Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1849 march 31st. I went to Mrs Lovelaces Coltering Raking Sewed flax Patch & Sewing Oats, fine day

Aprl 1 A little cloudy but fine weather Bit Had a Bull Calf 29th or 30 march

2nd Red Cow Called Rose had a cow calf this day or night, - fine weather Halling Barn Lugs out of new ground coltering & Raking. Plowing for Oats & sew flat above House ——

3. Henry gone to mill with Large Log for Paling & Hh^ds stairs & ^{off side}Plank to Doct Millers mill, carried 7½ Bus. Corn for meal 3 Bus for chop also 1 Bus for A Neale & a peck for abram Bushing in Oats back of Garden, Raking nearly done, Fed croping little^groundnew Planted ^ButterBeans Snaps & Simblings Still fine weather, & clear

4 Laying off drill corn to Bed Finished sewing Oats about upwards of 30 Bushels - Lila Plowing for Corn

5 Taking middle House good Tobacco, - to prize, down Finished prizing Lugs & put under a Hh^d good Tobacco out of middle Barn Halling out manure on Sweet Potatoe Patch

6 Hilling & Coltering nearly done Hilling little new ground & coltering one way big new ground Plowing for Corn & fixing Sweet Potatoe Patch by prize Barn

1853 Jany 5 Spotted Sow had 7 pigs^{only 4} 2 or 3 days ago the one come from Mr. Fitzgeralds has pigs but we cant find her have been hunting for her 2 or 3 days – ^{she came up with 8 Pigs –}to day we are halling wood grubbing etc. yesterday we striped Tobacco,- sow came up with 8 Pigs.

8th we have been Halling wood Cutting etc

12th This week we have been cutting & Halling wood^etc yesterday we began to Plow & Hall Leaves in Johns field Balance is cutting wood for Plant Bed at mountain, This morning its Raining hard & began sometime in night & we are all striping Tobacco in overseers House. finishing whats there about 12 Oclock We have finished Grubbing out new ground —

15th Striping Tobacco in Middle Barn yesterday & to day, not quite done the Barn back of Garden Snowed Thursday night about 4 or 5 Inches deep for the first this winter, Jacob & Cate to see Mr Fitzgerald who is Sick as well as myself I have sick for 2 weeks to day taken several doses Pills & 2 doses strong medicine one of Calomel last night. Halling out Straw for cattle this evening, Mr Crews helping to assort Tobacco @ 12^Ocl. Who I have engaged to help when he can @ 2/3 pr day Sent Jordan to store for Papers letters & a bottle of Castor Oil for me —

22nd The past week I have been sick all the week, they have Burnt one Plant at mountain Field cut in new ground Burnt Brush halled wood etc etc they striped Tobacco one or Two days in middle Barn. to day cutting Jacob ^{& Lowry} gone Abram Neals to hall wood, cloudy & like for snow or Rain, 23rd Tolerable good day

24th cloudy & like for falling weather & we are striping Tobacco in middle Barn till 12 oclock then stoped cleared off They went to cutting in new ground —

25 Put straw in cow Racks yesterday, we are all hands cutting to day, my wife Jerry & little Henry gone to see Mr Fitzgerald to day etc

Abram Neale

To vamping & mending shoes new Bottoming my Boots

To PL Grasty for this sum paid him in full of my a/c PRect in full

To P. L Grasty for this sum paid him in full of yr acct agst me pRect

To this sum settled with PL Grasty in full of yr a/c agst me as pr a/c & Rect

To this sum paid the Ertx of P L Grasty decsd in full as pr Rect 2½ Bush

Abram Neale

Dr Martha