Page 135 - July 23, 1840 - Last Page

July th 23 .1841 Page 1. 35

Thu 23 Cloudy this morning with a heavy fog

on I got my plow sharpened and wouldent

run so I went up to Pollards Harvys

to se Marten Mendenhall to get to barow

his plow it broke away and got nice I did

not brake much to Day Harmon

Fri 24 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

broke six rounds in the fore noon in

the after noon I and J. Shigly went and

fixed the camp ground then I went

and broke seven rounds Harmon R

Sat 25 Clear this this morning quite pleasant and

nice I broke praire till noon then I gave

up the ship and tooke home H. Genings

cattle and then I fixed up and went to

a two days meeting held at the camp ground

at four and at night I went again rite

smart at it after night it turned in to

raining rite smart Harmon R

Sun 26 Cloudy this morning it rained some

at nine oclock I went to Meeting at Salem

at 11 oclock I went to it at four oclock

I took down a coffin to the poor house he

was brought there late in the evening

quite a fine meeting Harmon Lucas

Mon 27

Sat 10 I moved the 10 of november 1844

quite pleasant to Harmon R Lucas

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 40 - December 18, 1838 - Love and Praise

December the 18 1838 Page 40

Tue 18 cloudy and very coald all day Father

came back from mill I killed three hens

Wed 19 cloudy and tremendisly coald and

Father started up to Logans port and

after night their was meeting over at

Salem meeting house their was the

minister and ten hearers I killed 4

hens and drawed wood too H.R. Lucas

Thu 20 clear and very coald it clouded up and

got some coalder in the afternoon it

got clear again and got som warmer

I drawed wood and went up to Jacob K

and bought two calvs I am to give him

nine days work for them I counted up

how meny chickens I had killed which

made forty in number from the first

of September ttill the last of Dec 1838

Fri 21 cloudy partley all day I went down to

Harrison Ville in the afternoon after

night it rainde some father got home from

Logans port but dident sell out his

load he got home at three O. clock P M

Sat 22 clear this morning cut clouded up and

the frost flew it got very coald I went

down to Harvey Stretches after money

I got 1.50. cts quarterly meeting commened

at Salem old Mr. Adam Shigley departed

his life at six O. clock in the evening

I went over at the meeting after night

James Servison and wife and Wm

groomes and wife and daughter and allso

Thomas smith and James Pierce staid

all night with us at present 1838

a charge to keep I have a god to gloryfie

alas and did my saviour blede and did

my savrer die when all they mercies

O my god my rising soul surveys

transported with the view Im lost

in wounder love and praise 1838

Page 37 - December 6, 1838 - Overcoat

December the 6. 1838 Page 37

Thu 6 Clear and quite cool all day I went

down to Harison Ville to pay a

gudgment of lying betwene father

and Burgate the amount was

two dollars the cost one dollar I

got Receipt in full of all the

ammount I brought anc Ex

ecution against John G Smith

I killed five praire hens to day

Fri 7 partly clear early this mornig

very cold sun Rises at 25 mi

past seven O. clock it thoughed

a little in the day I drawed wood

Father sold two hogs to Mr.

Gennings for twelve Dollars

father and John Graves made

a find settlement up to this date

I Received fifty cts on hanvey

Sat 8 quite cloudy early this morning some

snow on the ground it broke away and

got clear and pleasent all day I went

to Lafayette and got an over Coat

cut out I gave one dollar I bought the

clothe at three dollars and fifty cts

per yard I got a bill of it Luas bot

of MC cormicks three yards and three

fourths of a yard of cloth 13. 12 cts

Trimmons 2. 75 cts handkerchief

37 cts and of powder 50 cts pound

of lead 12 cts totle amount 16. 87 cts

I started home from town after sun

set and got home half past seven

Sun 9 clear and quite cool at present I

went over to Salem meeting house

to prayr meeting there was at night

meeting too and I went to it 1838

Mr. Reasen frasure please thet

the Barer John Smith have the

full amount of ten Dollars and

by so doing you will oblige youfrei

Page 22 - August 15, 1838 - Campmeeting

22 August the .15. 1838

Wed 15 it is a raining this morning right hard

it looks like it will rain all day at

this time in a few minuets it broke

away fifteen minuets before six O. clock

in the evening it raind a terriable

shower some thundring I done nothing

of enny conciquence all day long

Thu 16 at sun rise it was cloudy but in a few

minuets it broke away and got clear as

it could be wind north it was a few

flying clouds at dark it began to cloud

up and thunder and lightning quite hard

and began to rain I cradled oats and bran

Fri 17 clear this morning with the exception

of a heavy fog at seven .O. clock father

started to camp meeting on shonney quit

warm it looks like that we will have

a fine time for the camp meeting I

went down to the store and got me

a hat at 5 dollars and fifty cents

Sat 18 clear and pleasent all day I went

to camp meeting and stopped at

Harvey Streaches and found them

all well was none Joind a tall

Sun 19 some cloudy and thundred a little in

the morning it soon broke away

and continued so all day there was

considerable out to day Susan graves

went in the after noon I dident goe

back to the ground at night a tall

Mon 20 clear this morning I started home from

Harvy Straches at seven .O. clock quit

warm and got home at ten O. clock

at three .O. clock it came up a cloud

from the East and thundred some

and raind a little sprinkle and now

it looks father came hom from

campmeeting from Shoney 1838

Page 13 - June 21, 1838 - Drawing Rails

June the Twentieth first 1838 13

Thu 21 it is clear this morning with the exception

of a little fog the sun rose clear and quite

pleasent it clouded up and had the appear

of rain but broke away and at sun

down it was clear and quite pleasent

some distent thundring I was all draw

rails to post in the yard with no more

Fri 22 the sun rose clear and quite pleasent

it has the appearance of a fine day

the wind is calm very much soe some

time in and through the day it cloude

up and had the appearance of rain

I made and set in post an rails all day

Sat 23 at day light it commenced thundrin

very hard and about six .O. clock it

commenced raining very hard and in

a few minuets it broke away and is

clear and quite pleasent in a few

minuets it began to cloud up and had

the appearance of rain about ten .O.

clock it raind in the south a very

heavy thundring and flashes of lightni

I went to Harveys Streaches and

at night went to meeting at Mr.

Mc creays I had some notion of going

Sun 24 it was some cloudy this morning at

nine .O. clock I went back to lovepeas

a fine day the wind blows cool and

pleasent I went back to Harveys

and got my dinner and then back

to four .O. clock meeting after meeting

I came back as far as William pier

ces and nd staid all night my expalcto

tionts dident turn up as I expected

they would but never mind that

Mon 25 we had a little Sprinke of rain this

morning wind west it broke away

the sun shoen out quite warm and

I plowed in the corn for the first time