Trading Post

Elijah Howard's Scrapbook

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In 2010 Tim Howard, Sr., descendant of Elijah Howard, acquired what he has called "Elijah Howard's Scrapbook". How it is connected to Elijah Howard is unknown, though there were clippings and some Howard photos within the pages. The journal appears to have been an account book. At the top of each page is the word "Lancaster" (presumably referring to Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio) and the date. The date on the front of the journal is May 31st, 1810. Each entry in the journal shows an account number on the left (if there was one), the name of the person purchasing something, what they purchased, and the amount of the purchase. For instance, the first entry is account #2, Philomon Beecher, 1 1/2 yds bed ticking, $1.00. Other such items in these entries would be things like buttons, silk, thread, muslin, a pair of shoes, coffee, beaver gloves, tobacco, whiskey, salt, knives, needles, gimblets, screws, calico, tin cups, bowls, handkerchief, hemp seed, shot, paper, etc.

The journal's oldest last date appears to be December 1811, so it covers the approximate dates of May 1810 to December 1811.

Where this establishment was located is unknown with the exception it was most likely in Lancaster since it states that at the top of every page. What kind of establishment it was is also uknown. Was it from some kind of trading post? Mercantile?

This, however, can be an invaluable resource for researchers as it provides the opportunity to see surnames that were in the area in this time frame. Names that appear often (listed on several pages) you would "guess" lived nearby, and those that came less frequently or who bought quite a lot while they were there most likely were residing further away

