Page 164 - 1844 Sales

November the 7 and 8 . 1844 164

24.92 pounds of hay at 7 dollars . . . 0.00

per ton to Jacob Lamb . . . 8.

Nov 13 five hundred and 18 hoop polles . . . 3.22

9 1/2 of schees at 8 1/3 per pound . . . 0.79

5 pounds of butter 2 ounces . . . 0.52

8 pounds of rags 2 1/2 per pound . . . 0.20

Nov 18 575 hoop poles at 62 cts per hundred . . . 3.87

Nov 23 4 1/2 of butter at 12 cts . . . 0.56

Aug 12.1844 70 dosens of sheif oats at 20 . . . 14.00

1 pair of buck skin mits . . . 0.35

Dec 19 8 1/4 of butter at 15 cts per pound . . . 1.30

1 calf hide the price was . . . 0.75

Do 1 calf hide the price was . . . 0.80

the a mount of butter which I sold in 1844

amounted to ten dollars and 32 cts

Jen the 11.1845 I sold 4 1/2 of butter . . . $.56

3 bushels and a third of corn . . . 1.00

7 bushels of oats at 22 cts . . . 1.50

Feb 17 1 cowhide 26 pound . . . 1.18

Page 121 - May 3, 1840 - Heavy Frost

May the 3D of 1840 Page 121

Sun 3 Cloudy this morning and raining it has

the appearance of continued to hold out

all day I went to Sabeth school at nin

oclock but was none on the account of it

raining too much I was at eleven oclock

meeting I never saw the creek so high in

my life before the sun shoen out twor

three times but it blew after night as

hard as I ever saw quit a time Har

Mon 4 Clear this morning quite cool for

may I went down to Indian creek

then back home I got a Inglish

Grammer price .75, cts and a set

of tea spoons 31. cts in the evening

it got quite clear I cut some timber

for rails I will now exit 1840

Tue 5 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on it turned out quite pleasant

I cut timber we surveyed out some

land betwene us and Timmons

in the after noon I made rails 2h

Wed 6 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I made some rails and cut some

timber we at this time do ad

ore the holy and exelent name

Thu 7 Clear this morning and was

Dime som all day in the fore

noon I went down to Mr. H.

Genings and washed some sheep

for Aaron Yarnold and Jacob

Klepinger the weather being quite

cool in the after noon I made a

few rails it got quite clear in the

evening at sun set quite nice

one year after date we or either of uf us do

promis to pay to William Henry Harrison

all the good will that I can give hime

for the year 1841 this being on the 7 day

of May 1840 I am in the 21 year of my age

Page 117 - April 12, 1840 - Whipper Wills

April the 12 . 1840 . Page 1. 17

Sun 12 Cloudy this morning and rained

quite hard after night it ceased at haf

past nine oclock I went to love feast

was intermishen the space of 15 minuets

then publick preaching Maria and

Venatta Patterson Wm Klepinger

and Samuel Klepinger too at 5

oclock we went to meeting again

it lasted till in the night it got

clear before night rite smart out to

day .S. Klepinger staid all night

Mon 13 Clear this morning quite pleasant

with the exception of a heavy frost

it has the appearance of being a

fine day I got up some wood and

at eleven oclock I went to the

meeting again Elizabeth Patterson

and John grooms at night I went

to meeting again Wm Campbell

preached at night on this ocation

quite a favorable meeting it broke

at 12 oclock after meting it

rained quite hard no more 1840

Tue 14 Cloudy this morning and it

rained some little it has the

appearance of continuing to hold

out it soon quit and got clear

I cut some timber for rails after

night I went to meeting again

house full quite a good meeting

I heard the whipper wills 1840

Wed 15 Clear this morning with a havy

frost on I went up to Jacob Klepinge

and Pulver worked out taw days

it got some cloudy in the evening

I groubed some of the time and

some of the time I made stakes

we got to talking on politicks

but we Dident hit to gether

on the subject at all no not

Page 114 - March 25, 1840 - Move to Shigley's

March the 25 . 1840 Page 1. 14

Wed 25 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on the ground was frose considerable

