Page 136 - 1842 Accounts, and 1844 Bear

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Harmon R. Lucas Dr. to Adam Brown in 1842

1 1/2 pound of tobaco . . . 0.18

1 fire shovel . . . 0.75

2 trimons for a coat . . . 0.87

12 yas of shirting . . . 2.00

10 I got ten dollars . . . 10.00

1 1/2 I got one dollar and 50 cts . . . 1.50

2 I got 2 dollars . . . 2.00

1 penknife . . . 0.62

1 work basket . . . 0.75

2 ydds of flannel . . . 1.25

2 yds of callico . . . 0.50

4 yds of footen . . . 0.50

1 quarter yd of silk . . . 0.12

1 paper of pins . . . 0.12

3 yds of shirting . . . 0.37

1 stick of twist . . . 0.06

1/2 pound of spice . . . 0.12

1/2 pound of salaretus . . . 0.12

1 bushel of dride appels . . . 1.50

1 barrel of salt . . . 3.04

1/2 yd of lace . . . 0.25

3 yds of callico . . . 0.75

5 yds of footen . . . 1.25

1 bucher knife and steal . . . 0.62

1 56 I got one dollar and 56 cts . . . 1.56

38 days work which I labored . . . 30.42

far ammos Brom the work come to . . . 37.00

March the 27 1843

October the 26 1844 gor ten fencens

kiled a bare west of Aaron yarnolds

in the grand praire Jesse Helfer got

the bare Sunday the 27 I ate a piece of

its flesh and it ate good as could bee

it was travling tords the north

Page 121 - May 3, 1840 - Heavy Frost

May the 3D of 1840 Page 121

Sun 3 Cloudy this morning and raining it has

the appearance of continued to hold out

all day I went to Sabeth school at nin

oclock but was none on the account of it

raining too much I was at eleven oclock

meeting I never saw the creek so high in

my life before the sun shoen out twor

three times but it blew after night as

hard as I ever saw quit a time Har

Mon 4 Clear this morning quite cool for

may I went down to Indian creek

then back home I got a Inglish

Grammer price .75, cts and a set

of tea spoons 31. cts in the evening

it got quite clear I cut some timber

for rails I will now exit 1840

Tue 5 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on it turned out quite pleasant

I cut timber we surveyed out some

land betwene us and Timmons

in the after noon I made rails 2h

Wed 6 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I made some rails and cut some

timber we at this time do ad

ore the holy and exelent name

Thu 7 Clear this morning and was

Dime som all day in the fore

noon I went down to Mr. H.

Genings and washed some sheep

for Aaron Yarnold and Jacob

Klepinger the weather being quite

cool in the after noon I made a

few rails it got quite clear in the

evening at sun set quite nice

one year after date we or either of uf us do

promis to pay to William Henry Harrison

all the good will that I can give hime

for the year 1841 this being on the 7 day

of May 1840 I am in the 21 year of my age

Page 89 - October 8, 1839 - Crane Season

October the 8. 1839 Page. .89. .

Tue 8 Cloudy this morning quite warm I got

ready to start back hom against ten oclock

and got home at six in the evening with

five stears and I was quite tired out too 1839

Wed 9 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

got my calves up and husked some corne.

Thu 10 quite foggy this morning it got clear and

desperate warm I went to Lafayeett I

put two letters in the office one for Wm

Lucas and the other for I know hoo and

James pattersons wife had a quilten bee.

Fri 11 Cloudy this morning I killed one crain 85

steps off hand flying it rained nearly all

day I wrote nearly all day in the after noon

I went out after Joshua Burches waggon

and thee sun set clear and nice 1839 .16

Sat 12 Clear this morning for a while but soon

got cloudy and looked like rain I got

two loads of corn I killed on crain 21

yards off quite pleasant Aaron Yarnold

came hom from Chicago Harmon Luc

Sun 13 Clear this morning I went to E. patters

to Meeting in the evening I got to bra

ke my colt no nore at this tim 1839

Mon 14 Clear this morning with a fog on I

got in two loads of corn Samul Pulver

got 25 bushels of corn at 12 cts per

bushel gand got one load for lown 1839

Tue 15 Clear this morning with a frost on quite

cool it turned quite warm I went to Laffayete

with a load of corn I only got 20 cts a

bushel for a pair of saddle bags and got

25 cts worth of goods I traded with Mr.

