Page 131 - June 29, 1840 - Pay our Sergeant

June the 29 .1840 Page 1. 31

Mon 29 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain it got clear and quite warm till

in the after noon it got quite windy I

went down to Hiirram Genings to

get the loan of his cattle and then I

went to Egbert Pattersons after a yoke

but dident get none so I came back

again and put on and old yoke and

yoked my stears up but they soon

got away I turned all out and went

up to my wheat fild no more Harmon

Tue 30 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain but dident rain enny I mowd

cheat all day in the evening I went

up to Isaac Klepingers and staid

all night I sold my wheat to Samuel

Pulver for 12 bushel of Wheat after

wheat harvest Harmon R Lucas

Wed 1 Cear this morning quite cool for

the time of the year I mowd till

noon of cheat in the after noon I

cut some logs for the young mens

tent it sprinkld some of rain in

the after noon I made some oxbows

Thu 2 Clear this morning quite cool I

plowd my potatoes over then began

to howe them I worked at them till

noon in the after noon I mowd some

Fri 3 Clear this morning quite cool I finish

my potatoes then went up to Adan

bests amd got some wheat quite

pleasant one day after Date I or

either of us do promis to pay the

sum of ten cts to george Mcdonel

our sergent in the army so no mor

Wm hery Harison is our president

for 1841 but he soon Departed this

life in April the 4 1841 on his

seat at the citty of Washinton cs

Page 127 - June 8, 1840 - Surveying

June the .8. 1840 Page 1.27

Mon 8 Clear this morning quite pleasant and nic

I laid up fence all day quite nice Har

Tue 9 Clear this morning quite pleasant I made

some rails then I went up and laid up

fence till noon and counted up my rails

I had 12 . 30 rails one the side of the lot

and 11 hundred on the south string in the

after noon I went to mill and got a bag of flo

Wed 10 Clear this morning quite pleasant in

the morning I went up to the shop then

I went and helped to run off our land

John Graves Isaac Klepinger Elijah

Timmons . Samuel pulver Cournal

Oiler the survyor and mee was at it

quite tired of it too we run we run half

a mile line betwene us thence we rune

back .80 rods thence east 80 rods thenc

we commenced at the section line thence

haf a mile mile West thence we came back

80 rods we ran thence half a mile south

betweene John Graves and Isaac best

we came back and started at the section

corner and run thence 40 rods west

thence south 80 rods thence east

40 rods we got done and thank god

for it for I lwas tired as I could be

Wed 11 Clear this morning quite pleasant all

day I drowd and laid up fence all day

quite warm and sweltry Harmon

Fri 12 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I drowd rails till noon then I broke

my ox bough tremendiously warm

it thundred some in the evening like

that we might have a rain after

night it rained it continued all night

Maria Mansfield was born May 14 1823

in the state of new york she now lives

in the state of Indiana Tippecane Co

Tippecanoe Township 1841 Harmon

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 125 - May 28, 1840 - Great Convention

May the 28 . 1840 Page 1. 25

Thu 28 Cloudy this morning but soon broke

away the sun shoen out it rained I

laid up fence till ten oclock then I

fixed up and went down to the great

Convention at Harrison Ville the

brig came in from Mechigon City

there was a thousand folks aut I

believe we had some showers of rain

Fri 29 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I went down to the convention it was

estimated to be 30.000 people the mad

a great to do about oone oclock 9 of

us went down to the river and scen

5 steam boats we had a fine time

we came back and cut around awhile

then we came up and staid all night

to James pattersons aftr night we

seen them shooting their seye light

we had lots of fun a marching around

Sat 30 Clear this morning quit pleasant

we went down to the convention

again a great many went home some

came back to it we went we went

down to the river again seven of

us I came back to it and staid a while

then we came up to James pattersons

all a foot we took diner there then

came home and landed home at dark

Sun 31 Clear this morning quite pleasant

at nine oclock I went over to the

sabeth school there was rite smart

out the books was Distribeted out

to every person all well pleased

there was meeting at four oclock I went

to E. pattersons to meeting oratia

Barns preached quite a nice day

Sarah Maria moris is now a ine

town of Zanesville quite a

lady I'll in sure you that she

will ware the briches samuel slick

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 109 - February 22, 1840 - More Funerals

