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 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 147 - Births and Deaths

147

Katharin Elizabeth Lucas was born

December the 6 th. 1835 in

Tippacanoe County Indiana

John Rogers Lucas was born

December the 5 th. 1837 in

Tippacanoe County Iindiana

The Deaths of my Brothers and

Sisters which Departeed there lives

some in Ohio and some in Indiana

Hester Ann Lucas Departed this life

July the 29 th. 1822 aged 1 year 8 month

Francis Asbury Lucas Departed this

life September the 4 th. 1822 aged

Six months and 22 days

Emily Francis Lucas Departed this

life July the 21 st. 1827 aged one

year 3 months 1 day

Benjamin Josiah Lucas deeparted

this life July the 11 th. 1829 aged one

year 3 months 29 days

Susan Brown Lucas Departed this

life august 18 th 1837 aged 7 years

8 months 3 days

Katharin Elizabeth Departed this

life the 19 of august 1837 aged one

year 8 months 12 days

Four of the former was buried in

the state of Ohio Muskigum County

Two of the latter was buried in

the state of Indiana Tippacane

County Tippacanoe Township

This I wrote on the 10 of September

1843 the of the Methodist prodestan

Camp meeting quite rainy

rain o rain o rain

Page 146 - Births

Sun 10 .th. 1843 of September 146

Harmon R Lucas was born

July the 12 th. 1819 in

Muskingum Count Ohio

Hester Ann Lucas was born

November the 21 st. 1820 in

Muskingum County Ohio

Francis Asbury Lucas was born in

February the 12 th. 1822

Muskingum County Ohio

Ruey Ann Lucas was born

September the 21 st. 1823 in

Muskingun County Ohio

Mary Jane Lucas was born

March the 6 th. 1825 in

Muskingum County Ohio

Emly Francis Lucas was born

May the 11 th. 1826 in

Muskingum County Ohio

Benjamin Josiah Lucas was born

March the 30 th. 1828 in

Muskingum County Ohio

Susan Brown Lucas was born

November 16 th. 1829 in Dresden

Muskingum County Ohio

Curtis Williams Lucas was born

June the 6 th. 1831 in

Tippacanoe County Indiana

Benjamin Franklin Lucas was born

December the 8 th. 1932 in

Tippacanoe County Indiana

Martha Ellen Lucas was born

May the 3 D. 1834 in

Tippacanoe County Indiana

Page 145 - Marriage and Death

145

Harmon R Lucas was Maried on

the 1.st. of July 1841 to Maria Mansfield

in Laffayette Fair field Township at

at Mr. Elices this being Septembr 6. 1841

Harmon Reasoner Lucas

Departed this life February the 26th 1846

in Tippacanoe Co Ind

Maria Ireland

Departed this life February the

26th 1894 in Jones Co Iowa

just 48 years between there deaths

Page 144 - Births

144

Mon 6. 1841 Harmon. R. Lucas was born the

12 of July 1819 in the State of Ohio in

Muskingum County I Resided there untill I was

in my 11.th. year of my age then I emigrated to

the State of Indiana where I Reside at this time

this being the 6 of September AD. 1841

Mon 6 1841 Maria Lucas was born May the 14 .1823

in the State of New york Livingston County

she Resided there untill in her 16 year of her age

then she emigreted to the State of Indiana Tippica

noe County Township where she Resides at this

this time this being the 6 of September A D 1841

Sun 3. 1842 Mary Allis Lucas was born

the 29 of March 1842 betwene 7 and 8 oclock

in the evening born in the state of Indiana

Tippacanoe County Tippacanoe Township its

weight is 7 pounds and a quarter this being

the 3 day of April 1842

Wednesday December the 20. 1843

Jane Gennings Lucas was Born Decemer the

20 the 1843 8 oclok in the evening weight 7 1/2

in the state of Indian Tippecanoe County

Tippicanoe Township

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 120 - April 26, 1840 - School Manager

April the 26. 1840 Page 1.20

Sun 26 Cloudy this morning quite cool

and rained som at four oclock

I went to meeting I wrote som

the sun st clear this evening

Mon 27 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

on quite cool but soon got warmer

I cut some timber a few flying clouds

at noon I cut timber all day Harm

Tue 28 Cloudy this morning and it continued

so nearly all day Father was up

hear I maid rails till .5. oclock then

I went over to Salem Meeting house

to an election in favor of holding a Sabath

School they elected mee a maniger of

the school no more at presant

Wed 29 Cloudy this morning quite foggy the

sun shoen out some few times it rained

some few times at night it broke away

I made rails all day I got 6 Chears

from Wm Bosticks and is to pay

hime .6. 00. in 6 months I got

7. pounds of sugar of Lair 1.00.

