Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 4

1847 Dec. 16th Striping Tobacco - this morning. sent Colo Dickinson for toll wheat for machining 5 Bushels white wheat. Made 99½ Bushels began to snow in the evening & continued till sometime in the might. Snow 8 or 9 Inches Deep where it has not melted

17th striping Tobacco in middle barn expect to finished by 11 oclock - to day weather not very cold, still cloudy

21. began to snow again last night about 11 oclock & snowing yet this morning. about 3 or 4 Inches Deep this morning. no Tobacco down doing but little

22nd Snow from 6 to 8 Inch Deep Swingling flax shoemaking & spining.

24 Shoemaking & spining shelling corn Started Henry & Jacob after Catharine Spiller at Mrs Clarks, come home in night

25. Christmas day cold & cloudy

26. cold etc fun day —

27. Still cold & cloudy went to Mr Lewis’s & Mrs Smith & Mrs Hunts

28. Snowed a little last night but this morning clear & Cold — ReC from Mr. Strickland, Misses Albrights Shernerd etc agent $136 for Hire of Joe & John 1847 tho this Bond was only for $126 they pd. us more because they pd others more, & I this day pd the $136 to Mrs Coleman at Mrs Hunts ——etc——yesterday—

30 Killed Hogs this morning Sent Fed to shop with Cart alse & Ann shrubbing for corn -

31st Cloudy & Rainy taking down ^{Barn of Tobacco}new ground

1847 Dec 31st Took down Lugs & also new ground barn Tobacco this day

1848 Jany 1st Striping Tobacco & Halling wood cloudy all day & weather warm

2nd Rained last night & this morning clear & windy & much cooler —

3rd Mrs Coleman fails to send any of her hands to the Iron works Mrs Hunt only sends One instead 2 I this day wrote to them by allen a letter respecting them, shrubing Halling up corn stalks & Cutting in new ground, fine weather at this time A Beautiful day 3rd day Jany 1848

4th A little cloudy but moderate weather fine morning, & bids fair for a good day Plowing shrubing & Cutting in new ground

5. A little Cloudy weather moderate Plowing yesterday & to day for Corn cutting in new ground. Raining by old wheat House by side fence by Cotton^Patch

6 Pleasant morning, cloudy a little Plowing & Cutting little growth

7. Beautiful morning clear, Plowing & Cutting little growth in small new ground

8. Cutting wood for to Burn. Plant Beds & Plowing 2 Plows —

10. Burning Plant Beds on mountain

11 Finished burning 2 Plant Beds on mountain & sewed them, -

12 went to mill carr^d 2 Bbls corn & 2½ Bus. screan wheat for cows Settled with Abysom Lea at Mr H.

13. Sent 20 Bushels wheat to Mr. Pannills