Page 173 - 1852, James Ireland Writing?

Dec 9th 1852 James W Ireland and

William M Mansfield settled all

these accounts in fall and I owe

Mansfield for one days gathring

Corn and Mansfield is to bucher

hogs 1 day

to Frank husking corn 2 days to self 1 day . . . 1.87

to Mansfield hold Corn . . . 1.00

to Nate at Mcormicks sale 2.64 fo lag chare

to cash paid to winer for scholling . . . 1.33

Jack Smith Dr to 12 bush Con

at 28 cts per bushel . . . 3.36

to 2 hats . . . .87 1/2

to 1 pare shoes . . . 1.25

to 1 pair pants . . . .62 1/2

. . . = 6.11

Cr to Isaac working 21 1/2 day . . . 7.52

at 35 cts pr day

george Enis on Dr to balance due

on settlement oct 1853 . . . $11.42

5h May Cr to stocking shovelplow . . . .75

to one days Clearing . . . .75

to one 1/2 day in Clearing self s west . . . 0.75

Dr to 4 galons Molases . . . 2.00

Cr to stocking Cradle . . . 1.50

Dr to 1 Pair shoes . . . 1.25

to 1 pair boots for self . . . 2.00

Cr to waggon wheal . . . 1.00

to boys 1 day thrashing . . . .75

Dr to one day thrashing 2 horses . . . 1.50

to pare boots for charles . . . 2.00

Cr to boys husking Corn

3 days Each . . . 2.25

Cr to stocking shovelplows . . . 1.25

one to be paid by M Rooney at 75

Dr to 456 ft sheeting at rage . . . 9.12

24 x 12 = 48 +240 = 288 + 12 = 300

456 x 2 = 912 - 675 = 237

Page 172 - 1852, 1853 - Other Writers

30

Nov-2 1852 Benjamin Winver Dr to

70 lls beef . . . 2.45

to Cash one dollor . . . 1.00

to Cash paid on schooling . . . 1.50

. . . = 4.95

to 8 1/2 lbs pork . . . .42 1/2

to pork 87 lls 5 cents pr th . . . 4.35

to 2 bushels corn . . . .50

Dec to Cash 2 dollars . . . 2.00

to 55 lls flower . . . 1.10

to 3 bushels Corn . . . .75

675 + 1242 = 1917

Jack smith workt 5 days 62 1/2 pr day . . . 3.12 1/2

Cr by Cash one dollar . . . 1.00

Isaac workt 5 1/2 days Tuesday ramd . . . 1.75

Cr to 12 bushels Corn . . . 3.00

to cash 50 cents on well . . . .50

Cr to 1 day ly boy . . . .31

Dr to 4 bushel corn Dec 24th . . . 1.00

haskt Corn for Embrson

3 1/2 days at rooneys

to one day on road

1142 + 200 + 125 + 200 + 125 + 225 = 2017

2017 - 775 = 1242

75 + 175 + 150 + 150 + 225 =

Nov 1852 to work done by Winen

Cr to 1/2 day . . . .37 1/2

to 1 day by self and boys salrday . . . 1.50

to 1 Do Do Do monday . . . 1.50

1 Do Do Tusday . . . 1.50

to 1/2 day 1 load Thussday . . . 37 1/2

. . . = 5.25 1/2

to 4 days by John . . . 1.50

Dec 10 to 1 day husking corn . . . .75

to 1 day gathring corn . . . .75

. . . 2.25

775

450 + 225 = 675

Aprle

4th 1853 settled the above account

in full and selld for house

rent up to the 26 the March 1853

and also for two ares and one

hundred rods of Clearing ground

and a balance due winner of

thirty cents

Cr to John Winer plowing 4 day . . . 2.25

1142 + 200 + 125 + 200 + 125 + 200 =

1992 - 515 = 1477

75 + 75 + 75 + 75 + 215 = 515

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 110 - February 27, 1840 - Farewell Ohio

February 27. 1840 Page 1. 10

Thu 27 Cloudy this morning but soon broke

away I and Josiah Smith went to

Zanesville I went to Mary Martens

which I found them all in good health

we came home home and went to

meeting I staid all night at T. Smith

Fri 28 Cloudy this morning and fogy it

was a fine day as ever I saw in my

life time I and Thomas Smith went

up to old nedy hals and Enochs I

came back home and went up to 18

Josiah Smith and staid all night 18

Sat 29 Clear this morning and pleasant

all day quite pleasant I wrote a letter

to aunt Sarah back to Virginia and

one to Mary Carter I staid at aunts

all night so no more at presant

Sun 1 Clear this morning quite pleasant

and warm I went to meting then

back to home in the evening I took

a pleasant little walk on the big hill

by the town the prettiest discovery

I eve saw in my life I staid at aunts

Mon 2 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain quite smokey I went over to aunt