Thu 30 Clear this morning with the exception

of a few flying clouds at this time I

made rails at four oclock I quit and

went to writing it began to rain and

and raind all night I went to meeting

Fri 1 Clear this morning quite nice and

pleasant I mada rails till in the after

noon then I quit and went home I

got home about 2 hours by sun quite

pleasant all day Maria Lucas 1840

Sat 2 Clear this morning quite pleasant at

at half past 12 I started home I

fetched a cow with mee it got some

cloudy in the evening it rained it got

quite windy so no more at presant

Page 108 - February 15, 1840 - Ohio Funeral

February the 15, 1840 Page 1 . 8

Sat 15 Cloudy this morning quite cool and rough it

turned out quite nice we had a pleasant

little visit at aunts I staid all night at

Thomas Smiths Harmon R Lucas

Sun 16 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

on quite pleasant at half past ten oclock

I went to meeting and at three oclock

I went over to the prisbtarions with a

young and fine girl I felt quite unwell

to day Elizabeth . Walker departed this

life to day at 12 oclock in her sixtieth

year complained 6 days before she died s

I staid all night at aunts no more at

Mon 17 Cloudy this morning and has some appearance

of rain or snow I went to the buring

of Elizabeth Walker she was bared on

Ivenses farm in the evening it rained

some I staid all night at Thomas Smiths

Tue 18 Cloudy this morning and looks like raine

after night I went to Temperance

meeting and then back and staid all night

at Thomas . Smiths 1840 no more at

Wed 19 Clear this morning and looks fine and

it continued to hold out I Receined three

letters one from home the other from Wm

Lucas and the the tother one from Mary

Carter price of them was. 35. cts I

staid all night at Thomas Smiths 1840

Thu 20 Cloudy this morning and raining and it

continued to rain all day quite muddy and

bad after night I staid all night at T

Smith Ruth . Baismen was there too dr

Fri 21 Clear this morning quite warm and

pleasant at this time the mud is not so

bad as it has been it was a nice day in the

evening it got some cloudy and looked like

rain I staid all night at aunts in

the year of our lord and saviour

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 88 - October 1, 1839 - School Trustees

October the 1. 1839 Page 88

Tue 1 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

on Sarah Mendenhall started back

to the Ohio aggin I plowed sowd up with

one yoke of cattle and husked some corne

Wed 2 Clear this morning quite pleasant with

a forst on I sowd wheat till noon in

the after noon I and John hows husked

one load of corn we got hom after dark

Thu 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

sowd wheat till noon me and John hows

in the after noon I plowd in wheat my

self quite warm all day I was at Yarnalds

Fri 4 Clear this morning quite warm I

went down to James .Servisons to muster

and came home quite tired too H. . L

Sat 5 Cloudy this morning quite warm it

rained tast night and it rained some

little this morning I went down to the

store and got me a pen knife at 75 cts

one box of caps 25 half pound of powder

in 25 in the after noon I hhrashed oats

and cleaned up 17 bushels of oats there

was a school meeting held at the school

house for trust tees E. Timmons and

I. Graves and B. Lucas was elecled

as our trust tees for this year 1839 H.

Sun 6 Cloudy this morning and has the appeara

ance of rain it was quite smokey all day

in the the evening it began to rain I

went to E. Pattersons to meeting the

H. Geninges tostay a while and get

my supper no nore at this time 18,

Mon 7 Cloudy this morning and raining a

little Father started to Chicago with

three ohter teams with him I went to

the white oke grove 21 miles distant

off I staid with him gening was a long

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 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 39 - December 14, 1838 - First Church

December the 14 1838 Page 39

Fri 14 clear and pleasent all day I thrashed and

cleaned up 28 bushels of corne I felt

some under the weather all day 1838

John Graves commenced bording on the 8th

day of April AD. 1837 Benjamine

Lucas commenced laboring on the Eri

canall on the 28 th day of March

AD 1837 and continued till the last

Day of October A.D. 1837 8383

December the 14 1838 Dew Harmon

Lucas 14 dollars and 50.6 cts for

Value Received of hime Smith John

Lafayette July the 6.th 1836 H Luca

Bot of John Mccormick 3 yards of muslin

one dozens buttens 100 3 1/2 yards of

Jenes 5. 50 cts Trimmons 200 dollars

totle amount 8. 80 cts cutting 37 cts

and making 200 Dollars 1838

Sat 15 clear early this morning but soon

clouded up and got cold enouh to

snow I went over to the canall

to get some money but in vain

I got home and went down to

Mr. Simeses School house to

a quartley meeting after night

Sun 16 partley clear this morning 1838

the sun shoen out dim all day I went

down to the quartily meeting at Mr.

