Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1876 Aug^t 20.^th Very Hot day. tolerable clear Mr. Lewis Yates & Mr Templeton came here in a 21^st Edmond & Jimmie gone down to lower field after my Hogs & Pigs all my Pigs has not been seen Wm first [b_l?] them up. Turned Cooler last night & this ^morning Cooler. Edmond worming?] [Succering?] & tossing new ground & old field [?] to day 22. Shucked out our corn nearly this morning Lent 2 1/2 Bushels to [Jules?] for myself meal 1 1/2 1 1/2 Bushels ^corn for Edmd lent 2 Bus. ^corn for Peter lent & 1 1/2 Bushels wheat ^Balance from Woodings for [?] [flon?] Edmd worming & succering Tobacco in Lot Beautiful day Nannie & Miss Frankie dry -ing apples yesterday & to day. This evening This evening I am Down Hunt Sallie Tate Hargrave & Misses Alice Hunt came here and about night Bro. Gacy came here 5 days all night, ^{Sallie T Hargrave} Tate Doron. & Alice stayed 3 days 23. ^rdworming & succering Tobacco in old field 24. ^th Same work Thurs-day too -- Recd a letter from Saml Gilbert; --Mr Edmond B. Fitzgerald here this day Wm W Moses Jr went home with Ed 25. Edmond Dews Tossing Tobacco for for Peter Adams & they are both gone from home & Tobacco full of worms & suckers. Edmond cleaning up round his corn field finer & doing it up then other side of old prize Barn I want Mt Airy Edmond Hilling up Peters Tobacco & Jimmy & [?] 1/2 this day & himself all day 26 Edmond Fencing round the corn field the other side of Tobacco lot . Cloudy this morning then cleared off pretty Peters [?] gathering [?] Wm got very [f__d?] this year Very warm weather yet. every thing growing ^{[mr g.?]} Edmond B Fitzgerald [talks?] & children & my [Julin?] Brooks came here about 12 Oclock to day Saturday : Rained a little this evening

8th July 1876 I expect to go to Muling today 9th Cutting oats and finished before 12 o'clock Edmond Petie done

Jimmie went to work on new ground but little put a little pint on D. P Hoe Jimmie is lay ing corn by corn house plowed My Sweet potatos on Hill Edmond hilling up tobacco

9th Nancy Neal buried at funeral Preacher by Mr Booker to day TS Muling ? to M. 10th Edmond hauling out Manure on turnip patch Jimmie and Peter plowing Laying by corn dry and hot this morning Jimmie laying in hot by corn stores Peter evening

laying about garden Nellie plowed this (evening)

T. 11th Peter plowing in big field Edmond & Jimmie finshed by corn house and went in hot Then other side of old Pine Barn This morning some of them thinning corn Nellie plowing Hot and clear W. 12th Nellie resting today Jimmie plowing in lot by old pine barn Peter plowing in N 20acers or North acerage laying by corn Edmond ? had? some of his gang hilling up tobacco in new ground Wifs y+arnkin hilled up our sweet potatoes Nellie plowing after 12 ol cock some Edmond children thinning corn in Big field 13th Edmd and Peter got wagon and cart to haul up oats This Edmd says they all are in good order 14th Friday very dry and hot weather rains round on Banister yesterday and day before none here Edmd and Jimmie laying up here in fresh ground Peter laying by in big field ground To hard of this above he can't plow it fair morn ing and hot sure enough Sheltie come at 12 a clock and hurt 2 of my fingers on my right hand badly no rain yet hot weather 15 Edmond and Jimmie laying corn in fresh ground above grainery miller resting to day Mannie from working new ground tobacco Finished plowing above

memorandum of Henry W David Property And by _ having as his agent after he

[page] 187 $31.12 1/2Fountain came here to work. This Monday morning Augt. 4 1854 at $12 1/2 Dollars pr month & last Friday he helped us raise Cutting House

12th Augt Worked every day this week 6 days got Shingles in woods 1 1/2 days the Balance. We finished new Cutting House &c.

18 Augt 1854 Worked this week 5 days getting Shingles 5 days

24 Augt 1854Worked Monday & Tuesday this week } 2 days Wednesday went to Blunks to raise Barn & then Sick & went home

28 Came again this morning getting Shingles. Till 29th in evening.

Sept 1st Worked till Friday evening narly 5 days. 5 days

10 Worked only 4 days this week 4 days Mr Johnson Farmer worked here yesterday 1 day Helping coupling the Rafters &c for Barn.

