Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 6

30th & 31st Augt. worming & succoring Tobacco Machine came here 31st from Mr Lewis’s about 11 oclock & by the time we got a start it commenced Raining, & Rained a good shower we carried the wheat with straw after we discover=ed that it was going to be wet we then wound up & it Rained sure enough till in^nightthe

1st Sept. ground very wet & the machine doing nothing spining etc etc — Began to machine wheat between 1 & 2 oclock in evening till night put up 4 Stacks straw Kit & Mr. Lewis 3 hands come ——

2 Fannie W. & Cate went to Greenfield Jerry Better than he has been for several days

3. began again to Thrash wheat fine day Kit Mr Lewis s 3 Hands & 2 from Mrs Hunts came & we finished & carried the machine to James Whiteheads got done about night 1½ days Thrashing Our crop wheat

4 alse & Ann gone to Mrs Coleman to Pull fodder & its Turned out to be cloudy & a little rainy, succoring & worming Tobacco Henry gone to Mrs Hunt after 10½ Bushels corn making 4 Bbls lent me — Fanned out some wheat to make flour this morning — alse & ann returned at 12

5. worming & succoring & toping Tobacco on Branch & Lot. Henry gone to Glenns Mill 10 Bus. wheat for flour 5½ Bus. corn for meal. Turned cooler. I am going to Mrs McCullocks & Riceville to day —

6 Pulling Blade fodder after morning all hands my wife went to Mrs Colemans

7 alse gone to Mrs Colemans to Pull fodder worming & succoring Tobacco in new ground Fair & cool this morning ⅓ done Pulling^fodder Mr Myers & Henry getting slabs, Tying up fodder This evening.

8th Sept 1849 Finished succoring Tobacco & tying up all fodder pulled. Riving Boards for Barn

9th clear fair day for meeting

10th Pulling fodder Riving boards for Barn & finished - clear & fair day—

11th Pulling fodder & gathering to stack Halling up Boards etc etc. etc. — alse gone to Mrs Colemans to pull fodder We are trying to finish Pulling our fodder^{and done it}today

12 Tying up all day our Blades & Covering Tobacco House. cloudy nearly all day

Mr Myers framing up Tobacco House & cutting house doors & make shutters etc etc

13 Gathering fodder together to stack Tying up some halling worming & succoring Tob cloudy this morning ——————

14 Worming & succoring Tobacco Fanning out a Load of wheat

15 worming & succoring Tobacco, stacking fodder have put up 6 stacks to this morning 10 stacks put up in all this night Double stacks

17 worming & succoring big second yrs ground Then for cutting our top fodder have not cut a plant of tobacco yet - fair & dry Fanny W commenced weaving counterpanes this morning

18 waggon started to Lynchg with 35 or Forty Bushels wheat Mrs McCullocks with something like 60, say 40 & 62 meaured put up 14 stacks fodder began yesterday to cut our tops at again to day

19 Began to cut big second yrs^Tobaccoground & cut stacks did not quite get over that p^s

20 This morning cool & Raining cleaning out ^barnprize Halling away chaff etc etc etc & Tobacco [sh?] Halled up 1 Load corn cut some tops & Faned

out 2 Hh^ds wheat. Fed mending Cates shoes Lila spining. Rained smartly during the day -

21st Cutting tops this morning & shacking up still cloudy & cool. Henry did not get back last night

22 waggon got back yesterday evening being gone nearly 4 days, we finished cutting our tops & shacking yesterday 21st This morning we worming & succoring our branch & making scaffolds & then^cuttingfor cloudy & like for Rain weather warmer cut about ½ little second yrs ground & it Rained^hard & got all the Rain that fell Hung it in evening Began to chink & fix new Barn Sent 4½ Bushels grain to mill this day

23rd Beautiful a little cool have not cut much of our Tobacco yet, a good deal ripe

24. Cutting Tobacco finished over once big second yrs ground little D^o & little new ground, & began this evening on Branch weather cool, cut^{new Lot}over our [na-?]

