Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1851 Sept 25th very cool this morning we are stacking Our Tops cut over our Tobacco & got near 1400 Sticks in all 245 fresh ground in new ground 846 in lotts by prize barn 291 in all 1382

26th Stacked Our tops yesterday & finished worming & succoring Tobacco this morning making Hog pen for mountain Grazier — after the Dew gets off then we shall cut Tobacco again – fair & Clear sent Jacob to Faris’s mill 1 Bus wheat for flour & get the articles he bro^t from ^{for me}Lynchg

30 cutting & firing Tobacco Tobacco yesterday & to day – fair & warm

Oct 5th The weather the Past week has been fair & mild we have Housed all our Tobacco cut except the mountain field pulled & shucked Out Our Lot Corn by Granary & mountain field made nearly or about 12 Bbls while we were measuring up Corn friday Our Tops Stack fell down & we had to stack that again picked up flax yesterday Pompey Hurt Pink yesterday morning I don't Know whether he broke her ^{leg or} not meeting at Strait Stone yesterday taking some steps to put a stop if Possible to the Villany going on in this p^t of the Country

Oct. 9th Began to sew wheat here yesterday at mountain field sewed Rye at Granary Lot & also the wheat there yesterday & to day Cut Buck wheat firing prize Barn & new Barn in Lot Expect to Begin to cut all Our Tobacco to day Began to Sew wheat at Mrs McCullocks Tuesday

7th Oct Cutting down there Corn Clear & fair

10 Cutting Tobacco in Lots etc Henry Bushing mountain field Fed gone to mill 2 Bus wheat to eat 2 Bus for flour & 2 Bus. Corn & 1½ Bus for overseer & 1 peck for Lila cloudy this morning

11th we have got from the mill all but our corn meal finished cutting & stacking Tobacco this day

13th Halled first cutting out of new ground Barn 710 sticks to prize Barn

1851 Novr 1st Finished Bushing wheat in fresh field this evening. Rained a little this morning

2nd Novr. Yesterday sent to Faris s Mill flour 7½ Bus. wheat for myself & 5 Bus. Corn & 1 Bus. wheat for Henry & for overseer 1½ Bus Corn & 2½ Bus. wheat, got back in the night Weather clear & warm wheat seems to be Coming well etc etc

5th Finishing getting up & shucking corn from Stony pint only got 6 or 7 Bbls good corn from there Killed Bull this morning weighed 99 lbs to the quarter let Hiram Wyatt have 1 quarter of it cloudy & cool & Rain a little to day – finished sewing wheat & Rye at Mrs McCullocks now getting up Corn, put up my Hogs this morning

18th Went to Lynchg last week for Mrs McCullock Sold wheat etc, we were doing but little while I was gone but shoemaking, as it Rained Went to Court On Monday my horse very much worsted Archer Worsham began chimny monday morning Halling up Corn at Mrs McCullocks still cloudy like for Rain

21st cleared off still about new House chimny cleaning up & burning Brush on Branch, quite Cool Finished chimney to new cabbin

22nd & a clear day & very cool —

24th began to fix up cow shelters & Halled ^{& some wood}Rails

25th Rained all^day & we striped Tobacco in prize Barn Snowed the first time this fall & the Rain melted the most of it Freesed towards night & a very disagreeable day & night, quite cool

26 Striped Tobacco again in prize Barn Halled wood, Archibald Worsham done up Back & Hearth cleared off & a pretty day I went to Mrs McCullocks they are cutting & getting logs for overseers House there.

1851 Novr 25 Given Our negroes their shoes this morning after the Snow – Henry Clay still very Lame from the Trip to Lynchg We have strip Tobacco 2 days in prize Barn Grainar here to Instruct my wife how to Cut Costs

28th Cutting at fresh ground Fed Shoemaking 2 pr shoes made 2 sanall Raining a little quite cool

29 Sewing wheat got from Mr Fitzgerald cleared off Henry gone to mill carried 7½ Bushels Corn

Decr 3rd Given to the following negroes Blankets Henry 1 Bed sp^{or Blanket} Malissa a Blanket alse & Federick ^{Jordan one also - & clementine,-}one a p^s clear & cold

5th Decr Fanned Out wheat Squared Logs for stable & Halled wood

8th Election this day for Governor Lie^t Gov & attorney Gen^l. Senator for County & members to Legislature under new constitution, fair pretty day. Fanned Out my wheat & at Mrs McCullocks & about to settle for toll etc at both places

