Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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

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,

1949 July 31st Cutting & Halling Logs began at 12 oclock to worm & top Tobacco, Rained a little in evening. Heavy Rain at Mrs Colemans where I was

August 1st Toping Tobacco Plowing & working Lots of Tobacco staining[?] Logs for Barn Sewed Turnip Patch this day, also Sewed Turnip seed in⌃^new Tobacco Lot

2nd Henry Fed & Jane geting sills for Barn Butting. Halling up etc for Barn the Balance Plowing & Hilling up Branch tobacco & also Lot. Sewed Turnip seed on Branch this day clear & fair nights a little cool

3 Fast day & we all went to S. S. M H Hilling up Tobacco in evening & squaring Logs

4 Squaring Logs Finished Hilling up Tobacco choping in cotton began to Rain in evening a fine Rain & continued till in the night & most all night - warm fine weather

5. Raining again this morning & Foggy

6 cloudy this morning Rained last night in the night fine warm days my waggon started to Lynchg this morning for Mr. Lewis, clear & warm. Finished cutting ^{for barn}Logs Toping & worming Tobacco chopping out Garden

7 Clearing fine morning Toping Tobacco & Grubing on Johns Branch Finished toping Tobacco yesterday Halling Balance Logs for Barn Henry did not get back last night,

9 Halling Logs - & Rocks for Pavement in yard & Grubing on Johns Branch cloudy & like ^Rainfor

10 Grubing with 4 hands on Johns branch Henry returning yesterday evening gone 4 days.

10th. Augt 1849 Raised Tobacco House near Granary this day, notched up by 2 Bookers & 2 Kits Mrs Colemans & Mrs McCullocks Kits Colo Smiths & Cap^t Fitzgeralds Booker very well done Bro Simpson & Boker both here — clear good day for our work —

11. we are grubing & cutting on Branch Halling gravel for walk & Hewing down Tobacco House & squaring Logs for Henrys house Clear & fine weather — Jane Gravelling walk before Door

13th Augt. Henry Heaving down Tobacco House Lila cutting on Johns Branch, & when done she is to Chop out cotton, & get out flax seed. Fed alse Jane & Ann began to Grub new ground on mountain adjoin =ing mountain field this morning for a start — clear & fair

14 worming & succoring & toping Tobacco Henry Hewing down Barn —

15. Treading out Mr. Neals wheat got out about 16 or 17 any rate I got 2½. trod cleaned & brot the fan home by Dark — Fed Toping Tobacco the Balance worming & succoring, clear & dry Day —

16. Fed gone to mill with nearly a Bus. corn 2½ wheat. Henry finishing toping ^{for this week}over Toba Jane alse & ann gone to Grubing in ^{& Fed when he gets back}new ground Lila & Jordan getting out flax seed & gath[er]ing Herd Grass seed etc.

17 Henry Hewing down Barn for sever= =al days. 4 Grubing in new ground ^gathering Lila Herds Grass seed Dry weather at this time

18 Same Grubing Henry gone to Capt Gilberts mill with 9½ Bushels corn borrowed of Mrs Hunt to be returned next spring. Lila & Jordan cutting & shrubing for corn 2 or 3 pretty showers to day went to Mrs Colemans & Rented out her Hillfield plantation etc.

Oct 4th 1849 Cutting Tobacco firening Tobacco gathering Pumpkins etc ——

5. We will cut ^{our Tobacco}all this morning but our new Lot & big new ground firing 3 Barns worming & succoring over Lot & new ground

6 Rained nearly all day - spining shoemaking

7 quite cool & cloudy no frost yet, - my Nannie & FW gone to Mrs Colemans to day

8 Halled up a Load of corn & shucked it out & began to throw down Tobacco Hill, to sew wheat Halled up some Tobacco

9 Fanned out 30 Bushels wheat & waggon started to Lynchg. returned on Friday 12th

10 & 11 & 12 we were cutting down corn to sew wheat & cutting & Pulling our Tobacco

13 Saturday Hanging & throwing down Tobacco Hills riving Tobacco sticks -

14 went to meeting, on 12th it Rained all day

15 went to Court, finished Hanging Tobacco 3 Plows Plowing in fresh ground for wheat weather moderate

16 Began to sew wheat in Big second years Land - Fanning out wheat ^Tobacco& housing upwards of 400 sticks in little Barn. 1400 in prize Barn 1300 in new Barn middle Barn full to day 900 in that, & sticks out of Big new ground sent to mountain, field Barn

17th Finished Fresh land in Tobacco sewed & Bush not quite done choping around the stumps Sewed there nearly 5½ bushels.——

18th Shoemending cleaning out stables & halling Rails for hog pen, Lila & Jane spining Rained all night & nearly all day to day Jordan gone to mill. Mr John D Hunt gave my wife a lovely colt which we called FCg Hester Ann