Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1847 Feby 1^st Memorandum of an agreement made & entered between J. W. Graves & Benj. F. Lain both of Pittsy^a County V^a Wheras the said Lain has agreed to do Carpentry work for said Graves, and the said Graves agrees to pay the said Lain 3/- pr. day for every day the said Lain shall work. Given under hands this the date & year above written

J . W. Graves Benjamin F. Lain

Commenced 2^nd Feby 1847 & worked this week 5 days " 13 " " & worked this week 5 ½ " " came 14 & worked continued on Book to his credit " 20 " " till Saturday this week 5 days. " 25 worked till Thursday 10 @ 3 " Came 8 March to work again " 10 worked 2 days this week 2 -- Came 16 came to work this morning- ^{4 or 4½ days}_{10 oclock} } 4 ½ " 20 work from Tuesday till Saturday 9 or " 22. came again this morning 2 Two days this [?]

Dr My Negro Man Fled Cr 1846 Dec 25 Molasses 9c Honey 9c - 0.25 1847        .13 Feby 13 1lb cotton 9c Mar 29 2lb Bn Sugar 1/6 0.37 June 3 yds cotton cloth @ 10c/ 30 _____ F c. This sum in full 1 - 05 R 17 --------- $ 1 - 22 --------

1846 Dec 10 Cr by Amt ^Cr forward $1.22

Memo of cotton sent to Machine 1848 Octr 1 Bag weighing 30 ¾ bag toll

W W W W W &H

July 18th 1851

Memorandums of the number of Bushels of Wheat, myself & Overseer has used.

I have sent to mill he says 3 Bushels Overseer has sent to mill 3 Bushels.

[Picks]

Augst 8th I have sent 2 3/4 Bushels & let Henry have 3 picks making 3 1/2 Bushels of that Machined - 3 1/2

20th Overseer Carried himself Bus. 2 1/2 Bushels Wheat ––––––

29 I sent for myself 2 1/2 Bus. for flour Trod [Hast] 2 1/2

Sept 20th sent for myself 2 1/2 Bus to eat Machine 2 1/2 ma. 26 sent to Fariss by Jacob for myself for flour Do. 1 ma. Sept 30 Sent to Millers by London for myself to eat Do. 2 1/2 mac. Oct 20 Sent to Mill by Fed for myself Machined 2 Bus for flour " " sent to mill by Do. for myself " 2 Bus to eat. Nov 1st Senr ro mill by Henry to Faris for flour for myself 7 1/2 & 1 Bus. for Henry making 8 1/2 machined – 8 1/2 Bus. Overseer sent by Do. to Do. for Do. machined - 2 1/2 2 sent to mill for myself machined 2 Bus. wheat 2

Division of Wheat made by Mr [Graves?]

Machined & used by myself & oveseer 26 1/2 Bus & sewed - myself 29 1/2 Bus & measured up [mostly thus] 36 Bushels 5th Dec 1857 20) 92 Toll 30 Bushel for machining 4 1/2 Toll Trod Out by Horses 87 1/2 11 Overseers [77th] part 7) 98 1/2 Overseers pl. 14 Bus he has had 8 Bus. to use 8 Bus. Due Overseer the 5th 6 Bus Dec 1851 him in full 17th Dec 1857. Mr G

Aug 16th 1851 about 3 or 4 foggy mornings to this date in this month.

1851 Aprl. 29^th My Henry D^r

To 1 peck wheat - 1/1 1/2 1 Whisky Bbb^l paid c/r Bushel sweet Potatoes Seed 1/6 $ 25. paid

1851 July 10^th To Cash lent you in Lynbg 0.50 050 Nov^r 1^st 1 Bushel wheat --- .75 75

Cr By 42 [cwt?] Blade fodder @ 4/6. .38

18 9 yds Cottons Cloth @ 10 [ct?] 0.90 1 Bbl - 3f 92 Bushel Sweet Potatoes Seed .88

2 Sugar 1/6 2 [?] Butter 1/6 .50 Cr By from Mrs M^cCullock 1.00 Carr^d a page [?] towards beginning ^{of Book} £2.28

Memorandum of Tobacco made & striped & different Barns Finished striping out mountain ^field, viz Good 162 ^Sticks Seconds 39 Lugs ^Sticks 42 ^sticks

First Culling Tobacco 1852. 1700 Sticks [Note: Summary at this [time?] & [Currently?] by [Su..?] Second Culling --- ---- 2750 Do. Third Culling 1852 ---- 4450 last --------- ------ 1000 5450

1851 M^rs M^c Cullock negro Sam Novr. 18 To Cash lent in Lynbg $0.50

Jacob Boarded at Mrs Colemans 7 or 8 months, 1849 & went to school to Mr Shelton

She has given me the Int on $100 over 12 months, & My Children 3$ & the Balance on Tho^s East Jr Bond for Rent $3 & [some]some cents

Kit & James cut wheat to am^t $1.87 James here 1 day & Armstead 1 day cutting Oats 3 am^t $1.50.

