Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 5

1848 March 25th Sewing Oats & this morning planted Irish Potatoes, sewed 10 Bus. to this day

27 Sewed clover seed this day Sewing Oats & Hilling new ground weather warm & cloudy

28. Sewing Oats 4 horses, cloudy & warm, took 1 House Tobacco down to day to prize, - , Halled up one stack Oats more to sew. -- Dan^l> Hunt got Doct White to cut his lip about 4 weeks ago last Monday

29 A Fine morning sewing Oats & Cleaning up new ground, last night about 10 Oclock Malissa ^bornMalissa's child being 10 she has had, lost 2 Nicy & Morris

30 Treading Oats this evening to seed. Sewed 30 Bushels, alse Raking new ground Fed gone to mill 10½ Bushels corn Planted Onions Beets & Salsify yesterday

31. Sewing Oats & cleaning up new ground

April 1 Sewing Oats & Cleaning up D^o weather cool & clear - in evening Rained a little this morning —

2nd Clear & cool - 3. Clear & cool Sewing Oats Collering & Raking ^groundbig new plowed up Garden

4 Finished sewing Oats sewed upward of 40 Bushels this year Collering etc -Sewed flax seed to day

5 Plowing up Sweet Potatoe Patch & Plowing for corn & coltering.

6- Coltering & Plowing for corn

7. Finished Hilling little new ground

1848 April 8th. Henry Plowing Tobacco Lot & we hilled up our^sweetpotatoe patch

9th Raining this morning & quite cool

10 weather cool Plowing for corn Finished coltering big new ground one way to day Manuring Plant Beds, & began to crop D^o

11 ^{sent Jane to Mr Jno D Hunt for Peg Cally} Plowing for corn & cleaning up coltering second years ground, -

12. Plowing for corn Planted Sweet Potatoe Patch & water melon seed

14 began to Plant Corn in mountain field & finished Plowing for corn began to Plant at Stony Point this evening —

15. Planted drilled corn at Stony point & Hill at Home

16 clear & cool 17th making up yard fine & Planting corn at home clear & cool

18 Planting corn at home & will finish to day Put Plaster on Beds of Tobacco Plants Planted Pepper this day or yesterday Planting chick corn at home

19. Burnt sallet Patch & Hilling Planting chicked corn in evening at stony point, very cook & windy & dry

20 Planted D^o at stony point, cold night Dry & windy about this time -

21 Finished Planting corn this morning coltering & Hilling in new ground & second years. Dry & windy weather more warm

22nd Coltering second years land & new ground Hilling. moderate weather & cloudy.

1848 April 24th Easter Monday dry Done Planting corn 23rd finished 22nd Coltering Second yrs ground for Tobacco Oats & wheat looks badly. Tobacco plants small & flies eating them very much in places

26. Dry & warm, Halling out manure on Lots cart & waggon, coltering & Hilling in new ground, - 4 lambs to this date Halling Rails yesterday for Lot

27 taking down Tobacco prizing Tobacco Halling out manure waggon & Cart

28 nearly all this week

29. Finished Halling manure ^{except on cotton Patch} to day Hilling new ground, fine Rain this week tho not a enough. Halled up a Double stack fodder & putting up scare crows this morning —

30. Cool & Raining this morning — Plowed a little Tobacco Land yesterday on Johns Branch, Planted watermellon seed a few days ago, May 1st Finished Johns branch made up Tobacco Lot fences went to shop

May 1st Planted out a few cabbage Plants wed corn in Garden

May 2nd prizing Tobacco shoemaking etc. shelling corn. Raining, ^{& halling wood}ground wet

3. made a steer of Mr. Neals calf this morning coltering & Hilling in new ground, & Plowing Lot -

4. Planted cotton watermellons etc etc - Plowing for Tobacco & Hilling in new ground. Seasonable weather

5. Rained very to night Hilling coltering in new ground & took down Tobacco

1848 May 6th Send Henry to mill 10 Bus. corn & 1 Bushel Buck wheat picking up roots & Hilling this morning pulled cockle out of fresh ground wheat

7 Gust last night & night before hard Rain & wind —

8 put up fencing prizing Tobacco & replanting corn. Ground wet Henry plowing on Branch in lot, My W gone to Mrs Hunts. Mary H Coleman sick I went there last night in night. She was some better — Very hard Rain about 3 oclock to day also last friday & Saturday

15. Finished our new ground, replanting corn coltering second yrs ground weather cool & fair,- Planted snaps etc etc & Hilling second yrs ground

16 Finished replanting corn, Plowing

17 Hilling up second yrs ground prepared ground for Peas & Greens Plowing for Tobacco — in Lots

18 Hilling Plowing - Plowing corn in Lots at home —

19. Kit gone to Lynchg for me prizing Tobacco - Hilling ^{yrs land}second Planted Pea Patch etc —

20_ Halled up stack fodder prizing Hilling etc Planted Tobacco this day

20th May 1848. Planted Greens & tomattoes & Irish Potatoes 18 & 19th Inst. = 21st ^{walked up to Mrs Colemans this day} Kitt returned from Lynchg about 2 oclock. gone 2½ days — all safe & sound

22nd Finishing Hilling our second yrs land Plowing in corn, - weather fine & dry on Saturday 20th Planted some Tobacco

24th Cutting off new ground Hills & Planted Tobacco the whole day. - ^{Planted all our new ground}no Rain

25. Planting this morning in second Land Plowing Sweet Potatoes & Corn & cotton Hilling on Branch yet -

26 Plowing corn at stony point Thining corn this morning began to weed corn at 12 oclock.

27. replanted Cotton. gone to mill 6 Bus. corn. weeding corn by Malissas House & finishing Plowing over corn once except some wet spots. fine growing weather Sent for Mr Lewis’s man cow [unclear] [D?] took him & several more Sheared sheep Thining corn & nearly done, Planted Tobacco yesterday & to day in second yrs ground & finished

29 Planting on Branch to day & bushing Oats etc etc,

30 Raining & doing but little —

31. waggon started to Lynchg, weeding cotton Patch Potatoes & Planted Irish Potatoes. weeding corn etc. —

June 1st. Same work.