hard I came home and fetched a yoke of

cattle with me it turned in some warmer

in the after noon I came home in the

evening I went up to Isaac Klepingers

the sun shoen out quite nigligen H L

Thu 26 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

on I went to work for Jacob Klepinger

I groubed all day quite nice after night

I went up to Isaac Klepingers and

staid all night I got my hair cut 18z

Fri 27 Cloudy this morning I worked till

three oclock in the after noon it rain

some few times I picked up Bresh and

grubed some I came hom in the evening

Sat 28 Cloudy this morning and raining some

it broke away and got quite clear and

warm I went down to Wm Bosticks

to trade it got cloudy and rained some

after night no more at this timel

Sun 29 Cloudy this morning and looks like

raine it rained some all after noon I wrot

some I went to meeting in the evening

then I went up to Klepinger and

staid all night it snowd in the ewe

nig no more 1840 Harmon L

Mon 30 Cloudy this morning and snowing some

I went down home in the evening it

snowd very hard I took down our sheep

quite cool 1840 Harmon Lucas

Tue 31 Cloudy this morning and snowing

I moved up hear to old Mr. Shigleys

I gat seven hogs and Brought them

up Maria Mansfield Harmon

Lucas Harmon Lucas Maria

Mansfield Ruth Baismen Lucas

Page 92 - October 31, 1839 - Fine Exhibition

October the 31. 1839 Page 92

Thu 31 Clear this morning quite pleasant we

gethered five loads of corn this makes

nine loads this makes the last day of the

Fri 1 Cloudy this morning quite cool the sun

shoen out some of the time I went to a

fine Exibition quite funy there was a

great meny out at it our tow girls and a

girl by the name of Luesa pulver went

from hear with me. H. R. Lucas

Sat 2 Cloudy this morning I cleaned up 15

bushels of oats and up to fix fence I

killed 2 hens Father went to mull and got or

Sun 3 Cloudy this morning and cool I went

to Salem meeting house to a prayr

meeting after night I went to H.

Genings to meetnig the sun shoen out

some two or three times no more 1839

Mon 4 Clear this morning till nearly noon

then it got some cloudy and smokey at

dark it began to blow and rain quite cool

Father and Mother went on a visit to

Jacob Klepingers I puled two loads of

corn in the fore noon I puled it down in

the after noon I drowed it in after

night it rained hard 1839 H. Lucas

Tue 5 Cloudy this morning and raining some

by turns all day I husked corn a while

then I came in and wrote a while after

night it snowd one inch in depth 1839

Wed 6 Cloudy this morning and snowing som

by turns till nearly noon I went

out and killed one dosen of praire

hens I killed 3 at one shot I got hom

at noon in the after noon I drowd wood

it broke away som 1839 no more at

this presant pearied of time william

H. Harison Harmon R Lucas

Page 87 - September 27, 1839 - Wood Retires

September the 27. 1839 Page 87

Fri 27 Cloudy this morning and raining some

and has the appearance of continuing

to hold out I cleaned up 33 bushels of

oats quite cool it rained hard till noon

then it broke away and got clear and

cool I I plowed in wheat S. Pulver 1839

Sat 28 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on quite cool in the evening it

got quite cloudy and after night it rain

ed some I plowd till noon in the after

I don nothing much quite cool 1839 .28

Sun 29 Clear this morning quite pleasant

wind South Wm Pierce staid hear

all night at eleven I went to Salem

meeting house to hear the Reverend

B. E. Wood preacher the last

time at four I went down to H. . .

