Page 166 - 1844 Dividing Beef

August the 31 1844 Page 166

Vancamp Dr. to H R L 21 of beef . . . 0.52

george franklin to 16 pounds of beef . . . 0.40

Wm. Klepinger to 9 1/2 of beef . . . 0.19

B Lucas to 9 of beef . . . 0.18

H genings 11 of beef . . . 0.22

H Lucas 10 of beef . . . 0.20

Hide weighing 12 3 ounces . . . 0.98

sep 4 Vancamp got 24 . . . 0.48

george franklin got 22 . . . 0.44

Wm klepinger got 22 1/2 . . . 0.45

Hiram gening got 8 1/2 . . . 0.17

hide weighed 36 1/2 . . . 1.49

Wm simes got 1X0 104 . . . 2.60

Sep 10 Vancamp got of beef 23 1/2 . . . 0.47

gibson got of beef 41 1/4 . . . 1.04

B. Lucas of beef 43 . . . 1.08

Do to 37 pounds of beef . . . 0.74

Wm. Klepinger got of beef . . . 0.09

george Franklin 13 1/2 of beef . . . 0.27

Hide weighing 31 1/2 . . . 1.26

Septe 23 I got of H. genning 23 1/2 of beef . . . 0.47

Sep 31 H. R. Lucas got of Wm. Kleppnger 26 . . . 0.52

D Oogden got of Wm Kleppnger 26 1/2 . . . 0.53

Do to X pounds of salt . . . 0.X

April the 2 . 1845 david Archibald

I got 100 rails of him

Page 157 - 1843 Story, 1844

March the 5 the 1843 Page 1. 57

the bones of the poor beggar lay mouldering

in the grave unknown and forgotten

by all save him whose ever from the

skies looks down and walches all our dust

till he shall bid it rise;, and the old sexton

a part of whoes duties it was in those days

to dig the graves and bury the dead this ma

still officiated in this capasity and remm

embred well of having interred the old

beggar but then the grave yard had

been greatly altered and improved as

well as much as much filled up for the old sexton

had not been idle during these fifteen

years it was in the month of September

on one of the most beautiful days

of that usually delightful season

July 25 1844 raind som

we went aut and gethered about

one bushel of Black bures and

wasant more than 6 hours at

it

Aug 5 Liberty Ticket

For Representativies

Henry Moore

Louis Falley

Reuben Baker

For Sherriff

Hiram jennings

For Treasurer

Timothy Osgood

For commissioner

Richard g godman

Bina Brown built y my

Cchimbley in 2 days

the last day of october 1844

and the 1 day of november

the second day he buit

my oven and laid my

harth it come to senn 7

6 75

Page 131 - June 29, 1840 - Pay our Sergeant

June the 29 .1840 Page 1. 31

Mon 29 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain it got clear and quite warm till

in the after noon it got quite windy I

went down to Hiirram Genings to

get the loan of his cattle and then I

went to Egbert Pattersons after a yoke

but dident get none so I came back

again and put on and old yoke and

yoked my stears up but they soon

got away I turned all out and went

up to my wheat fild no more Harmon

Tue 30 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain but dident rain enny I mowd

