Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845 Feby 22 this week Mr Moon has got shingles to cover Old House & he Began to strip tobacco in Big Barn on Hill this day - 21st halled lugs out of Mr Grastys new ground this day.

26th Feby. Beautiful weather allmost like May- Ja^s C. Hunt married yesterday 25th Feby 1845 — Shingling our old House this day Burning log Heaps etc etc Plowing in mountain field Mr Moon left on Thursday 27th Feby & Irby on Friday 28th without finishing

March 1 Children started to school this day -Jeremy at Stony Point & Plowing -Planted Irish Potatoes, English Peas & onions etc etc began to prize Lugs

7 I went to Rice to meeting

8 Raining & we are stripping Tobacco weather changed & a good deal cooler In Jany 1845 made a bargain Mr Ja^s Murphy to Plaster my House & white wash it to be finished off as I want it for $45. But If I think myself this work is worth $47.50$ I am to give him that sum the two Dolls and fifty cents is at my discretion which sum of $45 I am to pay said Murphy March or april 1846 - this is our contract

March [10?] Halled stacks and wood out^{& Piled up trash} of new ground

12 Halled up & getting out oats to sow

1845 Sept. 1st Covered in Tobacco House & began to Pull fodder here at Home -- Mr Taylor & Birchet Came at night to commence painting our House ———————

2nd Sept Sent for my wife. Just returned from charlotte Mr Taylor & Birchet Painting outside House - Pulling fodder

12th Finished Pulling fodder at stony point Painted the roof of our House this day

15 Cutting Tobacco, –

16 Cutting Tobacco & finished Pulling fodder Finished Painting outside of House

17 Painters Finished this evening

18 Painters left this morning Succoring Tobacco & cutting tops etc this day

20 & 21 I am sick & failed to go to meeting at Strait Stone

22 Picking Turnip Patch, Halling Rails & wood Phil gone to Rice Lila spining Balance cutting Tobacco

20 Sent to Mrs. Hunts for some flour which she gave my wife, flour Bbl full

1846 June 29th Plowing left hand side Path thro field ground very hard 30 Finished weeding Tobacco this oth side branch - & Replanted in the evening it Rained a ^little

30th Still Laying by corn in big field —

July 1st Rained a smart shower last night weeding Tobacco the other side^{& hilling up}branch from house

2nd Plowing corn & weeding Tobacco. last evening about night it rained a pretty shower 3rd Rained yesterday & last night

3rd This morning cloudy & ground too wet to work, Hilling up new ground Tobacco - etc etc Rained 2 Showers to day, ground too wet except Our new ground which we are hilling up, top a little Tobacco —

4th July cleared^offthis morning, - it rained a good deal last night, —

5 A very pretty day Rained a little in evening

6th A little cloudy very seasonable weather Plowing this morning - finished new ground Tobacco to day - & Halling up wheat, -

7 Halling up wheat, weeding Tobacco in second year ground, - Fed Fell off the cart tongue & cart run over him, he got up afterwards & walked home from fresh ground

8 Treading out wheat & weeding Tobacco

9 Sent to mill in cart & Plowing lots of Tobacco & finishing weeding second yrs ground

10 Cutting Oats at Stony Point began yesterday at home,

11 Cutting oats at Stony Point. Fed has got out & weeding Tobacco — Finished cutting Oats this day —

12th Went to Rice to meetings —

13th Phil Plowing Tobacco Lots. Henry & myself halling up wheat & Oats. balance hilling up Tobacco Lots.

17th Sept⁴⁷ Began to Cutt Tobacco on Johns Branch wednesday evening 15th now Cutting on Spring Branch put up seven stacks fodder & some in house Went to Lynchg Last week & carried 27 ^B 24 lbs wheat & 1½ Bus Corn very wet time, sold wheat for 90¢ corn for 55¢

27 Since the Seventeenth we have finished our Blade fodder, 12 stacks 9 Double 3 Single & finished this morning finished cutting Tops Cured 600 Hundred Stacks Tobacco in prize Barn & Expect to begin to Lot Tobacco this evening, Several of our family have been sick, Jerry sick at this time Doct Thompson has been one visit & 2 Call visits to see him, Now he is mending - Thanks be God Weather warm & no frost yet, -Great deal of Tobacco to cut last week Talton worked on chimney 2½ or nearly

29 Weather a little Cool & yesterday

28 Cut Lot Tobacco 400 stacks - & this day Halling Tobacco in middle Barn & firing new ground & succoring Mr or Elder Joel Hubbards trial at Rices Meeting House this day

Oct 1st Weather warm Cured nearly 3 Houses ^{800 sticks in middle barn} Tobacco & have Cut all but Lot & new ground clean -

Oct 2nd Halling up & stacking Top fodder gathering Beans Peas & snap seed, etc etc, carried the 1st of this week 2 Bbls Corn to mill for meal my wife gone to Mrs Hunts Jerry better

Oct. 2nd weather good & began to stack our tops this 3rd likely for Rain

1848 Feby 26th gone to mill ½ Bbl Buck wheat & 2 Logs 1 for square Edged Plank the other for Railing 2½ by 3 Inches.

27 Fair day & good weather for winter my wife gone to Mrs Hunts etc etc

28 fencing Halling Rails at stony point

29 Rolled Logs Plowing & Raking leaves in little new ground,

March 1st finished Rolling Logs with our own force & began new ground fence

2nd This morning snowing, spining ^etc Snowed all day, its now 4 or 5^deepInches very disagreeable weather indeed

3rd Halled up stack Oats ^{this day} & seed Oats a few days past - spining & shelling^corn Hail & snow about 8 or 9 Inches Deep

4 Treading out^{2 stacks}seed Oats to day Fed shoemaking. Lila & Jane spining Sent 2 Horses to shop to be shod new shoes before old ones nailed on behind Fair day & moderate weather snow melted but little yet, my wife been sick with toothacke|tooth]] ^{nearly all week}ache etc. took Physic this morning

5 Cold & windy snow melts slow Bled Malissa this morning

6 Sent Henry to Rice for molasses, Jane & Lila spining. Fed shoemaking ann spining. fine day over head

7. Burning Log in big new ground fine day over head very sloppy.

8 Burning Log Heaps & halling wood

9 Raining this morning spining & doing but little, - very wet about this time,