Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 2

1846 Waggon got Back & at night a very ^{May 22} hard rain indeed the Branch highest than I ever saw it. 23rd Thining corn & Planting Tobacco on Branch. 24, fine growing weather, very wet

25. Planting Second yrs ground Tobacco also above granary on Branch & nearly all the hills we have except lotts

26 Plowing in Corn, & in every Beding Lotts for Tobacco, 27 Planting Tobacco on Branch Plowing in corn

27 Preparing lot on Hill for Tobacco & expect to Plant it To day —

28 Rained hard yesterday evening so we Did not Plant Lot on Hill but planted it this evening & also planted watermellon seed —

29 Began to weed corn 28th in evening this day come another very hard rain ground too wet to do any thing but^{for us to}eat - corn worth $5 pr Bbl.

30th Plowed but little this day & wed little wheat

31 Rained again very wet time indeed

June 1st Sheared sheep Rained in evening

2 Did not rain to day Plowing half the day & replanted Tobacco —

3rd Plowing & weeding corn next to barn

4 D^o D^o & finished Plowing over on time Plowed & works Greens etc to day Mrs. Moseley up & expected here to day good warm growing weather no rain since Monday last.

1846 June 5th weeding corn in big field, cloudy & Rained in evening

6th Plowing & Weeding corn this morning Beding Lot by Granary & want to Plant it to day — Planted said Lot this evening & all hands then went to corn field & the foulest I ever had in my life Red Heifer had a calt last night

7 Rained in evening a little

8 Plowing & weeding corn ^{in Big field} next to woods

9th This morning raining & rained nearly all night, Rainy day all day &^nowork done out at all quite cool —

10th Still raining & cool, doing but little replanting Tobacco etc etc

11th Raining yet such a spell of wet never was Known since my day quite cool — — —

12 Raining & every day this week since Monday last no work done in corn field of consequence - Trimed a little Tobacco down - second yrs Land & lot — never was Known so wet a spring & 1st summer by the oldest among us all May & up to this time, great deal of corn drowned - 10 Oclock, Raining very hard some wind & cool, ground in a complete float of water - 12 Oclock powerful fresh Tobacco overflowed

1846 June 13th. Rained all night Branch high Two or Three times yesterday & last night spining, sho[e]making & making basket - all in house wind has been N. E. all this week - quite cool=

14th Rained again last night very hard & We have done no work since last Monday nearly a week - still cloudy wind N.E. yet

14 cloudy last Rained very hard, in the evening of this day it cleared off

15th This morning cloudy & foggy & We are about to commence plowing laying by our corn thats drilled

16 Raining last night & again this evening & stop us work I never saw such a corn field in my life & not much more than ½ done windy

17th Cutting mountain field wheat to day

18 Rained this evening Laying by corn in evening & weeding —

19 Cutting wheat this morning in second yrs ground — had 3 calves to this day went Plowing & weeding corn finished Plowing Big field this evening before it Rained

20th Rained last evening ground too wet to Plow & we are doing but little — at 12 Oclock laying by corn & finished this evening weeding big field —

21st Fair day & cool. Meeting at S.S.

22nd Laying by & weeding this side branch below cow pen Plowing cotton etc etc.

1846 June 23 This morning quite & finish =ing Plowing & weeding fresh ground allmost ruined with grass & wet etc. weather quite cool last Rain we had was last Friday — — I expect to send to Mill Mill sent to mill — cloudy to night & weather a little warmer

June 24th Plowing & weeding corn cut Lots wheat at 12 Oclock Plowing Cotton Sweet & Irish Potatoes & Hilling them up

25 Fair day & moderate, trying to get done Plowing & weeding corn to day Pompey foundered & cant Plow

26 Cutting wheat at Stony Point today Finished at 12 Oclock Bot 5 Bb^ls corn at Mrs M Stones sale last fall at $525, 5 Bbls D^o in Lynchg at $3.70 Mrs Hunt gave me 1 Bbl which comes in good time as we are laying by Our corn & our corn nearly out

27th Weeding out Branch Tobacco today sent to shop layed by all corn this side ^branch

29th Laying by corn & weeding Tobacco on Branch sent for Doct. Thompson for alse

==1845 Nov 13th Federicks Account==

Date	Note	Amount
Cr by 38 lb Blade @ 3/-	2.19
" 1/2 Bbl in years corn
1 1/2 bushels in years	1.65
1/2 bushel Nubbins	.10
Running Sum	1
paid Fanny White for	$2.94
1845	Bed quilt	50
Dec 27	to cash paid by you on Christmas	50
1846 April 12th	Dr to cash paid for sweet potatoes to Mr McCullock	13
June 2nd	1 quart mollasses	19
Oct 3	3lb bag sugar	38

==Mr Lains Toms Account==

1845 Nov 13	Cr by 65lb Blade fodder @ 3/-	0.32 1/2
"	110 hay @ 0/3	0.43
1/2 Bbl corn @ $3 pbbl	1.50
Dr take off for Halling	12
Due Tom	$2.13

Jeremiah W Graves

Paid in full to Abram 22nd Decem 1845

==Mrs Hendricks Abram==

Date	Note	Amount
Nov 13th 1845	Cr by 179lb Hay @ 2/3	0.65
" "	53lb fodder @ 3/-	0.26
"	1/2 bbl corn @ $3/-	1.50
Halling corn @ hay	0.13
1 Hhd	0.37
Due Abram	$1.91