cheat all day in the evening I went

up to Isaac Klepingers and staid

all night I sold my wheat to Samuel

Pulver for 12 bushel of Wheat after

wheat harvest Harmon R Lucas

Wed 1 Cear this morning quite cool for

the time of the year I mowd till

noon of cheat in the after noon I

cut some logs for the young mens

tent it sprinkld some of rain in

the after noon I made some oxbows

Thu 2 Clear this morning quite cool I

plowd my potatoes over then began

to howe them I worked at them till

noon in the after noon I mowd some

Fri 3 Clear this morning quite cool I finish

my potatoes then went up to Adan

bests amd got some wheat quite

pleasant one day after Date I or

either of us do promis to pay the

sum of ten cts to george Mcdonel

our sergent in the army so no mor

Wm hery Harison is our president

for 1841 but he soon Departed this

life in April the 4 1841 on his

seat at the citty of Washinton cs

Page 128 - June 13, 1840 - Bull Hunting

June the 13. 1840 Page 1. 28

Sat 13 Clear this morning quite pleasant

till 8 oclock then It got cloudy and looked

like raine it did rain some but broke

away again and looke nice I went down

ato home at four I started home and stoped

at Hiram Geningses Harmon Lucas

Sun 14 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

fixed up and went over to Sabeth

school and got mee 2 books and quit

as Sabeth School was over I went

down to home for there was a quarterly

meeting there I got there at 12 oclock

and at four oclock I went down to the

meeting it rained some and we came to

home an-- --d Mis Bilder back got a

faul from a horse and had liken to have

been kiled after night I went down

to meeting then back home at 12 ocloc

Hiram Genings and wife horatio A

Barnes and wif and Mother Daniel

Ogden and wife J. J. Cooper and me

staid all night Harmon R Lucas

Mon 15 Clear this morning quite warme

I came home I feched old tom with me

in the after noon I went down to

John Robrtses after a bull of

Hirram Gening and hunted till

sun set then he came up wee yoked

him and feched hime home we got

home after dark a while Harmon

Tue 16 Clear this morng quite pleasant I

drowd two loads of rails then I went

to braking we broke five or six round

Hiram Gening drove the cattle I

quite and laid up fence we had four

yoke of cattle pap and mamma and

John came up I went up to the home

William Henry Harison Departed

this tife on the 4 oh April 11841 in

the city of Washinton so no more r

Page 126 - June 1, 1840 - Writing Letters

June the 1.st. 1840 Page 1.26

Mon 1 Clear this morning quite warm in

the evening it rained some little I

drowd 9 loads of rails 46 at a load

Tue 2 Cloudy this morning and rained some

it soon got clear and nice in the after

noon it got cloudy and after night it

rained quite hard I drowed 8 loads of

rails 46 at a load Harmon . Lucas

Wed 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

nice it got cloudy and rained several

showers I drowd 6 loads of rails 48 at

a load at dark it looked like that we would

have a storm but it dident storm much

Thu 4 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

nice quite warm I made 2.00 hundrd

thirty tow rails I got 2 letters from

Ohio one from uncle Wm. Lucas

the other from Cousin Mary Carter

pap hauled some rails Harmon

Fri 5 Clear this morning quite pleasant

the after noon it rained quite a

shower I worked for S. Pulver

on the road by Hirram Genings

Sat 6 Cloudy this morning and raining

I made fence till noon in the after

noon I grubed and plowed some and I

went up to grany Klepingers and I

got 400 hundred cabich plants 1840

Sun 7 Clear this morning quite wrote till time

to goe to Sabeth school then I fixed

up and went to it after meeting I wrote

four letters onee to Wm Lucas one

to Mary Carter one to Ruth Baismen

one to Samuel Smith quite a fime day

at half past four oclock I went to

meeting again so noe more at presant

I still Remain yours and so fourth

Page 122 - May 8, 1840 - Has the Ague

May the 8.th. 1840 Page 122

Fri 8 Cloudy this morning and raining and it

continued so all day I went Down to Mr.

Morgans Sale on purpose of ridding

home but the creter went for .76. 50 cts

to James Murpha John Graves one big

grey horse at 91. 25 cts. the cattle went

high rite smart out at it I felt as bad

as I well could feel all day Harmon L

Sat 9 Cloudy this morning and has the appearance

of rain it rained some quite cool I choped

some timber and got up some wood and then

made a hound for the waggon and a tung

at four oclock I went to a meeting appointed

for the purpose of establishing a sabeth

school at Salem meeting we done nothing

at it at this time Harmon R Lucas

Sun 10 Cloudy this morning and cool I had the

ague I believe scincearly our sabeth school

made a begining it rained some in the evening

the sun shoen out some about noon quite

smart out I felt quite bad I was at

the sabethe school then I came home I

went down to Hirams Genings to a

prayr meeting it gat cloudy after night 18

Mon 11. Clear this morning with a frost on quite

pleasant and nice and cerene some air a stiring

at this time quite pleasant all day I made some

rails and stakes Maria the first Harmon the second

Tue 12 Clear this morning quite pleasant and nice

I cut and made rails in the after noon I went

down to Hiram Genings to get a yoke of cattle

and staked of some ground Harmon R Lucas

Wed 13 Clear this morning quite pleasant I hitched up

and went to drowing rails and made a start and

the oxen run a way and broke the 2. hounds

out of the wagon then I went and put in a

new tung and got to drowing at noon againe

I drowd 7 loads 25 at a load then I quite and went

to Timmons and got my supper it rained some

Page 119 - April 22, 1840 - Whig Convention

April the 22 .1840 Page 1. 19

Wed 22 Cloudy this morning and rained some

I made some rails old Man Shigley got

of me ten barles of corn at noon I

got wood for Coopers on Adams bests

acount one Dollar quite warm after

night It rained quite hard and it

thundred and lightned very much

Thu 23 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain it rained some of the time a