Febuary the 22,1840 Page 1. 9

Sat 22 Cloudy this morning and raining quite

hard it began to rain in the night some

time smokey very much so it rained

all day very hard Samuel Walker

departed this tife to day in his eightieth

year at one oclock to day all so

Mrs. Porter died all so I saw old

Moon get run by his wife oll over

the street with a club heap of fun to

be seen the streets was full of people out

a looking at the two fools I staid at aunts

Sun 23 Cloudy this morning and a raining

quite hand I drawed up old Samuel

Walkers coffin he was bueried at

one oclock very high watters it come

with in a few inches of runing in

the waggon bed in the evening it

got clear and pleasant I went to

to the river and it was very high at

night I staid at Aunts 1840 21

Mon 24 Clear this morning quite pleasant the

ground was frose hard quite nice to day

Mary Eliza Smith aunt and granny

Smith and I took a walk down to the

river it was quite high we had three

hours walk and ammusment we saw

a hog saved bey the help of of two men

and there skeft quite pleasant all day

I staid all night at Thomas Smiths

Tue 25 Clear this morning the ground is frose I

drowd some oats from Tumbelsons Mill

and then some hay it got some hazy about

noon I heard from an uncle and aunt

from Virginia this makes .61. days

a scence I left home I went to a

Temperance meeting I staid at aunts

Wed 26 Clear this morning and pleasant it

continued so all day I staid at aunts

it raind some after night 1840

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 85 - September 13, 1839 - Father's Meeting

September the 13. 1839 Page 85

Fri 13 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

I cleaned up oats it was nice and pleasant

all day campmeeting commenced on

My Fathers land I done several

things to day after night I went to

meeting no more at this time Harmon

Sat 14 Cloudy this morning and rained till

late in the evening it quite was a few

out no more at this time H. Lucas

Sun 15 Cloudy this morning and rained som

quite cool for the season it continued so

all day I was at camp meeting there

was a few out Harmon Patterson Joined

the Methedist episcople church 1839 80

Wm Campbell staid all night hear

I got hom 15 miuets past 12 18ooo

Mon 16 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

looks fine Camp meeting broke up at

ten Oclock quite warm in the after

noon I cut 9 shocks of fodder it

continued pleasant all day but after

night it clouded up and rained hard 1839

Tue 17 Cloudy this morning and raining a

little it rained by spells all day in the

evening I went down to Cooppers store

after quinine I took up a waggon wh

eall to Millses for to get fixed I got

my calf from Samuel Pulvers and

Luesa Pulver had a severe shake of

the ague quite hard no more at this

Wed 18 Clear this morning quite cool for the

season it got some pleasant on through

the day I cut up fodder ten shocks of

Thu 19 Clear this morning quite pleasant

till in the evening it got some cloudy and it

rained some I cut up ten shocks of fodder

Wily. Sims staid att night with us

Page 77 - July 22, 1839 - Radical Campmeeting

July the 22. 1839 Page 77

Mon 22 Cloudy this morning and foggy some quite

pleasant the sun shoen out quite warm

but some few flying clouds over us at

this time I finished cutting our wheat

and I began to cut my oats in the evening

it rained some little 1839 H. R. Lucas

Tue 23 Clear this morning quite pleasant and it

is quite warm ther was severel showers went

round to the north we got one shower our selves

after night it rained again Wm Shigley

Father and mee cradled oats in a Wm Hunts

field / Mendenhalls cut theere wheat 1839

Wed 24 Cloudy this morning but broke away thee

sun shoen out but we got a shower we finis

hed our oats liking a few down oats quite

warm Luisa Pulver staid heear all night

Thu 25 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

continued so all day in the evening it got

som cloudy I bound and cut som oats the

radical Campmeeting commenced on pine

Fri 26 Clear this morning som foggy quite warm

I was binding oats Wm. Samuel. David

Klepinger helped us bind oats in hunts

field we dome fine buisness we bound

up 2. 30 dosens of oats four hands of us

quite warm in the evening it had the

appearance of rain Harmon R Lucas

Sat 27 Cloudy this morning quite warm it rained

a hard shower on mee when I was going to

campmeeting yon side of stogdens I cut som

oats before I started and at night I went

to Samuel Shigleys 27. 1839 H. Lucas

Sun 28 Clear this morning quite pleasant there

was considerable out to day I started home

at 12 O clock and as I cam hom I got a

shower and at four I went to H. genings

to meeting after night I got the bag

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 58 - April 7, 1839 - Father to Chicaugo

April 7.the. 1839 Page 58

Sun 7 Clear this morning and quite warm

in the morning I went to quarterly

meeting held by the United Brethren

at the school house in the naighbor hood

of Mr. Barnerds their was consderable

of a congragation out at it they held

their publick preaching at the camp

ground in the evening it clouded up

and looked like rain it rained some

at dark I went to evening meeting after

meeting I came home along with Samul

Pulver and his wife I mever saw as

dark a night in my life I got home

at twelve oclock it began to sprinkle

Mon.8. Cloudy this morning and some cooler

then it has been for some time it

broke away and got some warmer we

finished sowing oats in hunts field in

the evening it clouded up and looked

like rain in the after noon I began

to sow oats in our field for my self

Tue 9 Cloudy this morning and rained some

it broke away nearly noon the sun

shoen out nice and warm I sold my

cow for fourteen Dollars to Mr. Barnes

James graves brought our waggon home

Father went to get his loding of flowr

Wed 10 Cloudy this morning it rained in the

night as hard as I ever heard it it lightned

and thundred hard Father started to the

town named Chicaugo this morning with

four barels of flowr and one hundred

and ten dosens of eggs and two hundred

pounds of bacon and twenty eight bounds

of butter I plowed some rained too hard

the sun shoen out some two or three times

in the evening it clouded up and thundred

land tightner very hard after night it rained

quite hard I bought a pair of traces of

Sibbet Camblen price 1.25 cts.

