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This transcription has not been verified by Special Collections Research Staff. Please also consult images of the document.1864
July 15 Wrote by direction of Mr. Morihson (?)
to Capt. P.A. Welford A.C. S Richmond
to send me a boat to send wheat to
Richmond to Goverment (?)
Sent Ran. Harrison Elk Hill (he will
go in morning 16st) a fine S. Down
Buck for 10 bushels of wheat being
part of 31¼ bush. I owed him for corn
the Buck weighed gross 150 lbs –
and is a very fine one –
20 Ryland & I went to R Harrison’s & Julien H.
dined wilt (sic) latter
25 Delivered to James M Holman
15 bush. wheat & promise 15 more
for County 30 in all –
This day agreed with Mr James D Brown
manager that he was to leave me
Keeping the basin (?) I had given him
and flour & I to pay his yearly
wages – but to give him no more
meal or flour for his weekly
allowance – I allow him to Retain (?)
his house for a fortnight from
this day (munday (?) 25th July) –
Ryland R Weinger (?) witnessed this un:
derstanding –
26 yesterday and today my tithe oats (?)
40 shacks (?) weighing about 8000 lbs
were taken by Pollard (?) for Maj.
Woodward by order of John Thomp:
son jr.
27 This day delivered to David Minns
15 bush. wheat – being balance of
30 bush. wheat drawn for by James
M Holman for County – in all delivered
County 30 bushels
Aug 12 Sold Mr W. P. Holland 22 bush. wheat
for which he paid me $660 – Confed. new
issue – I am to send the wheat
with mine (?) to Ashlin and Stilman’s
Mill – any loss from fire or on the
boat or at mill at Holland‘s risk
2nd Paid Mr Brown (J. D.) his wages –
to end of year (Nov. 15 64) $660 –
3rd Mr Brown left me today on boat
Sam. Guerrant Master
“ My Brother T.B.S. came over on Aug 1lt went
home to day.
1864
Aug. 3. WHEAT delivered to date
Shipped to Richd Bush 39749
Delivd J.D. James for M. James “ 40
“ Miles C Selden “ 3230
“ W. D. Leake “ 3115
“ Davy Minns (?) for County “ 30
“ Holman Prior (?) “ 15
“ sent to mill to date (Aug. 3/64) “ 14840
Aug 5 – white sent to mill 69515 20
Aug.3. My brother T.B. S. went home
this morning.
Aug.4. Had election of Magistrates
for 3rd District. T Bolling & myself
commissr (?) -. J.C. Philpotts - T.W. Herndon
John D. Hobson & J.W. Logan elected
I sent the Governor returns on
Saturday 6th Aug.
This day Elwood Byers returned
from searching for hern (?) – he
got one.
5 - Philip Cabell & Wm Cabell of Nelson
co. stopped on way to Richd.
6 - Elwood Byers left me for his
Brigade (Dinwiddie present stations (?) )
I finished threshing wheat today
did very good days work.
7th Went to St Paul’s - Revd Mr Mortimer
preached.
Aug. 15. Mr Gabriel B Peardy (?) came
to get business with me recommend
by Messrs W. Pope Dabney, Robt Dabney
& Mr Edwd Baugh very highly
16 Borrowed of Mrs Mary C. S. Lee
$175- Confed. money of This days
currency (new issue) and gave
her my note on due bill for it –
shipped (I think 10th Aug. to Stilman and
Ashlin’s Mill by Boat Hanover 10633
10633 lbs fine white wheat to be made
into flour by them for me (Family flour
and W.P. Holland which with 1/10 off for
toll at 5½ bush. to barrel I calculate
will make 29 Barrels of white Holland
will have 4 & my brother G. N. S.
