Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1845 Decemr 1st last night rained & Hailed & sleet this morning 28th & 29th ^ ^noonI sent Henry to Mr W^m Collins Mill with 20 Bushels wheat to be ground into flour etc. he returned with 3 Bbls & about one Bushel flour 1/2 Bbl shorts 1/2 bbl shipstuff & about 15 Bushels Bran started one morning an hour besun [before sun] & returned next evening about sun Down. Killed our last Hogs 29th novr which day I went to Mr Hanfields & Mr McCullocks this morning 1st Decemr. continues to rain & we are shelling corn & spining Federick this 1st Decemr 1845 started to shoemaking at Mrs Hunts

2nd Decr. Hewed Plates for Jane & Henrys house Henry Halled up Mr Neals corn 1/2 the day - alse breaking flax Lila sewing —

13 This week D Lain framed the Top of new House & shingled it with my aid the 11th & 12th & this finished also nailed on Board on Henrys house

10th Decr. Commenced grubbing in new ground, 3 hands & little over half done, this 13th Decr, Kitty is sick taked sick Thursday or Friday - now very sick

1846 Feby 5 Commenced burning Large Plant Bed on Branch before Spring

6th Sewed Plant Bed this morning & fixing plan for sallet Patch Covered small Bed on mountain Henry & Lila plowing for corn Prizing Lugs about this time — Halled up stack straw this day

7th Commenced Raining last night soon the night snowed some, this morning Hailing & snowing, & we are striping Tobacco at New ground, - weather not very cold 19 Lambs to this day — times very hard Tobacco Lugs I am told is selling well Lila complaining & I bled her

8 Tolerable good day I went to Mr McC.

9 This morning very unexpectedly we see the ground covered with snow Striping Tobacco & finishing at new ground

10 Malling & Halling wood etc

11 Malling at new ground 2 hands Henry helping Mr Myers & halling wood Lila Plowing fixed a place to burn sallet Patch

12 Henry Fed & Phil gone to Mr Lewis to roll Logs Lila Plowing alse Digging holes for _ga[tes]

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

==1845 Nov 13th Federicks Account==

Date	Note	Amount
Cr by 38 lb Blade @ 3/-	2.19
" 1/2 Bbl in years corn
1 1/2 bushels in years	1.65
1/2 bushel Nubbins	.10
Running Sum	1
paid Fanny White for	$2.94
1845	Bed quilt	50
Dec 27	to cash paid by you on Christmas	50
1846 April 12th	Dr to cash paid for sweet potatoes to Mr McCullock	13
June 2nd	1 quart mollasses	19
Oct 3	3lb bag sugar	38

==Mr Lains Toms Account==

1845 Nov 13	Cr by 65lb Blade fodder @ 3/-	0.32 1/2
"	110 hay @ 0/3	0.43
1/2 Bbl corn @ $3 pbbl	1.50
Dr take off for Halling	12
Due Tom	$2.13

Jeremiah W Graves

Paid in full to Abram 22nd Decem 1845

==Mrs Hendricks Abram==

Date	Note	Amount
Nov 13th 1845	Cr by 179lb Hay @ 2/3	0.65
" "	53lb fodder @ 3/-	0.26
"	1/2 bbl corn @ $3/-	1.50
Halling corn @ hay	0.13
1 Hhd	0.37
Due Abram	$1.91

to Fanny White & sent the Bundle & letter to Mr. Grastys to carry to Court to send on to Fanny White as Mr Hubbard failed to go on to Beulah association at Milton this morning Bundle still here Mr. Grasty did not go to Court ^{sent the letter on 26th by} _{mail to Milton}

22nd cutting Tobacco at second years ground & new ground to day yesterday cut Granary lot

26 Finished cutting over Once & stacking Tops & got up 2 Loads corn in all Lila taken sick yesterday Evening & this morning 26th her child Born 10 ^A.M.Oclock

27 Went to Mr McCullock several sick

28 Halling up Tobacco nearly filled prized Barn & new ground barn

29. succoring Tobacco etc Cut Lot by ^Houseprize

30. firing Tobacco etc

Oct. 1 Put up Hogs to Fatten

Oct. 2 Halling up Corn & finished right ^{side^ PulCornpulling} Shucking out corn to day -

4 Sunday fair give alse a Rake of ^{ague & Fever}Tarter for

5. Cutting Lot Tobacoo by Granary Digging Irish Potatoes & Henry Halling wood & Rails

6 cutting Tobacco on Branch Henry halling rails at stack & Rocks to build chimney

7 Cutting Buck Wheat. Digging Irish Potatoes. Making wine, alse sick Housed about 15 or 20 Bbl corn wrote to Capt Boxley 8 shucking corn etc

9 & 10 Housing Tobacco shucking & Housing^corn

11 Geo. W. Coleman Funeral Preached by Elder J. T. McLaughlin 85 Pslam 8V. weather cool

12 began this evening to Sew wheat big Granary - night it rained all night