Page 159 - 1843 Sales

October the 6.th. 1843 A Bests sale 159

1 strechers and swingle trees . . . $1.06

2 1 shovel plough . . . 1.88

3 1 pich fork . . . .31

4 1 little spining wheal . . . .50

5 1 lot of yarn . . . .81

6 1 oats stack . . . .62

7 1 pair of gears . . . 4.06

8 1 spring colt . . . 16.58

John Briants . . . 25.82

Nov 11 1 one plain . . . $.10

2 1 drower knife . . . .50

3 1 hand saw . . . 1.81

4 2 files rasp and punch . . . .40

5 1 cradle . . . .31

Nov 31 Joshua Burches sale . . . 3.11

1 1 cag of soap . . . $.44

2 1 stone churn . . . .85

3 2 calvs . . . 2.12

. . . 3.41

. . . 32.35

I got my sask 36 lites . . . 2.25

Sep 19 Joshua green got 5 1/2 of butter . . . 0.55

Sep 27 do. to 4 bounds and ten ounces . . . 0.46

Oct 28 do to 4 3/4 of butter at ten cts . . . 0.48

potatoes 1 bushel . . . 0.25

Oct 20 twou pounds of butter . . . 0.25

one bushel of pottatoes . . . 0.18

Page 133 - July 9, 1840 - Birthday

July the 9 1840 Page Maria 1. 33

Thu 9 Clear this morning quite pleasant and nice we

cradled wheat itill noon in the after noon

we put up 300 hay cocks of hay five

handy of us we got done putting up our hay

in the evening we got done 15 acres of it

Fri 10 Clear this morning quite pleasant we finished

cutting all of the wheat at noon in the after

noon I cradled m for Isaac Best quite

warm Harmon B Lucas his hand

Sat 11 Clear this morning quite pleasant I staid

at home till eleven oclock then I started

hom I got Wm. Pierces oxen and feched

up them I drowed some wood Harmon

Sun 12 Cloudy this morning quite warm it rained

several times at nine oclock I went to

Sunday school and at four oclock I went

to meeting and this being my birth day

which maks mee in my Twenty first

year of my age I thank and adore my

god for sparing mee as long as he has

Mon 13 Clear this morning I went down to

Wm. Rences after a yoke of cattle

and down to Lanes and got me a pair

of pantaloons 6.00 dollars Mrs.

Burch Departed her life this evening

Tue 14 Clear this morning quite pleasant I made

another begining to brake I worked till

noon then I went over to Salem

meeting house and waited awhile then I

went and help Dig Mrs. Burches grave

I worked till fore theen I went to braking

again John Pulver worked 3/4 of a day

Wed 15 Clear this morning quite pelasant I broke

prare till noon then I quite and went to

the burien of Mrs. Burch she was

bured about 3 oclock there was about 75

people at it John Pulver worked 3/4 of a day

Page 124 - May 21, 1840 - Setting Onions

May the 21. 1840 Pag 1. 24

Thu 21 Clear this morning quite cool and windy

but got cloudy and rained some of the

time I set out my bed of oniones 1840

Fri 22 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

drawd 11. loads of rails 38 at a load

quite nice all dday I unyoked my oxen

Sat 23 Cloudy this morning and raining some

but got clear and nice for a while then it

got cloudy and rained some I drowd four

loads of rails 40 at a load till noon in

the after noon I helped E. Timmons to

spay four shoats I plowed some of my garden

Sun 24 Cloudy this morning and rained some

it broke away and got some pleasanter

I went to meeting and at four oclock

I went to meeting again it rained some

before night again after night I went

to Mr. Genings to prayr meeting

and comming home I got lost it did

rain very hard tremendiously dark

Mon 25 Cloudy this morning and raining

some three or four times in the day

I planted 19 rows of potatoes and finish

setting out my onions the sun shoen

out some of the time Harmon

Tue 26 Cloudy this morning and raining

some and continued so all day I built

fence part of the day it rained all

day quite smart Harmon R Lucas

Wed 27 Cloudy this morning and rained till

noon in the after noon it broke away

I haled stakes till noon in the after

noon I laid up fence I got 90 pannels

up after night I went to a school

meeting we got 14 dollars made up

Wm. burch J. Klepinger M. Mahen

J. grooms Mr Mendenhall manegerss

adam best secutary or Librarian

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 90 - October 16, 1839 - Quilten Bees

October the 16. 1839 Page 90.

