Page 109 - February 22, 1840 - More Funerals

Febuary the 22,1840 Page 1. 9

Sat 22 Cloudy this morning and raining quite

hard it began to rain in the night some

time smokey very much so it rained

all day very hard Samuel Walker

departed this tife to day in his eightieth

year at one oclock to day all so

Mrs. Porter died all so I saw old

Moon get run by his wife oll over

the street with a club heap of fun to

be seen the streets was full of people out

a looking at the two fools I staid at aunts

Sun 23 Cloudy this morning and a raining

quite hand I drawed up old Samuel

Walkers coffin he was bueried at

one oclock very high watters it come

with in a few inches of runing in

the waggon bed in the evening it

got clear and pleasant I went to

to the river and it was very high at

night I staid at Aunts 1840 21

Mon 24 Clear this morning quite pleasant the

ground was frose hard quite nice to day

Mary Eliza Smith aunt and granny

Smith and I took a walk down to the

river it was quite high we had three

hours walk and ammusment we saw

a hog saved bey the help of of two men

and there skeft quite pleasant all day

I staid all night at Thomas Smiths

Tue 25 Clear this morning the ground is frose I

drowd some oats from Tumbelsons Mill

and then some hay it got some hazy about

noon I heard from an uncle and aunt

from Virginia this makes .61. days

a scence I left home I went to a

Temperance meeting I staid at aunts

Wed 26 Clear this morning and pleasant it

continued so all day I staid at aunts

it raind some after night 1840

Page 47 - January 29, 1839 - Shigley's Estate

Jenuary the 29 . 1839 Page 47

Tue 29 Cloudy this morning and a raining

it commenced in the morning it

rained and sleated all day I done

nothing but try to trade some but

I dident get my ends accomplished

Wed 30 cloudy this amorning and snowed a

nearly all day I killed six praire

hens with my shot gun H. R. L.

Thu 31 cloudy and snowing some through

the courss of the day I worked for

John Graves cuting wood he drow

four loads of wood to home and one

load to milleses H. R. Lucas

Fri 1 Clear this morning and quit

cold and continued so all day I worked

for John Graves choped wood he

drowed six loads of wood hom and

two to mileses we worked litill

three O. clock it got so coald that

we quit Eliza Graves and his wife

came on a visit to John Graveses

Sat 2 clear this morning and quite

coald I think that this morning

is the coaldest morning that wee

have had. this winter before I

went old Mr. Adam Shigleys

sale things went high father got

three calvs at 11 dollars and 12 cts

after night I went Sing school

up at Calhoons school house 1839

Sun 3 clear and quite pleasent this

morning it continued so all day

itthoughed all day I went down to

Mr. Simeses school house to

meeting after night the house was

full as it could hold H. R. L.

one day after Date I promised

to pay John long bag ten Dollar

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