Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1847 Feby 4. Very cold & windy Fed malling Henry helping Mr Lain & halling wood the ballance cleaning out stables & raking leaves^etc

5 weather moderating halling wood & sills etc for waggon House, malling etc

6th Malling Rails & cutting down corn Stalks this morning, Mr. Lain framing waggon shelter, weather fine & fair, -

13 this week burnt Plant Bed on Branch above House striped Tobacco one day malling Rails & Grubing on Johns Branch Lila compla[in]ing & I [bleeding|[bled]] her Mr Lain at work on waggon House & little house this week — Pleasant putting latches on Gates etc etc etc, no plowing down^{by us yet}

17 Sent waggon to mill 10½ Bushels corn 1 Log to be sawed into Railing 2 by 3 In. for yard & also 2 Bags seed Cotton weighing 46 lbs 47 lbs 93 lbs^{bags in all}making new^{this day}ground fence

18 Striping Tobacco, Raining Mr Lain at work in shop

19 striping Tobacco & prizing Lugs. nearly done. Lady Jane Lame by a hurt.

20 Sent to Mr Lewis's to Roll Logs 2 hands balance cutting in new ground & Piling wood,

20 Cloudy & Raining yesterday & to day warranted E East JW this day

22 Haling Rails & fencing corn field

23 Same same & finished corn field^fence

24 began to Plow for corn in earnest

25. Plowing for corn ^{since we finished our fence}Fed malling

26. Plowing & malling & Pilling wood,

27 Raining this morning Fed shoemaking Finished striping Tobacco this day 6 lambs to this day

March 1st Finished prizing Lugs Halling wood & malling this day, weather cool & windy

1851 Dec. Memorandum of business Done for Mrs Lucy Ann Clements & her as Guardian for Nannie & Lucy C Clements also ——— During the past Summer I went to Court House I think about 3 times about Mr James Clements account – also Rec^d $3 for collecting money of Ezekiel Dews & JW on Bond from Grasty -

24th & 25th Dec. I went to see Mr E. Franklin about Mary & her children, also to Rich^d Smiths to collect for Rent got none also to see Geo. A P Dove to Rent him the Place where he lives for 1852 also to Collect for 1851 but did not get any money = 1852 March 12th I commenced this morning before day to adg[lost in margin] Lucy Anns Grdn acct but could do it till she came in evening then fixed it, for settlement by Comr say engaged best part of the day & part of the night

22nd went to Court in part for Lucy Ann & others

Augt Court 1852 Saw Mr Franklin about [Keeping] Mary & children for next year — made no bargain y[et]

Augt 31st went to see about childrens Land on River got back late Bed time

1853 Augt 25 Went to Rent Land & Collect Rent all day & in the night

Feby¹⁸⁵⁴ I have been 4 or 5 times to vaughans to attend to suit against Rich^d Smith for Mrs Clements. Rented out the Place where Dove lives to Tho^s Walker etc went to see Mr Brooks about Eliza

Dec 14 went to Mrs Clements millers [Snows?] Dove & Franklins for Lucy-Ann - Lucy Ann Clement Give me this day $12 - for attending to her business etc. 

1858 May 12 Very cool & Windy, wind from East wind blew hard all night, Hilling on Johns Branch & trying to finished there this Lugs^{& Picked Plant Beds}finished I am going to allen Scruggs to get him If I can to help Jas B Faris prize Tobacco,

13th Jordan coltering new ground,- began to colter & Hill Second years ground at Mountain this morning Little fixing his machine to get shingles,- fixing another colter this morning - Picked Plant Beds.

14th Jordan coltering new ground balance Hilling at fresh ground & cutting them off Henry went with waggon up to Cedar Hill to hall Logs out of new ground halled 9 to Worshams & left 4 or 5 to Hall yet, we have finished planting greens in Garden,- Hester ranaway at Jacobs halling Logs with Jim but did not thank the Lord hurt any thing much, worsham is to saw the Logs into weather boarding Square edged Plank & slats to put smoke house 3 or 4 Inches wide & ¾ think [thick] to Keep out rats after its daubed the Plank we want to cover a shelter for waggon Carr^d 2 Turns 4 Bus. Corn to worsham ^{& got it}for meal

15 Hilling & Coltering at mountain fresh ground Jordan coltering new ground

16th Sunday School Commenced this day

17th I went to Court, took down all our Second rate Tobacco this morning & Pack it ready for prizing & cooped the Lugs ready to carry away- Sold Faris’s to anderson for $8 around etc to be deliv^d soon as possible went to Coltering & Hilling in evening

18th waggon & cart Halling out manure Balance Hilling at mountain, Sandy with Henry & Jordan Halling out manure — Very hard rain in evening & after it we [drea?] Tobacco Plants

Worsham Cr

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1824 March 13	By Your part of 1 Tract of Land which you & your Brother John Bot of Andrew McHaney containing 203 acres By survey which you have Jointly made me a Deed to @ 2$ pr acre $285.41		-
1824 Mar 13	By Balance do as pr contra	142	67
1826 Feby 22	Interest	1	40
-	-	144	07
1826 Feby 22	By Balance due as pr contra	37	32
1827 Feby 6	Int on my note taken in	2	2 1/4
.	.	$39	34 1/2

paid

Date	Entry	Dollars	Cents
1836 Novr	Cr By Cash Recd for 1829	18	-

Wm Worsham owes J W Graves pr due Bill 75[unclear] paid

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