Dec 1850

Note	Amount
Interest on money lent me	$6 -
given my children	3 -
Thos East Jr not collected	3.20
Kit & James culing wheat	1.87
Armstead & James culling oats	1.50
Johns work in all 1 month	$6.00
1 pr shoes -- for him - 1.75	4.25
	$20.82

==Memorandum of cotton & logs sent to Doct Millers Mill Dec & Novr 1849==

Item
1 large log sent in Novr for Hhd staves
1 do do do Dec 6 for weatherboarding Recd.
1 bag cotton sent same day 47 gross 47 11 ¾ Recd. 64
1 large log sent Dec 29 for Hhd Staves -
1 do sent 12th Jany 1850 for flooring Plank large
2 do sent [since] for Hhd staves in waggon
[Thu] 124th Feby 1850 flooring plank

==My Henry dr to me==

Date	Item	Amount
1850 Augt 2nd	to cash lent [you] in Lynchg	6/
Sept 28th	by cash recd in full	6/

Novr 1851 Dont make quite 4000 sticks at Mrs McCullocks negroes makes there say Sam Mat [Leigh] & Hill

Number of sticks tobacco striped in middle barn

Date	Short Sticks	Lug Sticks	Good Sticks
Decr	35 sticks short	73 SticksLugs
"	45 " "	86 " "	20 Sticks good
"	36 " "	63 " "	11" "

1851 Sept 22 Began to cut tobacco this day as viz

Date
	cut in fresh ground at mountain	245sticks	in new ground 23rd	846 sticks	107
23rd	cut in lot at prize barn	75	In lott by [Henrys]House	216	29
26	Cut in lot at Do-	80	In lott by Do	180	260
27	Cut in new ground	543	In mountain field	340	883
Oct 10	Cut in all home new ground & mountain last cutting [Wending] Tobacco

Date	Location	Good Sticks	Short Sticks	Lug Sticks
Janry 1st 1850	In Prize Barn	63 Sticks good	short 15 Sticks	Lugs 17 Sticks
Janry 3	" "	112 " "	short 21 "	Lugs 50 -
11	" "	90 " "	" 13 "	lugs 40 --
14	" "	99 " "	" 18 "	" 48
15	" "	34 " "	" 8 "	" 19
	Brot from Mountain field		" 40 "	[& not in this Home]

1851 Feby 1st let Mr James P Lewis have 1 Plank 14 feet Long 12 Inches ^{square Edged} ^wide & 2 D^o Bark Edged 17. Inches wide & 11 feet Long to make negro man Isaacs coffin who Died this morning

Feby 3rd Raining this morning striped Tobacco awhile & then we halled leaves all day after weather more moderate had 4 or 5 very cold days 6thLambs to this day lost only one —

6th cutting in new ground all hands yesterday or day before Halled shucks Fodder & Oats beautifull weather to day ——

7th Plowing in fresh field. Jane & alse in new ^{& children}ground Henry overseer Fed & myself went to Raise school House

8th Henry gone to Mr Parham Lewis s to Roll Logs Fed & overseer gone to school House Jane alse & Jordan gone to new ground.— Fine weather weather warm ———

9th Went to Meeting tolerable good day

10. Raining a little, taking down Tobacco & striping in middle Barn — Rainy evening F.WF. & Cate gone with her home^{this morning} Weather warm Jacob gone to bring horse home Made John D Hunt a Deed for Land near him JW Odaniel here cleaning & fixing Turner clock for which I gave him $1 - Raining hard took down all our Tobacco to strip

13th Plowing & malling, began to mall yesterday yesterday I went to Mrs McCullocks set up 2 Hh^d & went to Chalk Level

14th Fed gone to mill 1 Bbl Corn 1 Bbl wheat we are striping Tobacco in middle Barn. Bets Bull calf came 13th- 10 Lambs to this time ^^alivelost 6 Raining this morning The 11th I went to finish school house car^d Fed with Did not finish & give [Ditchie?] Jacob 9¢ Grasty 9¢ & Hendrick 1/6 making 50¢ in all to finish chimny 12th

15 Rained striping Tobacco Halled out chaff

16 Miss E McCullocks funeral & Burial

1852 sept 26th cloudy this morning, & like to Rain,- Turned cooler wind for 3 days S. E. -

27th Cutting & Hanging Tobacco on Branch in Lot & new ground Second Cutting in Lot In new ground this evening Stacking fodder at night cutting Tops in morning

28 Finished the Lot except Branch yesterday to day cutting on Branch & in new ground -

29th Sent Fed to Mill this morning 6 Bushels Wheat 2½ Bus. corn beautifull weather Began to Cut Tobacco in fresh ground this morning cutting Tops in morning Finished Stacking Blade fodder, put up 16 stacks one in House - fine weather —