9 Raised my Stable & went to Mrs McC Mr Atkisson moved to McC to attend to her business from from 2nd Decr to X for $5. – Hewing down my stable etc etc

11th Raised Top to Ice House Halled some wood & Killed our Hogs this morning Fine weather, went to Mrs Hunts for Lucy Ann –

12th Sent 4½ Bushels Toll wheat of machine made 1851 to Mr. Joshua Hubbard — Halled up Some Oats this morning^{pr of stack} making new stable Door & etc

14 Cutting Halling & fencing owen set up our Tobacco Hh^d to day very cold & clear

17 Owen moved Halling wood & made up fence at little new ground. Very ^cold John D moved from here this day

1852 May 7th let Mrs Neal & W^m Burnett have collared plants, Finished coltering over new ground once & began to crop a little Henrys arm sore

8th Jordan Coltering in fresh ground balance Halling up wet part there, cloudy & like ^Rainfor

9th Went to meeting to day scramentul day

10th Planting Cotton this morning, cloudy & like^Rainfor

11 Coltering & Hilling in fresh ground & in ^groundnew

12 Rained in the evening & life for Rain Started to Lynchg this morning with waggon Hilling & Finished fresh ground Picked Plant Beds Hilled all ground crossed in new ground replanted Hillside drilled by middle Barn, etc waggon got home from Lynchg saturday evening one of John Hunts little negroes Died Friday night cleared off & quite Cool,

20th Plowed Lot for Tobacco yesterday, planted yesterday about 8 or 10.000 Tobacco Hills some in new ground & some in fresh ground Replanting corn to day planted corn & Peas in Cotton Patch, Henry Harrow Corn on Branch, Lila yet in House - clear & dry

22 Jordan Plowing in Corn mext to orchard Henry Coltering in new ground balance Hilling in new ground

23. Two or Three fine showers of Rain to day

24 Planting Tobacco this morning in Second yrs ground, & new ground - warm fine weather

25 Finished freshed ground except little part thats new ground cleared off & Hot Planting this evening all the Hills that made in new ground, Henry coltering Harry Set up on Hh^d to day for 37½ [?] the staves being Jointed - & is to set up one more at that price & one more staves to Joint ^{for 3 [?]}etc

29th A little shower of Rain yesterday, we have finished Hilling & Planting our new ground yesterday Plowed 2 or 3 days in our corn Began to weed corn on Branch this morning cloudy & like for rain, worked out Sweet & Irish Potatoe seed.

1852 June 15th Plowing & weeding Corn. Dewing & suning Tobacco —— Finished Shearing Our Sheep this day Weeding part of Our Fresh ground Tobacco

17th Finished weeding corn this morning Finished prizing Hh^d Second quality Tobacco –

18 went to Mr W^m Tuckers & in the evening come up a fine Rain we replanted our Tobacco all over saturday fine time for it Weather warm & growing, Mrs smith very ^sick smith

19th Raining a little to day - Thursday we Harrowed the flat Land again, began to weed Tobacco in fresh ground on ^{2 hands}Thursday

21st Expect to start my waggon to Lynchg in the morning Hh^d seconds Began a little to day to Lay buy [by] corn Planted Peas & sewed Same weeding fresh ground Tobacco Sent 7 Bushels Corn to Capt Gilberts mill to day & could not get it & have to send again

22nd my waggon started to Lynchg this morning with our Hh^d of Tobacco & some for Mrs Lewis Brans. weeding down fresh ground Tobacco, I went to Mrs McCullocks this day —

24th my waggon got back in 3 days weeding down Tobacco in Lot on Branch & lot & replanted over this day I hope for the last time this year

25. Laying buy corn in fresh ground next to orchard. 3 plows, Lila plowing lot Tobacco cutting Rye, wednesday & to day, clear & cool Expect to Begin to Cut Lot wheat to day – planted cucumbers for Pickling & watermellons^etc

26th Cutting wheat in Lot back Garden & by prize Barn, clear & cool nights, weeding down Tobacco in Lots - & bushing new ground —

1st july 1982 weeding lot Tobacco Laying by corn on Branch & next to orchard. seasonable weather

22nd [2nd] Thrashing Rye Plowing in fresh ground toward ^{point laying by}stony weeding Lot Hill next to corn field ———