Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 3, Book 1

1866 Bacon Sold 4^lbs to Martha Neal __ Bacon Sold 4 to Abram Black Smith

1866 Sent Miss Martha Neal corn [p???? Bell] ^Returned Sent James Shields Jr & Martha Neal [????] Do Sent my old Henry corn charged ^{pr [??? Bill} Sent young Henry corn charged pd Sent Jerry corn Bbls Returned ^Returned Sent Jerry Blade fodder Sent [Charles] at Jerrys corn Jerry to See pd ^paid = 1867 [Tuesday] 24^th Daniel Forest came here to work ^{this morning for me} Tuesday 24^th Getting Slabs in [d??] 1 day Pulling $1.00 [?????] 30 - 1 day pulling fodder, Oct 1 1 day Do 1.00 Oct [?] Wednesday 1 day - [3?] Oct 3 _ 1 day [3?] 1.00 ^{1/2 day cutting Tobacco} Settled -- this

1866 Sep^t 7^th Friday Dick & Alex came here to cut our winter wood @ [1/?] pr. cord. & to work in the plantation when I want them @ 31 Cents [nearly] pr day to work for 1 month ----- Settled & they are gone Out 2 1866 - 1866 Oct 3^rd Billy Hunt [???] worked this day - 4^th Oct 1 Do [working] Settled

1866 Dec^r 12 sent by M^r [Bayless] to [??????] to Sell for me 2 Turkeys 1 [B??] [fl????] seed 2 Doz Eggs & some flax Seed & Butter for old [?????] some bridles & collars for old place

1866 Jan^y 31^st [Mut] hunt up to night Shoulders Middlings & Hams. 10 p^s chine, 4 rounds __ making 14 26. Hams _ 19 middlings " 45 45 11 Joles shoulders 29 " 30 _ 20 ------- Two Sticks hanging 1^?? for Sallie 1 Jole 1 Ham 1 midling 2 Shoulders -- = Feby 1 _ Hung up this night 17 shoulders 17 Hams 18 _ p^s midlings 15 p^s 33 50 --------- ------- midlings Hams Shoulds p^s 115 Joles above 11 Hung up for us 10 chines above 10 4 Rounds ---------- 4 Rounds ----------------- 6 Joles ------------------- 7 ------- chines to night Joles chines & Rounds for us p^s 38 = Hung up in my Smoke House for my Henry balance of his finding ---- 2 midlings 2 Hams 2 Shoulders making 6 p^s in Smoke ^House ------------------------ ------------------ midlings in all hung hung up 34 p^s Hams in all hung up 44 p^s Shoulders Hung up to night 37 ----------------- 115 p^s 115 in all [??????] p^s chine [?0] p^s meat taken down this 16^th March 1866 meat in Box Joles 15 Rounds 5 p^s 20 p^s In Do Hams 10 Shoulders in Do 7 p^s 17 shoulders ^Hams = In Hhds in corner next to Kitchen -- Hams 9 middlings 13 Hams in D^o 14 36 midlings ^Hams Shoulders In Same Hh^d 2 p^s 2 Shoulders = [In] Second] Hh^d 19 midlings & 10 Shoulders 29 & shoulders ^Midlings Hanging up 14 Shoulders in House 3 Hams 17 Shoulders ^{Hams &} ---------- Taken out meat out of [Smoke] it in cellar 121 & House 1 Barrel in cellar & Hh^d & 1 Large Box up stairs March 20^th March 1866 -- 1867 23 Aug^t Pride Hunt Stayed at Chalk Level 5 days -- " " Do Do gone there again this day & stayed

1866 Jan^y 1^st Henry Brooks has got 80 got in Smoke House for him 75

Hung up 6 pieces ------------------------------ 155 meat let my hands have -------------------- Jan^y 1^st Claiborne 12. Henry Washington 12^lbs 24^lbs Feby 2 Claiborne had 12 Henry W had 12 24 Let Sally Ben have 1/4 for 2 days March 2 Claiborne 12 little Henry [1] 12 24 April 1 Claiborne 12 little Henry 12 24 May 2 Claiborne & Henry got out ^for 1/2 month 12 12 " 16 Claiborne & Henry got out ^{1/2 month} 12 Bacon molasses 12 Jun 1. Claiborne & Henry got 12 1/4 Bacon 12 1/4 July 1. little Henry got 12^lbs Bacon --- 12 - Aug^t 1 little Henry got 7^lbs meat [487] " [6] Milly Ann got 4 1/2 Bacon Balance in molasses " [?6] Little Henry got over 5 Bacon till 1^st Sep^t Sep^t 2 Little Henry got 6^lbs Bacon for 1/2 this month " 8 Milly Ann got-- 6^lbs Bacon & molasses for 1 months __ 18 little Henry got 6^lbs Bacon to 2 Oct next Oct 2 _ Bacon ^6lbs to 17^th Oct for Henry --- 8 Milly got - 5^lbs Bacon & molasses for 1 mo -- 17^th Little Henry got 6^lbs Bacon to 2 Novr 1866 Novr 3 Little Henry got meat to 17^th Nov^r been Sick -- 8 Milly Ann got meat to 8 Dec^r & molasses Novr 27 Little Henry meat to 12 Decr next Dec^r 3 Milly Ann got meat & molsses till 25^th Dec^r - 12 little Henry got Bacon for 8 days till 20 Dec^r -- 15 Snowed & Milly Ann has done nothing ^{for me Since [???????]} ---- 1867 Jan^y 19^th Richard Whitehead has M^r [?????] Two Mules & waggon to bring a load home I [???] my waggon [Shoat] 8 Sack bags 1 old 1 Horse [Cat???] 1 - waggon bridle 2 [?????] [Gear] for [lead] Horses [??] [Henry] 2 Horse Halters 89 bundles Fodder 3 Bushels in [years] corn Feby 8^th Richard got 90 Bundles fodder again [3?????????] Lent Richard 1 [Stritcher] & [?????? me ????]

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