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 136 - 1842 Accounts, and 1844 Bear

136

Harmon R. Lucas Dr. to Adam Brown in 1842

1 1/2 pound of tobaco . . . 0.18

1 fire shovel . . . 0.75

2 trimons for a coat . . . 0.87

12 yas of shirting . . . 2.00

10 I got ten dollars . . . 10.00

1 1/2 I got one dollar and 50 cts . . . 1.50

2 I got 2 dollars . . . 2.00

1 penknife . . . 0.62

1 work basket . . . 0.75

2 ydds of flannel . . . 1.25

2 yds of callico . . . 0.50

4 yds of footen . . . 0.50

1 quarter yd of silk . . . 0.12

1 paper of pins . . . 0.12

3 yds of shirting . . . 0.37

1 stick of twist . . . 0.06

1/2 pound of spice . . . 0.12

1/2 pound of salaretus . . . 0.12

1 bushel of dride appels . . . 1.50

1 barrel of salt . . . 3.04

1/2 yd of lace . . . 0.25

3 yds of callico . . . 0.75

5 yds of footen . . . 1.25

1 bucher knife and steal . . . 0.62

1 56 I got one dollar and 56 cts . . . 1.56

38 days work which I labored . . . 30.42

far ammos Brom the work come to . . . 37.00

March the 27 1843

October the 26 1844 gor ten fencens

kiled a bare west of Aaron yarnolds

in the grand praire Jesse Helfer got

the bare Sunday the 27 I ate a piece of

its flesh and it ate good as could bee

it was travling tords the north

Page 121 - May 3, 1840 - Heavy Frost

May the 3D of 1840 Page 121

Sun 3 Cloudy this morning and raining it has

the appearance of continued to hold out

all day I went to Sabeth school at nin

oclock but was none on the account of it

raining too much I was at eleven oclock

meeting I never saw the creek so high in

my life before the sun shoen out twor

three times but it blew after night as

hard as I ever saw quit a time Har

Mon 4 Clear this morning quite cool for

may I went down to Indian creek

then back home I got a Inglish

Grammer price .75, cts and a set

of tea spoons 31. cts in the evening

it got quite clear I cut some timber

for rails I will now exit 1840

Tue 5 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on it turned out quite pleasant

I cut timber we surveyed out some

land betwene us and Timmons

in the after noon I made rails 2h

Wed 6 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I made some rails and cut some

timber we at this time do ad

ore the holy and exelent name

Thu 7 Clear this morning and was

Dime som all day in the fore

noon I went down to Mr. H.

Genings and washed some sheep

for Aaron Yarnold and Jacob

Klepinger the weather being quite

cool in the after noon I made a

few rails it got quite clear in the

evening at sun set quite nice

one year after date we or either of uf us do

promis to pay to William Henry Harrison

all the good will that I can give hime

for the year 1841 this being on the 7 day

of May 1840 I am in the 21 year of my age

Page 91 - October 23, 1839 - Traden Party

October the 23. 1839 Page 91

Wed 23 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

went after my ox and got him again

noon in the after noon I went to mill

Thu 24 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I thrashed wheat up at Adam Bests

It got some cloudy and looked like

raine Benjamin Burch raised his

house Luesa Pulver was hear and

Margret Yarnald was hear all nig

Fri 25 Cloudy this morning and looks like rain

it rained a little in the evening it cleard

up we cleaned up 21 bushels of wheat in

the after noon I thrashed wheat 1839 r

Sat 26 Cloudy this morning it rained some

we cleaned up some wheat till noon in the

evening I went on a traden party Mr and

Mrs pierce wife staid hear was meeting

at Timmonses The boys cut a high swell

after night a trying to scare the girls.

Sun 27 Cloudy this morning and raining it

continued to hold out all day it thund

red quite hard I went to salem to

hear mr. Peters preach 1839. 18.

Mon 28 Cloudy this morning it broke away

in the evening and got clear I

helped Jonson graveses chusk corn

after night I helped him at a huske

Tue 29 Clear this morning with a frost on

it looks like it will be a fine day I

puled corn till noon in the after noon

I helped husk a load of corn 1839

Wed 30 Cloudy this morning and rained som it

got clear wee swaped with dolechide for a hor

we gave one yoke of cattle and ten dollars

for the horse I helped John graves to

get in corn we got in four loads 1839

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 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 70 - June 11, 1839 - Road Work