little I cut some timber then I

wrote some Harmon R. Lucas

Fri 24 Cloudy this morning and raining

some but som broke away and got

clear quite warm I cut timber and

made some rails I went to limmon

and took tea with the Ladies 1840

Sat 25 Clear this morning and quite pleasant

and nice I started and weent to the

Town of Laffayette with Hiran

Genings in his wagon 9 went in

it some of the way it got cloudy and

rained some then it broke away and

the sun shoen out but soon got

a tremendious hard shower on the

southe side of the Wabash a fine

convention a 1.000. good old

fashoned Whigs at Lafayette

they marched all around the

Court house and the there was

several orations Deliverad then

a long came 2. fool barles of

the old hard cider free for

the company I got one pint

of the cider it continued to rain

on all all night Wm Klepinger

staid all night I got a pam

life hat 31 cts at hanners store

one day after date we or either

of us Dood promis to pay

Page 118 - April 16, 1840 - Easter Sunday

April the 16 , 1840 Page 1 . 18

Thu 16 Clear this morning with a frost

on I made rails till at nine oclock

I hurt my right eye so that I

done no more that day I was in

a perdigious site of pain mind I tell

you after night it raind quite hard

Fri 17 Cloudy this morning but soon

brok away and got quite warm I

made some rails a little while but

my eye hurt so bad that I quit

and went to traden I traded off my

spunkey mare to David Clevenger

for tow three year of stears and one

two year old stear I give him a halter

and .50. cts quite windy at night

at dark it thundred lightned and

rained per digious hard quite a storm

Sat 18 Cloudy this morning but soon broke

away I went down home a foot and back

again then I fixed and went down to

Mr. Genings I got there at darke

Sun 19 Clear this morning I went down to

Egbot Pattersons to meeting from

Mr. Gening quite a frost on quite

pleasant all day at four I came up to

Salem meeting house this being on

easter Sunday in the year of our lord

Mon 20 Clear this morning quite a frost on

quite pleasant all day I made rails all

day quite a fine day for working 18

Tue 21 Clear this morning for a little season

and then it got cloudy and in the after

noon it rained some I made rails all

day after night I went to the young

converts meeting then home again

so no more at this time but

Reemmember your affection

or your friend Hiarm Lucas

Page 115 - April 1, 1840 - New Furniture

April the . 1.st. 1840 Page 1. 13

Wed 1 Clear this morning quite cool we

had a cow to be swamped down in

the mud I fixed my House it got

some cloudy in the evening Harmon

Thu 2 Clear this morning the cow died

I fixed my house up I bought my

a pair of bed steds and table for

2.7 bushels of corn to be delivered

at Wm. Simses quite pleasant all

day I slept in the kitchen for the

first time 1840 Harmon Lucas

Fri 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant

with a frost on quite pleasant in the

evening it got some cloudy and

after night it rained some I cut

down six large rails trees 1840

Sat 4 Clear this morning with some frost

I went down home and I came back

home against 2 oclock P.M and

went down to Hiram Genings

then home again so no more at

Sun 5 Clear this morning at 11 oclock

I went to meeting and at four

oclock I went to meeting again

at Salem Meeting house I

went over to Mendenhalls awhile

it turned in to raining it thundrd

rite smart in th evening 1840

Mon 6 Cloudy this morning and raining

some and has the appearance of holding

out all day I went up to Wm Shigl

to get my table I went to Harison

Ville to the election the sun shoen out

Mr Genings and Mr. Hays

traded horses even up after night

I went up to Isaas Klepingers

set up but was enoug with out us

so david Klepinger and me came

Page 112 - March 10, 1840 - Home Again

March the 10 . 1840 Page 1. 12

Tue 10 Clear this morning I got to Laffayette

at 11 oclock I staid a while and came

out home my bill was 87 cts it got quite

windy and cool it snowd some in the evening

I got home at four oclock P. M Harmon

Wed 11 Clear this morning quite pleasant I went

down to Hiram Geningses then I came

back and went down to home and found

them all well quite cool 1840 Harmon

Thu 12 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

had a hard time to ove hall my books

I got them all rited at last in the

evening it got cloudy and snowd some

some Father got three lots and a half

of land of Daniel Yanders at 8

dollars per acre five years to pay it in

wheat and pork at market price 1840

I went to meeting at saleme 1840

Fri 13 Cleare this morning I went up to

James Irelands in the evening it

got cloudy I went down home 1840

Sat 14 Cloudy this morning and rained som

in the evening I went home againe it

rained some of the time Harmon

Sun 15 Cloudy this morning quite cool I went

meeting at Saleme then back home after

night I went to meeting again 1840

Mon 16 Cloudy this morning quite so it rained

I cut stalks ta day after night it

turned in to raining quite hard 1840

Tue 17 Cloudy this morning but soon broke

away the sun shoen out I began to

make rails some warmes at noon

it got quite clear I cut timber

till night then I went to E.

