Page 175 - 1845, Lucas - 1853, Ireland

Mr. Nolten Dr to H R Lucas .

J 1845 two hundred and ten rails 240

the H1 / 4.3 2l 41 H 3 b 42 S 4 b 43 S 5 l 43 A 6 b 41 A

711A b HB 511 H 8 l 51 9 b 50 10 b to A 50 11 l of

H 52 12 b of A 50 1.35 2.35 35 . 55 50

16 46 55 59 50

. . . = 13.56

for 1 2 year old heifer . . . 4.00

for 2 bushels of potatoes . . . 1.00

for 20 bushels of oals . . . 4.50

for 2 1/2 bushels of eals . . . 0.55

for 2 bushels of oats . . . 0.44

for feching things from town . . . 0.50

Wm. Ireland feb 1853 to

Cash . . . 20.00

grue to Cash . . . .50

to cash . . . 2.00

to cash for ad petter . . . 5.00

to cash for Wm snider . . . 35.00

. . . = 62.50

to Cash to gow for waggon . . . 01.50

. . . = 64.00

to pare boots . . . 2.50

to Cash . . . 20.00

. . . = 86.50

Ballance due Wm . . . 3.50

Wm Dr to 22 bushels corn . . . 5.50

Cr by 1 Dr Mits fr frank . . . 1.00

to tea & salaratts . . . .60

140 - 45 = 95 - 75 = 20

6500 + 2000 = 8500

70 - 45 = 25

6500 + 2500 = 9000 - 8650 = 350

6500

70 - 45 = 25

140 - 75 = 65

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 168 - 1844 Expenses

November the 9 .th. 1844 168

1 bucket the price of it . . . 0.25

1 bed cord at 31 cts . . . 0.31

1 bushel of peches dride . . . 1.00

1 gallon of molases price . . . 0.37

1 pound of coffe for Mrs Pu . . . 0.10

1 paire of shoos the price . . . 1.00

1/4 of tee the price of it was . . . 0.18

3 nut megs at six scents . . . 0.06

1 1/2 ounces of cinnimond at . . . 0.08

10 pains of glass 8 by 10 . . . 0.25

1 hair comb the price of it . . . 0.05

2 deep plates at 15 cts . . . 0.15

10 yards of factry cloth . . . 1.00

4 yards of facry cloth . . . 0.31

1 spelling book the price 4010 . . . 0.10

1 pair of trase chains . . . 0.75

10 1/2 of iron at four and a half cts . . . 0.45

2 1/2 of coffe at ten cts per pound . . . 0.25

3 yards of factry cloth . . . 0.30

1/2 quire of paper price 10 cts . . . 0.10

1 little three square file . . . 0.10

8 pounds of horseshoo iron . . . 0.54

5 cls lent to Wm. Kleppinger . . . 0.05

3 platter pans at 8 cts each . . . 0.25

2 pounds of sugar at ten cts . . . 0.20

1 pound of black lead . . . 0.10

24 cts I Received in cash . . . 0.24

30001 brick which I got of F. C . . . 10.50

1 hundrid brick at 35 cts . . . 0.35

3 1/2 dollars and 50 cls paid to . . . 0.00

Mr. Brown by order for me . . . 3.50

Dec 19 325 I paid Z H brown . . . 3.25

158 I paid my tax for 1844 . . . 1.58

667 I paid my intrest on my land . . . 6.67

7 3/4 yds of blew callico at 20 cts . . . 1.40

Dec 31 1/2 pound of bees wax price . . . 0.15

1 box of red persippet price . . . 0.12

