David Fouch was a miller in the Brownsville area of south Washington County, Maryland. This log book covers the time period 1877-1884. He was working at Michael Bartholow's Grist Mill and both the mill and his home which was nearby appear on the 1877 Washington County Atlas in Sandy Hook district. His log book records the amount of grain he ground for each customer and so serves as a list of the farmers of south county. Fouch was also a road superintendant so notes men who worked on county roads.
Fouch was the great grandfather of John Frye of the Western Maryland Room in the Washington County Free Library, where the book now resides. The paintings of David and Matilda Fouch were made available by Dennis Frye, the great great grandson of David Fouch.