Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 2

1846 April 4th Planting Snaps & Corn in Garden Sewed flax in second years Ground

6 Sewed Pepper finished sewing oats. Fed Coltering in new ground alse & Mallisa hilling Philip going to mill & shop all day

7. Plowing for corn Coltering & hilling in new ground Phil gone to Mr McCullock after Sweet Potatoe Seed ours all rotten Weather very pretty, ground a little hard Lady Jane Lame - 8 Of our wild hogs come up this morning, (4 out yet,

8 this morning raining, our Tobacco in order prizing short Tobacco & Packing good & fine this day, quite a cold rain soon this morning warm an elegant season

9th Cleared off cool, took all of our Tobacco^down nearly done prizing Lugs & short Henry & Lila plowing for corn, Phil halling manure on Sweet & Irish Potatoe Patch, - have been packing down good & fine Tobacco to day

10 Plowing for corn coltering & hilling in new ground all of our wild hogs up

11th this morning & yesterday warm & cloudy rained a little elegant weather for every thing work the same as yesterday, except in the evening to finish coltering lot at fodder stack

12th Raining this morning Manured our Plant Beds yesterday ([illegible] this day in

1846 April 12th The weather is moderate & showery, very backward with our work Planted Sweet Potatoes & Garden Peas on the 9th which was last Thursday — —

13th Easter Monday - weather cool

14th Plowing for corn & coltering on Branch for a start, Hilling in new ground.

15 Trying to get done Plowing for corn to day — coltering on Branch. Scattering manure in Cotton Patch, Hilling for Irish Potatoes about this time my wild Hogs come up every morning — Planted Irish potatoes by the granary. finished Plowing this ^{for corn}evening

16th Beded Cotton Patch, covered Potatoe Patch by the Spring with leaves & straw - began to Plant Corn on right side of Path going down to little barn about 10 Oclock to day also snaps & Simblings - Planted 6 Hills Simblings in Potatoe Patch at Granary, Jane taken sick after dinner & about 4 Oclock the 17th her child born - a girl

17th Still planting Corn & laying off to Plant night & left in the field below Henry House — — —

18 Planting corn on left side Path in Big field — fine weather

19 Sunday meeting at S.S. fine day -

20. Planting by Turnip Patch

21 Finished on big side next to barn

1846 April 22nd Planting on side below house Fine weather warm & ground getting a little dry - 3 Swarms bees to this day -

23rd Planting corn on this side Branch

24 Finished this evening Planting Corn all but a little on Branch

25 Cleaning up on Branch & Planted Irish Potatoes in Garden & went to Mill —

26. Tobacco Plants Looks well some leaves as large as a quarter of a Doll. Collard plants plenty Large to set out, -

27. began to prize good Tobacco, manured plant Beds, planted Irish Potatoes & one square Greens in Garden & began to plant cotton, - Breaking up Tobacco Lot by Granary - halled fodder

28 Raining prizing Tobacco finished Planting cotton etc. Fed shoemaking my wife gone to Mrs Hunts -

29. Rained nearly all night ground very wet this morning. making up Cross fence in the field, prizing fine Tobacco & Good to day.

30. Halling & Plowing for Tobacco

May 1st Finished prizing good fine & Lugs this day & nearly done short Tobacco

2 Plowing for Tobacco. Hilling in new ground

1846 May 3rd We went to S. S. M. H. to Mr. J. McH anys & Wm Lovelaces funeral Preached by by Bro Hubbard & Mr McLaughlin Weather fine & good growing weather

4 Coltering on Branch, Hilling in new ground -

5. Coltering on Branch with steers Henry & Andrew Crews Coltering in little second years ground above Granary & in second years land at new ground

6th Finished Hilling new ground 12 Oclock to day 2 Colters on Branch & 1 in second years ground 7th Hilling above granary

7th Began yesterday at 12. Henry finish ing Coltering one way on way^Branchby 12 today Fed Halling out manure to day — Phil Hilling, went to mill to day —

8 Fed Halling out manure Henry & Phil Coltering & laying off second yrs land Balance Hilling of it An Elegant Rain this evening Set out our garden in Greens before the Rain to day —

9th Fencing & Picking mountain Plant Beds & made a beginning to Plant Tobacco this morning in new ground Fly & chintz in wheat, which bid fair for a crop till lately corn sellling at from $3 1/2 to $5.

1846 May 9th Weather warm & fine about this time, Finished fencing about 12 Bushing wheat & oats -

10th Showers this day & turned cool in evening

11th began to Replant & Plow corn this day Replanted all the side of the the Branch next to Tobacco Houses & part of the side & Plowed all drill corn nearly

12 Hilling & Coltering in second

13 done collering & laying off second yrs^ground gone to mill this morning lent Wm Neale 2 mugs of Coffee this morning my wife Which she has to clean her teeth began to Cross Coltering on Branch

14 Finished hilling second years ground Plowing corn - 15th Drawing Plants

15 & Planting Yobacco this day ^{in new ground} Raining & we are Planting Tobacco

16 Finished Planting new ground Tobacco Thining corn this morning Phil gone to Shop & mill

17 Meeting day at S. S. M H. a good day

18 Cloudy Plowing corn & Replanting corn & hilling on Branch 19 My waggon start to Lynchg 20th myself Mrs Clements & John starts this morning sold our Tobacco for Little or nothing 21st hilling on Branch