Page 158 - 1844 House Raising

September the 17.th. 1843 158

Elem tree hall or do not medle with what does

not belong to you I love to tell a cheerfull tale in

Sat 14 of September 1844 H. R. L

I raised my house and stable M. L

the names of each person at it

Aaron yarnold 1 Wm. Kleppinger 2

'Jesse W Robenson 3 george franklin

4 Jacob snider 5 Egburt Patterson 6

Wm. Patterson 7 James Patterson Jun

8 Vancamp 9 James Shearer 10

Stephen Barnard 11 daniel ogden 12

Benjamin Lucas 13 Pope white 14

Hiram gennings 15 Wm. Mansfield 16

Harmon R Lucas 17 John MC Neel 18

David Pulver dr to harmon R Lucas

for 1 pair of pantiloons price 250

and he was to worke ten days for them

this is 1111

October the 5the 1842

David Klepinger got of beef 31 paid . . . 0.62

Wm. Klepinger got of beef 23 paid . . . 0.46

J. patterson of beef 1.32 . . . 3.96

B Lucas got of beef 1.28 . . . 3.84

J graves got of beef 46 and paid . . . 0.92

J shigley got of beef 52 pounds . . . 1.04

H genings 57 pounds . . . 1.14

Hide weighing 64 pounds . . . 2.87

Jacob pierce got of H. Lucas 4 calves

and is to let him have 3 hundred

rails half white oak rails . . . 3.75

he all so got 1 pair of boots and is

to give me 2 hundred rails

half white oak rails . . . 2.50

Page 136 - 1842 Accounts, and 1844 Bear

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Harmon R. Lucas Dr. to Adam Brown in 1842

1 1/2 pound of tobaco . . . 0.18

1 fire shovel . . . 0.75

2 trimons for a coat . . . 0.87

12 yas of shirting . . . 2.00

10 I got ten dollars . . . 10.00

1 1/2 I got one dollar and 50 cts . . . 1.50

2 I got 2 dollars . . . 2.00

1 penknife . . . 0.62

1 work basket . . . 0.75

2 ydds of flannel . . . 1.25

2 yds of callico . . . 0.50

4 yds of footen . . . 0.50

1 quarter yd of silk . . . 0.12

1 paper of pins . . . 0.12

3 yds of shirting . . . 0.37

1 stick of twist . . . 0.06

1/2 pound of spice . . . 0.12

1/2 pound of salaretus . . . 0.12

1 bushel of dride appels . . . 1.50

1 barrel of salt . . . 3.04

1/2 yd of lace . . . 0.25

3 yds of callico . . . 0.75

5 yds of footen . . . 1.25

1 bucher knife and steal . . . 0.62

1 56 I got one dollar and 56 cts . . . 1.56

38 days work which I labored . . . 30.42

far ammos Brom the work come to . . . 37.00

March the 27 1843

October the 26 1844 gor ten fencens

kiled a bare west of Aaron yarnolds

in the grand praire Jesse Helfer got

the bare Sunday the 27 I ate a piece of

its flesh and it ate good as could bee

it was travling tords the north

Page 116 - April 7, 1840 - Yankees' Meeting

April the 7. 1840 Page 1. 16

Tue 7 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

quite a cool aire stiring I went down to

to Mr. Simses Store to get some thing

I got me one set of plates price 1. 25 cs

one set of cups and saucers 50 cts one

set of knives and forks 2.00 dollars

one hankerchief 18 cts I cam home and

helped Wm Shigley rais his house

after night I went to the young con

verts Meeting and was cald on to por

aut my fervent prays to the lord

by Mitten Maken so nore at this

Wed 8 Clear this morning quite pleasant

and nice Father and Mother came up

to see meee hear I Made rails to day

quite fine all day Maria Came to

see mee for the first time a cence

I mooved heare quite pleasant all day

Thu 9 Clear this morning I made rails till

noon all day in the after noon I burnt

my stibles off at bests but I dident

take the ground quite pleasant all day

Fri 10 Cloudy this morning and has the

appearance of rain it rained rite smart

I went down home but dident trade 8

Sat 11. Cloudy this morning and raining some

I went to the battle ground I went

Timmonses bale betwene him and

Marten .Mendenhall for ten Dollars

and Timmons went my bale for the

sum of 5. 67. cts betwene me and

Jesse . Andrs the sun shoen out nice

about noon in the after noon I made

rails after night I went ta meeting

at four oclock all of the yankees

come to meeting Maria and Venatta

was hear I got a bedd cond and one

butter plate and half poun of nails

so no more at presant 1840

Page 55 - March 17, 1839 - Sugar Camp

March the 17. 1839 Page 55

Sun 17 Cloudy this morning and raining

lightly tolerable warm it cleard off

quit pleasent I went to Calhoons

school house to singing school and

after night I went to Salem metig

house after night It rained quite

hard it lightnad and thunared some

Mon 18 Cloudy and a raining some little

and still continud to rain it rained

off and on all day I went to Klepinge

sugar camp it lightned and thundred

quite hard some hard cracks and

Tue 19 Clear this morning and quite

pleasent all day I worked for John

graves all day so noe more Rembrs

Wed 20 Cloudy this morning and a raining

some and it held out very well all

day I helped Mr. Mendenhall to

raise his house he dident finish his

house in one day so he quit 1839

Thu 21 Cloudy this morning and looks like

we might have snow quite coald I

went again to help Mr. Mendenhall

finish his house after we finished

we helped Timmons rowl logs.

Fri 22 Clear this morning it staid partly

clear all day the ground was froze

with a heavy frost it got quite

warm I worked for John graves

Sat 23 Clear this morning I went to Lafayette

then back to election at servisons I

voted for Jese L watson then I

went to singing school at calhoons

school house I got one paper and a

half pound of powder and one

pound of lead so this finishes

the chapter L. L. D harmon L