1 pound of lead the price . . . 0.10

1 yard of ribin at twelve . . . 0.12

1/2 bushels of apples price . . . 0.20

totle ammount which I got in

1844 was 47.25

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 165 - Expenses

Debrah ann &seland 165

1 skein of silk price . . . 0.06

1 paper of pins price . . . 0.12

1/2 pound of all spice . . . 0.06

1/2 pound of saleratus . . . 0.06

50 I paid paid father . . . 0.50

4 bushels of brand . . . 0.16

5 pounds of coffe . . . 0.50

2 pounds of rice . . . 0.10

20 pounds of nails . . . 1.25

1 gallon of molases . . . 0.40

1 gallon of vinigar . . . 0.15

1 bushels of green aples . . . 0.15

1 sack 12 cts . . . 0.12

1 bushe of apples green . . . 0.25

8 pounds of eight peny brads . . . 0.55

1 1/2 pounds of four penyes . . . 0.11

1 pound of six pennys . . . 0.07

45 I paid Bostick the amount . . . 0.45

1 pound of tobaco for Wm. Kle . . . 0.12

2 pounds of eight penny brads . . . 0.12

3 pounds of eight penny nails . . . 0.18

3 pounds of sugar at ten cts . . . 0.30

1 haulter the price of 12 cts . . . 0.12

1 bowl of candle wick . . . 0.10

4 bushels of brand 4 cts per bus . . . 0.16

92 I got in cash 92 cts . . . 0.92

1 pair of coarse boots No 10 . . . 2.50

1 pair of coarse shoes No 10 . . . 1.00

6 pounds of cotten yarn . . . 1.12

3 1/4 pounds of cotten yarn . . . 0.71

1 1/2 yards of gingum and spool . . . 0.25

1 set of a nitting needles and . . . 0.06

15 pounds of iron 4 1/2 cts per pound . . . 0.68

28 pains of glass at 3 cts per pain . . . 0.84

14 bushels of unslcked lime . . . 1.50

1 pint of tar at six cts . . . 0.06

1 sive the p price was 31 cts . . . 0.31

4 pounds of whilening 6 cts perpo . . . 0.25

1 pint of lint seed oile . . . 0.18

3 peck of peches at 1 dollar per Bu . . . 0.80

1 pound of salaratus at ten cts . . . 0.10

1 cream mug 5 cts . . . 0.05

1 pair of buts and screws . . . 0.20

Page 163 - 1844 Wages

Augus the 17 1844 Page 163

Wm Mnsfield Dr. to H. R. Lucas

to 3/4 days cradling and binding . . . 0.50

1 days grubing by the little . . . 0.50

3/4 of a days grubing for him . . . 0.37

1/4 of a days grubing for him . . . 0.12

2 days grubing by job . . . 1.00

Page 162 - 1844 Wages

August the 17 . 1844 Page 162

Aug 17 Wm. Mansfield worked . . . 0.00

for H. R. Lucas so many days . . . 0.00

1 days scoring timber . . . 0.50

1 days scoring timber . . . 0.50

1 days working on the road . . . 0.50

1 days mowing for me . . . 0.50

1/2 days fixing up fence . . . 0.25

3/4 days binding and drawing . . . 0.37

1/2 days drowing in oats . . . 0.25

oct 2 days tending on the mason . . . 1.00

nov 1

Page 161 - 1844 Prices, and ?

