Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1846 Sept 7th Weather has been quite wet the past week but now fair & warm We have 2 stacks fodder ready to stack & on days pulled more & have not cut any tops yet

8 Finished pulling fodder & have got 8 stacks of fodder stack & 2 in House & 2 more to stack

9 Cutting tops this day & worming & succoring Tobacco — Doct Miller has been 2 times to see Phil & furnished some medicine came this morning when I did not look for him — Malissa also sick

10 Cutting tops all day & tying them up - in Big field

11th become uneasy & sent for Doct Miller again for Phil he is quite sick

12th Stayed all night & put a Blister on him.

13. Doct Miller has been 4 or 5 times to see Phil & he is quite low

14 Cutting tops & finished succoring

15 Succoring Tobacco - 16 succoring Tobacco & have not cut any Tobacco yet Phil very low — wrote to Fanny W by Bro Hubbard sent her 50¢

16 Phil Died Just before day 17th & buried in evening, weather changeable

17. Succoring Tobacco 18th, weather cool

19. began to Cut Tobacco yesterday on Branch & will Keep on till one get over. finished on Branch & began in Lot to day. Fed gone to mill new corn

20th Callahan Died this morning

21st Cutting Tobacco & this morning wrote to

to Fanny White & sent the Bundle & letter to Mr. Grastys to carry to Court to send on to Fanny White as Mr Hubbard failed to go on to Beulah association at Milton this morning Bundle still here Mr. Grasty did not go to Court ^{sent the letter on 26th by} _{mail to Milton}

22nd cutting Tobacco at second years ground & new ground to day yesterday cut Granary lot

26 Finished cutting over Once & stacking Tops & got up 2 Loads corn in all Lila taken sick yesterday Evening & this morning 26th her child Born 10 ^A.M.Oclock

27 Went to Mr McCullock several sick

28 Halling up Tobacco nearly filled prized Barn & new ground barn

29. succoring Tobacco etc Cut Lot by ^Houseprize

30. firing Tobacco etc

Oct. 1 Put up Hogs to Fatten

Oct. 2 Halling up Corn & finished right ^{side^ PulCornpulling} Shucking out corn to day -

4 Sunday fair give alse a Rake of ^{ague & Fever}Tarter for

5. Cutting Lot Tobacoo by Granary Digging Irish Potatoes & Henry Halling wood & Rails

6 cutting Tobacco on Branch Henry halling rails at stack & Rocks to build chimney

7 Cutting Buck Wheat. Digging Irish Potatoes. Making wine, alse sick Housed about 15 or 20 Bbl corn wrote to Capt Boxley 8 shucking corn etc

9 & 10 Housing Tobacco shucking & Housing^corn

11 Geo. W. Coleman Funeral Preached by Elder J. T. McLaughlin 85 Pslam 8V. weather cool

12 began this evening to Sew wheat big Granary - night it rained all night

1846 Nov 13th The weather has been & is still cloudy for nearly 2 weeks tho has not rained much this week - quite warm last night or this morning killed 2 small Fat Hogs - - done shoemaking Sewed about 15 Bushels wheat to this day

18 Weather yet Warm Finished this day sewing^{in Lot by prize barn}wheat served about 20 Bus.

19th This morning Raining pulled corn yesterday ½ the day & its now on the ground - weather yet warm fine for wheat coming up shelling corn & striping Tobacco ——prize barn

^{card a stack to Millers mill}Decemr 1st Finished housing corn & we have ^been grubbing & cutting for several days Started to Milton this day after Fanny White - gone 3 days & got home

3rd got home about 9 oclock this night, Henry sick when I got home

4 Grubbing & cutting in new ground, Mr. Lewis yet sick,

6 Striping Tobacco in prize barn Henry^sickyet Began to Rain yesterday morning & Raining this morning. very wet indeed Settled with James D Moon 30th Nov & took his rec in full of all claims to date Killed all our Hogs 23rd Nov 1846. Sent another Log to saw mill & wrote to saw it into weather boarding 30 Nov 46

7 Cloudy day not much rain

8 Still cloudy & like for Rain

9 Rained very hard last night & in the night cleared off fair all this day & a very pretty day

10 cloudy & Rainy this morning turned cooler wind N. E.

1847 Feby 4. Very cold & windy Fed malling Henry helping Mr Lain & halling wood the ballance cleaning out stables & raking leaves^etc

5 weather moderating halling wood & sills etc for waggon House, malling etc

6th Malling Rails & cutting down corn Stalks this morning, Mr. Lain framing waggon shelter, weather fine & fair, -

13 this week burnt Plant Bed on Branch above House striped Tobacco one day malling Rails & Grubing on Johns Branch Lila compla[in]ing & I [bleeding|[bled]] her Mr Lain at work on waggon House & little house this week — Pleasant putting latches on Gates etc etc etc, no plowing down^{by us yet}

17 Sent waggon to mill 10½ Bushels corn 1 Log to be sawed into Railing 2 by 3 In. for yard & also 2 Bags seed Cotton weighing 46 lbs 47 lbs 93 lbs^{bags in all}making new^{this day}ground fence

18 Striping Tobacco, Raining Mr Lain at work in shop

19 striping Tobacco & prizing Lugs. nearly done. Lady Jane Lame by a hurt.

20 Sent to Mr Lewis's to Roll Logs 2 hands balance cutting in new ground & Piling wood,

20 Cloudy & Raining yesterday & to day warranted E East JW this day

22 Haling Rails & fencing corn field

23 Same same & finished corn field^fence

24 began to Plow for corn in earnest

25. Plowing for corn ^{since we finished our fence}Fed malling

26. Plowing & malling & Pilling wood,

27 Raining this morning Fed shoemaking Finished striping Tobacco this day 6 lambs to this day

March 1st Finished prizing Lugs Halling wood & malling this day, weather cool & windy

18 Aug 1847 Catharine Spiller started to Pine_ =ville to Miss L Wilson’s School at Pineville Academy. Board at Mr & Mrs Clark @ $7 pr month $10 for Tuition of 5 months - Board & Tuition $9 pr month - fine weather

23rd Too wet to Thrash wet. Succoring & worming & Topping Tobacco on Branches here & at Johns

25 Rained all day yesterday yet cloudy succoring^worming& toping^{ground etc}new Jacob P Graves starts to Mr. Waddel to school @ not quite $1 pr. month for the time he goes.

27 Thrashed out our wheat

30 Cloudy & foggy this morning succoring & topping Tobacco this morning Rained very hard Saturday evening —

31 Talton & Henry put up chimney to House for Jane. began Monday 29 & worked 2½ days & went Home sick

Sep 1st Pulling fodder in fresh ground & cutting Buck Wheat there yesterday alse & Fed went to Mr Hunt to pay for Epp & Allen helping me to thrash our wheat —

2 Pulling Fodder in big field to day Tying up Blade fodder etc etc Ann & Jane in House. Henry at Mr. Lewis^{Raising barn}

3 Worming & succoring Tobacco this morning Henry gone to mill weather good

4 Succoring Tobacco & worming to day.

6 Succoring & worming Tobacco weather^fine

17 Been succoring Tobacco & Finished Pulling Fodder 15th now stacking