Pierces and spent the after noon with

them then back to aunts again after

night Ruth . Baismen and aunt Pierce

came over to aunts I bid them fairwell

then I went over to aunts again and took

a good fill of aples and bid them all

fairwell again I felt as bad as I well

could feel to leave them I staid at aunts

Tue 3 Cloudy this morning and raining some

I started for home at nine oclock I got to

Luray on the pike 34 distant frome home

quite pleasant all day miy bill was 75

cts I got 2..1 dollars bills on newark

bank that I couldent pass Harmon

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 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 107 - February 14, 1840 - Stranded in Ohio

Fri 14 Cloudy this morning and raining

some all day after night It began to

snow and frees hard I went to sing

ing school after night I staid all night

I staid with Thomas Smith I wrot a

letter back hume las night I went to

meeting then to Thomas Smith and st

aid all night the amen for ever 1840

I was at beamers town 9 E of cambridg

I was at Cambridge 8 E of Concord

I was at Concord 3 E of Norwch I

was at Norwich 12 E of Zanesville

I was at Zanesville 14 So of Dresden

I was at Dresden 8 W of adamas

Ville I was at webbs port 2 N of

Dresden I was at Dresden 9 E of

of Erville I was at ervill 1 E

of Nash port I was at Nash port

14 E of Newark I was at Newark

6 E of Gran ville I was at Granvi

29 E of Collumbus I was at

Collumbus 14 s E of Jefferson

I was at Jefferson 7 E of Lafay

-ette I was at Lafayette 29 E of

Springfield I was at Springfield

9 E of Eanon I was at Eanon

7 E of Fairfield I was at Fairfield

12 E of Daton I was at Daton

and Eaton . Richmond Lew Ray

Jerman lown Indianapolis Eagle

viledge Logans port Delphi and

Jeflerson Lafayette Chigo and

georg town atica Monteceld and

a heap of the am I a soilder of the

Croos one day after date I promas

to pay John long tom this to be or

or Certify I that I have and are

determend to get me a nice and

smart hansom Clever wife when

I do get one in this world or I

wont have eny body a tall 18

before one years roles roand the

wheal of time in my 21 yeare

the lord is on the giving hand 1840

Page 106 - February 8, 1840 - Love Feast

February the 8 . 1840 Page 1. 6

Sat 8 Cloudy this morning quite warm it

looks like rain or snow it rained

till noon in the after noon it brke away

and got clear I started up to a quarterly

meeting the Distent fron Drresden

was ten miles we got there Just as

public preaching was dismissed we

staid at Georg Smiths all night

quite mudy too no more at this time

Sun 9 Cloudy this morning I went to Love

feast I got in at it in the after noon

It got clear and pleasant for a while

then clouded up and thundred some and

after night I went to meeting again

with a certain young lady at about

ten she and I set out for home and

I felt as happy as I well could feel.

I staid at Georg Smiths they had

heap of company there I believe I

never saw as mudy roads in my life

Mon 10 Cloudy this morning quite cool we all

set out for home and got home at 3 oclo

quite mudy it looked like snow I staid

all night at aunts no more at this tim

Tue 11 Clare this morning quite pleasant and

ground frose hard but it began to thundr

quite smart after night I went to meeting

I staaid at aunts . Harmon Lucas

Wed 12 Clear this morning quite warm it

began to though rite mart after night

I went to aunt Pierces on a visit I

staid at aunts all night 1840 H.

Thu 13 Cloudy this morning and snowed

quite hard for a while then broke

away but still looked like rain

quite mudy this makes a scence I

came from home 49 days and no

prospect of getting hom yet 1840

Page 105 - February 1, 1840 - Old Women

February the 1.st. 1840 Page 1, 5

Sat 1 Cloudy this morning and snowing

some it soon broke away the sun shoen

out quite pleasant it thoughed some I

came home or to the river and couldent

get a cross it I came there about 3

oclock and over to Daniel Gariets.

and staid all night Harmon Lucas

Sun 2 Clear this morning quite coald I came

down to the river and against one

or two oclock I got over home I paid 25

cts at four I went to meeting then

I went over and staid at aunts all night

Mon 3 Clear this morning and looks like

that we would have rain or snow in

the evening I and 8 of the old weman

paid a visit over at Thomas Smiths.

I staid all night at Thomas Smiths.

Tue 4 Clear this morning I started for

Thomas .Smiths to Zanesville I

staled some five or six times I

fetched up five barles of salt and

other laden weegot home at nine oclock

I saw willas oden drunk as a fool.

