Page 159 - 1843 Sales

October the 6.th. 1843 A Bests sale 159

1 strechers and swingle trees . . . $1.06

2 1 shovel plough . . . 1.88

3 1 pich fork . . . .31

4 1 little spining wheal . . . .50

5 1 lot of yarn . . . .81

6 1 oats stack . . . .62

7 1 pair of gears . . . 4.06

8 1 spring colt . . . 16.58

John Briants . . . 25.82

Nov 11 1 one plain . . . $.10

2 1 drower knife . . . .50

3 1 hand saw . . . 1.81

4 2 files rasp and punch . . . .40

5 1 cradle . . . .31

Nov 31 Joshua Burches sale . . . 3.11

1 1 cag of soap . . . $.44

2 1 stone churn . . . .85

3 2 calvs . . . 2.12

. . . 3.41

. . . 32.35

I got my sask 36 lites . . . 2.25

Sep 19 Joshua green got 5 1/2 of butter . . . 0.55

Sep 27 do. to 4 bounds and ten ounces . . . 0.46

Oct 28 do to 4 3/4 of butter at ten cts . . . 0.48

potatoes 1 bushel . . . 0.25

Oct 20 twou pounds of butter . . . 0.25

one bushel of pottatoes . . . 0.18

Page 102 - January 12, 1840 - Bed of Ease

January the 12 , 1840 Page 1. 2

Sun 12 Cloudy this morning and snowd some

quite sliperly I started from Joshua

Bomans at 11 oclock and got to Mr.

Grumanses at 3 oclock and staid all

night with theme no more at this time

Mon 13 Cloudy this morning but soon broke

away I got some nails drove in my horese

shoes price was 12. cts I staid all night

with Isaac Grummonses after night

I went to Singing school in con cord

house full of folks no more at presa

Tue 14 Cloudy this morning I started home

from Con Cord quite cloudy this morning

it began to snow very hard I got home

about four oclock 1840 Harmon L

Wed 15 Clear this morning I went up to Mr.

Adamses store then back to a whig

meeting it was the coldest day I have seen

this winter after night I went and staid

at Thomas . Smiths frost flew fast 1840

Thu 16 Clear this morning quite cool the sun

shoen out quite pleasant I went up to Mr.

Stillwells old place I frose my ears very

bad after night I went to meeting then up

to Josiahs . Smiths and staid all night 18

Fri 17 Cloudy this morning it snowd some I done

nothing all day after night I went over

to Singing school they sung by figurs

commencing at 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. this king

of singing I care nothing about I staid at

Aunts all night no more at this time

Sat 18 Cloudy this morning it has some appearanc

of snow I staid at Thomas Smiths

am I a soldier of the cross a folower of

the lam shall I fear to on his cause

or blush to speak his mame must I

be caried to the skies in flowery bed of ease

Page 101 - January 3, 1840 - Getting to Ohio

January the .3.d 1840 Page 1, 1

Fri 3 Cloudy this morning I past Columbus at

12. I got to granville and staid all night

my bill was 1. 37 cts quite fine place

Sat 4 Clear this morning I started and got

to Dresden at 4 oclock it thought sone

my bill was 1. 6 cts no mor at this

Sun 5 Clear this morning some warmer than it

has bin for some time past I went to a

meeting then over to Josiah Smiths I

went to meeting after night againe cs

Mon 6 Cloudy this morning I done nothing

much all day I was rite in town all

of the time I would be glad if you will

excuse my bad writing at this time 184

Tue 7 Cloudy this morning I went up to

Samuel Walkers and found all well

pleas permit me to come and spend the

nex sabith evening a few hours I will

be very much pleased I will exit.

Wed 8 Cloudy this morning I and Lirza went

over to concord I got to Isaac Grunnons

and staid all night I got over about one

houre after dark I paid .62 cts tole

Thu 9 Cloudy this morning I started and got

to Benets Lucas at one oclock and staid

all night I was at John Lucas at the eve

Fri 10 Cloudy this morning and raining and

sleted some I started and went over to

Joshua . bomans and got there at 11 oclock

and found all well after night I went

to a singing school I staid all night at

Sat 11 Cloudy this morning and raining quite

foggy the snow went off very fast I

went to to seammens town and back

to Bomans and staid all night 183

Page 89 - October 8, 1839 - Crane Season

October the 8. 1839 Page. .89. .

Tue 8 Cloudy this morning quite warm I got

ready to start back hom against ten oclock

and got home at six in the evening with

five stears and I was quite tired out too 1839

Wed 9 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

got my calves up and husked some corne.

Thu 10 quite foggy this morning it got clear and

desperate warm I went to Lafayeett I

put two letters in the office one for Wm

Lucas and the other for I know hoo and

James pattersons wife had a quilten bee.

