Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 7

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 strippping in new barn ^{near House}

Day	Lugs	Lugs (lbs)	Lugs (sticks)	Short	Short (lbs)	Short (sticks)	Good	Good (lbs)	Good (sticks)
1st	Lugs	90lb	34 Sticks	short	42lb	20 sticks	Good	153lb	66
2	"	107	38 "	"	43	22 -		146	60
3	"	65	20 sticks	Short	25	12 sticks	good	129	35 st.
-	-	25	9 -	(not stripped)			-	18	8
4	-	136	44 -	Short.	62lb	34 sticks	-	234	93
5		140	49	short	69-	34 "		2493	96
6	-	96	32	Short	44	22

In new ground Barn began to Strip 29^th Feby 1850 1^st day 12^lb 46 Lugs. Short 31^lb 20^lbsticks, good 135^lb 64 Sticks 2 " 100 Lugs Short 50. 223 put in new Barn

Brot from New ground Barn &put in new Barn 42 Sticks: short 70^lb. good 320^lb. sticks lugs carried from new ground Barn car^d to prize Barn & put 89 sticks good in prize Barn from middle Barn

1850 April 1^st Memorandum of Cates & [???? Jacob] going to school to Mrs Wa[lkus]

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Receipt to make Brandy Peaches, Peal the Peaches & Cover them in Brandy let them in Brandy about about 24 hours take them out. & take 1^lb of [new] sugar or Honey to 1^lb of the Peaches put them together in a Brass Kettle &stew them till the Peaches are soft enough to Stick a straw to the Kernel then take them out & put them in a Boiler Pot. Then put in the Pot 2 measures of Sirup to one of the Brandy you took the Peaches out of & so on till you git as much as you have Brandy or sirup if you wish, put in a little [spree]

==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]