Wed 5 Clear this morning quite pleasant I done

nothing much all day I went out to Mr.

Chapens with Thomas . Smith I went

up to Josiah . Smiths and staid all

night Harmon. R. Lucas 1840

Thu 6 Cloudy this morning and has some

little appearance of snow or rain it

soon turned in to raining and it 1840

continued to hold out all day I staid

all night at aunts no more at this

Fri 7 Clear this morning it frose some quite

warm all day it got quite mudy I got a

halter from Josiah Smith I staid

all night at Thomas .Smiths

Page 104 - January 27, 1840 - Loves Girls

January the 27 . 1840 Page 1. 4

Mon 27 Cloudy this morning I went up to a

nigroes after night after some corne

for Thomas . Smiths then back to hum

I went to mill and got some brand

for hime after night it snowed som

there was quite a nice quatity out to

to night in the day I got my horse shod

Tue 28 Cloudy this morning and snowing some

it soon turned in to raining I went

over the river and killed one squirl

after night I went to meeting then

to Thomas . Smiths and staid all night

Wed 29 Cloudy this morning and raining some

quite smokey it continued to rain all

day after night it rained terible hard

I hunted squirls all day and only killed

three I staid all night at Thomas Smiths

Thu 30 Clear this morning it has the appearance

of being a fine day the wind blew hard

I went to meeting then back to aunt

Pierces again wee staid till half past 10

oclock quite cool and wind windy H R

I staid all night at aunts Harmon

Fri 31 Cloudy this morning quite cool I started

over to Concord with Mary Carter

my Cousin I went to Zanesville and

then went over the river on the ice I

got to Concord after dark it snowd som

at dark I paid 12 cts tole each of us at

the first gait and the same each of us

at the second gait quite cool I staid

at Isaac Grummonses all night 1840

I rise as one that loves the girls well

I feel that it is my duty to rise and

say something concerning of my well

faire hear on earth my cincere desire is

to get to heaven and I want you all

to pray for me that I may prove faithfu

Page 103 - January 19, 1940 - Circut Preaching

January the 19 . 1840 Page 1. 3

Sun 19 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

went to Meeting after night I attended

meeting again I staid at aunts 1840

Mon 20 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

continued so all day I done nothing all

day this maks seven nights scence I

staid at Aunts no more at presant 18

Tue 21 Cloudy this morning and snowing

it soon broke away and turned in to

raining it thoughed rite smart I

started to Ichibudd but couldent get

a cross the river then I went up

to adamses mill then I came back

and went to Tempeance meeting

then to Thomas . Smiths and staid

all night no more at this time

Wed 22 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain it rained some I went up to

Henry Briants and back afte nig

ht it turned very cold I staid at aunts

Thu 23 Cloudy this morning quite cool all day in

the evening I a hunting quite cold and

kild nothing after night I went to

Thomas . Smiths and staid all night

Fri 24 Clear this morning I went a hunting

again quite cool I killed no game to

day I went over to aunts and staid 18

all night so no nor at this time 18

Sat 25 Clear this morning quite cool and

and frosty I hunted sone quite cold

no more at this time H. R. L.

Sun 26 Cloudy this morning and has the

appearance of rain I went to meeting

Circut preaching after night I

went to meeting again then to T.

Smiths and staid all night too.

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 94 - November 15, 1839 - Chicago Again

November the 15 . 1839 Page 94

Fri 15 Clear this morning and pleasant

with a frost on I paid 18 cts of

a bill I found a horse shoe and

got 18 cts for it we lay .3. miles

this side of Huns 1839 H. R

Sat 16 Clear this morning with a frost

my bill was 12 cts we came to

A. Rexfords and put up I got 12

after night it rained some and

turned in cooler than before

Sun 17 Clear this morning quite cool we

came to the praire house one the

lake and staid all night I bought

a pair of mittens price 62 1/2

Mon 18 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I got four barels of Salt price 12. 81.

one fagot of nail iron 4. 25 cts forty.