4 barrels
Wheat Crop at Boller’s (?) Hall
Bushels
Boat one (?) Jim (?) Aug. 3 64 71515/60
sent to mill 13 25
“ “ “ 20 12
Shipped to Ashlin & Stillman for
Holland, GNS & self 17713/60
Shipped additl for Holman 245/60
Sold J.O. King 10
84213/60
See Sep. 22
(Sent to mill Aug. 27 to Sep. 17 inclusive 9425/60
Sep. 1st 1864 Recd. of Stillman & Ashlin by
Henry Woodson Boatman 34 barrels of flour
& 1 bag of 63 lbs of flour – 846 lbs
of Shipstuff – 1695 lbs bran – or better
see their statement
G.N. Skipwith takes flour 5 bbls of
me I take off all of him which
leaves him in my debt this 2nd Sep
64 $706.69.
Copy Stillman & Ashlin
Ricanna Mills
R. Skipwith Grinding 177 Bush Wheat 10628
Toll 1/10th 1063
1 bag 34 bbls flour (63 lbs bag) 6727
9 “ ship stuff 846
34 “ bran 1695 10331
Sep Grinding 297 lbs
To Riverman (?) toll on 177 bush. wheat 2.66
“ Coopering 20 old bbls 4/6 15.00
“ 14 new barrels at 3.50 49.00
Toll on flour & offered (?) on Riv. 4.17
Toll on wheat Resarn. (?) nearly doubled
since wheat put in mill
Holman Prion (?) cost (?) 5.40 81.8
Dave Stillman & Ashlin $81.9
G.N.S. to R.S. Sep 1th 64 Dr
To 26 bush. wheat est. $30 $780.0
“ 5 bbls at $3.7.8 18.78
credit $798.78
by 14½ bush bran (?) $3. $43,50 – 34/10 bush ship
stuff at $8.40 - $2856 – cash pd by you (?) for
Candles $20 = $92.00
Bal. due R.S Sep. 2. 64 $706.69
1864
Sep. 3 Sent W.m P. Holland 4 barrels of
flour 98 lbs ship. stuff - 120 lbs bran (?) due
him. 80 lbs bran (?).
W.P. Holland in act with RS
He paid me $660 for 22 bush. wheat
expecting it to take that to make 4 barrels
flour – I thought it would take 226/60
bush. corn to make 4 barrels and agreed
to let him have that amt (which he did
not pay me for) but it only took
20 bush. 49 lbs to make 4 barrels so I owe
him of the 22 bush. 1 bush. 11 lbs wheat
and consider the sale of of the 226/60
null in every way
I owe him then 1 bush. 11 lbs wheat
he owes me expenses as trader (?)
freight on 21 bush wheat $1 - $21.00
“ “ 4 barrels flour $3- 12.00
cooperage on 4 barrels 4/6 3.00
freight on offal (?) $0.50 per bull (?) 7 50
Toll
1864
Sep. 3 Saturday morning my wife left me
to go with my brother G.V.S. to my mothers
I went with them to Jefferences (?) Ferry – stopped
at Logan’s coming back – came home
to dinner “folks”? picked at apples and grand (?)
cider for Themselves
4 Went to St Paul’s Revd Mr Gatewood
preached – sacrament ‘ministered – home
to dinner –
5 Drove this morning to Julian Harrison’s dined
with him saw (?) his ‘South’ Serfham (?) mill
work very well – on my way up stopped
at Mr Pembertons to see Mr Ferguson –
on way down stopped five minutes
to see Rev. Harrison got him after
dark – soon after got home & heard thun
der and lightning – going on sound - alone
= my wife at my mothers –
Sep. 6. 64. Sale, by Henry woodson
1 barrel flour $ $200.00
cider 56.00
Apples 4 barrels 40.00
$296.00
Commission 15.00
Paid boat (?) by Henry Woodson $281.00
1864
Sep. 21 – Wednesday – dinner with Jesse
Heatt (?) got home just before dark
find Mary Ann very sick – Dr Harris
been here – Mr Bolling, Mason F &
Logan dined at Jesse Heatts with
me.
Sep 22. 1863 ? - should be 1864
Wheat survived (?) of whole crop.
