Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1849 Jany 26 Finishing Plant Beds above House sewing^{& Fencing} covering etc - cloudy & like for Rain — weather warm — 1 Bed Large one 15 yds Square & the other 11 yds Square

27th Cutting Large growth in new ground & Halling Rails for Corn field fence, James East relinquished his Lease of Hill field Plantation this & its rented to AW Worshom & Tho^s East Junr ^{son of Thomas East}

28 cloudy & like for Rain, my wife gone to Mrs Hunts 29 gone to Mrs Hunts etc

29 cutting big growth in big new ground weather moderate a like like Rain

31 Loaded waggon with Lugs & started to Lynchg about 10 Oclock wednesday & got back Friday night about 1 Oclock in night made trip in 2½ days sold Lug at 1-60,- carr^d nearly 1000 lbs while we were gone made little new ground fence Halled wood, & making up out side corn field fine weather cleared off last night tho it has been cloudy & Rainy all the week, nearly

Feby 1-2nd Fencing out side corn field [fr?] – 3. Still D^o weather cloudy & cool 4 Rainy- 5. Still cloudy & Rain

5. Striping ^{Halled up a stack Oats & straw to rack}Tobacco in new ground barn

6 Malling Halling wood & cleaning up new ground, - weather windy & cool

7. Sent Henry to Doct Whites Mill 1 Large Log for Paling & 2 Bags Corn 1 Bbl - malling & stacking wood etc etc etc

8 Have 5 Logs at mill only bro^t home one Rolled Logs in Little new ground after 12 oclock, put up about 6 or 7 heaps & car^d out the wood malled before Rolling ^{swingling flax} Lila 

1849 June 12th Went to S. S. M H. to try Tho^s East for stealing Stephen Redgrages oats. got clear from evidence, - Plowed Peas & corn Plowed ^drillcorn second time by middle barn, & below Plum bushes Weeding drill corn next to orchard - Cloudy damp weather -

13. Plowed out Garden Sweet Potatoes cotton Irish Potatoes, begun to lay ^{for tobacco}of[f] Lot. weeding & Plowed fresh ground next to orchard

14. Beding Lot this & thining drill^{Just Plowed} corn

15. Finished Planting Tobacco & Replanted all new ground & little second yrs ground weather warm & moist - Working cotton & branch corn to day Plowing & weeding. Finished weeding cotton this 12 oclock & gone on branch Hot weather about this time —

16 Rained a little last evening. Weeding & resetting corn on Branch where missing. Planting watermellons simbling^Pumpkins Potatoes setting out some Beet, Turnip, screan the seed of which Mr Tucker said came from ^DenmarkDenmark

17 Fine clear weather, Finished yesterday weeding out Branch. Corn, not quite done weeding corn yet. began to Plow Hill next to orchard, second time also next to ¹⁸woods by middle Barn, replanting corn on 19. Branch Lower part, - done weeding & Plowing our corn second time one this side branch & began second time on the other side branch runing 4 Plows, weeding or Hilling up Sweet Potatoes etc - clear weather nights cool, great talk of mad Dogs this Spring. cholera about very much this Spring Mr C. A Hunt Died of it at Independence Mo. on his way to California, - its now in Richmond V^a Extra session Legislature moved to^{to finish}Fauquier Cty

Dr William F

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1827 Feby 19	To Cash account for this sum paid you in full as pr my note taken in	15	-

Abraham Neale Dr pr son David

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1833 Sept 2	2 Gallons Cider	1	1 1/2
Novr	Cr By Making 4 pr negroes shoes 3 large & 1 small pr Paid in full p recd #3 1/4 Paid []

Dr Thomas

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1827 March 6	To Cash paid for Knife for Philip Grasty, on account of a Knife which Phillip Loaned you & you lost it	-	19
April 26	Cash pd Mr Grasty for you as pr your order 1/6	-	25
this sum paid to P. Grasty's decsd as p recd	1	56

Dr James Amos Faris present when he got the corn & heard the contract

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1832 July 28	To 1 1/2 Bushels of corn lent you you are to return me 2 Bushels of corn for the 1 1/2 Bus. now at the fall	.
Sept 15	[]Bushel wheat for cutting oats	-

Smith Esqr Cr

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1827 Jany 1	By Cash lent me as pr note given you $15	15	-

W^m Bybee Cr

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1834 Jany 11	To 1 peck meal 15 ct 1 peck meal 15 pd
Augt 21	Cr By work on spring 1 1/2 days -
1834 Jany 11	Cr By yr soling 2 pr shoes @9/-	-	34

East senr Cr

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
By Grafting 200 apple trees	20	00

Shields Cr

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1832 July -	Cr By Cutting down my oats 1 day	-	75
Novr	Cr By the corn Returned in full	-	-

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