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 43 - January 1, 1839 - New Year

Jenuary the 1 st. 1839 Page 43 I

Tue 1 Cloudy this morning and continued

so all day I went to Harrison

Ville to a shootting match Wm.

Hogcas and Allen Luptain got

eleven turkeys Hogcas killed four

turkeys 2 hundred yds off hand

after night it snowed quite hard

Wed 2 cloudy and thoughed some all day

it rained a little I and John gravs

and father drowed forty five

shocks of fodder after night I

went to Salem Meeting house but

dident stay long Samuel Klepinger

and I went to get a saddle to goe

to Isaac Klepingrs wedding 1839

Thu 3 cloudy this morning it snowed

some little in the morning I went

down to Isaac Bests to a wedding

depending betwin Isaac Klepinger

and Delila Best Mr. chapman

and Miss. Bilder Back awas the 183

attendence at the wedding I came

home at night it turned som colder

Fri 4 cloudy this morning and had the

appearance of snow but dident

I went to the infair after night

hear came two paddys we had some

little fun with them no more no

Sat 5 clear this morning and pleasent

their was a man offerd me thirty

dollars for five calvs it continued

warmer in the evening it got cool

Sun 6 cloudy this morning and mised a

little of rain till in the after

noon then it broke away Father

started to shoney for sheep after

night I went to Salem meeting

house to hear Mr. Hufman

Page 38 - December 10, 1838 - Father Hunting

December the 10. 1838 Page 38

Mon 10 cloudy this morning early but soon

broke away it was very cool in the morning

it got quit warm and pleasent the Balen

of the day Father started out to Mr.

Groomeses to hunt game which is about

sixteen miles off I took down my over

Coat to Miss. Eeveline Conley to make

she has three Dollars for making a

coat Mr. Simes killed his hogs I

came home and fikced my stables a

Samuel Klepinger went to school

for the first day to Mr. Barnes 1838

this night I counted up the days since I

commenced my Book keeping the number

was two hundred and forty seven days

Tue 11 clear this morning and thoughed rite

smart quite pleasent all day I made

a stable done and in the afternoon

I helped Timmons tare down his house

James Pierce was hear to day and

Thomas Smith came out from Ohio

the tenth of the month and father came

home with hime I killed one praire hen

Wed 12 clear and some cooler than it has been

for two or three days past I helped

Timmons raise a house after night

their is meeting over at Salem

meeting house Mr. Wood exhorted

Father land home from hunting and

killed nothing a tall so no more at

this time hoping no insinuation too

Thu 13 clear and pleasent all day I thrashed

corne after night there was a

singing school over at Salem mete

ing house I killed two praire hens

and one quail Thomas Smith

and James Pierce came up to the

singing school there was rite smart

of a congragtion out to night 1838

aman of words and not of dead

a charge to keep I have a god

Page 31 - November 1, 1838 - Killing Cranes

November the first 1838 Page 30

Thu 1 some cloudy this morng it broke away till

nearly noon to noon it raind a little but quit

the sun shoen out quite read it was a

Desperately smoky day and at night I

helped to gether thre loads of corne I killed

two praire hens and broke a cranes leg to

Fri 2 a heavy frost this morning clear till noon

it clouded up for a while though it soon brok away

but desperately smokey I killed one praire

hen we gethered two loads of corne which made

the last of that ten acres of John Smiths

Sat 3 cloudy and a raining it sprinkled all day

I went down to Laffayette I paid of a note

of five Dollars and fifty cents I got a pair

of pantiloons and noe fit so I.ll quit

Sun 4 clear this morning cut foggy it continued

so till in the after noon and then it cloude

up I went over to Salem meeting house

the people tarned out rite smart 1838

Mon 5 it commenced snowing a little before

day light it continued snowing very hard

all morning Father and Isaac Klepping

started to Lafayette to attend court it

was a blustery day I cut down a tree

that stans betweene John L Smiths

and our house and went out and kiled

a crain I was a walking along up flew

some twenty or thirty crains out of old

Mr. Shigleys field and I fired away

and broke a wing I fetched him home

and I had fine fun with the crain and

dog a fighting about four O. clock it

away and then the sun shoen

out clear but clouded up dreckley again

I went out and killed one praire hen

my god my life to the to take I call for

refuge I pray one day after date I

promised to pay Samuel Smith the

sum of ten dollars for value R