I think – See page back Sep. 1st
Wheat delivered sold ground
for bread & (?) - Bush 93638/60
Wheat cleaned today &
measured into piles S.E. large room corner 303
do do into S.W. Corner 210
Red of my own make gaged 40
“ recvd from Dr Grinnan in Exch. 50
Remnant cleaned today gaged 50
My whole crop - - - - 158938/60
G.N.S. paid for R.S.
Sep. 15 6 Whisky barrels $150-
“ Freight & drayage 15.55
23 2 lbs sugar 24.00
26 Sch. Examiner 6 mths 25.00
27 Barksdale flour 347:65 562.20
G.N.S. to R.S. for wheat 706.69
Balance due R.S. ______________ 144 49
Wheat given out for seed 1864
Oct. 4lt 40 bush.
“ 5 40 “ Task about 1½ days
“ 6lt 40 “ Seeded in shop (?) field 87 Bush. finished this morning
“ 765 65 “
“ 8lt 31 “
10 37/253 “
11 20
12 38
13 43
14 52 – 153
15 18 Red
17 11½
18 8½
19 21½
20 4 = 63 1/0
1864
Oct 7lt
Shipped by boat Page Capt Mays
13 bales fodder consigned to Col. Ran
dolph 1 bale making 14 in all
having been taken by packers or
balers
Oct 7lt Made abt. 30 galls molasses today
out of 7 cart loads of cane
“ 8th Wrote to Maj. P.A. Wellford . to
pay my bond & W. Fontain in the
hands of Mr Rose . F. BX of V – a
Oct. 13 Edward Sela. 4 apples at $240
laid out in tea sugar & c -
1864
Oct 13. Thursday – Jane & I went over to my mothers
at South End – Thomas had been ordered to Richmond
so he was not there – we found Miss Mary Chapman
of Orange Co. staying with them – Miss Margie
Shelton that evening (13th) married a
Mr Williams of Richmond at Grace Church.
we left there at 12 o’Clock next day –
14th on our way home we stopped at Lock
Somond where were services held by Red. Mr
Mortimer and took the sacrament. – got home
at dark –
15 – Gathered apples in on hand – wine saps (?) – leaving
2 trees to gather from next week – I think
we gathered about 50 bushels = Mrs
P.N.G. Cooke & her daughter Miss Lucy & young
son dined with us on their way from
Mrs David Harris’s – they went home after
dinner
16 Went to church in Pembeton (sic) Rev Mr Powels
church with Mrs Cooke Belmead (?) home after
dinner distance 28 miles for this day
17 Went to C.H.
18 Recd letter from Maj. P.A. Welford
rendering (?) me my bond to Fontain which
he paid of principal & int. $4336 74/100
charged on my wheat.
1864
Oct. 18 – This day went to R. Harrison
and Julien – paid R.H. by order on
P.A. Welford $8500/100 for 21¼ bush. of
wheat balance due him - & Julien. It
by order on same $125000/100 for 3¼
bush. wheat - which wheat I owed for
corn – Richard M Bolling came here
to spend night with us –.
Oct. 19 – Sold Mr Wm Crutihfield (?)
60 bush. white wheat for
which he had paid me $3000
delivered 40 today 20 to be deliver-
ed to morrow to Allans wagon
20 Allan’s (Pat.) cart came and got the
20 bushels of wheat above mentioned –
I rode to Mr Martin James’ and paid him.
$600- interest on Jane’s land due June
63 & 64 – While there Capt. Wm Webb
C.S.N. passed he came up this morn
ing – Gave J.R.S.$200 to send by
Edward to Aunt M. to buy tea & coffee
21 N.B. Gave in to Mr A. I. Richardson
on amount of crops (?) 1700 bush
wheat 60000 lbs of clover hay
80,000 lbs clover hay 200 wool
uncarded (?)
