Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 2

1845 Sept. 1st Covered in Tobacco House & began to Pull fodder here at Home -- Mr Taylor & Birchet Came at night to commence painting our House ———————

2nd Sept Sent for my wife. Just returned from charlotte Mr Taylor & Birchet Painting outside House - Pulling fodder

12th Finished Pulling fodder at stony point Painted the roof of our House this day

15 Cutting Tobacco, –

16 Cutting Tobacco & finished Pulling fodder Finished Painting outside of House

17 Painters Finished this evening

18 Painters left this morning Succoring Tobacco & cutting tops etc this day

20 & 21 I am sick & failed to go to meeting at Strait Stone

22 Picking Turnip Patch, Halling Rails & wood Phil gone to Rice Lila spining Balance cutting Tobacco

20 Sent to Mrs. Hunts for some flour which she gave my wife, flour Bbl full

1845 Sept 23. Cutting Tobacco, 24th cutting Tobacco in second years ground & new D^o

25 Cutting Tobacco & finished  — over once

26 Housing Tobacco this morning & then for stacking Tops

27 Stacking Tops this day -- began yesterday - Light crop of Tops this year —

29 Finished stacking Tops

30 treading out white wheat to sow & succoring Tobacco

Oct. 1st Sewed Tobacco Lot on Branch ^{1845 in wheat} by the Bridge ^{sewed 1/2 Bushel} & cutting^{on mountain}down corn

2nd Cutting down corn in mountain field & Henry Halling logs to Millers mill

3 cart broke down & axeletree made by abbot at meeting House this year alse getting out flax seed & spreading flax Balance Jinking Tobacco House Wrote to Ja^s. D. Moon this day etc etc

6 cutting Tobacco etc etc housing new axletree made by Mr Myer & old Irons put on by him sent 39 lbs seed cotton to Millers Mill

7 Halling up & Housing Tobacco

8 Put up Hogs Pulling corn & cutting trough to feed Hogs getting up 2 Lots Corn at Home Fine rain Last night ——

9. Wet weather 10th still raining

10 Oct 1845 Rainy day. Bro Webb here on his way to association at Greenfield

11 Still raining & rained all night last night - fanned out wheat yesterday Association commences at Greenfield today

17 Killed a beef - young red steer weighed 240 lbs in all — began to sew wheat at mountain field this day, Diged Sweet & Irish potatoes this day - large frost -

23 Sewed wheat by Mallisa house & Henrys houses —

24 Sewing wheat in second years Tobacco ground, Moon Sued to me to Novr Court 1845, & I defend the suit, weather a little more moderate

Nov. 8th Finished yesterday getting up our corn - make between 40 & 50 Bb^ls Commenced at Stony Point to sew wheat. Federick nearly done making negroes shax——— Broke Waxy & Pompey to plow

11 Finished seeding wheat at Stony Point —

Nov 11th 1845. This morning & very early started to Meadsville to see Mr Richard Waln, who was present when James D Moon

and myself contracted for the carpenters work of our House he was not at home, but I found him at a sale at Mr Cotes, he recollectd some of the conversation but did not recollect the positive contract but said he would reflect upon & let me hear from him in a few days— I then come up to Republican to see Mr. Spencer Keeling who Mr Moon tried to get - to take the Job off his hands after so anxious to get it. Mr Keeling said very clear that Moon told him I was to give Him Moon one hundred & twenty five Dolls for doing any work == Travelled about 46 miles on this business Demarcas Lain also heard Moon say I was to give him $125.- for doing my carpenters work ————————

Nov. 21 Cutting down branch - Halling wood Shrubbing Corn Land & breaking flax — John J Lain making Gate this day to be put up at, - Spring began this day to Plow for corn,

27 Raised House beyond Hen House fix fences about House & Lot & making cow shelters - put up cherry to fatten, cutting on Branch corn & Turnip Patch — Novr 1845 dry & good weather,

1845 Decemr 1st last night rained & Hailed & sleet this morning 28th & 29th ^ ^noonI sent Henry to Mr W^m Collins Mill with 20 Bushels wheat to be ground into flour etc. he returned with 3 Bbls & about one Bushel flour 1/2 Bbl shorts 1/2 bbl shipstuff & about 15 Bushels Bran started one morning an hour besun [before sun] & returned next evening about sun Down. Killed our last Hogs 29th novr which day I went to Mr Hanfields & Mr McCullocks this morning 1st Decemr. continues to rain & we are shelling corn & spining Federick this 1st Decemr 1845 started to shoemaking at Mrs Hunts

2nd Decr. Hewed Plates for Jane & Henrys house Henry Halled up Mr Neals corn 1/2 the day - alse breaking flax Lila sewing —

13 This week D Lain framed the Top of new House & shingled it with my aid the 11th & 12th & this finished also nailed on Board on Henrys house

10th Decr. Commenced grubbing in new ground, 3 hands & little over half done, this 13th Decr, Kitty is sick taked sick Thursday or Friday - now very sick