25. Housing soon this morning little barn at second yrs ground cut there pretty tobacco not Large

26. cutting in new ground this day -

27. Finished cutting over new ground & filling prize Barn cloudy & like for Rain little cool

28 Halling wood^{to Barn Polls etc} firing prize Barn worming & succoring over to day - Jacob ^{school this week}did not go to

29 Finished worming & succoring over Tobacco Firing prize Barn made Top stack frame Henry Halling Rocks & fixing new Barn to put Tobacco in 1 or 2 helping him Digging ^PotatoesIrish Pot clear moderate weather —

30. fair pretty day - cloudy & warm & like for ^Rain

Oct 1 we are finishing our Barn Halling in little new ground & getting up Top fodder like for Rain in evening Thunder cloud pass^ing by in even[ing]

2 cloudy This morning all our ^Topswill be caught as we have not finished no part after stack all gathered in Piles, - firing 2 Barns Tobacco Finished this night Rain some - Barn & little in ^our [unclear]

3rd Put all the Tobacco in we have cut filled need

Oct 4th 1849 Cutting Tobacco firening Tobacco gathering Pumpkins etc ——

5. We will cut ^{our Tobacco}all this morning but our new Lot & big new ground firing 3 Barns worming & succoring over Lot & new ground

6 Rained nearly all day - spining shoemaking

7 quite cool & cloudy no frost yet, - my Nannie & FW gone to Mrs Colemans to day

8 Halled up a Load of corn & shucked it out & began to throw down Tobacco Hill, to sew wheat Halled up some Tobacco

9 Fanned out 30 Bushels wheat & waggon started to Lynchg. returned on Friday 12th

10 & 11 & 12 we were cutting down corn to sew wheat & cutting & Pulling our Tobacco

13 Saturday Hanging & throwing down Tobacco Hills riving Tobacco sticks -

14 went to meeting, on 12th it Rained all day

15 went to Court, finished Hanging Tobacco 3 Plows Plowing in fresh ground for wheat weather moderate

16 Began to sew wheat in Big second years Land - Fanning out wheat ^Tobacco& housing upwards of 400 sticks in little Barn. 1400 in prize Barn 1300 in new Barn middle Barn full to day 900 in that, & sticks out of Big new ground sent to mountain, field Barn

17th Finished Fresh land in Tobacco sewed & Bush not quite done choping around the stumps Sewed there nearly 5½ bushels.——

18th Shoemending cleaning out stables & halling Rails for hog pen, Lila & Jane spining Rained all night & nearly all day to day Jordan gone to mill. Mr John D Hunt gave my wife a lovely colt which we called FCg Hester Ann

19th Still raining, shoemaking for Cate making brooms & spining ———

20. Rained all day long till about night

21 Rained all day long

22nd cleared off & I went to Court Spining shoemaking & firing tobacco

23rd clear & fair shoemaking spining ground too wet to plow yet firing 2 Barns^Tobacco put up our Fattening Hogs or Pigs as they are small. 19 or 21 in number — Went to Mr Hunts [unclear] & Mrs Hunts etc

24 clear & fair, Plowing for wheat cutting down corn Fed Halling wood firing Tobacco Killed mutton.

25. Sewing wheat etc etc On Hill Side by middle barn in big field -

26 Halling up corn & seeding wheat wrote to Mr E. D Johns and Rob^t Harris about money Due Estate of Jer. McCullock Decs^d this day sent Letters to both of them also to Mrs Mary P McCullock widow of Ja^s McCullock Hawk Point P.O. Lincoln cty MO & to Mr Francis McCullock on same subject

27 Digging Potatoes till 12 oclock the 2 Plows went to Plowing for wheat & got up 3 Loads corn & put stack fodder in House —

28 prayer meeting warm weather

29 Rained all night spining ^{Mr Lewis spayed 7 hogs for me -} Shoemaking & firing Tobacco -

30. Fair & windy shoemaking senting Henry alse & ann to shop after Plows & wheel Expect to Hall up leaves to day spining.

31 Turned out 19^th 3 sows 16 shoats etc shoemaking spining Raking & Halling leaves, -clear & fair, - - -

Novr 1st Dined at Mr Lewis Sewing wheat left side Path at middle Barn