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Showing posts with label Richard. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

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

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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