Page 176 - 1854, Other Writers (Ireland?)

64 Henry Meyers Dr

to fenage . . . .10

to Cash for george Emerson . . . .20

to board . . .

to plank . . .

7 Bushels Corn paid

to hog - paid

to Coffin - paid

Cr to 50 Cash - paid

Cr to 2 bushel Corn - paid

Dr

Sept 1854 Clemant Lane Dr to J W Ireland

to a fee in the Case of Lane Vs Morrow

before Justice jonson . . . $5.00

Cr on the above paid . . . 3.00

Cr to Cash . . . .50

Dr to one pr shoes 70 cts . . . .70

Benjamin Freeman agent for

8gels boy and St John to assisting

in the Collecting money from

sawes Froffman to 1 37 05 fee . . . $5.00

Marsan Tike fo fee paid . . . 5.00

10 + 20 + 85 + 50 = 155

27 x 5 = 135 - 50 = 85

466 / 8 = (long division)= 5825

250 + 70 = 320

orchy to one day by frank

board himself

9 to one day

10 to 1/2 day

12 to one day

19 to 1/2 day

12 = to One day by frank with dalley

169 + 172 = 341 181

570 - 350 = 220

1800 - 1440 = 360

144 x 12 = 288 + 1440 =1728 + 72 = 1800

570 - 250 = 320 - 230 = 90

221 x 10 = 2210

341 / 21 = 16

221 / 21 = 10

Clear to Day

178 + 182 + 30 = 390

169 + 172 = 341 + 30 = 371

250 / 21 = 11

243 / 21 = 11

Page 172 - 1852, 1853 - Other Writers

30

Nov-2 1852 Benjamin Winver Dr to

70 lls beef . . . 2.45

to Cash one dollor . . . 1.00

to Cash paid on schooling . . . 1.50

. . . = 4.95

to 8 1/2 lbs pork . . . .42 1/2

to pork 87 lls 5 cents pr th . . . 4.35

to 2 bushels corn . . . .50

Dec to Cash 2 dollars . . . 2.00

to 55 lls flower . . . 1.10

to 3 bushels Corn . . . .75

675 + 1242 = 1917

Jack smith workt 5 days 62 1/2 pr day . . . 3.12 1/2

Cr by Cash one dollar . . . 1.00

Isaac workt 5 1/2 days Tuesday ramd . . . 1.75

Cr to 12 bushels Corn . . . 3.00

to cash 50 cents on well . . . .50

Cr to 1 day ly boy . . . .31

Dr to 4 bushel corn Dec 24th . . . 1.00

haskt Corn for Embrson

3 1/2 days at rooneys

to one day on road

1142 + 200 + 125 + 200 + 125 + 225 = 2017

2017 - 775 = 1242

75 + 175 + 150 + 150 + 225 =

Nov 1852 to work done by Winen

Cr to 1/2 day . . . .37 1/2

to 1 day by self and boys salrday . . . 1.50

to 1 Do Do Do monday . . . 1.50

1 Do Do Tusday . . . 1.50

to 1/2 day 1 load Thussday . . . 37 1/2

. . . = 5.25 1/2

to 4 days by John . . . 1.50

Dec 10 to 1 day husking corn . . . .75

to 1 day gathring corn . . . .75

. . . 2.25

775

450 + 225 = 675

Aprle

4th 1853 settled the above account

in full and selld for house

rent up to the 26 the March 1853

and also for two ares and one

hundred rods of Clearing ground

and a balance due winner of

thirty cents

Cr to John Winer plowing 4 day . . . 2.25

1142 + 200 + 125 + 200 + 125 + 200 =

1992 - 515 = 1477

75 + 75 + 75 + 75 + 215 = 515

Page 158 - 1844 House Raising

September the 17.th. 1843 158

Elem tree hall or do not medle with what does

not belong to you I love to tell a cheerfull tale in

Sat 14 of September 1844 H. R. L

I raised my house and stable M. L

the names of each person at it

Aaron yarnold 1 Wm. Kleppinger 2

'Jesse W Robenson 3 george franklin

4 Jacob snider 5 Egburt Patterson 6

Wm. Patterson 7 James Patterson Jun

8 Vancamp 9 James Shearer 10

Stephen Barnard 11 daniel ogden 12

Benjamin Lucas 13 Pope white 14

Hiram gennings 15 Wm. Mansfield 16

Harmon R Lucas 17 John MC Neel 18

David Pulver dr to harmon R Lucas

for 1 pair of pantiloons price 250

and he was to worke ten days for them

this is 1111

October the 5the 1842

David Klepinger got of beef 31 paid . . . 0.62