pounds of Coffe price 6. 40 cts four

pounds of tea 2. 75 cts combs and knife

25 cts tar 18 cts mittens 62 cts we

got to Chicago traded and started back

and got back as far as Smiths and staid

Tue 19 Clear this morning we staidted and

came back to Woods and put up we stuck

fast in the calimink swamp in the evening

came up a cloud and had the appearance

of snow we lost a log chain after night

I went back after it I road about 30 miles

after night quite cool no more 1839 . 19

Wed 20 Clear this morning we came to Van

Rankins on the sand ridge quite cool

no more at this time Harmon . Lucas

Thu 21 Clear this morning we came to sugar

creek quite cool 1839 . my Dear Mifs

Fri 22 Clear this morning but got some cloudy

in the evening quite cool we landed ham

after Dark a while 1839

Page 69 - June 6, 1839 - Great Show

June the 6. 1839 Page 69

Thu 6 Clear this morning with a heavy diau and

it got cloudy in a few hours and staid cloudy

some time then it got clear and the sun

shoen out in the evening it got cloudy and

had all the appearance of rain I plowed

all day after night it give us a little rain

Fri 7 Cloudy this morning and has the appearance

of rain and did rain some it soon broke away

the sun shoen out I went to Laffayette to se

a great show while at the show it rained some

again I got in for 25 cents and got to see as mch

as those that paid .50. cents it was supposed

that their was fifteen hundred people at it

and as John Graves and I came home wee

got to ketch as hard a rain as I want to ketch

it got some clear in the west and the sun shoen

out after night it rained very hard again

Sat 8 Cloudy this morning and looks some litle

like rain but broke away the sun shoen out

some about two O clock it sprinkled som of rain

I killed 8 ground squirls and 3 wood pecker

and sheld som corn and went to mill in the

evening it come up a very hard rain it broke

away the sun shoen out nice I got me a scythe

for 2.25 cents and a comb for 25 cents

Father had his trile with John G. Smith

Sun 9 Cloudy this morning and looks like rain

but broke away the sun shoen out it is

quite warm I went to Mr. Pattersons to

meeting at eleven O clock at four O clock I

went to Mr. Genings to Meeting too in the

evening it got quite clear and pleasant 1839

Mon 10 Cloudy this morning it rained in the fore

noon and at noon it come a hard rain accom

paned with thundre and lightning I plowed

till noon it rained till three O clock then

it broke away in the evening it got clear

and pleasent I groubed some in the night

it rained very hard Harmon Luccas 1839

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 41 - December 23, 1838 - Soldier of the Cross

December the 23. 1838 Page 41

Sun 23 clear and quite coald morning meeting

commenced at nine O. clock at noon

Wm groomes and wife and daughter

and Elvila and Gearge pierce and

Wm Simes and wife James Servison

and wife and James pierce all ate diner

meeting ended at nine O. clock and

Wm grooms and wife and daughter and

Micheh Hair staid with us 1838

Mon 24 clear this morning I sent my not with

Hair which I held against Fraisure

and company I cut some rail timber

and after night it snowed som

Tue 25 cloudy this morning Father went

down to James pierces after oats

I drawed wood father got hom with 58

Bushels I done nothing of eny conciquen

it snowed som in the evening H R

Wed 26 clear this morning and quite coald and

Father started up to Logans port

I done nothing all day after night

I went over to Salem meeting house

in the evening it had the appearanc

of snow late in the evening 1838

Thu 27 Cloudy this morning but broke a

way and turned out quit nice I

shot five hogs for old Mr. Shigley

I made a sled two quite pleasent

Fri 28 cloudy this morning at eleven O clock

it snowed I drawed wood over to the

Meeting house John G Smith got

insualed at somthing or other at

night thier was ingin school at Salem

thiir was 20 out I kiled one praire hen

Am I a soldier of the cross a folower

of the lamb and shall I fear to on

his cause or blush to speak ahis nam

and must this feeble body faint

Page 40 - December 18, 1838 - Love and Praise

December the 18 1838 Page 40

Tue 18 cloudy and very coald all day Father

came back from mill I killed three hens

Wed 19 cloudy and tremendisly coald and

Father started up to Logans port and

after night their was meeting over at

Salem meeting house their was the

minister and ten hearers I killed 4

hens and drawed wood too H.R. Lucas

Thu 20 clear and very coald it clouded up and

got some coalder in the afternoon it

got clear again and got som warmer

I drawed wood and went up to Jacob K

and bought two calvs I am to give him

nine days work for them I counted up

how meny chickens I had killed which

made forty in number from the first

of September ttill the last of Dec 1838

Fri 21 cloudy partley all day I went down to

Harrison Ville in the afternoon after

night it rainde some father got home from

Logans port but dident sell out his

load he got home at three O. clock P M

Sat 22 clear this morning cut clouded up and

the frost flew it got very coald I went

down to Harvey Stretches after money

I got 1.50. cts quarterly meeting commened

at Salem old Mr. Adam Shigley departed

his life at six O. clock in the evening

I went over at the meeting after night

James Servison and wife and Wm

groomes and wife and daughter and allso

Thomas smith and James Pierce staid

all night with us at present 1838

a charge to keep I have a god to gloryfie

alas and did my saviour blede and did

my savrer die when all they mercies

O my god my rising soul surveys

transported with the view Im lost

in wounder love and praise 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 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