Fri 11 Cloudy this morning I killed one crain 85

steps off hand flying it rained nearly all

day I wrote nearly all day in the after noon

I went out after Joshua Burches waggon

and thee sun set clear and nice 1839 .16

Sat 12 Clear this morning for a while but soon

got cloudy and looked like rain I got

two loads of corn I killed on crain 21

yards off quite pleasant Aaron Yarnold

came hom from Chicago Harmon Luc

Sun 13 Clear this morning I went to E. patters

to Meeting in the evening I got to bra

ke my colt no nore at this tim 1839

Mon 14 Clear this morning with a fog on I

got in two loads of corn Samul Pulver

got 25 bushels of corn at 12 cts per

bushel gand got one load for lown 1839

Tue 15 Clear this morning with a frost on quite

cool it turned quite warm I went to Laffayete

with a load of corn I only got 20 cts a

bushel for a pair of saddle bags and got

25 cts worth of goods I traded with Mr.

genins I sold 2 bushels for apels one

bushels for tins 1839 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 53 - March 7, 1839 - Cattle Sale

March the 7 1839 Page 53

Thu 7 Clear this morning and continued

so till noon then it clouded up and

after night it began to rain som

I worked for Joshua Burch all

day after night Father came

home from court Harmon

Fri 8 Cloudy this morning and snowing

it snowed a little while and quit

it was cloudy till nearly noon then

it broke away and then the sun

shoen out in the after noon quit

pleasent late in the evening it

clouded up I went to Harrison

Ville I got me a knife prise 75c

and half a quire of paper price 18c

Sat 9 Clear this morning but soon

clouded up again about noon

it cleard up again and turned som

coalder I drawed some hay in the

fore noon in the after noon I

went to Evetine Conleys to get

my vest then to singing school

Sun 10 Clear this morning a while

then it clouded up and had some

appearance of snow it turned

quite coald I wente to Salem

meeting house to hear Mr.

Wood preach after night I

went to meeting again 1839

Mon 11 Clear this morning and frose

the ground hard after noon

it clouded up and had some

appearance of rain I worked

for John Graves Father sold

ninetteen head of cattle five

head of two year olds and

fourteen head of yearlens he

got one hundred Dollars he

gave me thirty dollars of it

my calvs come to 65 dollars.

Page 52 - March 1, 1839 - Calhoon's Exhibition

March the 1, 1839 Page 52

Fri 1 Cloudy this morning the ground

is frose quite hard it broke away

some in the after noon it got quit

pleasent this day is the day of

Henry Calhoons exhibition is

I dident goe I got wood and

done other exercise the snow

went away quite peleasent 1839

Sat 2 Cloudy and snowing hard it had

snowed in the night before som

five or six inches in debth I

went to Lafayette to take a horse

for Father to ride back from

court I got me a vest patron the

price 3 . 50 cts buttens 37 cts tinor

tremmons . 100. cts I gave 50 cts for

cutting it it was about as blustry

a day as I have seen the winter

I staid all night at James serivison

Sun 3 Clear this morning and quite

coald all day I went to Genings

school house to a babtist mee

ting and then to home after

night I went over to Salem

meeting house to prayr meeting

Mon 4 Clear this morning and quit coald

Father went to attend court again

this morning quite windy all

day I cut some wood H R

Tue 5 Clear this morning some warmer

I went to Mill with nine bushels

of corn it thoughed considerable

I killed two quails and two dovs

I cut some wood after night

I wrote a letter to my Cousin

Wed 6 Clear this morning and quite

warm the snow disapeared I

worked for Joshua Burch after

night I went to a sugar camt

Page 51 - February 24, 1839 - Rain Bow

Febuary the 24 , 1839 Page 51

Sun 24 Cloudy this morning and raining

slowly quite warm and foggy

this morning it continued so all day

I fig wrvited all day . H. R. L.

Mon 25 Cloudy this morning and rained

some little it turned some cooler

than it was Father Went to tend

Court in Lafayette I killed a

goose fourty two steps with my

shot gun I made 25 rails for Silas

Tue 26 Cloudy this morning and some

foggy I worked for Joshua Burch

in the evening it rained some the

sun shoen out very pleasent it

its setting it formed a beautiful

rain bow it turned some cooler

Wed 27 Clear this morning and froze

the ground some some time in and

through the course of the day it

clouded up in the evening it turned

some cooler it snowed a little

squall it got quite cloudy at dark

I worked for Joshua Burck H. L

Thu 28 Cloudy this morning and snowed

it snowed about one inch deep

last evening it proved to be a

Blustering day the sun shon out

some few times I killed five

doves at one shoat and two

prayre hens at one at an other

shoot I got some little wood

one day after date Value Reced

we or either of us promised

pay H. Calhoon the sum of ten

cents in full Thornton Clevenger

David Klepinger Harmon L

E. G Layne got elected and John

Downing and oyler all got and

office two March the first 1839

Page 35 - November 24, 1838 - Husked Frolick

November the 24. 1838 Page 35

Sat 24 clear this morning I went and tried

to husked corne but to cold I husked

three shocks of fodder and quite in

the evening it clouded it up and got

very cold Father got 25 Bushels of

corn of mee I helped timmons rais

Sun 25 clear and quite cold it thoughed a

little in the day but got cold I

went to Salem Meting house to

hear Selkerk Preach their was

a considerable congration out the hous

was full nearly noe more at pre

Mon 26 clear this morning sun shoen out

very peasent but cool I husked

eleven shocks of fodder for Silas

Colbert in the evening it clouded up

Tue 27 cloudy all day and missed some little

and quit chiefly I husked five shocks

for Silas B Colbert H Lucas 1838

Wed 28 clear partly all day I husked one shock

of fodder and quit too cold I helped to

thrash some wheat I killed one praire

hen and at night the first was

old Mr. Shigley Eligah Timmons

Johnson Graves Joshua Burch and

Benjamin Burch John Shigley and

Tue 29 clear and quite cool a heavy frost it was

quite cool all day we finished gethered

corn I killed one praire hen H Lucas

Fri 30 clear and a heavy frost it was a nice day

I killed three praire hens and drawed

one load of fodder and three loads of wood

and at night we shelad seven bushels

of corn Benjamin Burch had a

husked frolick at night 1838 28

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