Wm. Klepinger got of beef 23 paid . . . 0.46

J. patterson of beef 1.32 . . . 3.96

B Lucas got of beef 1.28 . . . 3.84

J graves got of beef 46 and paid . . . 0.92

J shigley got of beef 52 pounds . . . 1.04

H genings 57 pounds . . . 1.14

Hide weighing 64 pounds . . . 2.87

Jacob pierce got of H. Lucas 4 calves

and is to let him have 3 hundred

rails half white oak rails . . . 3.75

he all so got 1 pair of boots and is

to give me 2 hundred rails

half white oak rails . . . 2.50

Page 147 - Births and Deaths

147

Katharin Elizabeth Lucas was born

December the 6 th. 1835 in

Tippacanoe County Indiana

John Rogers Lucas was born

December the 5 th. 1837 in

Tippacanoe County Iindiana

The Deaths of my Brothers and

Sisters which Departeed there lives

some in Ohio and some in Indiana

Hester Ann Lucas Departed this life

July the 29 th. 1822 aged 1 year 8 month

Francis Asbury Lucas Departed this

life September the 4 th. 1822 aged

Six months and 22 days

Emily Francis Lucas Departed this

life July the 21 st. 1827 aged one

year 3 months 1 day

Benjamin Josiah Lucas deeparted

this life July the 11 th. 1829 aged one

year 3 months 29 days

Susan Brown Lucas Departed this

life august 18 th 1837 aged 7 years

8 months 3 days

Katharin Elizabeth Departed this

life the 19 of august 1837 aged one

year 8 months 12 days

Four of the former was buried in

the state of Ohio Muskigum County

Two of the latter was buried in

the state of Indiana Tippacane

County Tippacanoe Township

This I wrote on the 10 of September

1843 the of the Methodist prodestan

Camp meeting quite rainy

rain o rain o rain

Page 146 - Births

Sun 10 .th. 1843 of September 146

Harmon R Lucas was born

July the 12 th. 1819 in

Muskingum Count Ohio

Hester Ann Lucas was born

November the 21 st. 1820 in

Muskingum County Ohio

Francis Asbury Lucas was born in

February the 12 th. 1822

Muskingum County Ohio

Ruey Ann Lucas was born

September the 21 st. 1823 in

Muskingun County Ohio

Mary Jane Lucas was born

March the 6 th. 1825 in

Muskingum County Ohio

Emly Francis Lucas was born

May the 11 th. 1826 in

Muskingum County Ohio

Benjamin Josiah Lucas was born

March the 30 th. 1828 in

Muskingum County Ohio

Susan Brown Lucas was born

November 16 th. 1829 in Dresden

Muskingum County Ohio

Curtis Williams Lucas was born

June the 6 th. 1831 in

Tippacanoe County Indiana

Benjamin Franklin Lucas was born

December the 8 th. 1932 in

Tippacanoe County Indiana

Martha Ellen Lucas was born

May the 3 D. 1834 in

Tippacanoe County Indiana

Page 91 - October 23, 1839 - Traden Party

October the 23. 1839 Page 91

Wed 23 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

went after my ox and got him again

noon in the after noon I went to mill

Thu 24 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I thrashed wheat up at Adam Bests

It got some cloudy and looked like

raine Benjamin Burch raised his

house Luesa Pulver was hear and

Margret Yarnald was hear all nig

Fri 25 Cloudy this morning and looks like rain

it rained a little in the evening it cleard

up we cleaned up 21 bushels of wheat in

the after noon I thrashed wheat 1839 r

Sat 26 Cloudy this morning it rained some

we cleaned up some wheat till noon in the

evening I went on a traden party Mr and

Mrs pierce wife staid hear was meeting

at Timmonses The boys cut a high swell

after night a trying to scare the girls.