Simses to hear him again and hom

Mon 30 Clear this morning the frost is hard

I plowd in foller ground till noon in

the after noon I haried in wheat we

finished sowing the barnes field 1839

one day after date we or either of us do

promise to pay Wm H Harison

the sum of 2 .2 .oooooo of dollars for

Value Received Witness our hands

and seal this the 17 of December

1839 Wm all Cash and James

Emry no gold and Jacob Chales

Monroe Daivison this being on the

last of the leef I will try to fill

it up with some most inportance

subject when we have been there

ten thousand thousand years brite

shining as the sun we have noe

les days to sing gods praise 1839

am I a soldier of the cross a folower

of the lamb sure I must fight

if I would reign increas my cour

age lord Harmon R Lucas 1839

Page 84 - September 7, 1839 - Kill Beef

September the 7. 1839 Page 84

Sat 7 Cloudy this morning at 8 or 9 Oclock

it began to rain and it continued to

rain till one it then broke away and in

the evening late it got clear I killed

2 squirls s and helped some at the camp

ground no more at this time 1839 H

Sun 8 Cloudy this morning and has the

appearance of rain it rained nearly

all day I rode on hunt of my calvs

but no find them 1839 H. Lucas

Mon 9 Clear this morning but soon clouded

up and rained some but in the evening

it got clear and cool I killed my

beef she weighed 4. 45 pounds she

came to 18 dollars I got her for 13 dollars

Tue 10 Clear this morning quite cool wind north

it got e som few clouds over us I plowed in

the foller ground all day no more at this

time but Remmember me when this you

seee December the 30 . 1839 H. Lucas

Wed. 11. Clear this morning quite cool I went and

helped Jacob Klepinger kill his beef

and in the after noon I thrashed one flowre

of oats in the evening it got som cloudy

and looked like rain it weighe 3. 22

pounds no more at presant amen for

Thu 12 Cloudy this morning quite cool I went

to Lafayette I took two barles of salt

I sold one barel for 7. 75 cts 3. 10 pounds

and one for 7. 50. weight 2. 90 pounds

I sold the hide for 2. 46 cts I got me a

pair of pants 4. 00 50 cts worth of

medison I got a letter from Wm

Lucas Dated august the 22. 1839 I

paid Andrews 16 dollar the tailors

7. 50 cts 1839 ana I came home after

night I feched a calf from town

for adam Best 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 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 44 - January 7, 1839 - Labor for Klepinger

Jenuary the 7 th. AD 1839 Page 44

Mon 7 Cloudy and snowed some I commenc

my laboring with Jacob Klepinger

Tue 8 cloudy this morning I worked for

Jacob Klepinger it rained some in

the evening quite worm all day

Wed 9 cloudy this morning and raining

it commenced the night preceding

it raind quite hard it broke some

five or six times through the cours

of the day I worked for Jacob w

Klepinger till nine O. clock in

the morning I came home and went

to school at night the sun shoen out

Thu 10 clear and quite pleasent all day

I worked for Jacob Klepinger

quite warm and nice all the time

Fri 11 clear all day and quite pleasent

I worked for Jacob Klepinger

despertly warm for the season

Sat 12 cloudy this morning the sun shoen

out some of the time I worked

for Jacob Klepinger after night

Harners preached at Salem

meeting house thir was about 30 out

Sun 13 cloudy this and rained some in

the morning it continued so

all day I wrote nearly all day

Mon 14 cloudy and rained this morn

I went to school it thundred

terable and flash after flash

of lightning at noon it it be

gan to to rain quite harde

after night Mr. wood and

his companion and Mr. yarlnr

and companion came to pay

us a visit no more at is

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 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 11 - June 11, 1838 - Making Rails

June the eleventh 1838 11

Mon 11 it has the appearance of rain at eight .O.

clock it broke away the sun shoen out

quite warm till two .O. clock then it

disappeard and in a few moments it

came up a shower of rain with heavy

thundrind and lightning at four it broke

away the sun shoen out quite warm

I made rails for Jacobe Klippinger at 62

Tue 12 the sun shoen out quite warm some

few flying clouds it has the appearance

of more fine weather the sun continued

shoen out till three .O. clock it disappear

heavy thundring and lightnings at

six .O. clock the sun shoen out and in a

few moments came another shower

the sun shoen out again I made rails

for Jacob Kleppinger H R L

Wed 13 quite foggy this morning and cooler than

it has been for some time past at seven

.O. clock the sun shoen out quite warm

till six in the evening then the sun

disappeard at dark it commenced rain

with heavy thundring and lightning

flash after flash I made rails for

Jacob Kleppinger for 62 per hu

Thu 14 it was a thundring this morning and

had the appearance of more rain but

broke away the sun shoen out quite

warm till noon then it disappear

and in a few moments it commen

raining with heavy thundring and

lightning it raind severl times throe

the day I made rails till noon for J K

Fri 15 it was cloudy this morning at six .O. clock

the sun shoen out quite pleasent the groun

is very wet the corn is from four to

six inches high the sun shoen out till

nearly night I made rails for J K