Pattersons to meeting Harmon

Page 86 - September 20, 1839 - Chimney Patched

September the 20. 1839 Page 86

Fri 20 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

continued in that position all day I cut up

three shocks of fodder in the after noon

I tended the mason he pached our chim

ney the charge was 2. 50 cts he commen

ced at one and quite at four in the evening

Sat 21 Clear this morning quite warm I

thrashed 10. 3/4 of wheat in the fore

noon in the after noon I helped John

Graves clean up wheat .49. bushels

quite warm It rained after night 1839

Sun 22 Cloudy this morning but it soon broke

way and got clear and pleasant I went

down to Egbert Pattersons to meeting

quite warm I seen my old woman there

Mon 23 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

thrashed oats till noon in the after noon

I covered it up and went up to the field

and cut up three shocks of fodder Father

bought a yoke of cattle from Daniel ogden

he is to give him forty Dollars H. L

Tue 24 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I cleaned up 13 bushels of oats and then

I went up and cut up three shocks of fodder

Father began to seed it got cloudy in thee

evening and rained some I went up to

Adam Bests for a pair of ox howsit

got quite cool it rained consciderable hard

Wed 25 Cloudy this morning but broke away

the sun shoen out some of the time I

plowd foller ground with oxen it turned

some cooler in the evening the evening

Thu 26 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on it has the appearance of being

a fine day I plowd in wheat in the

after noon in the for noon I plowd in

fouller ground Harmon Calhoon

Hiram T Genings Hiram Lucas

Page 83 - September 1, 1839 - Landed Home

September the. 1. 1839 Page 83

Sun 1 Clear this morning and quite pleasant

we started from Wm Buckleses about ten

Oclock and we cam to Sugar creek and we

put up and their was 7 teams bound for

Chicago all lodened for salt with oats 1839

Mon 2 Clear this morning quite pleasant all day

I broke down my waggon two miles this

side of pareshes grove and I took it

back the six barels of salt to the grove

and thean I came on with my waggon

looked to big pine and put up 1839 as

Tue 3 Clear this morning and quite pleasant

I started from pine and landed home after nilght

quite pleasant all day I got 12 aples and 12 more

for 18 cts came hone with a broken waggon 1839

Wed 4 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

quite warm I done nothing of enny consci

equence to day in the evening It got some

cloudy I g at 2 . calvs of Wm Bostick

for 6.00 and one of Hiram genings at

2. 50 cts and one of S. Pulver at 2. 50.

Thu 5 Cloudy this morning and in a few moments it

began to rain and it continued s till late in

the evening it broke away and got clear

nearly I went after my salt to parishes

grove I got their and loded up my salt

and came five miles to mud pine I got 2

bushels of crab aples I camped at dark. . .

Peter Caster staid with me after night

it came up a hard storm of rain and 1839

Fri 6 Cloudy this morning quite cool about nine

it broke away thee sun shoen out in the after

noon it got quite clar I got home at sun

set John Rowls got one barel of salt ce

containing 2. 90 pounds and Jonson

graves got one which contained 3. 10.

pounds of salt 1839 H. R Lucas

no more at this time 1839 Hirame

Page 78 - July 29, 1839 - Salted Heifer

July the 29 . 1839 Page 78

Mon 29 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

got some cloudy in the evening I cut and

bound up oats and Michel dunfee cut hay

Tue 30 Clear this morning but soon got som

cloudy and sprinkled some of rain I

drowed in wheat for our selvs in the fore

noon in the after noon I drowed wheat

for Adam Best quite warm all day

Wed 31 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

bind up oats in hunts field we put up

66. dosens of oats in the after noon I

cradled in oats quite pleasant. 1839. 31

Thu 1 Clear this morning quite cool and nice

I am very much afflicted with boils at

this time other wise I feel quite well at

this time I finished cutting my oats in

the fore noon in the after noon I raked hay

I counted up the dayys which made four

hundred and eighty one days 1839 20

Fri 2 Cloudy this morning and raining

it continued raining we drowed in oats

in hunts field we built 2 stacks up

their it broke away the rest drowed down

oats I bound up oats for my self in

the evening I went and hired Johnsons

Graves wagon he gave me the waggon a

tirip and one dollar for a parcl of salt

Sat 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

bound up oats for my self in the after

noon I helped to draw in oats and claar

of a thrashing flower and then I went

down to Hirams Ginings to salt my

heifer and back home Faher and mother

went on a visit to Wm Pierces 1839

Sun 4 Clear this morning quite pleasant it got

very warm I went to Salem meeting hous

at 11 oclock I wrote some little I was in

a good dale of pain 1839 . and bouoth