Sun 27 Cloudy this morning and raining it

continued to hold out all day it thund

red quite hard I went to salem to

hear mr. Peters preach 1839. 18.

Mon 28 Cloudy this morning it broke away

in the evening and got clear I

helped Jonson graveses chusk corn

after night I helped him at a huske

Tue 29 Clear this morning with a frost on

it looks like it will be a fine day I

puled corn till noon in the after noon

I helped husk a load of corn 1839

Wed 30 Cloudy this morning and rained som it

got clear wee swaped with dolechide for a hor

we gave one yoke of cattle and ten dollars

for the horse I helped John graves to

get in corn we got in four loads 1839

Page 88 - October 1, 1839 - School Trustees

October the 1. 1839 Page 88

Tue 1 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

on Sarah Mendenhall started back

to the Ohio aggin I plowed sowd up with

one yoke of cattle and husked some corne

Wed 2 Clear this morning quite pleasant with

a forst on I sowd wheat till noon in

the after noon I and John hows husked

one load of corn we got hom after dark

Thu 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

sowd wheat till noon me and John hows

in the after noon I plowd in wheat my

self quite warm all day I was at Yarnalds

Fri 4 Clear this morning quite warm I

went down to James .Servisons to muster

and came home quite tired too H. . L

Sat 5 Cloudy this morning quite warm it

rained tast night and it rained some

little this morning I went down to the

store and got me a pen knife at 75 cts

one box of caps 25 half pound of powder

in 25 in the after noon I hhrashed oats

and cleaned up 17 bushels of oats there

was a school meeting held at the school

house for trust tees E. Timmons and

I. Graves and B. Lucas was elecled

as our trust tees for this year 1839 H.

Sun 6 Cloudy this morning and has the appeara

ance of rain it was quite smokey all day

in the the evening it began to rain I

went to E. Pattersons to meeting the

H. Geninges tostay a while and get

my supper no nore at this time 18,

Mon 7 Cloudy this morning and raining a

little Father started to Chicago with

three ohter teams with him I went to

the white oke grove 21 miles distant

off I staid with him gening was a long

Page 39 - December 14, 1838 - First Church

December the 14 1838 Page 39

Fri 14 clear and pleasent all day I thrashed and

cleaned up 28 bushels of corne I felt

some under the weather all day 1838

John Graves commenced bording on the 8th

day of April AD. 1837 Benjamine

Lucas commenced laboring on the Eri

canall on the 28 th day of March

AD 1837 and continued till the last

Day of October A.D. 1837 8383

December the 14 1838 Dew Harmon

Lucas 14 dollars and 50.6 cts for

Value Received of hime Smith John

Lafayette July the 6.th 1836 H Luca

Bot of John Mccormick 3 yards of muslin

one dozens buttens 100 3 1/2 yards of

Jenes 5. 50 cts Trimmons 200 dollars

totle amount 8. 80 cts cutting 37 cts

and making 200 Dollars 1838

Sat 15 clear early this morning but soon

clouded up and got cold enouh to

snow I went over to the canall

to get some money but in vain

I got home and went down to

Mr. Simeses School house to

a quartley meeting after night

Sun 16 partley clear this morning 1838

the sun shoen out dim all day I went

down to the quartily meeting at Mr.

