Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1858 April 1st 1st Henry Plowing for Corn on Branch, Sandy Plowing for Oats at Crews I am going down to Mr Millers about trying Garrot & Forest released Garrot Balance of Our Hands raking cleaning up new ground at Crews Fired leaves raked to day to night after it begun to Rain, raining moderately quite cool to day Mr Chumbly helped us roll Log tho very much complaining & to day he is laid up, Jordan Crossing at Crews for hilling, did not getting raking up there

2nd april 1858 This ^morning & last night was really a rainy & windy time, & to day The windy is Sev[ere] & Rains hard water coarses high my hogs all up last night & doing well as far as I know quite cool with the wind & Rain, took down Lugs in old prize Barn,= Overseer still in the House sick

3rd wind ceased this morning cloudy all day Halled Tobacco from mountain spring burn & Fresh ground Barn put it in new ^^prizeBarn & – little in one Back of Garden,4th A Beautifull day Easter Sunday — 5th Negroes striping Tobacco for themselves Jerry & little Henry gone after Sweet Blade Seed my wife gone to Mrs Hunts — Fine day Rained again last night

6th Beded up Sweet Potatoe Patch & Planted 1½ Bus from Mr Farmers & 1 peck yams in Bed Plowed a part of Hill for Tobacco, gone to sewing Oats @ 12 Oclock at Crews, Sent Jerry down after Mr. Forest Gray mule Jim which I am to give $140. for payable next March 1859. to go to Plantation & take Netty away —