July 25. 1844 Page 161

H R L dr to Wm K for

1 Big kittl weight 50 pounds . . . 2.50

1 wask Board price 37 . . . 0.37

1 calf the price of it was . . . 2.00

2 calvs at 75 cts each . . . 1.50

68 cts by order from nicles and co . . . 0.68

Wilson Distrit

vs Witnesses

Brickley for defendant

James and John Blaney

John Wherey

James Brickley

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 141 - 1843 Accounts

November the 1.st. 1843 141

Wm. Kleppinger dr. to H. R. Lucas for

1 pair of gears the price . . . 4.87

30 bushels of corn 18 cts per bushel . . . 5.40

1 days work at forty cts . . . 0.40

1 days do at 37 cts . . . 0.37

1 wheat head the price 37 cts . . . 0.37

1 the making 81 rails and 36 stakes . . . 0.50

1 half days plowing corn . . . 0.37

H R Lucas Dr. to H genng

J Sep 30 58 feet of inch plank . . . 0.58

for 8 bushels of wheat . . . 4.00

one days work at thrashing . . . 0.50

100 dollar to pay for I Starett . . . 1.00

half bushel of potatoes . . . 0.18

I got 23 1/2 pounds of beef . . . 0.47

Page 140 - 1843 Accounts

November the 21 1843 140

Charles Lamb Dr. to Harmon R Lucas

Nov 21 ten chickens 5 cts each . . . $ .50

Dec 13 4 bushels of potatoes . . . 1.00

1 bushel of turnips . . . .10

Apr 12 6 bushels of oats . . . 1.32

Nov 8 1 load of hay guess 12 hundred . . . 0.00

at 7 dollars per tone . . . 4.20

Nov 9 1 load of hay weight 12. 92 pr . . . 0.00

at 7 dollars per tone . . . 4.55

. . . 11.67

to cash . . . 8.30

. . . $ 19.97

Sep 8 th

Wm Mered 1 meels 1

JW Ireland 1 . . . 3

G Bates 1 . . . 3

R Wiles 1 . . . 3

Page 133 - July 9, 1840 - Birthday

July the 9 1840 Page Maria 1. 33

Thu 9 Clear this morning quite pleasant and nice we

cradled wheat itill noon in the after noon

we put up 300 hay cocks of hay five

handy of us we got done putting up our hay

in the evening we got done 15 acres of it

Fri 10 Clear this morning quite pleasant we finished

cutting all of the wheat at noon in the after

noon I cradled m for Isaac Best quite

warm Harmon B Lucas his hand

Sat 11 Clear this morning quite pleasant I staid

at home till eleven oclock then I started

hom I got Wm. Pierces oxen and feched

up them I drowed some wood Harmon

Sun 12 Cloudy this morning quite warm it rained

several times at nine oclock I went to

Sunday school and at four oclock I went

to meeting and this being my birth day

which maks mee in my Twenty first

year of my age I thank and adore my

god for sparing mee as long as he has

Mon 13 Clear this morning I went down to

Wm. Rences after a yoke of cattle

and down to Lanes and got me a pair

of pantaloons 6.00 dollars Mrs.

Burch Departed her life this evening

Tue 14 Clear this morning quite pleasant I made

another begining to brake I worked till

noon then I went over to Salem

meeting house and waited awhile then I

went and help Dig Mrs. Burches grave

I worked till fore theen I went to braking

again John Pulver worked 3/4 of a day

Wed 15 Clear this morning quite pelasant I broke

prare till noon then I quite and went to

the burien of Mrs. Burch she was

bured about 3 oclock there was about 75

people at it John Pulver worked 3/4 of a day

Page 132 - July 4, 1840 - Yankee Girls

July the 4. 1840 Page 1.32

Sat 4 Cloudy this morning quite cool too

the sun shoen out I went to Laffaitt

it was a poor gethring for the fourth of

July I had a ride on a canall boat the

first one that ever past through the

Town of Lafayette I rode about 6 miles

on it quite warm all of the yankee

girls was there at the time I got

mee a razor strop and half a quire of

paper 50 cts I got home at dark it got

quite cloudy after night it rained some

Sun 5 Cloudy this morning and quite nice at

nine oclock I went to Sabeth School but

dident stay long there I went down to

the batle ground at 11 oclock meeting

then back home and at four oclock

I went to Egbert Pattersons to a

meeting we had a fine shower to of rain

Mon 6 Cloudy this morning and has some of

the appearnace of rain I helped to mow at

the poor farm Wm Graves S. pulver

E. Downey mowed for us I came home in

the evening it came up quite a shower

of rain no nore at presant 1840

Tue 7 Cloudy this morning and rained several

times I and Pulver and S.Jacksen all

mowed Father and Mother went to town

after the Suit for Mary Janes manedge

we finished mowing about 4 oclock in the

evening it rained nearly all night

Wed 8 Cloudy this morning and rained some and

it continued so all day ue cut wheat till noon

in the after noon we pup up some hay then we

cut some wheat we had a shower in the

evening Wm Shigly feched my cradle

and hay rake down to the county farme

May god look dawn up on us in his ifitat

merce come let us goe to meeteing at

Salem meeting house Harmon

Page 130 - June 24, 1840 - Warm with Rain

June the 24 1840 Page 1. 30

Wed 24 Cloudy this morning but the sun shon

out it rained it severl showers I broke

9 1/2 rounds in the fore noon in the

after noon I broke six rounds and

quite at 3 oclock the Drive gave out

John Pulver worked 3 fourths of a day

Thu 25 Cloudy this morning and raining

fine to it has the appearance of it

continuing but it broke away was a

fine day I helped John graves to

rais his barn I drowd his logs up

with three yoke of cattle he got done

Fri 26 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain it got clear and as warm as

I ever saw it in my life after noon

it came up a very heavy gustt and

rained tremendious hard and nearly

all the after noon I took one load of

corn down to simeses 28 bushels

I made a new sheath to my plow 18

Sat 27 Cloudy this morning and rained a

little I went to mill and then back

home in the after noon I went down

home with Maria Mansfield and

Wm. Mansfield and got home about

two hours by sun the sun shoen

out quite warm Harmon Lucas

Sun 28 Cloudy this morning but broke away

the sun shoen out at 11 oclock I and

the rest all went to meeting at Nolens

then home and staid a while then we

fixed up and started for home it gat

tremendiously warm at about

six oclock it came up a very hard

shower some went to the north we

had quite hard hear it give it to us

about rite I got home about dark

it still continued to rain after

night Harmon R Lucas

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 124 - May 21, 1840 - Setting Onions

