Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1858 May 25th Plowed Sweet Potatoes to day, we are replanting Corn & trying to get done, Jordan Crossing new ground at mountain Spring - I went to shop got mike shod & went to Mrs Hunts

26 I went to Jacobs they are Halling there & have not replanted corn yet, we are fixing our wet Land in Lot for planting scattering & Plowing in manure Jordan crossing at new ground dry Hot weather, replanting cotton by Lila & Malissa

27. Scattering & Plowing in manure in Lot & Hilling & Jordan crossing at new ground T R Shepherd sent down here for Lambs & we sent him 3 Lambs to be paid for at CH

28 & 29 Replanting corn fixing Lot for Tobacco I went to Election & stayed all day Jordan crossing new ground Bushing Oats etc Began to weed Corn

29 Bushing wheat^{not done} weeding Corn, & Plowing Halled up stack fodder this morning starting to Riceville with our Lugs this morning – cloudy & cool I went to Jacobs & halled out manure all day yesterday & this evening instead of Bushing wheat after we got Back from Riceville we went to Planting Tobacco on Branch & in Lot by^^Top stack but did not finish at neither place on acct of its raining

30th Still cloudy & like for Rain Nannie & Sallie gone to Mr Hunts me & Jerry going to Straitstone

31st Nannie & myself went to Mr Hunts Chumbly & wife both sick we are planting Tobacco in Lot this evening & Beding planted all but high part of Lot & planting that replanted second years Land at Crews, Jerry went after D^r Estes for my overseer to day - Mr John Hunts wife Lags very Low, I went security with JDH to Browns Estate for $287.40 cleared off in evening Rained this night my wife at Mr Hunts

1858 June 1st Fine Rain last night & We are Beding & planting our Lot. & will replant all we have planted, turned quite warm, Chumblys wife very sick & he is complaining

2nd Nannie & me went to Mr Hunts again Mrs Hunt is very Low Bushed wheat by new Barn Plowing & weeding Corn by Malissas House Jordan finished Crossing new ground & began to drag it over to day

3rd we are ^this worming Tobacco at Johns^s branch Plowing & weeding Corn this morning, cloudy & like for Rain, Jordan will finish draging new ground to day & Reckon — Rained Several hours & we shelled corn etc

4th Jacob come down last evening after plants To plant, claiborne & little helping to draw. Sent to Yates Mill 6 Bags 12 Bus Corn for ourselves & 4 Bushels for Chumbly for meal We are choping laying off & fixing planting our new ground Tobacco to day Nannie still at Mr Hunts,^{who wife} -- who is very low Sent Pal with Jacob to drop plants to day Cloudy & like for more Rain,— got all the meal Mr Little came here wednesday to round & Joist Shingles @ 75 cents a thousand worked when It was not raining hard Thursday taken sick that evening & left sick Friday morning, not ½ done

5th cloudy & like for Rain Laying off Hilling & Planting Our new ground at mountain Spring, taken Sow & & Pigs from mountain Spring this morning Nannie has been at Mr Hunts nearly all this week & she Died yesterday about 1 Oclock & I expect she will be buried to day

6th went to Sunday School to day

7th drawing Plants & will Finish planting this morning, Boar out in woods at this time,

William Worsham

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1824 March 13	To this sum paid to Mr Philip L Grasty in full of your amount Bond & Interest &c up to this date	236	74
-	Jeremiah W Graves owes Wm Worsham pr Bond due the 25th Decr 1825 in full for the purchase of your land	379	41
1826 Feby 22	To this sum paidassumed to Philip L Grasty Esq in full of his acct agst you	86	75
-	Cash paid you	20	-
-	Rect for Rect	106	75
-	I owe Wm Worsham a Balance due on the above bond of	37	32
.	.	144	07
1826 April 22	To P. L Grasty for this sum pd to Mr Smith	2	92
1827 Jany 3	Cash a/c paid you pRect	15	-
Feby 26	Cash a/c paid you in full of my Bond taking in	21	42 1/2
.	.	39	34	1/2
1827 Decr	To Rent of my plantation on Camp Branch for 1828 as pr contract	30	-
1828 Augt 7	To rent of Do 1829 & 30 as pr Bonds of Contract	43	-
Novr	To Rent of Do for 1831 as pr Bond & Contract	25	-

Dr John

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1824 March 13	To this sum paid to Mr Philip L Grasty in full of your Bond Interest, & Cost on suit	35	83
-	Jeremiah W Graves owes John Worsham pr Bond due 25th decr 1825 in full for the purchase of Land	84	76
.		$120	59
1824 June 7	To this sum paid to Philip L Grasty, which is credited on my bond given for the above land purchase Due 25th Decr. 1825
1826 April 8	To Philip L Grasty Esqr for the amt of Wm [B???as] order on W. Thompson who purchased my Bond from Worsham	50	-
.	Cash Amount for this Sum	20	26
.	paid W Thompson in full of my Bond pr Rect	85	90

Capt Pallison Boxley of Louisa

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1834 March 11	You state in your letter to me of this date you had sold my fodder at Carpenters in Louisa for something over $21 3/9 pr cedHundred Weight	$21	-
-	To Our part of the proceeds of the crop of Wheat made 1834 at Carpenters &c something like 27 large Bushels

Settled except Wheat raw sold cousin cleo $2 pr yr letter

Dr Miss M A E, Sarah I & Martha I. McCullock Cr

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Dr Pittsy^a County to me as Surveyor Cr

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