Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 135

1810.

June 25. began the wheat harvest at Monticello.
Nov. 9. 10. there fell in the course of 48. hours about 4¾I. of rain. it raised the river to the brim of the bank between the mill dam & ford on this side and carried away the middle of the dam, & tore very much to pieces the Eastern ⅓. it barely entered the lowest parts of the low grounds there & at Milton. The water was about 4.f. deep in the lowest floor of the Manufacturing mill.
Overseers Negroes House
Bacon 4 Albemarle
McGehee 5
Goodman 5
Carden 3
Starke 5
Negroes. 36
Monto House           32 90
do *36 Bedford
Pop. For. H. *10
Griffin 10.
Roberts 4.
Negroes 25. 85
36 61 78 175


Hogs killed Dec. 1810.
Bacon } 58
Mill
McGehee 32 90.
Bedford 85.
175.

July. 11. recd from Pop. Forest as follows
68. hams
81. shoulders
75 midlings
224
24. pieces beef
248

224. pieces equivalent to 37⅓ hogs

[. . .] 252 shd have come from [. . .] 42. hogs

252

in the distribution 4. children count as 1. grown person

the spinning girls count as ½

the nail boys count as 1.
℔

once a month to the House list

 134 viz. 30 rations
Bacon’s 116 26
McGehees 100 23
Goodman’s 50 11
400 90
*changed to 42. & 4
Monticello.
House Farm Tufton Lego.
grown chdren ℔ ℔s ℔ ℔
Burwell 2 + 5 13 James } 2 + 5 13½ Bagwell } 3 + 3 18 Charles } 2 9
Edwin 1. 4½ Cretia Minerva Aggy
Joe ⎫
⎭		 2 + 3 12 Suckey ⎫
⎪
⎪
⎪
⎭		 2 10 Caesar 1. 4½ Lewis. 1. 4½
Edy Bec Ben 1. 4½ Davy Bedfd 1. 4½
Davy ⎫
⎭		 2 + 3 9 Inridge Phill Hub. 1. 4½ Solomon. 1. 4½
Fanny Evelina Ned jr 1. 4½ Moses 1. 4½
Amy 1. 4½ Lazaria Dick 1. 4½ Sally 1. 4½
Critta 1. 4½ L’s Jenny 1 + 1 5 Gill 1. 4½ Scilla 1 + 2 4½
Sally 2 + 3 12 Davy ⎫
⎭		 2 + 1 11 Jesse 1. 4½ Eve 1 + 2 6¾
Bet 1 + 2 6½ Isabel Abram jr 1. 4½ Lucy 1 + 2 6¾
Pet. Hem. 2 + 5 13 Shepherd 1. 4½ Virginia 1. 50
Nance 1 4½ Abram. ⎫
⎭		 2. 9 Esther 1.
Moses ⎫
⎭		 2 + 3 12 Doll Mary 1 + 1 6
Mary Thruston 1. 4½ Rachael 1 + 2 8
Wormly ⎫
⎭		 2 + 3 12 L’s Jame 1. 4 Nanny 1 + 1 6.
Ursula Philip. 1. 4 Thenia 1
John Hem. 2. 9 Nace 1. 4 Dolly 1
Lewis 1. 4½ Sanco. 1. 4 Lilly 1 + 2 8
James 1. 4 Jerry. ⎫
⎭		 2. + 3 12 100
John Gardr 1. 4½ Mary
Ned 1. 4⅓ John Bedf. 1. 4½
134 Bartlet 1. 4½
Isaac. 1. 4½
Amy 1. 4½
N’s Jenny 1. + 3 8
Molly 1. 4½
Tom
116
25 + 25 23½ + 13 19 + 11 10 + 4
Manuscript (Massachusetts Historical Society, Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 135). Scan available online here.

Source Information

Author Thomas Jefferson
Date 25 June-Dec.1810
Place of Origin Monticello
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