Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1861 Jan^ry 21^th Sent by Pallison 14 Pork first of the meat used, Heads livers all gone $ 14^lb say this day 26^th Jan^ry 14.^lb

Date	Entry	Pounds	Date 2	Entry 2	Pounds 2	Notes
Feby 2.	Sent by Jordan	14
" 9	Sent by Pal	14.
" 16	Sent by Do	14
" 23	Sent by Do	14
March 2	Weighed Out	30lb				at Plantation for 2 weeks
" 16.	Weighed & sent	14.				Rolled logs this day at Aspen Grove
" 23rd	"	14	30th Mar. Sent by Pal. 12 1/2lb
April 6	Sent by Pal.	12½	13 April	Sent by Jordan	13lb
20.	Sent by Pal	12½	27 "	Sent by Pal	12.
May 4	Sent by Pal	12½	11 May	Sent by Pal.	12 1/2
18.	Sent by Pal	11½	25 "	Sent by Pal.	11.
June 1	Sent by Pal	11½	June 8	Sent by Pal	12
-- 15	Sent by Pal	12.	-- 22	Sent by Pal	11
-- 29	Sent by Pal	11½	July 11	Sent by Pal	10 [poss. "19"]
July 13	Sent by Pal	11½	" 20	Sent by Do	11
-- 27	Sent by Do	11½	Aug 3.	Sent by Do	11.
Augt 10	Sent by Do.	11 1/2	17.	Sent by Do.	11.
24th.	Sent by Do	11.	Sepr 1	Sent by Do.	11.
5 Sepr 5	Sent this morning to Thrash wheat Do	9.
10	Sent by Pall to to last till next Saturday	8.
14th	Sent by Pal	11	-- 21st. Sent by Pal.	11
28.	Sent by Pal.	10	Oct 5.	Sent by Pal.	11
Oct. 12.	Sent by Pal.	11	-- 19.	Sent by Pal.	11.
" 26.	Sent -- Pal	10.	Novr 2	Sent by Pal & some lamb	6.
Novr. 12.	Sent " "	10.				The negroes have had Beef Since the 12 Novr & Lamb __ 19th Dec. now fresh meat
1862 Janry 4th	Pal got meat today,	8	Febry 18 1862	had Bacon & Beef	15lb.
Febry 15th	got Bacon	15lb	22	" got	14lb Bacon
Mar 1	got Pal	14lb	Mar. 8.	got	14 Do__
Mar 15	--Jordan-- got	14	-- 22.	Sent 13. Do by Pal.

[STAIN HAS WASHED OUT WRITING IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER]

[illegible] Buck at 14⁰⁰ Aprl 5. Sent by 14 Do Buck

[illegible] [Lowry?] 13. " 19. Sent by Jordan 14⁰⁰

[illegible] [Lowry?] 14. May 3. Sent by Lowry 14

[illegible] 14. -- 17. Sent by Jordan 14

[illegible] -- 30. Sent by Lowry. 13

[illegible] [Jordan?] 14. Sent 21^[ea?] 13⁰⁰ by Jordan

[On right side of page, from bottom to top, is written, "Carried to another place back of book"]

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

Capt Pallison Boxley

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Mrs Sarah B M Smith

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1840 June 10th My Wife Died with Consumption, Funeral Preached the 11th from 14th Chpt & 13 Verse Revelations by Elder G. Dickinson - On the 29th June 1840 My wifes Sister Susanna D Mills & her Husband Andrew L Mills came out to Pttsy^a but too late to see her sister, stayed 5 days & set out for Louisa her Fathers where they now live & have done ever since they were married -

=Very Wet Summer 1840 - & spring Wheat sorry oats good corn promising etc etc.

= On the 1st day of april 1842 JW Graves was taken with Rheumatism & did not ^get well till Harvest & indeed was not well then, but in the Harvest field on 25th June 1842 where they were cutting of wheat & on Saturday 25th had a grum =bling tooth^ache most all day at night my Jaw Prevented me & my wife from sleeping one wink next morning 26th I got Mr Neal to draw my tooth & I was then taken with a rising under my Jaw & on my throat which was near brot me near my grave & its now 26th day of July & I believe it will rise again. May God have mercy upon me & us, JW Grave_{26th July 1842}