Wed 16 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

look Joshua Burches waggon to hum.

in the fore noon in the afer noon I dug

my potatoes quite pleasant Harmon.

Thu 17 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

husked corn till noon in the after noon

I got my calf up out of the praire quit

pleasant all day Luisa Pulver and

Meriah Mansfield was hear to a

quilten no more at this time 1839

Fri 18 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

warm I husked corn all day after night

burned up a consciderable heap of fence

after night it turned some cooler e

Sat 19 Cloudy this morning I went over to

a sale at John Bars I got me an

old oxen for 20 dollars Thomas Huf

man went my bale David Klepinger

got a colt at 54. 62 cts John.

Graves went his bail 1839 Harmon

Sun 20 Clear this morning quite cool I went

over to hear a new preacher preach

at Salem meeting house at 11 oclock

after night I went to H. Genings

to meeting no more at this time 1839

Mon 21 Clear this morning with a frost on

quite cool I went to Bars after my ox

but dident get him. in the evening I

went to Erastus barness to get a wagon

but dident get none H. Lucas 1839

Tue 22 Clear this morning Father u sold 11 head

of calvs to James Servisons and 16 head

of pigs for 4. 6. to be paid in five

monthes this makes four loads of corn 1839

Mrs genings Mirs barnes Mrs pulver and

Mrs ogden was hear on a visit or rather

on a quileten bee no more 1839 H.

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 76 - July 17, 1839 - Cradling Wheat

July the 17. 1839 Page 76

Wed 17 Clear this morning with a heavy fog

on quite cool it turned quite warm in

the corse of the day I finishe laying my

corn by in the for noon in the after

noon I cut 18 dosens of my wheat and

Father and Samul Pulver cradleed

wheat for Wm and Josshua Burch

Thu 18 Clear this morning quite pleasant

withe exception of a few flying clouds

I helped Wm Klepinger cradle in

his wheat it made my arms quite

soar Father helped Adam Best

Fri Clear this morning with the exception

of a few flying clouds over us at this

time quite warm in the fore noon I

cut wheat in our field in the after noon

I helped Klepingers cradle in the eve

ning it got cloudy and rained some

it continued so all night in the eve

ning Father and Mother went up

to adam Bests with the Provisions 18..

Sat 20 Cloudy this morning and raining some

it broke away quite warm there was sev

ral showers went rounld Father and

mee cut our wheat I had 2. 00 hundr

dosens Father had 2. 40 dosens of wheat

the mens names that helped us reap

S. Pulver Wm Shigley Wm Burch

Wm Klepinger Jacob Klepinger Isaac

Klepinger S. Klepinger David

Klepinger B. Burch A Yarnold

A. Best B. Lucas we finished cutting

our wheat and cut 44 dosens for Dave

Klepinger July the 20. 1839 1839

Sun 21 Cloudy this morning and it rained

all day by turns the sun shoen out in the

evening it came up a desperate storm

with thunder and lightning I was at

Isaac Klepingers all day Bettsy Pierce

Benjamin graves was on a visit hear

Page 64 - May 14, 1839 - Good Men

May the 13. 1839 Page 64

Tue 14 Clear for a few moments and then

it got quite cloudy with a desperate cool

wind from the South West and

rained some it got quite clear in the

and the wind raised and blew hard

Wed 15 I furrowed out for corn and planted too

it got very warm in the middle

of the day after night it rained hard

Wed 15 Partley clear but in a few moments

it got quite clear quite cool this

morning in a few moments it got

cloudy and rained it thundred qute

hard I finished planting corn and

I thank the good beiing for seeing

mee out withit in the after noon

it rained some I done nothing amen

Thu 16 Cloudy this morning and raining

some it broke away the sun shoen

out I went out and worked for Mr.

