Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 3, Book 1

1868 March 2 JWGraves Shop [a??] Dr To [Keen] & Ward To minding [?????] making 1 [oxe] Ring " minding 1 pr hames 1 Hook, Mar shoding my Horse making 3 Shoes nailing 2 pair on him [2?] " 2[??] " mending [sengtetrec] hook _ " mending Back [cl?????], April 25 " making 1 Back band hook [????] - shiving [Bu??] 1 pr new Shoes & nailing on _____________________________________________________________________________________ 1868 JWGraves Shop [a??] at Keins & Wards [shop] July 7 shoing Bill New Shoes before & old behind paid in full ----- 1869 Feby 22^nd cash paid Atkerson & Ward for shoeing my Horse [pententing] Plow &C [0.42] Primas owes me 15 cents - Settled 1872 Bacon Sold this year Sold to Sam Mattherly. Some Bacon or Pork sold Sam [Roper] or Gilbert 4^th 0.50

1868 Dec^r 15^th Killed our Hogs as follows 1 Killed Sometime ago 160^lbs to day 1 Hog weighing 133^lbs 293 Killed 1 Do 110^lbs 1 Do 100^lbs 1 Do 102^lbs 1 Do 137 449 " 1 Do 104 1 Do 76 1 Do 100 1 Do 86 366 ---------- [B??????] 1108^lbs Killed 2 weighing about 600^lbs got 350^lbs or 400^lbs now. at this time ----- Killed 2 or 3 Muttons this fall --- 1869 July 13^th James D Hunt worked to this day in corn Garden &C prizing Tobacco 6 1/2 days 0.65 He will mill plow to day I reckon 1 [?] pr day 0.17

Hogs Killed 2^nd Dec^r 1867 1 weighing 190 - 1 Do 170 360^lbs 1 Do 160 1 Do 71^lbs Do 85 1 Do 40^lbs 356^lbs --------------- Hogs Killed 17^th Dec^r 11 all Small -^lbs 716 averaging 53 a p^s ----------------------------- 583 ------------ [Let?] M^r Dalton have 1299 150 == -------------- 1149^lbs 1868 Jan^y 15 meat Hung first " " [25] middlings --- 12 Hams ----- 12 Shoulders ----- 12 36 ps -------- Joles ------------------- 3 3 -- ------------------- 23. Hung up to day middlings _____ 10 p^s - Hams ____ 10 " Shoulders ____________ 7 " Joles ____________ 3 " 30 ps --------------- Chines ---------------- 7 " 7 [??] Logs sent to Yates Mill to Saw Hh^d staves 1868 Dec^r 11^th Sent 1 Log by Estes

1868 April 23^rd [Days] Pride Hunt work all^day Plowed 1 day - 27^th Apr Plowed 1 day 2 ^days May 17 Cash pd for [redish] Seed - paid for corn Land this 24 April 1868

Doron Hunt Plowed about 6 or 7 days 25 Plowed 1 day breaking up corn land 1868 Dec^r 17 1 Blacking brush [1/6] [selled] _____

1867 1867 1867 Sticks of Tobacco we have in 3 barns old prize Barn new Barn Waterloo & new Prize Barn as follows. _______ [??] Sticks Old Prize Barn Sticks of Good 34 " " " " " Seconds 59 " " " " Logs 128 3^lbs to the Stick = Sticks in old prize house 221 weighs 663^lbs new Barn Waterloo == " " " Sticks Lugs 130 " " " " Seconds 77 " " " " Good 188 3^lbs to the Stick ---------- in new Barn Waterloo 395 weighs 1185 == In new prize Barn at [??????] " Sticks of fine 47 " " " Good 147 " " " Lugs 96 " " Seconds 51 3^lbs to the stick -------- 341 weighs 1023 -------------- = total weight 2871^lbs total number of Sticks 967 3^lbs to the Stick 1867 June 21^st Robert Dalton set in to work here at 3 [?] pr day worked 1 day Settled 1867 corn made this year & measured ---- Lot nearly p^s next to woods by Guanoed corn & p^s next to ^{7 Barrels} woods above Sam House made Lowrys meal [am^t = 1868 Jan^y 10^th Lowry had 12^lbs meat 12 Feby 10. Lowry had 12^lbs Bacon March 10 - Lowry had 12^lbs Do - Ap^r 10. 12^lbs meat 24 May. 10 Lowry had 12 - June 8 12 Bacon _ 24 July 8 Lowry had 12^lbs Aug^t 10 12 Bacon 24 Sep^t 10 _ 12. Bacon Lowry, 10 Oct - 12^th Bacon 24 Novr 10 16^lbs Beef & little molasses Dec^r 8 - 7^lbs Beef