Addison	Jacob	3	217	227	229
Algier	John	85	60
Allen	James	103	72	182	186	226
Allen	Lemuel	61	42	82	150	198	205	222
Allen	Silas	22	67
Allen	Silas	mentioned	70
Armstrong	Thomas	7	42
Arnold	Daniel	50	10	20	57	138	148	157	168	180	180	196	198	207
Arnold	George	29	131	172
Auston	E.	66	59
Babb	Samuel	152	119	134	135	142	143	146	147	166
Bailey	Thomas	129	80	150
Baker	Daniel	35	7	33	59	60	78	96	102	144	149	155	156	172	180	188	195	209	223	225	227	228	234
Baker	Phillip	97	43
Barks	John	101	24	87
Barr	John	99	41
Barr	Samuel	118	64	74
Bartress	Jacob	72	132	172	178	184	204
Beadle	Benjamin	61	149	227	231
Beary	Abraham	65	8	66
Beary	Henry	145	36	100
Beary	Jacob	157	166	199
Beary	John	125	71	123	163	177	198
Beary	Nicholas	166	147
Beck	Jacob	147	140	157	208
Beecher	Jesse	7	3	36	100	103
Beecher	Philemon	2	3	3	5	5	8	11	12	20	22	37	38	42	57	57
Beecher	Philemon	116	24	25	28	33	35	61	65	66	67	69	78	79	81	85	87	88	91	96	99	103	104	125	129	135	189	220
Bell	Josiah	135	205
Benidum	George	10	185	231
Benidum	Mr.	mentioned	161
Bennet	Nathan	124	181
Benudim	[see BENIDUM]
Berkheimer	John	120	72	196
Bernhart	Henry	114	200
Bixler	Betsy	1	124
Bixler	Christian	mentioned	16
Bixler	Elias	83	127	130
Bixler	H.	mentioned	159
Bixler	Henry	45	10	11	14	15	16	38	40
Bixler	Henry	mentioned	160
Bixler	Henry Sr.	paid	175
Bixler	Henry's sister Polly	mentioned	10
Bixler	Magdelene	40	104
Bond	Hanna	paid	176
Bond	Hannah (widow)	mentioned	179
Boos	Jacob	112	70	72	75	78
Boyle	Hugh	5	3	4	4	5	6	16	20	32	38	40	42	44	63	65	83	95
Boyle	Hugh	160	118	127	135	142	147	165	166	167	171	176	178	181	183	183	185	188	190	193	194	195	197	200	202	202	209	210	212	216	221	221	179
Boyle	Hugh	illegible	232
Bridewell	Lewis	130	230
Brooks	J.	mentioned	10
Brooks	James	17	37	151	154	162	168
Brothers	Frances	130	80	191
Brown	James	123	119
Brown	R.?	mentioned	64
Bull	Billingsley	92	70	79
Canode	[see KANOTE]
Canode	Geo.	mentioned	172
Carlisle	Benidick	155	32	95
Carlisle	David		60
Carpenter	Emanuel (Jr.)	21	7	8	8	10	160	185
Carpenter	Samuel (Judge)	62	184	186	197
Carpenter	Sebastian	82	59	68
Carpenter	Wm.	88	20
Casey	Cornelious	80	151	175
Caster	Catherine	paid	28	91
Caufman	David	142	122	201
Caufman	Samuel	75	146	163
Center	Jonathan	95	123	131	134	203	205
Chaney	Samuel	22	6	15
Chearman	Charles R.	6	39	210
Cicca	[see CISSA]
Cissa ?	Thomas	8	4	130	152
Clark	Wm.	none	189
Clemen	George	148	165	184
Clemen	George	paid	178
Clymer	Charles R.	125	137	155
Coates	Samuel	106	61	63	83	114	118	124	135
Cole	Stephen	159	117	152	152	196	206
Comer	Samuel	62	207	212	230	231
Compton	Job	71	125	138	147	149	151	151	156	158	162	165	170	174	178	183
Conrad	Catherine	36	104
Copeland	Mr.	mentioned	203
Cooper	Henry	104	59	164	211
Courtright		mentioned	208
Courtright	Abraham Van	49	20	29	70	74	92	123	134	136	162	171	180	190	192
Courtright	Jesse D.	85	123	136	162	166	208
Cowgall	Joseph	11	208
Cramer	Jacob	paid	220
Creed	John	18	23	86	107	114	140	141
Creed	John	159	158	163	169	172	174	175	180	187
Creed	John	mentioned	178
Creede	[see CREED]
Creutz	Jonathan	mentioned	158
Crocket	Andrew	34	7	149	167	192	207
Crone	John	mentioned	164
Crosson	William	156	117
Cunningham	Robert	56	104	123
Dannis	David	paid	200
Dannis	David	107	227
Darst	Henry	paid	127
Darst	P.	mentioned	78
Darst	Paul	mentioned	7
Davis	Benjamin	53	44
Davis	Nathan	57	186	189	214
Dearst	Paul	144	36	100
Durst	P.	mentioned	78
Decker	Elisha	6	10	11	16	64	124
Delong	Jacob	87	32	95	164	193
Derrick	Richard	93	37	41	114
Dick	Jane (black woman)	none	150
Dillman	John	paid	205
Dillman	John	mentioned	42
Divers	Hug[h]	mentioned	12
Dudleston	Ralph	44	57	111	118	137	142	143	159	171	177	180	185	204	215