1864
Oct. 20 – paid Mrs D. B. Harris
$1030 – took in bond – paid Hol
land abt $635 -
Recd of Revd Mr Long by hand
of Holman P. $300 for 1 barrel
flour
25 Wrote to W. Bolling Fred K Hall – offering
flour required answer by Nov. 5th –, 64
26 Shooting Killed abt 5 or 6 birds –
Dr Harris & Grimes & T.B. dine here
on Tuesday evening on 25th Jim was
taken by Mr Rutherford to work forti
fications
27 I am alone at home Jane &
Sister Mary dine at J. C. Rutherford
Esq – Nov. 6th Little Peter had his
right ? thigh broken by wagon running over –
Nov. 11th Edward gave me $482 – for Dr A.
G. Grinnans draft on Deane & Laurenceville
I left none of it in his hand as I first
intended
Exchanged my wages with G. W. Cox for sliding
buggy giving $800 – boot – which I expect to pay him
on Monday 14th
1864
Nov. 16 – Thanksgiving & fasting by President Davis
proclamation – service at St Paul’s by Revd Mr
Mortimer – Pink labell (sic) Richard & Son & Charles – also
Miss Rose Minns dined here –
This evening Robt K Atkinson wagon master
got from me 40 barrels of corn for tithe
(J.E. I owe him 2 ^flour barrels if calls for them that
is flour barrels – of corn) – He came with
J. Thompson’s order which he did not leave but
gave his receipt which Thompson will take in.
I paid George Key $9750/100 for Irish
potatoes bought of him in spring for seed
= on yesterday paid Geo.W. Cox $800- Confed
money in exchange between my wagon and a
sliding buggy bot (sic) of him – paid Holland $90-
for cotton & candles – Sold Revd Mr Long 3 barrels
flour at $325 each for which he gave me draft
on Ragland & brothers cashed by W.P. Holland for
$975-
Nov 17Sold W.P. Holland 4
bbls flour at $1300 – draft
on Stokes &00 - cash
by J. Thompson - - Bot (sic) of W.P.
Holland 40 yds cloth 85 – paid
him $200 ---------
1864
Nov. 18 – Sent W. P. Holland by his
cash 2 bbls and am (?) to send the
other 2 to Kerry to ship to E. A. Stokey
Richmond ------- Settled with Mr R. T.
Foster his act. asst. me for toll $1193.84
by my bill asst. him (?) him $316 – chimney
& cradle fixings and $877.84 Confed
money -
Mr Ran. Harrison of E.H. Mr Henderson & Col. Williams staid (sic)
here last night – Dr A. G. Grinnan dined with me
today – I wrote to night to my niece Nataska (sic)
Whittle –
19th Sent 2 bbls flour to Jo. Kerry to send
to E. A. Stokes, Richmd for W. P. Holland
Dr Grinnan went with me to T. B. S. but
found him from home and came back
1864
Nov. 23 – Wednesday – went to Julien (sic) Harris
to spend night –
24. Drove from J.H.s leaving at 10¼ AM
65 to Jordan’s tan (?) yard got there at 3¼
P.M. Roads very rough – frozen or muddy
16 Left there at 3½ P.M. got home at
Jany 9½ P.M. I think distance as follows (?)
see to Mr Srachans (?) ( from home) 14 miles Strachan
to Bowlesville 7 – thence to lanyard 3 in
all 24 miles – Brought home
7 sides weight 47 lbs – Jordon (sic) delivered
me 2 before – they were delivered
me by the tanner & Mr Bell a neigh
bour –
Nov. 28 Drove to C.H. this morning – Settled with J.P.
Machen (?) who had drawn bal. of my wheat money (?)
from Mr P A Wellford
“ July 25 – 396 25/00 bush. wheat sent to Welford.
170 tithe
22625/00 at $40= $9056.67
Oct. 13 R. Skipd bond to Fountaine & interss (?) $4336.74
‘ 20 cash pd . Harrison by R. S order 850.00
“ “ ‘ J. Harrison “ 1250.00
Nov. 18 pd J. P. Machen & he to R. S 2619.93 - $9056.67
Nov. 28 J. P. Machen pd me $2619.93 by ck cashed to
me by J. Thompson of Goochd C.H.
