Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1852 July 23rd Have ^{sowed Cow Pen in Buck wheat}been to Lynchg this week, sold our Last Tobacco, returned on Thursday Folks have been Hilling up fresh ground Tobacco hand weeding our new ground yesterday morning we finished plowing Our Corn, fine Rain yesterday we put up 4 Stacks Oats,- & some shocks, Fair day, Treading out wheat, hand weeding Tobacco & replanted Lot this morning ———

26 Plowing & Hilling up our Lot Tobacco Rained a little fine growing weather - Plowing Turnip Patch Pea Patch in cotton Patch & sowed Turnips in Garden etc fine weather about this time

27 Sewed Turnips in Garden & Plowed Patch Plowing Peas by Cotton Patch Harrowing Tobacco to kill the Grass etc etc —

28th Halling up wheat cleaning lot Tobacco on Branch Irish Potatoes etc etc

29. Plowing Halling up & finished Stacking^wheat Oats & fencing them in Hilling up new ground

30 Hilling up new ground & trying to get ^{this morning}done Henry Plowing Tobacco on Branch in Lot — Hilled up Broom Corn & Peas at Cotton Patch, Turned Hogs in Pasture at Stony Pint My wife gone to John D Hunts Cate Mr Fitzgerald

31 Choping fresh ground corn & working Peas in corn field shower rain yesterday —

augt 1st went to J D Hunts myself — 2 Plowing & Hilling up Branch tobacco in Lot 3. Henry sick choping out new ground Tobacco We went to Major Grastys

4th Fine Rain last night, little cool for 2 ^{days & nights} this morning all in house spining etc etc sent by major Grastys for to Evard for my watch

5th Foggy this morning & warm growing weather Toping & Hilling up fresh ground Tobacco —

6th Sowed Turnips yesterday Hilling up second years ground Henry Riving boards, fine growing weather, Mrs Smith Funeral this day etc etc ——

9th went to Capt Fitzgerald after machine got it began to thrash about 12 oclock & finished Tuesday Evening 1 hour by Jacob sandys axe lost, ^{not found yet}

1852 Novr 2nd Presidential Election this day Very Blustering in the evening & a Thunder cloud came up & Rained a little — we are Housing some corn in morning halling wood Sewed about 2 Bus. wheat next to orchard & bushed it. Plowing for cutt down stalks below the House – Hogs failed^{up this morning} to come began to get up balance of succors for negroes

4th Halled one Log to Yates for him, better one than he sawed for us – he owes a little to boot yesterday we gathered succors began to shoe make & sewing wheat next to orchard — this morning we finished sewing wheat next to orchard Fine weather this morning we are digging Our Sweet Potatoes - Dug about ½ say 50 or 60 Bus.

5th this morning like for Rain & we are ^{our Potatoes}not digging making another Hog Pen, cutting down Corn by Middle Barn to sew wheat - all our Hogs^up

6th Fanning Out wheat spining Federick gone to Mill 4 Bus. Corn 2½ wheat for our flour ^{for Jno Tucker}& 2½ D^o Raining fine weather for wheats that is sewed We have sewed 22 or 23 Bus, & 1½ Bus Rice,

7th Sunday cloudy & moderate weather

8th went to saw mill with another Log to yates choped around stumps etc -

9th Dug Balance of our Potatoes etc

10 Fixing for Lynchg to start tomorrow^morning

22nd, went to Lynchg & to Court. Finished Sewing wheat; pulling away Greens & nearly done shoemaking - began to Grub & Cut in new ground Given Lila Kitty & Lowry a Blanket a p^s also Clem, Sandy & Malissa a Blanket a p^s

23rd cleared off very pretty morning last night cold & Rainy we are grubing cutting & Halling^{to day} wood I am going to Mrs Hunts to see Mrs Coleman

1853 Feby 24th Sent Henry to Farris s mill with 16 Bushels Corn for meal, got back at night I went to Mrs McCullocks & to Farris s mill myself & had blind Tushes Knocked out his Hest[ers] & celams mouth - went by mount airy & got 11 lbs Bro sugar @ 11¢ 4 lbs D^o @ 6¢, Knife ⅙ 1 Bottle or vial Mr Mustang, ⅙ 1 tooth Brush 1 /- in all $2.21

25th Began on the meal from Farris s mill this morning 26th some cutting Halling wood. Malling 26 Some cutting for wood malling & Plowing Put up part of our new ground fences Sewed all our plant Beds over except the last we Burnt., cloudy & like for Rain.