16 Only worked 5 days this week 5 days

23. Only worked 5 days this week 5 days

27 Worked this day Wednes 1 day 1 day

[subtotal] 33 days

Worked 1 day Helping raising House 1 day in all F. Wyatt worked on Barn & atting Shingles &c&c 34 days

1855 Jany 3 Wednesday Mr H. Arnold his Brother & Mr D.Rice came here at 3 Oclock in the [??] on our Porch & finished it in about 2 days |they then went to work on my Prize Shed at the Sum of two Dollars, pr day that is H at $1.00 the other 2 at 50¢ pr each $2 3 men 2 days

1855 Saturday 6 Worked 2 days & from 3 Oclock till night the day they came [pr ?]

Wednesday Jany 10. Mr H Bro. came again about 3 Oclock in ev'ing to work.

Jany 11th The 2 Mr Arnolds worked 2 or 3 Hours this morning & it began to rain & they left.

12 2 Mr Arnolds here at work this morning

13th The 2 Mr Arnolds worked about 2 1/2 days this week

15th. Mr Arnold & Bro came here again this morning to work - Monday, 5 1/2 days this week

Jany 20. 1855

To amt of business Done for

By amt of money collected for Colo W^m [unclear] Smith of Lynch^g Bro for^d ----------- $16.90 . $0.84

William Glass Bond due 1^st Sep^t 1838 $15.63 In^t till 26 May 1841 2.55 Cash in full $18.18 $18.18

1 D^o on D^o Due 24^th Sept 1838. 8.84 In^t till 26^th May 1841 1.41 By Cash Ball. of 27$ pd at Mrs Buckleys in pt this Bond Due 26^th May 1841 $1.43

1841 June 2^nd By Cash Rec^d of Nehemiah Compton in part of Bond $1.00 - 5 By cash of W^m Worsham in full of his Bond & In^t Ja^s B. Faris [unclear] In^t 76¢ $4.73 By cash in part of his Bond due me W^m pRec^t

196 An amount of busines done to an Brokon the other side.

1839 Dec 10^th to Cash paid you this day in face of many collected after tudulays $10.86 Cumms on T! [fol??s] with my halfalso $12.50. Comms an other followed for you [?a] shures hlilt not included $34.63 Pslahmint Rune Jon they

1840 Febry 24 to Cash Pe you by jum Grant-Rue of Fno L Farmer $10Aprl 17. TO Cash Pe you asfekut $1510. Bth Corn from Jas Shul S. $25 1800 Sheave Oat At from Sam @ 45 $8.10 33.10 Dilan to you in Nov 1839 58.10

Car C over Conrads the begining of Book

memorantum of Hog Keller before 197 Churlm as thung up this 5th Feby1833 Kellus 16 Hogs 14 at one from and 2 at month of the Kelling because what me have eat 1 pt in all 2 m. 3 h. abs=d 2 a - lps of the last kelling 14 hogs 28 mady 28 ham 28 shoulder 4 jobs 98 98lbs Kild Simeed X 2 Hogs in 12 105lbs Brane just Feby 5th 1853 ------------- the meat hung wth 4th month 1853 Feby month 4th 1853 Jooh down our Buron the day 10^th Joles H Otum put in rus 24 shoulder 18 Otams 15 modlens in Big Barrel or 11th in Smokers Otours - 18 midlen + 10 Hams in Bll in Pantry 3 midlingsin Bll in new stove + 2 midlings put in box in smoker house. 1854 Kill in in Dec 1834 19 fat hogs maybe nearly 2500^u. 1855 Jany 8^th took down Hung up 12 of the pe Odogs me killed sag - ham, shoulder, & midengs strung up ____________________ 70 lbs 6^th Jobrs 1855 Feby- 8^th Otung up 36 medlend Hums Shoulers {36 Joles 5

1855 Fby 6^th Juok Ovwn jacked away in the bore 62 lbs sng medling Hums Sholder this day - 62lbs

198 Dr. Cob Orm To am Brother 1848 Aug 30th to Cash send you by m. }

1842 Febry 5 a total eclips of the moon this night, burnt plant bed at hog pen that [?] - Winter very wet this year. A [?] is living with [?]