Simeses school house the house was full

I went and drawed or went and ate

my dinner and Wm Pierces

and went down to servisons and

down to Isaac Graves then back to

meeting Wm. Dollyhide Joined the

church I came hom at nine O. clo

Mon 17 cloudy and snowing and continued so all

day Father went over to mill with

28 bushels of corne I killed 8 praire

hens and two quails and one rabit it

turned some colder than it was 1838

Page 35 - November 24, 1838 - Husked Frolick

November the 24. 1838 Page 35

Sat 24 clear this morning I went and tried

to husked corne but to cold I husked

three shocks of fodder and quite in

the evening it clouded it up and got

very cold Father got 25 Bushels of

corn of mee I helped timmons rais

Sun 25 clear and quite cold it thoughed a

little in the day but got cold I

went to Salem Meting house to

hear Selkerk Preach their was

a considerable congration out the hous

was full nearly noe more at pre

Mon 26 clear this morning sun shoen out

very peasent but cool I husked

eleven shocks of fodder for Silas

Colbert in the evening it clouded up

Tue 27 cloudy all day and missed some little

and quit chiefly I husked five shocks

for Silas B Colbert H Lucas 1838

Wed 28 clear partly all day I husked one shock

of fodder and quit too cold I helped to

thrash some wheat I killed one praire

hen and at night the first was

old Mr. Shigley Eligah Timmons

Johnson Graves Joshua Burch and

Benjamin Burch John Shigley and

Tue 29 clear and quite cool a heavy frost it was

quite cool all day we finished gethered

corn I killed one praire hen H Lucas

Fri 30 clear and a heavy frost it was a nice day

I killed three praire hens and drawed

one load of fodder and three loads of wood

and at night we shelad seven bushels

of corn Benjamin Burch had a

husked frolick at night 1838 28

Page 33 - November 12, 1838 - Subscribers

November the 12. 1838 Page 33

Mon 12 cloudy and rained a little quite warme

Mr. Mendenhall bought a barrel

of salt he paid one dollar and a quart

down it broke away some but rained

sevrel times through the day in the

evening it rained hard I gethered two

loads of corne Wm Simes signed five

Dollars and paid it down Adam Best

signed 2.50 cents Jacob Klepinger signed

and paid one dollar Benjamin Enoch

Wood paid one dollar Wm Burch paid

one dollar and eighty cents Benjamine

Burch signed one dollar and thirty one

James W Ireland signed 3.00 dollars

Benjamin Lucas signed one dollar

Eligah Timmons signed one dollar

Tue 13 some broken wind blows quite hard at

present it turned quite cold it was

partly clear all day I helped to gether

three loads of corne Mr. Mendenhall

helped us gether all day so ends the

Wed 14 tollerable pleasent to day I gethered

corn Mr. Mendenhall and me gethered

four loads of corn it clouded up late in

the evening after dark it rained some

I went over to Salem meeten house to

prayr meeting it was rather intended

for the purpose of letting out the

stove for to be keped up warm and

the house cleand and candles to be

found to be for one year Benjamine

Lucas under took it for six Dollars

Thu 15 sprinkled some this morning it was

cloudy all day and desperate cool all day

I gethered or drawed fodder for John grave

Fri 16 clear this morning and quite cool it was

cold all day it snowed all the after

noon I went and found my colts over

to moatses creek amen to me c 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

Page 15 - July 1, 1838 - Independence Day

July the first 1838 15

Sun 1 quite clear and pleasent the sun rose and

shoen out warm it has the appearance of

the weather being changed for a short

space of time it raind at two a fine little

shower the sun shon out all the time I

went to Mr. Simeses to hear Mr.

Paul preach at three .O. clock went to

Mr. Benjamin Graves to prayr

meeting I steped up to S. G. and

my company was excepted so I went

to Mr. Eliga Graveses with her then

back to meeting then back to home and

I came away at dy light what good luck

Mon 2 quite clear and pleasent at this time

it was quite warm I plowed in the corn

Tue 3 quite clear and pleasent the sun rose and

shoen out clear it has the appearance

of more fineer weather in the evening it

had some appearance of raind the sun

shoen out all day I plowed in the corm

I started in it for the second time over

Wed 4 it is cloudy and has the appearance of rain

the sun shoen out wind south west at

seven .O. clock I started to Lafayette to

see a freat show and my company was

granted with Miss. S. G. to town

I took her in the show I never was so

nisely fooled in my lifetime before

I went and got two 25 cent tickets and

tried to goe in but alas when I got there

there was nothing but a little pen and

that dident soot us so I went back and

got one tickit for the other two and went

and tride to git her to goe in but she

wouldent goe her self I seen that she wante

to goe in so I went and got 50 cents of

Mr. watson and went and got two ticket

it pleased hear mightly as good luck would

have it I got in jest before the sircus

begun quite warm itn ther yes