30 Cutting Tobacco in fresh ground yesterday cut there to day we cut & Hung there

Oct 1st Stacking 1st stack ^{First Cutting}tops, & gatheing Rice ^Beans

2 Finished Stack & gather Peas fine weather

3. fine day went to Mrs McCullocks

4- Fixing to Stack 2nd Stacks tops worming & Succoring tobacco & succorin like for Rain

5. cleared off we are stacking the other ^topsstack this morning clear fine weather at this

6th succoring & worming & Housing prize House of Tobacco 7th Finished & sent for my yearlings at ^McHaneysMrs

8 Cutting & Halling up fresh ground corn gathering Rice Beans cotton Peas etc etc clear & fair weather warm —

9th clouded up & looks like for rain Halling up corn after filing fresh ground Barn with fine Tobacco in the evening Rain all tho Tobacco we have cut in new ground Barn –

10 went to meeting Rained in night & all the ^(morning

11th Finished Halling up fresh ground corn shucked out 5 Bbls & put it in House Mr W^m Dews altered celam this day for me

1858 March 15th I am going to Mrs Hunts to See about our Bacon as I expect Kit back last night. Kitt got to Mrs Hunt this morning —— about 10 Oclock with the meat

Shoulders for Mrs Coleman 511½ Kidneys D^o for [Jm?] 511½ 1023 lbs in shoulders Midlings for Mrs Coleman 384½ D^o for [Jm?] —— 384½ 769 midlings 1792

Letter from W^m A Miller & marked on Hd^d

This is what we have to pay for 1858 March 16 went to Riceville & got the Hh^d of midling bot by Barber & Thompson & paid for 728 lbs & it weighed here exactly the same as it on Hd^d including freight & Drayage Halled by T. W Anderson @

Halling ——— Fencing around Corn field fence & Planted Irish Potatoe Patch & Plowing this day Jerry started to school to Mr Boyd ^ineveningyesterday the 16th March 1858 - fine weather —

17th Treading out oats to sew to day Jordan & Buck halling Rails at new ground till 12 Oclock cleaning out tranches on Branch, & fencing on Cross fence in field & helping about Oats when wanted —

18th Jacob carri^d 24²³ Bus. Oats, we are Plowing Jordan Halling wood & Rails at overseers Fencing around Corn field

18th Sallie started to School to Miss Bettie Nunnelle at Mr Lewis,

19 Sold our Tag Tobacco to Tho^s W Anderson by Jno Singleton @ 5$ cash.

1858 July 24th Finished Halling up wheat & Halled up one Load Rails at Granary — I went down to Mr Millers to Court etc

20th Went to Lynchg last monday James Shields Carr^d one Hh^d Tobacco and we Carr^d 2 & all we had & sold Low, the overseer has been working in Tobacco Toping same etc etc Henry got back last night Thursday & I got back Friday no Rain this week quite dry & windy

1858 July 30th Sold 5 Hh^ds of Tobacco in Lynchg frds ware House for Net by W^m Toot etc pr statement Rec^d for Mr A. Crews as pr statement silver Car^d to Lynchg^{for 105 Tobacco CardDanny} Cash Rec^d of W^m A Miller Mr 453. 35 4.38 2=00 459.73 60.00 519.73 Cash pd at Bridge for waggon 0.50 3 toll gates ——— 0.75 Cash paid for my shoes 2.50 paid Seaburg for Jerrys Hat 1.25 Cash paid my Henry 4.00 Cash paid H Wade pr ^&Recd order 8.50 Cash paid for fringe for Kate 1.00 Cash paid for D^o for bridle 1.00 Cash paid for Jord[?] shoes 1.25 Cash paid for Kate S^{for Books} Graves 0.69 Cash pd Thurman 0.50 Cash paid AB Rucker pr bill 21.53 Cash pd IM Cobbs pr bill 15.52 Cash paid Gaddup & 6. ^o for Tombs stone for Colo D. Hunt & wife pRec^d 24.00 Cash paid Younger & Smith 13.25 Cash pd H.C. Victor pRec^d1.50 Cash paid for Nannies Capto Simpson pRec^d p acc^t 1.50 Cash pd W^m A Miller pRec^d Cash pd D & Marril pRec^d 1.38 Cash pd Nowlin 2 acc^ts pRec^d 4.83 Cash pd Walkers & Rec^d 0.87 Cash paid Hall for Buggy pRec^d 141.00

1859 May 3rd Henry & Mr Shields gone to Lynchg paid Mr Shields for toll We are Hilling in fresh ground Jacob making martin Box - Mr Robey came here to work in Shop^{@ 6/–}

4.5.6 Bushing Oats Cutting off Tobacco Hills etc etc got back from Lynchg this night etc

May 7th Tobacco Sold by Toot & alexander 22nd april 1859

Planting Cotton this day put Guano en fresh ground hills cut off Harrowing Corn got Hogs Home Cutting & malling wood, etc etc

May 9th Plowing & replanting Corn - 10 Same work Henry complaining put up Martin Box Glued Table etc etc