1866 Novr 23^{rd Pork} Pork Killed this day by [me] [??] Hog 145^lbs 1 Do 150 1 Do 160 1 Do 114 569^lbs 1 Do 160 1 Do 150 281 ------------ Weighing 850^lbs Decem^r [20] Pork Kill this day 9 Hogs weighing as follows 1 Hog 149^lbs 1 Do 154 1 Do 152 1 Do 170 1 Do [298] 1 Do 75 1 Do 88 1 Do 84 1 Do 80 1050 ------------ weighing in all ----------------------- 1900^lbs Feby 5 Took down 6 Hogs viz 9 p^s middlings --- 9 11 p^s shoulders 11 30 p^s in [Big] 10 p^s Hams __ 10 Box up Joles --------- Stairs packed (the word Joles was crossed off) 1867 away & 1 middling Feby 5 Hung up 9 Joles 3 chines 16 shoulders 16 Hams & 15 middlings, --

1867 Jan^y 14^th Sam^l Gilbert got 12^lbs Bacon ^{for 1 month} & him & his [mf?] has 1 Gallon [m?????] a day 12 [Ben] his Sons [eats] from our table _ Feby 13 Sum got 12^lbs Bacon 12 March 13^th 13 ^lbs Bacon, over his allowance 13 April 13 - 12 - Bacon pr month May 13^{th 1867} 12^lbs Bacon 24 June 13 12^lbs Bacon July 15 To 12 Bacon 24 Aug^t 15^th 12^lbs _ Sep^t 15 " 12 Bacon 24 Oct 15 12^lbs Bacon Nov^r 16 " 12 Bacon 24 Dec^r 16 5^lbs [meat] till Christmas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1868 Estes Tucker To Meat Acct Feb 8^th To 12^lbs Bacon March 8^th to 12^{th Bacon} 24^lbs April 8 _ 12_ Bacon 12 _ May 8 _ 12 Bacon 24 June 8 12 Bacon July 8 12 Meat 24 Aug^t 1 ['??] 12 Bacon Sep^t 8 12^lbs Bacon 24 Oct 9 - 12 Bacon Novr 9. 9^lbs Beef & molasses Dec^r 8 - 10^lbs] Beef

1866 Crops made this year & Divided with Henry &C that worked here - Cider given Henry 1/4^th part made not measured as we made but little this year ____ Oct 23 Oats made 15 stacks Henry gets divided 3 stacks & 625^lbs of oats _ cotton gathered to this time in Seed [65^lbs] Delivered to Henry [16 1/4^lbs] in [Seed] Novr 16 Divided Cotton again Henry gets 10^lbs more Dec^r 13^th Finished shucking & measuring corn & dividing Henry got nearly 13 Barrels good corn paid me what he borrowed, 1867 Feby 7 Halled the sugar cane down to M^r T Yates & made the molasses Henry got 6 1/4 Gallons divided by M^r Starkey & I gave him 1 Large [Turn] of 1867 Flax now in Plow House for him Aug^t We have Sold our Tobacco made 1866 & Settled and [R???] given --- 1867 Jan^y I have taken 15 Gallons Brandy toll from old place 2 whole Barrels here & 2 1/2 Gallons more due me for toll, === 1869 JWGraves has 1 Good No 3 Double 4 Single, 3 Dutch Plows 3 colters, 4 Hilling Hoes, 3 Grub Hoes 4 wedges 4 axes good out 3 [so???ghton cl?????] & Pins out Stock 7 Pigs 9 Hogs including [Sows] 4 [mature] cows 4 calves 2 yearlings 2 young & 2 old steers__ 2 mules 1 Horse 11 head of sheep 6 Lambs -- [Tuesday Commenced] 1867 Sep^t 17 Lucy Hunt here this morning Wednesday 18 this day for Sam Thursday 19 this day for Sam _ Friday _ 20 Lucy is working here from this day @[1/?] a day 0.25 Saturday 21. Do Do 1 day 0.25 Monday _ 23 Do Do 1 day 24^th 1 day _ 25^th 1 day 0.75 Thursday 26 1 day at work_ 27 _ 1 day 28 1 day 0.75 Monday 1 day at work Oct. 1. 1 day - Oct 2 1 day - 0.75 Oct 3 1 day --4. 1 day - -- 5. 1 day - 6 1 day 1 -- - 6 _ 1 day -- 7 1 day - 8 Oct 1 day 9 1 day 10 1 day [1.25] - 11 1 day 12 1 day 13 [Sending] -- 14 1 day - 15 1 day 1 - - 16 - 1 day - 17 1 day 18 1 day -^work 19 1 day 20 Sundy - 1.-- [???? 1 day . 22 _ 1 day 23 - 1 - day - [24] - 1 day 25 1 day 1.25 [????] [1] day. Sunday - worked here all this week except 1 day rained