May the 21. 1840 Pag 1. 24

Thu 21 Clear this morning quite cool and windy

but got cloudy and rained some of the

time I set out my bed of oniones 1840

Fri 22 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

drawd 11. loads of rails 38 at a load

quite nice all dday I unyoked my oxen

Sat 23 Cloudy this morning and raining some

but got clear and nice for a while then it

got cloudy and rained some I drowd four

loads of rails 40 at a load till noon in

the after noon I helped E. Timmons to

spay four shoats I plowed some of my garden

Sun 24 Cloudy this morning and rained some

it broke away and got some pleasanter

I went to meeting and at four oclock

I went to meeting again it rained some

before night again after night I went

to Mr. Genings to prayr meeting

and comming home I got lost it did

rain very hard tremendiously dark

Mon 25 Cloudy this morning and raining

some three or four times in the day

I planted 19 rows of potatoes and finish

setting out my onions the sun shoen

out some of the time Harmon

Tue 26 Cloudy this morning and raining

some and continued so all day I built

fence part of the day it rained all

day quite smart Harmon R Lucas

Wed 27 Cloudy this morning and rained till

noon in the after noon it broke away

I haled stakes till noon in the after

noon I laid up fence I got 90 pannels

up after night I went to a school

meeting we got 14 dollars made up

Wm. burch J. Klepinger M. Mahen

J. grooms Mr Mendenhall manegerss

adam best secutary or Librarian

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 119 - April 22, 1840 - Whig Convention

April the 22 .1840 Page 1. 19

Wed 22 Cloudy this morning and rained some

I made some rails old Man Shigley got

of me ten barles of corn at noon I

got wood for Coopers on Adams bests

acount one Dollar quite warm after

night It rained quite hard and it

thundred and lightned very much

Thu 23 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain it rained some of the time a

little I cut some timber then I

wrote some Harmon R. Lucas

Fri 24 Cloudy this morning and raining

some but som broke away and got

clear quite warm I cut timber and

made some rails I went to limmon

and took tea with the Ladies 1840

Sat 25 Clear this morning and quite pleasant

and nice I started and weent to the

Town of Laffayette with Hiran

Genings in his wagon 9 went in

it some of the way it got cloudy and

rained some then it broke away and

the sun shoen out but soon got

a tremendious hard shower on the

southe side of the Wabash a fine

convention a 1.000. good old

fashoned Whigs at Lafayette

they marched all around the

Court house and the there was

several orations Deliverad then

a long came 2. fool barles of

the old hard cider free for

the company I got one pint

of the cider it continued to rain

on all all night Wm Klepinger

staid all night I got a pam

life hat 31 cts at hanners store

one day after date we or either

of us Dood promis to pay

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 116 - April 7, 1840 - Yankees' Meeting

April the 7. 1840 Page 1. 16

Tue 7 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

quite a cool aire stiring I went down to

to Mr. Simses Store to get some thing

I got me one set of plates price 1. 25 cs

one set of cups and saucers 50 cts one

set of knives and forks 2.00 dollars

one hankerchief 18 cts I cam home and

helped Wm Shigley rais his house

after night I went to the young con

verts Meeting and was cald on to por

aut my fervent prays to the lord

by Mitten Maken so nore at this

Wed 8 Clear this morning quite pleasant

and nice Father and Mother came up

to see meee hear I Made rails to day

quite fine all day Maria Came to

see mee for the first time a cence

I mooved heare quite pleasant all day

Thu 9 Clear this morning I made rails till

noon all day in the after noon I burnt

my stibles off at bests but I dident

take the ground quite pleasant all day

Fri 10 Cloudy this morning and has the

appearance of rain it rained rite smart

I went down home but dident trade 8

Sat 11. Cloudy this morning and raining some

I went to the battle ground I went

Timmonses bale betwene him and

Marten .Mendenhall for ten Dollars

and Timmons went my bale for the

sum of 5. 67. cts betwene me and

Jesse . Andrs the sun shoen out nice

about noon in the after noon I made

rails after night I went ta meeting

at four oclock all of the yankees

come to meeting Maria and Venatta

was hear I got a bedd cond and one

butter plate and half poun of nails

so no more at presant 1840