Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

Dr Jere W Graves Cr

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1840 June 10th My Wife Died with Consumption, Funeral Preached the 11th from 14th Chpt & 13 Verse Revelations by Elder G. Dickinson - On the 29th June 1840 My wifes Sister Susanna D Mills & her Husband Andrew L Mills came out to Pttsy^a but too late to see her sister, stayed 5 days & set out for Louisa her Fathers where they now live & have done ever since they were married -

=Very Wet Summer 1840 - & spring Wheat sorry oats good corn promising etc etc.

= On the 1st day of april 1842 JW Graves was taken with Rheumatism & did not ^get well till Harvest & indeed was not well then, but in the Harvest field on 25th June 1842 where they were cutting of wheat & on Saturday 25th had a grum =bling tooth^ache most all day at night my Jaw Prevented me & my wife from sleeping one wink next morning 26th I got Mr Neal to draw my tooth & I was then taken with a rising under my Jaw & on my throat which was near brot me near my grave & its now 26th day of July & I believe it will rise again. May God have mercy upon me & us, JW Grave_{26th July 1842}

1834 March Saturday 15th I Jeremiah W Grave ^Gave in my Experience Before the church ^{of Christ}at Strait Stone meeting House & on Sunday the 16th Baptised, ^{by Rev Jno W Kelly} my wife Joined the same church by letter from Elk Creek Church in Louisa cty Some time before ———— The Rev John Billingsly - about the time she was was 17 or 18 years old.

1834 weather in aprl generally dry till about the 1st May - on the 5th may it rained smartly,- & in the Evening about 3 or 4 oclock it rained a very hard shower & hailed for about Ten minutes. 3 minutes of said, it hailed quite hard ground very nearly covered, the hail was generally small tho a great many was as Large as a Patridge Egg & some Larger

May 14th 1834 pretty smart frost this mor= =ning bit down ^{all vegetables very much} smartly snaps etc. — May 15 Thursday this morning smart frost not so severe as yesterday morning & to night appears to be rather colder than the 2 preceding nights,- it has been cold & windy ever since the Hail

but continues quite cool — Corn and some the bushes is but very much coolest may so far that I ever recollect to have seen

Novr 14th 1837 Sky Red & streaked from W to NW & NE great sight to me

Jeremiah White Graves son of Jacob Graves & Fanny his wife was Born the 8th day of August in the year of Our Lord 1801 —— = now is the time to serve the Lord the time to ensure the great Reward and whilst the lamp holds out to Burn The Vilest sinner may Return

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The 18th day of Novr 1840 it snowed all day we have Just finished Seeding wheat & getting on Shucking Corn began to strip Tobacco 19th — 1833 March JWGraves was Baptised by Bro John W Kelley pastor of said church

1844 May 18th My wife Nancy R Graves gave her experience to the ^{Baptist Church} church at Strait Stone & upon a profession of her Faith was Baptised by Ja^sT McL aughline. the Pastor of said church JW Graves

1828 Augt 19th This day JW Graves leaves Pittsy^a & has left with his Brother Isaac W Graves a Ten Dollar V^a note to the Gen^l P office & has also left with him a Bond on Amos Faris [unclear] & acc^t on Dan^l Johns to Collect also an amount on Capt Jno White == Take a peach slip & stick it in a Irish Potatoe in the month of march & it will grow — also take slips of any other Kind of tree & set them out and it is said that eight out of ten will live = On Wednesday the 13th of Novr 1833 before day in the morning was the the greatest sight I ever beheld, it happened while we ^were in Louisa, such an appearance of falling of stars never was Seen in this section, an overcharged of Electricity in the atmosphere & was falling like stars shooting = == 1836 Oct 31st myself & my family Started to Orange & Louisa to see our relations Fanny White sick & we got the hooping cough some in our trip We returned all safe & sound the 10th of Decbr 1836 sister Frances & John Henderson with us