June the 11 .1839 Page 70

Tue 11 Cloudy this morning and thunders some

in the west it has very much the appearance

of rain but dident it broke away and the

sun shoen out and turned quite warm in the

after noon it looked some like rain but soon

broke away and got clear and nice in the fore

noon I groubed breash in the after noon I

plowed my corn but very wet H. r L

Wed 12 Clear this morning and quite warm and

pleasant and nice it continued clear with the

exception of a few flying clouds till late in the

evening it rose a very dark cloud in the north

west after night it rained I made a mistake it

dident rain it only thundered and lightning

I plowed in the corn all day father and mother

went on a visit to Aarons Yarnalds 1839

Thu 13 Cloudy this morning and it rained some two

or three times the l sun shoen out of the time

it has some notion of continuing on I think

I plowed till in the evening then I quit father

helped me plow desperate cool for the season 183

Fri 14 Cloudy this morning and raining some it

has turned some cooler than it has been for

some considerable length of time it broke

away and got quite clear and pleasant I worked

on the road under Egbert Patterson he had

about twenty hands a working on the road

Sat 15 Clear this morning and quite pleasent it is

a few flying clouds over us quite warm I

plowed in my corn all day Mr. Green and

his companion cam out ond visit from town

I got my calf hom from Mr. Barneses 1839

Sun 16 Clear this morning and quite pleasent I

went down to Mr. Pattersons to meeting and then

hom and back to Mr. Gening to meeting at four

O clock then I went to Mr. barnards to meeting

after night S. R K staid with L. P

all night moe more at the tine 1839

Page 67 - May 29, 1839 - Yarnold Scared

May the 29 . 1839 Page . 67.....

Wed 29 Clear this morning and had the appearance

of a fine day some considerable warmer

than it has been for some two or three days

past it got some cloudy and rained som

I went to Mill in the fore noon in

the after noon I grubed Father came

home from Chicogo he got ten bushels of

potatoes at fifteen cents per bushels and one

barel of green aples at seven dollars per

barel and six bolts of factry cotten at

eight cts per yard he stored up his butter

for to be sold at the rise of the market

Thu 30 Clear this morning and quite pleasant

it turned quite warm it continued prety nice

till late in the evening then it clouded up

I groubed till four O clock in the evening

then I went over to Timmons to thear

brother Springer triy to preach after

the meeting I went after a cow that

Father had bought of John Mahen

he gave him eighteen Dollars for her

Fri 31 Some cloudy but soon broke away and got clear

with the exception of a few flying clouds

it continued in that position till late in the

evening it clouded up and sprinkled some

of rain Father went down to Laffayette

I groubed bresh Michel Dunfee he also

groubed for us too after night what do you

think hapned with Mrs. Yarnold now

I.ll enter in with a brief detail of what

hapned well it has been for nearly ten

years since she had an hair before and at

this timi she has a fine large sone on

which its name is Yarnold Aaron

I never expected such would ever come too

pass on this earth again I think that

Yarnold is very proud of it which noe

dought is I would bee if it was my case

I asertained that said Yarnold was

nearly sceard to death which mow douth

was the case with him for noe wonder

Page 44 - January 7, 1839 - Labor for Klepinger

Jenuary the 7 th. AD 1839 Page 44

Mon 7 Cloudy and snowed some I commenc

my laboring with Jacob Klepinger

Tue 8 cloudy this morning I worked for

Jacob Klepinger it rained some in

the evening quite worm all day

Wed 9 cloudy this morning and raining

it commenced the night preceding

it raind quite hard it broke some

five or six times through the cours

of the day I worked for Jacob w

Klepinger till nine O. clock in

the morning I came home and went

to school at night the sun shoen out

Thu 10 clear and quite pleasent all day

I worked for Jacob Klepinger

quite warm and nice all the time

Fri 11 clear all day and quite pleasent

I worked for Jacob Klepinger

despertly warm for the season

Sat 12 cloudy this morning the sun shoen

out some of the time I worked

for Jacob Klepinger after night

Harners preached at Salem

meeting house thir was about 30 out

Sun 13 cloudy this and rained some in

the morning it continued so

all day I wrote nearly all day

Mon 14 cloudy and rained this morn

I went to school it thundred

terable and flash after flash

of lightning at noon it it be

gan to to rain quite harde

after night Mr. wood and

his companion and Mr. yarlnr

and companion came to pay

us a visit no more at is

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 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 32 - November 6, 1838 - Raise a Stable

November the 6. 1838 Page 32

Tue 6 Very smoky and some cloudy and cool it

continued cool till in the after noon then

began to snow desprately hard it got harder

and harder till night then it paused a while

then it commenced hard night I went to

help Mr. Benjamin Burch to raise a

smoke house and stable the names

as--rted on this page begins with

Wm Burch Joshua Burch Jacob

Kleppinger Aaron Yarnold John

Clark Joseph Bolen John Graves

Adam Best. Sollomond Best

Silas Colbert Jacob Potter Benjamin

Burch John. G. Smith Eligah timon

now the wemond Mrs Kleppinger

Mrs Burch Mrs. Wm. Burch Mrs

Ireland Miss Harriet Burch

Wed 7 it is a drisling this morning and continued

so all day very smokey and tollrable

warm rain for the tim I cut logs for a

Thu 8 clear and very coald this morning the

sun shoen out nice it was broken all

day I husked one load of corn by my

self father came home from court

Fri 9 clear and pleasent this morning it was

considerable warmer than it was yester

at noon at clouded up and got deperately

cold I gethered one load of corn I killed

two praire hens at two shots 1838

Sat 10 clear this morning as it could be it

clouded up in the after noon I cut wood

this makes fiften loads of corne

Sun cloudy this morning it snowed some

in the morning I went over to hunt

my coalls and at eleven O. clock

I wnt over to Salem meeting house

to hear Selkelk preach how

the mew preache cam on to day