams this morning for [name?] to plant. Planted goard seed Paid Mr Moon $115 in all the other $10 I dont Know that I shall ever pay him without being compelled because he did not finish my ^houseat all & some he did do was not done workmanlike

¹⁸⁴⁵ March 19, Wednesday Very cold & windy ground hard frozen I am afraid Tobacco plants Killed. My wife & F.W. gone to see ^Coleman Mrs

20 Really a winters morning ground hard frozen. cant Plow. Freezing weather Pull Down old saddle House this morning at 12 Oclock this day the water Freezes in the Porch tremendous cold for March 1845 1845 26th. weather a little moderated Sewed flax seed nearly done sowing oats

1845. April 9th Remarkable dry & very cool --- Henry Clay has the Distemper very bad --- Moons Negroes cut his wifes throat & very near Killed her On the 8th April every thing Killed almost Beets & all the fruit Killed

11th. Commencing planting corn in mountain field Weather rather warmer but very dry & Windy no appearance of Rain

12 Still dry & little cool, planting corn ^^{& Snaps} by Malissas House Very Smoky Weather - Planted Sweet Potatoes

14th Planting Corn at Stony Point Looks a little like Rain, weather a little cool, great deal Smoky weather

15. Still Planting corn at Stony Point it looks something like ^rain Weather moderate

16 No rain faired off dry & Hot. Planted Corn & Snaps back of Garden this day Fed Halling Rails to make Tobacco Lot by Henrys House, Marked my Calves & Turned all out this morning Still very Smoky

16th Planted all our corn except where the ground is too hard to break up

17 Hilling & colter New ground

1845 April 30th Prizing good Tobacco - Cloudy & like for rain, but dry & Hot Had no rain to Do much good fine middle March - Hilling on Branch

May 1st this morning look a little like rain --Planted one square Greens this morning Small Shower of Rain at night

21 Planted out our Garden in Greens,Plowing up Cotton Patch Rain almost gone dry & cool this day after shower last night; Finished Hilling little new ground on branch

3 Planted cotton & Irish Potatoes

4 Sunday Rained at night. Went to association, Planted Water Mellons, Potatoe Pumpkin etc on 4th Inst

5 replanting Corn on Mountain Manured Plant Beds, Rained, Borrowed 5 3/4 lb bag & all of Sugar of Mrs Ephraim Lewis this day

6th Still cloudy & Raining this morning prizing Tobacco, & Fed Shoemaking

7 Started Lugs & short Tobacco to Lynchg by Mr Montgomery, began to Plow on mountain field Hilling second years ground

1845 August 2nd - Another shower Rain We are pulling up fence where the ^windwind Blew down last night, & toping Tobacco & Expect to Sew Turnip Patch this evening - put up steps at chamber doder^door this Branch Camp branch So called as high as I ever saw it in my life

3 good showers Rain about here today

4. Sun shng shining grubing & cutting on Branch, Halling manure to turnip Patch & Rails for Hog Pen

6th Yesterday Rained moderate and we Rep =lanted the Lot at Lilas House & the granary Lot & began to Hill up Lots & new ground - Fed shoemaking Henry cutting on branch alse breaking flax Phil gone to shop

9th. Hilling up new ground Tobacco Plowing Greens in Garden

18th. The weather has generally been seasonable since the 1st August. Working Out Garden this morning. Went to Lynchburg 13th & 14 to get Paints to Pain[t] House,-

21. Rains every night or day & sometimes both machine got out Mrs. Hunts, wheat woodings machine Wrote to Mr Taylor Painter to come the 15th & do our work.

1845 August 20th. Raised barn at new ground this day 22nd Henry this day gone to Doct Whites Mill with wheat corn & a stack & is to bring my Palings Home Fed sick yesterday & day before — Succoring & toping Tobacco this day

26th Picking Turnip Patch & finished Hilling up Lot at Henrys house My wife son Jerry & nurse Ann started from home on yesterday Sunday to go to Charlott cty V^a on a visit to Mr Overbys & Moseleys with Mrs Hunt - Fanny White sick - fine rain yesterday Sunday

Monday ²⁵26th. Clear fine day for travelling

Tuesday 26. clear fine morning Grubing & Phil cutting Henry & Fed gone to Mr L to raise houses — —

27. cutting on Branch & grubbing Mr Lewis spayed 14 shoats & cut six & Turned out 2 young sows & 1 boar Mrs Scrugs put cloth in the loom - My wife did not start to Charlott till Tuesday morning & Pleasant came here same day about 12 & stayed till next evening making ladden etc etc

28th Grubbing & cutting Henry getting slab timber I went to Jno D Hunts & Mrs Hunts, my dear Nanny been gone ever since last Sunday to charlotte, — time seems long

29 Topping succoring and worming Tobacco today - started a letter to Colo Smith about over our