genins I sold 2 bushels for apels one

bushels for tins 1839 Harmon Lucas

Page 70 - June 11, 1839 - Road Work

June the 11 .1839 Page 70

Tue 11 Cloudy this morning and thunders some

in the west it has very much the appearance

of rain but dident it broke away and the

sun shoen out and turned quite warm in the

after noon it looked some like rain but soon

broke away and got clear and nice in the fore

noon I groubed breash in the after noon I

plowed my corn but very wet H. r L

Wed 12 Clear this morning and quite warm and

pleasant and nice it continued clear with the

exception of a few flying clouds till late in the

evening it rose a very dark cloud in the north

west after night it rained I made a mistake it

dident rain it only thundered and lightning

I plowed in the corn all day father and mother

went on a visit to Aarons Yarnalds 1839

Thu 13 Cloudy this morning and it rained some two

or three times the l sun shoen out of the time

it has some notion of continuing on I think

I plowed till in the evening then I quit father

helped me plow desperate cool for the season 183

Fri 14 Cloudy this morning and raining some it

has turned some cooler than it has been for

some considerable length of time it broke

away and got quite clear and pleasant I worked

on the road under Egbert Patterson he had

about twenty hands a working on the road

Sat 15 Clear this morning and quite pleasent it is

a few flying clouds over us quite warm I

plowed in my corn all day Mr. Green and

his companion cam out ond visit from town

I got my calf hom from Mr. Barneses 1839

Sun 16 Clear this morning and quite pleasent I

went down to Mr. Pattersons to meeting and then

hom and back to Mr. Gening to meeting at four

O clock then I went to Mr. barnards to meeting

after night S. R K staid with L. P

all night moe more at the tine 1839

Page 67 - May 29, 1839 - Yarnold Scared

May the 29 . 1839 Page . 67.....

Wed 29 Clear this morning and had the appearance

of a fine day some considerable warmer

than it has been for some two or three days

past it got some cloudy and rained som

I went to Mill in the fore noon in

the after noon I grubed Father came

home from Chicogo he got ten bushels of

potatoes at fifteen cents per bushels and one

barel of green aples at seven dollars per

barel and six bolts of factry cotten at

eight cts per yard he stored up his butter

for to be sold at the rise of the market

Thu 30 Clear this morning and quite pleasant

it turned quite warm it continued prety nice

till late in the evening then it clouded up

I groubed till four O clock in the evening

then I went over to Timmons to thear

brother Springer triy to preach after

the meeting I went after a cow that

Father had bought of John Mahen

he gave him eighteen Dollars for her

Fri 31 Some cloudy but soon broke away and got clear

with the exception of a few flying clouds

it continued in that position till late in the

evening it clouded up and sprinkled some

of rain Father went down to Laffayette

I groubed bresh Michel Dunfee he also

groubed for us too after night what do you

think hapned with Mrs. Yarnold now

I.ll enter in with a brief detail of what

hapned well it has been for nearly ten

years since she had an hair before and at

this timi she has a fine large sone on

which its name is Yarnold Aaron

I never expected such would ever come too

pass on this earth again I think that

Yarnold is very proud of it which noe

dought is I would bee if it was my case

I asertained that said Yarnold was

nearly sceard to death which mow douth

was the case with him for noe wonder

Page 42 - December 29, 1838 - New Years Eve

December the 29 1838 Page 42

Sat 29 Peartly clear and desperately coald I

suffered pain with a thumb that had

got hurt with being mashed father

came home he sold meel at 50 cts

per bushel and oats at 38 cts per bushe

I done nothing of eny conciquence 1838

Sun 30 some cloudy this morning but broke

away and was quit coald I laid about

and at night I went to meeting at

Salem meeting house their was 22

Mon 31 Clear this morning and continued so

all day quite pleasent I bought five

head of calvs of John Graves I was to

give hime 22 days work for them I

cut down a shugar tree down and

Father and mother went on a visit

up to Aaron Yarnald I discharged

one gun a new years eve I heard

several guns dischargeed Snidder

sent our waggon home after night

By Richardrd Miller and a

little duchman Harmon Lucas

I Am I a souldier of the cross

A follwer of the lamb noemor

and shall I fear to owne his cause

or blush to speak his name

one Day after date we or either

of us promis to pay Henry

Love silver the sum of Thirty

five Thousand Dollars for Value

Received of Witness our hands

this the thirty first day of

December 1838 Thomas Smith

Mary R Carter and 1838

Eliza B Carter and 1838

Ethen I Carter and 1838

Jacson L Carter and 1838

Harvey F Carter and 1838

Richard Carter and . 1838

Esther B Carter and 1838

Harmon R Lucas and 1838

Page 32 - November 6, 1838 - Raise a Stable

November the 6. 1838 Page 32

Tue 6 Very smoky and some cloudy and cool it

continued cool till in the after noon then

began to snow desprately hard it got harder

and harder till night then it paused a while

then it commenced hard night I went to

help Mr. Benjamin Burch to raise a

smoke house and stable the names

as--rted on this page begins with

Wm Burch Joshua Burch Jacob

Kleppinger Aaron Yarnold John

Clark Joseph Bolen John Graves

Adam Best. Sollomond Best

Silas Colbert Jacob Potter Benjamin

Burch John. G. Smith Eligah timon

now the wemond Mrs Kleppinger

Mrs Burch Mrs. Wm. Burch Mrs

Ireland Miss Harriet Burch

Wed 7 it is a drisling this morning and continued

so all day very smokey and tollrable

warm rain for the tim I cut logs for a

Thu 8 clear and very coald this morning the

sun shoen out nice it was broken all

day I husked one load of corn by my

self father came home from court

Fri 9 clear and pleasent this morning it was

considerable warmer than it was yester

at noon at clouded up and got deperately

cold I gethered one load of corn I killed

two praire hens at two shots 1838

Sat 10 clear this morning as it could be it

clouded up in the after noon I cut wood

this makes fiften loads of corne

Sun cloudy this morning it snowed some

in the morning I went over to hunt

my coalls and at eleven O. clock

I wnt over to Salem meeting house

to hear Selkelk preach how

the mew preache cam on to day