Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1849 April 6 Weather fine & clear, onions salsafy Beets come up very pretty on Hill Oats coming up well - .

7 Coltering in Big new ground Plowing on Branch for Corn -

8 Fair morning & Beautifull weather ground a little hard clouded up in evening

9. cloudy & like for Rain this morning Planted 1 Bus. Sweet Potatoes seed got from Sister Colemans & 1 peck of Our Own except the peck, all of Ours Rotted, last ^{the 7th}Saturday

10 cloudy & like for rain weather good Planted Sweet Potatoes this morning got 1½ Bushels from Mrs McCullocks Plowing on Branch for corn coltering & Hilling in new ground Nearly done Plowing for Corn

11th Finished D^o & Coltering new ground ^way one - 2 Hands Hilling weather cool & windy Cut little Bull yearling to day - Laying off to Plant Corn, one way My wife & all walk to Mrs Hunts to day we have 12 Lambs & have lost about 10

12. clear & cool laying off & Began to Plant corn this morning = Planting some water melon seed in^{Sweet Potatoe Patch}

13. Planting corn left hand of Path by ^Barn middle Laying off for Planting Corn clear & Cool

14 Laying off & Planting^cornleft hand of Path - clear & cool this morning Put stack fodder & stack Oats in house about this time Planted Corn field snaps by middle barn Finished Planting corn the other sid[e] branch next to middle barn laying off to Plant this side branch Harrowing Beds for drill Corn

1849 aprl 14th. Fed Halling wood 2 Plows laying off one way 3 hands Hilling from 12 oclock^15thcloudy & cool all day

15 very cool & dry windy weather -

16th Every thing Killed by frost I expect this morning, very cool, Laying off to Plant^Corn Hilling & Harrowing beds on bottoms,

17. cloudy & cool all natures in mourning every thing Killed by Cold & frost. weather moderated a little, began to Plant Corn this side branch = finished laying off one way Collard Plants & flax very much Killed by frost

18 Planting Corn Just below House & on Bottoms to day - cloudy & like for Rain at this This morning Rain Hail and snowed a little took Bacon^down& Packed up 35 middlings 35 Hams & 31 shoulders & some p^s very cold & windy weather – Planting all drill corn to day very^{cold windy day} Finished Planting Corn this evening

19. Cold & windy morning, Henry Jane & alse gone to Mrs Colemans to Plant Corn Jordan going to mill 1 Bus. Fed Halling manure & wood & Hilling Ann Hilling Lila breaking Tobacco Lot on Branch My wife & Fanny W. went to Mr Jno D Hunt yesterday about his [Caty?] or [Settoe?] etc etc Henry Jane & Alse went to Mrs Colemans to ^{Plant Corn}

20 Smart frost every thing like vegetation Seems to stop at the cold windy dry weather tho the weather seems to be rather moderating

28th June 1849 replanted Tobacco over & began to cut wheat again at home weather very Hot, Keen lightening yesterday Jane Laying by^corn in fresh ground to day

29 Fed & myself cut wheat at Mr. Neals. Henry gone to Mrs Colemans to cut wheat. 3 Plows Laying by corn in fresh ground & drill corn to day ——

30 4 Plows Laying by corn this side branch Henry went to shop to have Plows sharpened Sewed Peas worked with Hoe & Plowed Pea Patch, on Branch, Planted cucumber seed in Plant Bed, weeding Tobacco in big second years ground. weather very dry & warm My wife & children going to Edge Hill

1st July quarterly meeting – – = " cloudy & likely for Rain, my wife & children 1849 gone to Edgehill meeting this day Lila & Ann^{to Green field} July 1st In the Evening we had a fine Rain

- 2nd Rained hard yesterday little cool this morning wind N. E. fine weather my wife did^{not get} home last night from Edgehill Replanting Tobacco again second or 3rd time, Corn & Tobacco Small for this time,

3 weeding second yrs ground Tobacco. Laying by corn below House & drill corn

4 Laying by corn left side Path this field, been laying by ever since friday last. weather cool at night days warm. Pulled up flax yesterday Finished weeding new ground & second yrs land laid by a p^t of branch corn yesterday — Weeding Branch Tobacco below, spring weather clear & nights cool etc etc etc

Celebration at Riceville this day etc & has been very cool ever since 1st day of the month

5th Finished weeding Lot on Branch Laying by corn big middle Barn left hand Path thro field. Weather very cool & we are sitting by fire This morning we begin to Hall up our wheat - etc. little cloudy & like for Rain in evening, Halled up 4 Loads by 12 & 4 after

6th Laying by corn, sent to mill^{with cart} this morning 1 Barrel corn. nights & morning cool. weeding Lot Tobacco this morning Plowed & Hilled cotton, Halling wheat again

7. went to Mrs Colemans to see Harriet & then on to Meeting at Bro. Plunket did not come Prayer meeting^{gave negroes Holiday from 12 oclock}

8 Raining a little, Bro. Plunket came here on his way to meeting, ^{I say at home & Cate}Henry sick not quite done weeding down our Tobacco In the Evening Rained hard before & after my wife etc returned from meeting & at night^again fine growing weather - at this time —

9th Hilling up little new ground Toba. Treading out a floor wheat this day ground quite wet - - cloudy morning

10 Rained hard last night replanted second yrs big fresh ground Raining this morning. Halling up new ground If it stops raining on new ground being too wet we have not finished laying by our corn yet.

11 Plowing corn & Hilling up big new ground Henry runing boards this morning, Jacob gone to mill 1½ Bus new wheat - &

12 Halling up wheat waggon & cart Did not get done good day —

13 Sent Jacob to Mill 1½ wheat for common use. Cutting oats, Ennis here from Mr. Panillos

22nd clear & cool dry weather

23 Halling out manure on Turnip Patch Finished Hilling new ground & second yrs Land & Hilling up Lots = Planted snaps on Hill last Saturday - Weather clear & dry My wife & children gone to Mrs Hunts to see the Charlotte Poeple etc.

24 Hilling up Branch Tobacco & also ^newlot Stacking Oats this morning - clear & fair Catharine S. starts to Mrs Walkups school at $1½ pr month say for every 20th days ^goesshe

25. Raining this morning began Just before day then Rfull for it. very much needed. Spining & shelling Corn Mr Myers here nearly finished working with hay yesterday both lots Stacked Our Oats yesterday light Crop

21 Rained another shower last evening Toped over our Tobacco yesterday & wormed it over Thinning corn last evening & this morning, sent for waggon at shop Plowing Turnip Patch & Part of Pea Patch on Branch - cloudy like^Rain for

27 ^{Halling Logs for Barn & shrubing for corn} began to clean up on Johns branch This morning alse ann, Lila cutting down beans, yesterday we Harrowed our cotton & finished putting little dirt to our Lot Tobacco Halling Logs & shrubing in fresh ground Fed & Jane cloudy & like for rain

28. Raining a little this morning, worming Lots this morning - Raining finely to day — cleaning up on Johns branch. Lila alse & ann - Jordan & Lowry choping in corn

29th went to Mr McCullocks funeral to day pd Lewis $5 Rec^d Rob^l for 1 pr old [?eg] wheels

30. Cutting Logs & Halling for Barn, & cleaning up on Johns Branch, - fine weather,