Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 3, Book 2

1870 List of Tobacco stacks Cut & Hung made by JWGraves & Sam Gilbert in year & Housed in New prixze barn Sept 21st & 22nd 1870 First Cutting 20th Cut & House mine^{fresh ground}300 Stacks D^o 21. out of new ground 56 " [JWG's signature ] 1871 April 5th Lent Jacob P Graves one large 2 Inch Auger 1 Broad Chissel 1 Hand Saw 1 Broad axe 1 X ^returnedcut saw 1 Square, Iron, 1 foot adds 1 trowel

13th ^I Lent Jacob again this morning 1½ Inch Auger - 1 Chissel 1 Pad Lock Straw Bed 1 Shirt 1 Comfort 1 Tray 1 Skillet ^{& lid} 4 Tin plates 2 Cups 2 Tea spoons 2 Knives & forks & give him some Irish Potatoes & Lent him also 1 wood Bucket give him a Basket also April 29th lent Jacob [lost in margin] Jack [illegible]

[damaged] Cut & put in the above house out 21st Sept 1870 out of fresh ground – 256 sticks

1871 Novr 15 Memorandum of weights of Hogs Killed this day Killed 1 little Beef & sold ¾ Kept _{1 quarter} 1 House Hog weighed 165 1 D^oD^o D^o 160 1 Hog been in woods out 75 1 D^o D^o 60 1 D^o D^o 80 1 D^o D^o 100 640 640 lbs

1871 Nov 29 Hogs Killed Very last salted up 1 Hog Weighing 90 1 D^o D^o 80 1 D^o D^o 110 1 D^o D^o 133 1 D^o D^o 80 1 D^o D^o 75 Salted this day 568 lbs

Killed 1871 Novr 1208 lbs 150 1358 lbs

1871 Decr Killed Sow & 3 Shoats weighing at least 150 lbs & salted up in Smoke House Entered [torn page corner] the other side 2 [torn page corner]

1869 Aug 14 Due Doron Hunt for his work $1.80 " " "Cash paid him this day 25 Due Doron Hunt $1.55

Oct 26 Plowed 1 day 15¢ 28th Plowed 1 day 15 30

29 Plowed 26 & 30th making 4 days this week 60 2.45 Cash pd Sallie for you 5 Novr 1st Plowing 1 day 15¢ settled 2.40

1869 Novr 18th John Keatts began to work on Hou[se] at Mountain Spring Hired Sam Roper to help Cut Logs Hired Sam Gilbert & Sam Mattherly help Mr Keatts finished the House & my My Cash Book will Show what I paid, $3.50 Mr Keatts has been at work on the house & Mountain Spring ever Since Christma till this 20th Janry 1870, Since X is my time above 3 weeks, what I have paid this time I put at $10 which he will have to pay [page damaged] lives there 1876 agreeable to Contract & build & Cover the Kitchen

1869 Oct about the first ^{this month} I hired Jorden Pa[lost in margin] to fallow up Lot & we Sewed 3 Bushels toll Come from Shields Say 3 1 Bushels

Oct 28th Sewed toll Come from Hodnetts 2 Bushels & By the side of that Sewed the Lot ½ Bushel more of toll Come from Irbys] 6 ^sewedB[lost in margin] Sewed in ps] of Tobacco Land where we had where this year 1869 Bushels making in all sewed