Simeses school house the house was full

I went and drawed or went and ate

my dinner and Wm Pierces

and went down to servisons and

down to Isaac Graves then back to

meeting Wm. Dollyhide Joined the

church I came hom at nine O. clo

Mon 17 cloudy and snowing and continued so all

day Father went over to mill with

28 bushels of corne I killed 8 praire

hens and two quails and one rabit it

turned some colder than it was 1838

Page 36 - December 1, 1838 - Canal in Vain

December the 1 1838 Page 36

Sat 1 quit smokey and cloudy at ten it snowed

a little I went over to the canall to get som

money but in vein so no more at present

Sun 2 clear this morning quite cool at eleven O. clock

I went to meeting over at Salem meeting

house to hear Mr. Wood preach their was

considerable out to day I parted with my

watch to David Klepinger for ten Dollars

and fifty ctts I went down to Mr. Simses

school house to hear Mr. Wood preach

Mon 3 partly clear all day Father went over

to mill over the river I went and picked

out suitable timber for making rails

for Silas Colbert and in the evening

I went out and killed three praire hens

Tue 4 cloudy this morning and has the appear

of rain or snow Mr. Barnes commencd

his school on the third of December 1838

I killed two praier hens in the day

it snowed some and sleted some it

rained some in the evening I drowed

stove wood for the meeting house and

Father came hom from mill at

noon with 26 Bushels of mele and

a flower so man at present 1838

Wed 5 cloudy all day it snowed some in the

morning I went over to the canall to get

some money but in vain I got their

dew Bill which cald for fourteen Dollars

and six cts Robert hogens was there

with mee I went to meeting at night

their was Mr. Wood Mr. Yarnald Mr.

Timmons Mr. Best and wife Mr.

Shigley and wife and daughter Mr.

Maken Mr. Mendenhall Mr. Lucas

one Day after date wee or either of us

promised to pay Mr Slick the sum of

ten Dollars for Value Received

witness my hand Mr. Slick 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 9 - June 1, 1838 - Logansport Hanging

June the first 1838

Fri 1 in the morning was quite foggy about two

hours by sun it broke away the sun

shoen out quite warm and pleasent at

eight .O. clock I started up to Logans

port to see a man hung I landed abougthe

nine .O. clock about thwelve .O. clock he

was brought out of gail dead he had

hung him self the night before he was

to be hung there I got sight of him it

was supposed there was three thoussand

people there I saw a skuaw have one of the

hansomest little one that ever was I heard

a great meny white folks say that they

would be very glad if there littles ones was

as hansom as it I saw John Smith there

I staid at a young girls hous noe more

Sat 2 it was clear and warm I went tto the

river to fish and from that I plaid

round I staid with the same girl yes

I Received a letter from Wm Lucas

Sun 3 it was quite clear and warm at ten I

.O. clock I went up to Henry Kleppin

gers to singing school there was 25

girls and the best quallity to some of

the boys got the sack I staid with

Henry Kleppinger all night soe noe

Mon 4 it was some cloudy this morning it raind

a little early in the morning but soon

broke away and the sun shoen out clear

and warm I landed home at three .O.

clock the wind raised some about four in

the evening I got badly hurt by a fall

Tue 5 the sun rose clear about six .O. clock it

clouded up and had the appearance of rain

quite warm light wind in the south the

sun shoen out dreekley and shoen out dimly

by turns some cooler than we have had

for some five or six days past the wind

blew tollerable hard it thas the

Page 6 - May 16, 1838 - Planting Corn

May the 16 . 1838 Page 6

rain ahead with heavy thundring and

lightning the creeks are very high it

contiued raining some all night and was

at it in the morning the ground is very

wet at this time I have been furrowing

out ground for to plant corn so no more

Thu 17 this morning the sun shoen out dimley

six .O. clock the clouds looked broken a little

it drizzled a little about twelve .O. clock it

broke away and betwene two and three .O.

clock the sun shoen out and about four it

clouded up again and was quite cold and after

night it raind I was plowing till noon then

I planted corn for the first time ne

Fri 18 it is cloudy this morning and raind a little

about six .O. clock it broke away the sun

shoen out but it is very cool for the season

it is cold enough to snow about ten .O.

clock it turned some warmer at twelve O.

clock I am a plowing to day the ground is se

Sat 19 it is clear and very pleasent there is a little

frost this morning it has the appearance of more

fine weather I plowed all day oh dear mee

Sun 20 the sun rose clear this morning it is warm

and quite pleasent the wind west at this

time it is quite warm the wind is got roun

in the East I was about home all day

I wrote a letter to William Lucas to Day

Mon 21 it is a little cloudy this morning the wind

in the East at this time the sun rose

dimly it is quite warm at this time about

eight .O. clock it clouded up again and about

twelve .O. clock it began to rain lightly and

it continued to rain lightly till three .O. clock

then it broke away and the sun shoen out

dimly till seven .O. clock then it shoen out

clear I plowed and the rest planted I

am quite trimbley in my hands now sse