Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

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,

1849 august 19 quite cool this morning. my wife gone to Mrs McCullocks & Catharine S to go to school with Mildred Ann E. McC they Board her for nothing Milly stays here some & so change about, cloudy

20th Milly Ann E. McCullock starts to school to Mrs Walkup same Terms as Catharine S. Raised Henrys House & Forage House near stable Succoring & worming Tobacco this day —

21st Henry & Fed gone to Mrs Lewis to Raise Barn Succoring & worming Tobacco etc etc as Hot a day ^{& night} as I ever felt in my life I think some little appearance of Rain in ^{but did not}evening

22nd clear morning a little foggy in South Topping Tobacco worming & succoring This day Fanny W. went to charlotte with miss Ruths & Jno D Hunt, started last Thursday -- still Hot Mr Martin a clock Doctor stayed here last ^night fixed clock in sitting room gave him a $1- for it

23 Worming Tobacco & Grubing in new ground Henry Hewing down Barn & this House A fine Rain in evening, Lila ^{after morning}spining

24. Same work to day. nearly done grubing

25 Fanny W. returned from charlotte worming Tobacco this morning Shrubing corn field. Henry halling Rails for hog pen

26 went to association Buffaloe clear hot day

27 Henry sick, shrubing corn field

28 worming & succoring Tobacco, & toping Henry still in House clear & dry - Jerry had Crofe Croup last night very^bad,

29. scraping off wheat yard this morning worming & succoring Tobacco. clear & dry Toping tobacco. - went to Mrs Colemans to Hillfield to see Mr East.

1849 Jany 15 Sent ^{on a/c of Jacob Boarding at Mrs}1 little Cake Butter to Mrs Fitsg - Sent 1 D^o D^o—

Aprl 13 2 lbs coffee - 18 Aprl sent 1 cake B[?] by Henry 19 sent 1 Ham & 1 middling 10 lbs or 11 lbs Bacon 22 Sent 1 Cake Butter by Jacob May 7 Sent 2 cakes by Jacob nearly 2 lbs Sent 4 Cakes more July 7 sent Butter again

1849 Augt 20th Milly Ann E. McCullock starts to school on same Terms that Catharine Spiller goes. 1849 Augt 24th This week 5 days Augt 31st this week 5 days 10 days Sept 7 This week 5 “ Sept 14 This week 4 “ 9 “ 21 This week 4 “ “ 28 This week 5 9 Oct 5 This week 4 Oct. 12 This week 4 8 19 This week 3 “ 26 This week 3 6

Nov 2 This week -

The number of days Catharine Spiller goes to school to Mrs Walkup each week & month

in all July ¹⁸⁴⁹ 27 This week 3 days Augt 3rd This week 5 days 8 days Augt 10 This week 3 days “ “ 17 This week 4½ “ 7½ “ “ 24 This week 5 days “ 31 This week 5 10 “ Sept 7 This week 5 “ Sept 14 This week 4 9 “ “ 21 This week 4 “ “ 28 This week 5 9 “ Oct 5 This week 4 Oct 12 This week 4 8 “ “ 19 This week 3 “ 26 This week 4 7Novr 2 This week 1 1

1850 April 22nd Henry Hauling rails for Lain Fed Hauling leaves gone to new ground to Hill since they started it has commenced raining — cows has ^{nearly 2 days}been gone

23 Hilled a little last evening again & Hauled Rails for Lain, This morning Hilling & Hauling Rails, it cleared off warm yesterday about 1 Oclock clouded up in evening & last night Thundered & this morning cloudy & like for Rain warm, Mrs Walkup sick cate has been 2 days & Mrs Ohe not at home

24 Hilling & Hauling Rails warm weather yesterday -

25. Began to Plant corn again yesterday at 12 Oclock Planted till night 1 Laying off & 1 Horse covering with Harrow Rained last night we began to Plant this morning Rained so hard we stoped We have planted but little corn yet ground very wet & has been so since last march raining very often & snowed once very little corn planted in 1 ^sectionbig cut One calf yesterday & marked balance Real wet day & so like to be today spining making Baskets etc etc

26 Piling Rocks & Roots in new ground Beding fresh ground for Tobacco cloudy & like for Rain plowed ^{Patch to day}up Cates weather moderate at this time put Hester Ann in Pastur[e] & have to carry our cows to stony point every to Keep^{them alive}

27. Rained last night, This morning we are Piling Rocks Roots, cleared off very pretty this^morning

1850 april 27th The ground is still very wet. We are bedding our second yrs Tobacco Land every thing very late, cattle has very little to eat, - ———— at 12 oclock with 2 Horses ann & myself [droped?] We Planted nearly all our drill corn

28th cloudy warm & like for Rain ^{Hunts & Colemans} I went to Mrs

29. This morning quite cool & clear we are laying off our corn ground alse & ann Hilling in new ground expect to Plant corn at 12 oclock - flies eating Tobacco Plants, putting Plaster manure on them —

30 Planting corn in Johns field began yesterday at 12 oclock far side

May 1st Planting corn in Johns field & finished Just before night, laying off fresh ground Halling manure on Potatoe Patch & scattering very ^clear cool in deed flies eating ^Tobacco Plants very much, weather drying — Planted Simblings Snaps etc etc —

2nd Planting fresh ground corn fixing ^Sweet Potatoe Patch by ^{& Planted it} garden Federick Collering new ground Jacob starts to school to Mrs Walkup, a little ^{last night} frost

3rd Planted nearly 2 squares Greens in Garden Planted Cotton etc etc water mellons cucumbers etc etc Henry & Jane Bedding wet spots for corn, finished Planting corn yesterday except flats — Hilling & coltering got 10 Bus. to sew Sewing Oats this evening^now