Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1846 Jany 26th Finished cutting I expect to day & then striping Tobacco ———

27 Began to mall in new ground Phil & Fed Henry gone to shop with^Cart Lila & alse finishing striping in the Middle Barn

28. 2 Hands getting gate Post Fed malling alse & Lila stacking wood Mr Myers came here last night & set in this morning to set up Tobacco Hh^ds my wife & F.W. at Mrs Hunt last night & went to Doct Sutfins Beautifull weather about this day

29 Weather moderate, cloudy - Halling up gate Post towards granary Malling in new ground & Piling wood

30 Malling & Henry gone to mill & got 74 feet Hh^d heading

31 Henry & Phil gone to Shields to roll Logs Balance took down Tobacco nearly all day Feby 1st cloudy this morning & like for falling weather my wife gone to Prayer meeting Mr Myers set up 2 Hh^ds & gone home 17 Lambs in Jany lost 5 —

2nd Malling Halling up Tobacco – 3rd Henry Halled wood this day

3. Malling & Prized Tobacco

4th Still fine weather clear Lila been Plowing all this week, Prizing^{to day} Lugs _Lugs malling in new ground — Halled a stack oats yesterday 3rd

him Mr Bruce have the money,^{to pay for}I have this day p^d him for fodder 75 3/9 toll etc 9¢ of which he pays me back If he takes in another Hh^d which he thinks of doing found Mr Bruce also 4 lb Bacon & 2 Gallons meal one Gallon meal to much —

10. Very pretty Day Halling out wood & burning Logs - made Rail body for Cart

11th Halling wood & Rails & Raking leaves in new ground, - Henry Plowing — my wife gone to Mrs Hunts—

12th Sent to Mill Malling on Branch for wood & Plowing for corn, raking & Pileing trash in new ground very pretty weather about this time Planted Irish Potatoe Patch & expect to cover it with leaves —

13 Rained nearly all night & this morning taking down our Tobacco that we have yet to strip, - weather moderate

14 Upsetting Corn field fence Henry Halling leaves to cover Irish Potato Patch very hard rain last night ground very wet Snow & hail all gone,

20th Plowing for corn Fed making Britching Fill Halling wood sewed Peas & Planted Onions Lila sewing oats this week Rolled Logs on Branch & sent 2 hands to Mrs Hunts square in Garden, —

21st Very pretty day Burnt & sewed sallet Bed - Balance Plowing & Halling wood.

1846 Feby 21 Weather moderate snow melts smartly striping Tobacco on Hh^d Lug Tobacco ready to turn out

22nd Weather moderate snow melting very wet & sloppey my^wife Complain[in]g about this time her Birth Day —

28 Saturday the past week we have made our new ground fence go to mill Hall wood Turn out one Lug Hh^d Tobacco. the weather very cold, yesterday Friday we rolled our new ground Logs this day shelling corn gone to mill & cutting & malling up big pine beyond Turnip patch. Snowed last night about one Inch deep Thrashed out 1 stack oats this week 12 B Halled up one D^o to feed with sold Selam to Pidlar & traded for goods $20 for him

1st day March 1846 yesterday it began to rain & we were mending shoes making Rakes etc This morning Friday 1st day of March Dreadfull weather Trees hanging with Ice some snow on ground. Thank God we are all on foot lost nearly half of our Lambs only got 14 now.

1846 April 1st. Plowing for corn 2 Plows alse & Mallisa began at 12 Oclock to Hill in new ground this we have been halling oat stacks out of new ground Phil Halling Rails along cross fence My wife gone to see Mrs. Coleman 2nd began to Hill in new ground 3 hands Lila & Henry Plowing for corn Phil Halling Rails around out side fence towards orchard & also along cross fence Jane in Garden Plowed up Tomato Beds Weather cloudy & very cool, like for snow or Rain, Sent Mr Crews Horse & Plow & Gear to toPlow to day & have also lent him a Horse to go to mill several times -

3rd A Beautiful morning Hilling colter in new ground & Plowing for corn. Henry hunting wild Hogs — Sewed Beets^{& salsafy}yesterday

4 Another pretty morning Hilling in new ground Henry sewed flax Patch Lila Plowing in oats in bottom in Granary Lot Phil gone to shop with Plow Henry saw my my 11 wild hogs this morning but they were quite wild - have not ben up for 2 months — Sewed beets & salsafy a day or too ago. Planted corn & snaps in garden this day

5 Another pretty day like for rain ^or[friday?]

6th very pretty morning finished sewing oats Plowing for corn Coltering in new ground & Halling

1846 May 9th Weather warm & fine about this time, Finished fencing about 12 Bushing wheat & oats -

10th Showers this day & turned cool in evening

11th began to Replant & Plow corn this day Replanted all the side of the the Branch next to Tobacco Houses & part of the side & Plowed all drill corn nearly

12 Hilling & Coltering in second

13 done collering & laying off second yrs^ground gone to mill this morning lent Wm Neale 2 mugs of Coffee this morning my wife Which she has to clean her teeth began to Cross Coltering on Branch

14 Finished hilling second years ground Plowing corn - 15th Drawing Plants

15 & Planting Yobacco this day ^{in new ground} Raining & we are Planting Tobacco

16 Finished Planting new ground Tobacco Thining corn this morning Phil gone to Shop & mill

17 Meeting day at S. S. M H. a good day

18 Cloudy Plowing corn & Replanting corn & hilling on Branch 19 My waggon start to Lynchg 20th myself Mrs Clements & John starts this morning sold our Tobacco for Little or nothing 21st hilling on Branch