Joshua burch I made fence it is quite

cool but turned some warmer Harm

Fri 17 Clear this morning with some frost

it continued clear and quite warm all

day I made fence for Joshua Burch

and after night I came home and

stoped at Jacb Klepingers no more

Sat 18 Clear this morning with some frost

I went down to Jacob Fierces to help

father to carry a bee stand and I

went down to shoney quite warm I

landed at henry cambbells at four

O clock and found the folks all well

I went the river road to quite loa

Sun 19 Clear this morning and quite warme

at eleven O clock I went to Bethel

meeting house to hear Mr. Biers

preach at four we went back to meeting

again I staid both nites at Henry

Campbelles good men my out at it

Page 53 - March 7, 1839 - Cattle Sale

March the 7 1839 Page 53

Thu 7 Clear this morning and continued

so till noon then it clouded up and

after night it began to rain som

I worked for Joshua Burch all

day after night Father came

home from court Harmon

Fri 8 Cloudy this morning and snowing

it snowed a little while and quit

it was cloudy till nearly noon then

it broke away and then the sun

shoen out in the after noon quit

pleasent late in the evening it

clouded up I went to Harrison

Ville I got me a knife prise 75c

and half a quire of paper price 18c

Sat 9 Clear this morning but soon

clouded up again about noon

it cleard up again and turned som

coalder I drawed some hay in the

fore noon in the after noon I

went to Evetine Conleys to get

my vest then to singing school

Sun 10 Clear this morning a while

then it clouded up and had some

appearance of snow it turned

quite coald I wente to Salem

meeting house to hear Mr.

Wood preach after night I

went to meeting again 1839

Mon 11 Clear this morning and frose

the ground hard after noon

it clouded up and had some

appearance of rain I worked

for John Graves Father sold

ninetteen head of cattle five

head of two year olds and

fourteen head of yearlens he

got one hundred Dollars he

gave me thirty dollars of it

my calvs come to 65 dollars.

Page 52 - March 1, 1839 - Calhoon's Exhibition

March the 1, 1839 Page 52

Fri 1 Cloudy this morning the ground

is frose quite hard it broke away

some in the after noon it got quit

pleasent this day is the day of

Henry Calhoons exhibition is

I dident goe I got wood and

done other exercise the snow

went away quite peleasent 1839

Sat 2 Cloudy and snowing hard it had

snowed in the night before som

five or six inches in debth I

went to Lafayette to take a horse

for Father to ride back from

court I got me a vest patron the

price 3 . 50 cts buttens 37 cts tinor

tremmons . 100. cts I gave 50 cts for

cutting it it was about as blustry

a day as I have seen the winter

I staid all night at James serivison

Sun 3 Clear this morning and quite

coald all day I went to Genings

school house to a babtist mee

ting and then to home after

night I went over to Salem

meeting house to prayr meeting

Mon 4 Clear this morning and quit coald

Father went to attend court again

this morning quite windy all

day I cut some wood H R

Tue 5 Clear this morning some warmer

I went to Mill with nine bushels

of corn it thoughed considerable

I killed two quails and two dovs

I cut some wood after night

I wrote a letter to my Cousin

Wed 6 Clear this morning and quite

warm the snow disapeared I

worked for Joshua Burch after

night I went to a sugar camt

Page 51 - February 24, 1839 - Rain Bow

Febuary the 24 , 1839 Page 51

Sun 24 Cloudy this morning and raining

slowly quite warm and foggy

this morning it continued so all day

I fig wrvited all day . H. R. L.