1864
Nov. 28 Dr Harris came with me to see David Orange (?) who
has aboned (?) pneumonia – killed hog weighed 80 lbs
29th Had company to dinner, Logan, Geo. Logan, Dr Michné (?)
Dr Grinnan, Capt Webb. T B. & Richd & Charles
Nov. 30th Finishd housing (?) corn – Log corn house about
100 Barrels – Lucys corn house (?) East wing (?) 120 barrels
west 150 – seed corn about 10 barrels = 380 barrels
drove Jane & Miss Grinnan after dinner to Is.
land –
Dec. 1st Got letter from G. N. Skipwith rendering (?)
check for $200 – my dividend from Patterlewe (?)
& Rich. R. R. Salus 9 3rd Dec. cousin May Mead came
Dec. 5 W. Bolling sent me $600- in notes
and $300 check – I kept the $600
& so (?) toward the check – I owe him 2 barrels
flour for $600 - gave J. R. S $100
Killed 40 hogs morning weighing 5584
lbs average 1396/10 to hog – Killed 2 before this
120 (Holman gave) & 80 makes 5784 without
counting ‘stracted hog – Vide Dec 30th 64
6th Cut up and salted above. fine wea=
ther for taking salt – Borrowed of Dr A. G. Grin=
nan 177 lbs of salt – of R. T. Foster 154-
9th Mrs Gordon, Mrs Henderson, Miss Marcia Blair
& Col. Harry Williamson came down – after dinner
‘Commenced throwing just as they got
1864
here – They practiced with Jane on Me
lodern (?) and voice
11th - our visitors left us – after dinner
I drove down and paid W. P. Holland
for 39½ yds cotton for Jane & myself - &cas (?)
39½ yds cotton $4.50 $175.50
3 pr shoes $230.00
foolscap paper 8.00
2 boxes blackg- 10.00
2 pads cotton yarn 94.00 = $517.50
Paid Holland Dec 10st
12th Paid Edward $39494/100 for goods bought
for me in Richmd
13 Lieut Lawrence came this evening & spent night here
14 Lawrence left after breakfast this evening drove with
Dr Grinnan in his buggy down to Dr Harris’ – I bought at
C. H. 9½ lbs codfish for which paid $28.50/100. Stopped
at Holland on way home & bought 2 small baskets
at $24- ($12 each) paid Holland cash -
16 Dr A. G. Grinnan paid me by check on Deane & Somerville
$600- for 1 sow & 8 pigs – I went This morning to call
on Capt. W. A. Webb – got home at late dinner –
W. B. Weinger (?) came down last night in packet –
17 Jane and her sister Mary went to Elk Hill to sing
They will spend the night there – W. B. W. left to night
about 10 P.M. in packet for Richmond –
1864 – 18th Dec. Sunday – Jane & her sister
Mary came home this evening from Elk Hill –
I dined with Dr Grinnan – his sister Miss
Cornelia very ill with Pneumonia –
19th I went to C. H (Ct. Day) Mr George Lums
den paid me $280- for bbl of flour –
T. B. came home and dined with me
Jane went this evening to spend night with
Miss C. Grinnan who is ill – very warm
night, warm enough in Library without
fire –
20th Miss Cornelia Grinnan died this
morning at Woodville the present residence
of her brother Dr A. G. Grinnan of Pneumo=
nia after illness of about 8 days
Jane (my wife) was with her when
she died –
22nd Miss Cornelia Grinnan’s remains were interred
to day in Garden at Woodville (to be removed)
Miss C G’s remains afterwards removed to
Fredericsburg (sic) – She was said to be a very
interesting and noble lady – She had spent
much time in Scotland with Duke
of Argyle’s family with whom she was
connected by marriage – one of the Dukes
of Argyle married Miss Glassol (?) of Virginia
1864
Dec. 24 Albert Bolling’s family came this
evening –
25th we all went to st. Pauls (Sunday)
Revd Mr Mortimer preached – T. B. family
came to dinner and spent night –
27th I went to dog Town to get leather left
for me by Robt Jordan –
4 sides upper – 2 ds. (sic) sole – 1 calf
1 hog skin weight (exclusive of calf & hogs)
53 lb. – see Jany 16th 65
After coming home from Dogtown I rode on
Rosa (?) to T. B.’s to dinner and back in evening
28 Rained last night – cloudy to day – Rode with
Dr A. G. Grinnan to Mr Budwcll’s (?) who has just come
home on short leave -
29 Jane went to W. A. Bolling’s – I dined with
Dr Shuthis (?)
