Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 6

1848 June 22 Weeding Branch Tobacco Fed gone to mill 6 Bus.

23rd I am Laying by mountain field. weeding down all branch in Lot A little Rain yesterday none to do any^muchgood

24 Yesterday evening a smart shower Rain Replanting Tobacco this morning — cloudy Finished mountain field now at stony point ——weather warm Finished planting all that is Bedded ^Hill on

25 clear & warm, cool nights & dry weather

26 clear & cool nights went to Green field, weeding fresh ground Tobacco - Laying by corn at stony point ——1848

27 Weeding Tobacco in fresh ground Laying by corn at stony point weather nights cool days Hot & very dry —

29 Plowing at stony point Finished weeding new ground & second years ground Tobacco

30 Finished weeding Tobacco & nearly done Laying by corn, Rained a little last night & Raining this morning very slow - not enough to Replant Tobacco yet

1848 July 1 Halling up wheat Hilling up Peas & chopping out corn this morning A fine Rain to day & we are planting Lot Tobacco done Laying by corn & Sweet Potatoes Hilled up

2nd Sunday - a fine Rain about night

3rd Drawing Tobacco plants ground too wet this morning to Plow nearly finished whole planting Lot by Henrys house Saturday & Replanting too

1848 July 4th Finished Planting & replanting Tobacco this morning, sewed Peas & Buck Wheat Halling up wheat, clear day days warm & nights cool —

5 Finished Halling up wheat

6. Began to cut Oats yesterday & to day cutting 3^{& 4}hands — Rained a little

7 cutting oats 3 & 4 hands cutting Hen set by 1st Gate towards granary

8 July A wet morning Rained all night shilling corn shoemaking spining etc did not quite get done cutting Our Oats yesterday before it began to Rain - wind W. E. cool Rained nearly all this day & quite cool Picking wool & shoemaking etc

9th Cloudy & cool but not Raining

10 Halled up Blade fodder this morning Hilling up new ground Tobacco

11 Gone to mill 8½ Bus. corn 1 Bus wheat Hilled up cotton yesterday & finished cutting oats & this morning working out Garden Mouse had a Bull Calf a week ago

12th Hilling up Big new ground cloudy began to Top Tobacco yesterday

13 Finished Big new ground & hilling up little new ground Halling up Oats ^{stoped too wet to stack} char Ho[use?] day - Fed sick yesterday & to [day]

14th & 14 Harrowing corn & Plowing etc Branch Tobacco Irish Potatoes etc.

1848 15 July Weeding Lot Tobacco Planted a week or 2 ago Pickle cucumber

[lost in margin] clear & Cool weeding Lot Tobacco cotton & Sweet Potatoes Laid by this day stacking Oats this day & [Hi]lling Grass -

[lost in margin] Finished stacking oats & weeding down our Lot Tobacco, Hilling up in Johns Branch & Plowing it cutting & Halling up Grass clear & cool nights

19 & 20 & 21. Plowing & Hilling Tobacco sewed Turnips in fresh ground

22 Finishing Hilling up second years ground Toped over Twice, put up 2 stacks grass & Halled out manure on Turnip Patch

23rd Rained a little & cloudy ground dry

24. cleared off & no rain to do any good Dry & Hot corn suffering very much Began to Grub & Cut in new ground Henry balled stacks etc.

25 Thrashing out wheat & sent 7 or 8 Bus corn to mill & ½ Bbl wheat & 1 stack to Doct. Whites mill

26 began to tread out our wheat shrubbing etc A fine Rain Thanks to the ^{Ruler of all things}

27 Treading out wheat, Fixing Turnip Patch etc Shrubing wheat land

28th A Fine Rain in evening & at night Grubbing & worming Tobacco & toping Henry fixing stacks forPaling for yard

1848 July 29th Weather warm. Grubing cutting & choping out mountain field corn

30 Rained yesterday last night & this morning cloudy & Rainy fine growing weather — yesterday went with Mr. McDaniel to see land & he is to say in 10 or 12 days whe =ther we trade, —

31 Misting of Rain this morning & last night Finishing choping corn at mountain field Spining etc etc. ——

1848 1st Augt. Clear & cool Plowing & Hilling up lot Tobacco etc Sewed Turnip Seed in Patch

2nd Plowing & Hilling up lot Tobacco 3rd Toping etc Fed Sick

4 Treading out 1 floor wheat, Toping & succoring Tobacco new ground succoring second yrs Tobacco Put Lady to Mr Jones^Horse Grey

5 Treading out wheat this morning working Greens in Garden

9 Finished Treading out wheat toping^worming second yrs ground

10 - Paling apples etc —

11th. Raining Toping & worming^groundnew & Branch - in Lot — Sent ½ Bushels corn to Doct Whites & 1 Log

1848 Augt 14th Thomas Templeton came after a search warrant this morning to search Mrs Garrotts House for his Tobacco, lost — We got apples for vinegar at stony point in evening a fine Rain indeed

15th Cloudy & foggy this morning. we Beeting apples & getting up for vinegar I am sick & have been for 2 weeks & several have desperate coughs it may be Hooping cough. —

18 Worming & succoring Tobacco & going to meeting all this week. Revival at Strait Stone at this time W^mH Plunket Pastor Several showers of Rain in 10 days past, beautiful one last night

20th began to Rain to day about 11 or 12 oclock we were all at a great meeting at strait stone

21 Still Raining & wind Blows from N.E. ground very wet indeed cool wet weather

22 Fair day Toping & worming Tobacco

23 Same work, began to Plow for wheat, cloudy & like for Rain ——————

29. Sent to Doct. Whites mill 1 Large Log for Paling & 5 or 6 Bushels corn — Henry gone worming & succoring branch & lot to day & Granary Lot -

31st & 30. Getting up & beeting apples for Brandy finished over Tobacco 30th Inst. weather fair & warm

31st Pulling mountain field fodder