Mon 25 Cloudy this morning and rained

some little it turned some cooler

than it was Father Went to tend

Court in Lafayette I killed a

goose fourty two steps with my

shot gun I made 25 rails for Silas

Tue 26 Cloudy this morning and some

foggy I worked for Joshua Burch

in the evening it rained some the

sun shoen out very pleasent it

its setting it formed a beautiful

rain bow it turned some cooler

Wed 27 Clear this morning and froze

the ground some some time in and

through the course of the day it

clouded up in the evening it turned

some cooler it snowed a little

squall it got quite cloudy at dark

I worked for Joshua Burck H. L

Thu 28 Cloudy this morning and snowed

it snowed about one inch deep

last evening it proved to be a

Blustering day the sun shon out

some few times I killed five

doves at one shoat and two

prayre hens at one at an other

shoot I got some little wood

one day after date Value Reced

we or either of us promised

pay H. Calhoon the sum of ten

cents in full Thornton Clevenger

David Klepinger Harmon L

E. G Layne got elected and John

Downing and oyler all got and

office two March the first 1839

Page 46 - January 22, 1839 - Go Baering

Jenuary 22 1839 Page 46

Tue 22 Cloudy and windy and after night

it blowed Desperately hard I worke

for Jacob Klepinger and after

night went to Sollomon Bests

and it stormed quite hard 1839

Wed 23 clear and continud so all day after

night I went to meting I worked

for JacB Klepinger I went home

with H. B. their was 20 out

Thu 24 clear this morning I worked for

Jacob Klepinger after night

Mahen and the wife caame to Jacob

Fri 25 cloudy and snowing and raining

som all day after noon it rained

quite hard I finished my work

for Jacob Klepinger H L 1839

Sat 26 cloudy this morning it got some

clear I and David and Samuel

Klepinger had the most fun with

a little calf it would make at us

as hard as it could I got it of

Wm. Burch Feelden Clevenger

had a child to depart this life.

Sun 27 clear this morning Mr. Wood

preached at Salem meeting house

after meeting I went to the baering

then to Mr. Barnards to meeting

Mr. Cook preached their was

eight or ten Joined meeting 1839

Mon 28 cloudy this morning it snowed

ritet smart all day I worked

for John Graves till three O

clock it comtined to storm so Bad

that quit and went home 1839

One day after date I promised

to pay Thomas C Barnes the

sum of tten dollars Value Reced

Page 45 - January 15, 1839 - Hunting Deer

Jenuary the 15. th. 1839 Page 45

Tue 15 Cloudy and snowing some it continued

to snow all day I filled Mr. Timmons

harth for 25 cts in the evening I

went to Wm. Burches and staid all

night he saw seven Deer and shot

and shot at then but mised them

Wed 16 cloudy this morning and quite coald

in the morning I went out to try my

my skill with the Deer I saw seven

but coodent get a shot at them and

after night I went to meeting at

salem meeting house Mr. Wood gave

us a preach their was about forty

Tuh 17 cloudy this morning and snowed some

four or five times through the day

I made one hundred and fifteen

rails Jams Pierce was married

the 15 day of Jenuary, 1839 H.R.

Fri 18 cloudy this morning I made one

hundred and three rails it snowed

some three or four times in the

times after night it was quite windy

and continud so all night it frose hard

Sat 19 clear for a while then it clouded up

in the after noon I cut wood for

the meeting house and then I cut

that brush down before the house

Sun 20 cloudy this morning and continued

so all day I went to Salem to

meeting in the evening it snowed

Mon 21 cloudy this morning and continued so

all day and it snowed some five

or six times through the cours of

the day we killed our hogs 1839

one Day after date I promised to

pay John Thomas C Knight

the sum of Fifty Dollars in full

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 1 - 1839 - Harmon Lucas, Tippicanoe

Harmon Lucas his book

this being on the 9 of November

1839 in the Stait of Indiana and

in Tippicanoe Township Tippicanoe

County in my 21 year from the

12 of July 1839 I have got a

reasonable portion of health at this

time and am very thankful of

itin glory be to the highest amen

for ever When I have been there

ten thousand thousand year 1839

The price of this Book is one

dollars and Twenty five cts bought

at Mr. MC Cormicks Store

in the town of Laffayette in the

year of our Lord- 1838 Harmon

Harmon R Lucas

William Henry Harrison

65 x 5 = 325 + 25 = 350

Harmon R Lucas

Harmon R Lucas Harmon

Wm Birch 19 1/2 . . . 58 1/2

I got 2 hogs and is to make 150 rails

I all so got one on the 50 cts that be owd

me 1844 Wm Burch Jun

Harmon R Lucas

10000 - 1805 = 8195 - 5400 = 2795 + 27 + 14 = 2836

27 + 14 = 41

8 x 22 = 160 +

3965 - 2836 = 1129 - 41 = 1088