30th Killed 1 hog yesterday weighed 90 lbs vid Dec 6
commenced making dam to new ice pond
Family from La Vallee here to day
31 Mr Strahan came & spent night with us
day snows
1865 Jany 1st Bright, cold – went to St Pauls -
Strahan went home – Miss F. Ferguson, Miss M. Meade
& Miss Sally Vaughn went with us to church.
2nd Miss Ferguson & Miss Vaughn went home - got some ice
into large ice house from small woods pond.
1865
Jany 3rd Tuesday went to Dogtown bot (sic) 60 yds cotton
cloth paid Mr Gibbs (for W. P. Holland) $270- for
it
4th Paid Edward Randolph for Medecines (sic), sugar &
Salt, nails, bottle of brandy - $444.45 –
Killed remainder of our hogs 11 in number
Richard Randolph Esq. dined with us –
5th The 11 hogs killed yesterday weighed
1202 lbs which added to what we killed
before (43 in number) weighed 54 hogs in all
7077 lbs averaging 131 lbs to hog -
7th I drove over very bad roads to Logan’s came
home to late dinner –
1865
Jany 9th Captain Loyd (?) came by direct (?)
of Maj. Maynard to borrow corn to be
returned in kind – I promised him
25 barrels –
My favorite mare Rosabel (sic) lost her foal
to day – her mother Mary Deane did so
likewise with her first foal and
afterwards raised 4 mare foals
4th Tuesday – it rained heavily for ½ the night
last night and several hours to day – The river
now 10 P.M. is very high and rising – I
expect to see in the morning very high wa=
ter as I suppose there is a great quantity
of melted snow to come down –
11th Three Cavalry men of 3rd V-a cavalry came
to day to dinner & spent to night detained by
high water – Apperson, Cook & Turner New
Kent cavalry
Water rose within about 16 inches of top of
rock near tobacco barn about 8 below mark on same
8 inches lower than last year –
12 Cavalry men left this evening – water having fallen
14 T. B & family came to spend night –
15 They went home after dinner (Sunday)
16 Drove Dr Grinnan with me to C. H. in my buggy
Paid J. Thompson $125 for brandy (?) & took balance
home with me.
1865
Jany 16 got at C. H. 2 sides leather of Robt
Dec 27th
Jordan weight 14½ lbs – see Jany 16th 64
and Nov. 24th 64
Total leather of Jordan
3 sides for Mr Albert Bolling he Jordan gives (?)
I say 2 –
3 – say from W. H. Bolling
7 sides at tannery weight 47
6 “ from Hollerman (?) weight 53
2 “ Bot of Jordan at C.H. weight 14½
18th went to Mr Martin James to see wheat
he would give in compliance with order of Coun=
ty meeting to supply Confedt. with 100, 1/10
also to Mrs Heath’s
19 Went to Mr Wilson Hanchins (?), Geo. Key’s Mr
Booth ‘s W. Fleming ‘’, Mr Lewis, Mr Joe Hooding (?)
20th Sent the Govermt by Boat
Hanover, Scruggs master Rain 490 lbs tithe
300 lbs loan = 790 lbs
790 lbs salt pork Tithe & Loan
25 Barrels (125 bush) corn (loan)
25½ ? Gallons 10 Tithe 18½ loan) on 292 lbs Nett
gross weight 342 barrel 50 = 292 lbs