27th Rained a little – cleared of in evening

28 Saml Fitzgerald came to Survey Land where Mr Crews Lives with Mr Jno J Corbin only come out 277 acres in all, 138½ for me & same for E. Fitzgerald. Rained a little, Our folks Striping Tobacco & prizing Hh^d Lugs. –

March 1st mr Corbin divided Land & we choped the Line,- Still striping Tobacco & prizing Lugs. Halled Tobacco from Mountain Barn to Overseers House to ^be striped very windy & cool this evening –

March 2nd My Son Jerry starts to school to Mr Boswell, we are cleaning out Granary this morning putting chaff in pen halling corn to Little corn House etc etc, Halling wood malling. Swingling flax. & cleaning out my stable - Tolerable good weather prizing Hh^d Lugs, put Jacobs Lugs in Hh^d 9⁵⁷ lbs lent for a flour Bbl I givepay him for 100 lbs what I get in Lynchg—

5 we have striped Tobacco one or Two days this week plowed some malled cut stacks to sew oats & to day & yesterday we cut down Pines for a Barn, prize Barn, quite cool

1853 March 26th Capt Fitzgeralds practice with his overseers to If they Carry there themselves with horses & hand under him while he is overseer not to charge any thing but corn toll etc meal & meat,- that he finds

28th Went to Mr Jno D Hunts fine day —

29. Sewing Oats & fencing Corn field fence & finished, fencing at Lot - fixing for Lynchg. went to Mrs McCullocks her waggon goes too Sent Fed to Millers Mill 7½ Bushels corn Sent by Jacob to Mr J B Nowlin for 1 Bbl Plaster 2 or 300 lbs of Guano, 4 Bales Cotton ^{25 lbs Bro sugar -} noC & 1 D^o no 12 & a little runlet of whiskey to Mr Cobles for 20 yds Cotton cloth & ½ Bbl allum water - to Colo Smith to Sell my Tobacco & Mrs McCullocks –

30st waggon gone to Lynchg this morning Fed Halling wood out of new ground balance Raking & fencing Jordan part of day plowing & Bushing in Oats Black cow with first ^Died calf

31. Raking & Halling wood Jordan Plowing for Oats at Mr Neals — Rolled Logs ^{2 heaps} to day

April 2nd Waggon got back last night a little in the night while it was raining Heavy Thunder & hard Rain in 3 days, from Lynchg Car^d Lug Hh^d & some Loose succor

6. Turkeys & 10 Doz Eggs & Jacob got cheated out of $1.50 in Selling Turkeys, & bot 1 pr Hams paid Henings for doing up Cates Bonnet last fall pRec^t & [ab ?] Bot of DR Hunt 3/9- we have been sewing Oats at Mr Neals, coltering in new ground burning Logs Heaps raking etc etc 16 Lambs to this day

3 Raining this morning sewed only 3 & 4 Bus at Mr Neals yet, ground too wet to finish Pied Had a cow calf Thursday 31st March & Dundenah Jerrys young cow with her first Calf Died on wednesday

1853 aprl 4 our waggon got back from Lynchg in the night in a thunder Storm Rain very hard. gone 3 days – coltering Raking & burning Log Heaps in new ground fencing –

8 we have since 4th been Plowing for corn sewing Oats coltering in new ground & began yesterday to hill in new ground - finished sewing Oats at mr Neals yesterday sewed about 9 Bus. there We have sewed upwards of 60 Bus. now this Day we are sewing Oats this morning Plowing up Garden^{Sewed nearly 700 Bus} Manuring Plant Beds at new ground Fine weather we have burnt all Our Logs^etc

10th Sent 2½ Bushels wheat for flour to ^Mill Millers - coltering in new ground Plowing for Corn nearly done in Johns field except some wet spots- Sent this morning 11th with wheat 11th for me to eat. Plowing for corn in Johns field, finished Halling little side in new ground cloudy & like for Rain Planted Sweet Potatoes yesterday, & water melon seed, carried young cattle to mountain took filmore off of wheat Bet white sow got Pigs but we cant find her yet. ^{found her with 5 Pigs} cut Bets calf

15 went to mill yesterday to Millers 7½ Bus corn 2½ wheat for me began to Plant Corn with Guano on Hill the other side Johns Branch yesterday & laying off for a day or Two before with Two Horses, Halling manure out this morning to Johns field to Plant Corn clear & cool - tobacco Plants small 19 Lambs to the day & 1 at House clear & cool

16 began Plant corn again planted nearly all the other side Johns Spring Rained stoped us & we are striping Tobacco