Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1848 March 10 Cleared off this morning Halling wood & leaves & burning Log Heaps cool weather, - no Oats seeded yet. Snow & Hail nearly gone Sent Henry to mill 1 Log to be ¾ square edged plank 2 Turns corn & 1 of wheat & to get 1 Turn chop been there for sometime

11. fencing raking & burning leaves

12 fine day but very windy - fire got out of our new ground ^{no damage} this day

13. Plowing Cleaning up new ground

14. Plowing etc 15 began at 12 oclock 15. to colter little new ground 2 [cotters?] also to sew Oats in Johns field

16 Collering in new ground cutting down corn stalks, ground hard frozen, sewing Oats from 12 oclock again, fair & Cold weather

17 began to make Tobacco Hills crossing little new ground & ^Oats sewing

18 sewing Oats Hilling & crossing new ground weather more moderate sewed all my plant Beds over this morning ———

19. cloudy & Raining a little,

20 Started to Lynchg & had a wet time of it sold sold Lugs for $3.⁵⁰ Hilling all time we were gone

23 returned being gone 4 days

24 Hilling & Plowing to day cloudy & like for Rain

1848 May 6th Send Henry to mill 10 Bus. corn & 1 Bushel Buck wheat picking up roots & Hilling this morning pulled cockle out of fresh ground wheat

7 Gust last night & night before hard Rain & wind —

8 put up fencing prizing Tobacco & replanting corn. Ground wet Henry plowing on Branch in lot, My W gone to Mrs Hunts. Mary H Coleman sick I went there last night in night. She was some better — Very hard Rain about 3 oclock to day also last friday & Saturday

15. Finished our new ground, replanting corn coltering second yrs ground weather cool & fair,- Planted snaps etc etc & Hilling second yrs ground

16 Finished replanting corn, Plowing

17 Hilling up second yrs ground prepared ground for Peas & Greens Plowing for Tobacco — in Lots

18 Hilling Plowing - Plowing corn in Lots at home —

19. Kit gone to Lynchg for me prizing Tobacco - Hilling ^{yrs land}second Planted Pea Patch etc —

20_ Halled up stack fodder prizing Hilling etc Planted Tobacco this day

20th May 1848. Planted Greens & tomattoes & Irish Potatoes 18 & 19th Inst. = 21st ^{walked up to Mrs Colemans this day} Kitt returned from Lynchg about 2 oclock. gone 2½ days — all safe & sound

22nd Finishing Hilling our second yrs land Plowing in corn, - weather fine & dry on Saturday 20th Planted some Tobacco

24th Cutting off new ground Hills & Planted Tobacco the whole day. - ^{Planted all our new ground}no Rain

25. Planting this morning in second Land Plowing Sweet Potatoes & Corn & cotton Hilling on Branch yet -

26 Plowing corn at stony point Thining corn this morning began to weed corn at 12 oclock.

27. replanted Cotton. gone to mill 6 Bus. corn. weeding corn by Malissas House & finishing Plowing over corn once except some wet spots. fine growing weather Sent for Mr Lewis’s man cow [unclear] [D?] took him & several more Sheared sheep Thining corn & nearly done, Planted Tobacco yesterday & to day in second yrs ground & finished

29 Planting on Branch to day & bushing Oats etc etc,

30 Raining & doing but little —

31. waggon started to Lynchg, weeding cotton Patch Potatoes & Planted Irish Potatoes. weeding corn etc. —

June 1st. Same work.

1848 Novr 14 been Rain’g for 2 or 3 days. Faning out wheat yesterday & to day. Jane spining alse at Kettle still. cloudy & like for Rain,-

15th Went after Rent corn & fodder at Long Hill, -

16 sent Henry to saw mill after Timber etc. Bro^t it home & 1 Bag meal Began to cut ^{Big growth in little new ground}in new ground yesterday

17 Cutting again Henry gone to Cotton Jin 389 lbs Seed Cotton Sent.

20 making cow pen fence this morning pulling up Irish Potatoes etc. Fanning out wheat, clear & cool large frost

21 started to Lynchg with 37.40 Bus. wheat sold for ’90 - got back on Friday the 24th, while we were gone they Grubed till Friday Rainy day spun & shoemaked

25th Halling Rails Fanning out wheat cleaning out stables etc etc etc.

30. We have been grubing cutting some in little new ground & Halling Logs for Henry House This day making cow shelter in Lot Halling leaves & laying foundation of House for steers weather cloudy & not much Rain yet, Bot in all this year 22½ Barrels of Corn

Dec. 4 waggon House blowed down the 2nd Inst. Grubing for several days 4 hands Henry cutting Post & fork etc for waggon & Cart shelter

7- Cloudy & likely for Rain taking down middle House Tobacco

1848 Dec 18th Cutting in new ground little growth this week —

19th started to Lynchg with wheat & Turkeys got back 21st & sold Turkeys for 50¢ & wheat for 90¢ got back in 3 days —

22nd Finished striping mountain field barn Tobacco this day —

23rd Killed our Hogs this morning & salted them up etc 20 in number

24 likely for Rain

25 went to Mrs Hunts & it Rained

26 quite cool this morning & somewhat cloudy = —— Tolerably good days

27 began to snow in morning about 5 Snowed & Rained nearly all day snow about one or Two Inches Deep Brot over cattle from stony pint this morning & have not fed them till now

28 Very pretty day Snow melted Smartly tolerable cool

29 Raining this morning, striping Tobacco in Middle Barn snow melting very much, weather moderate

30 cleared off in morning early Striped Tobacco in prize barn Halled 3 Loads wood & 1 load straw in evening

31st Tolerable good^dayquite cool snow not gone yet, my wife gone to Mrs Colemans to day & wheat Looks remarkable well, for time of year —