Duffield	William	117	35	61	62	99	204	205
Dunnah	[see DUNNAK]
Dunnak	Thomas	41	165
Ebright	John	122	74	77	129	138
Edenbach	Henry	58	173
Ehrenman	Frederick	110	63	171
Evans	James	paid	25	88
Evans	Thomas	145	82	143
Eversole	John	paid	189
Eversole	Peter	16	116
Fairchild	Abraham	138	105	159
Fairchild	Peter	paid	222
Fenstermaker	George	settled	132
Fetters	Conrad	119	22	67	85	182
Fetters	Jacob	151	133
Finkbone	John	124	22	26	32	71	79	85	89	95	102	103	117	123	126	145	152	158	164	165	170
Finkbone	John	2	200	211	230
Firestone	Daniel	144	105
Firestone	Samuel	paid	143	173
Firestone	Samuel	186	161	190
Foster	Samuel	9	139	161	170
Foster	Samuel	mentioned	14
Fostor	S.	mentioned	70
Frisby	James	27	185	208	213	215	217
Garaghty	Michael	28	24	57	59	75	87
Gaston	Harry	mentioned	203
Gearhart	Daniel	32	31	76	94
Gearhart	David	32	10
Gearheart	[see GEARHART]
Geil	Jacob	98	44
Gilbert	John	68	13
Godman	William	163	188
Gollacher	Thomas	paid	13
Gollacher	Thomas's wife	mentioned	13
Golrich		mentioned	23	86
Gomer	Phillip	96	64	71	83
Gomer	Samuel	62	164
Goodman	[see GODMAN]
Graham	Elizabeth	16	8	38
Greene	John	paid	200
Gregory	William	18	180	182	184
Grove	Christian	79	15
Guster	John	132	81
Hamilton	William	68	24	70	87
Hammond	Samuel	40	11
Hanna	[see HANNAH]
Hannah	John	17	30	44	81	93	107	157	186	197	201	207	212
Hardesty	Geo.	134	25	88
Hardy	James	3	5	5	31	60	66	73	82	94	152	214	231
Harman	Thomas	152	145	186
Harmon	Catherine	166	147
Harper	Samuel	99	200	223
Harrison	George	97	39
Harrison	John Henry	131	27	81	90	116	138
Hart	Thomas	94	30	37	93	131	132	143	145	146	148	151	153	155	157	158	159	192	193	193	195	196	199	200	203	210
Hart	Thomas	98	215
Hart	Thomas (wife)	98	212
Hawk	Fred	mentioned	30
Hawk	Frederick	92	150	161	163
Hawk	Frederick	54	14	23	27	30	69	70	70	70	72	73	74	74	74	76	76	80	82	86	90	93	125
Heck	Frederick	120	67	73
Hedges	Jesse - wife	33	227
Hedges	Jesse (Esq.)	33	181
Helick	Philip	46	127	129	130	131	134	141
Herman	[see HARMAN or HARMON]	152	186
Hetrick	Mrs. (widow)	155	179
Hite	Abraham	165	125
Hoddle	Henry	81	138	162	167
Hollenbach	[see HOLLENBACK]
Hollenback	Jacob	111	62	68	73	151
Holmes	James	15	15
Holmes	Thomas	161	136	148	159	182	205	216
Hoshouer	George	12	128	228
Hoshower	[see Hoshouer]
Huber	John Jr.	126	25	79	88	103	106	118	127	132	136	141	142	145	151	161	173	174	181	186	194	197	198	201	202	204
Huber	John Jr.	5	209	210	215	218	219	221	222	227	230
Huber	John Sr.	55	12	20	38	39	40	59	63	66
Huber	John Sr.	149	116	124	129	139	144	175	188	221
Huber	Jno.	mentioned	161
Hume	John	51	187
Hunter	Joseph	23	20	29	61	65	68	68	72	92	105	106	117	129	139	145	146	176
Hunter	Moses	33	119	130
Independent Press		105	29	74	92	146	171	184	187	190	203	206
Ingman	Edmond	93	74
Ingman	Henry	47	14	149
Ingmand	[see INGMAN]
Irvin	William W.	154	35	99	125	159	184	197	201	209	214	217	219	219	220
Irvin	Wm. W.	13	4	5	6	6	7	25	27	29	61	62	65	68	69	72	83	88	90	92
Irwin	[see IRVIN]
Jones	John	89	57	77	103	111	114	119	126	130	135	136	148
Justice	David	mentioned	15
Kalb	George	91	41
Kanode	[see KANOTE]
Kanote	George	102	59	127	156	172	182	186	219	224
Kecran	[see KOCRAN]
Keeran	[see KOCRAN]
Kelley	William	28	77	93	156
Kelly	William	24	30
King	Phillip	75	220
Klick	George	25	152
Kline	George	127	75
Klinger	Frederick	19	5	14
Knox	Titus	56	157
Knoyer	Jacob	75	188
Kocran	Rewben	142	215
Kooper	Henry	mentioned	41	41
Koons	widow	mentioned	64
Krone	John	67	150	157
Krook	Alexander	paid	111
Krook	William	138	160
Krooks	A.	mentioned	213
Krutch	George	mentioned	67
Krutch	George	79	233
Laffery	George	118	181	186
Laffery / Lafferry	George	128	176	195
Lamb	Jacob (Major)	115	59	174
Lamb	Phillip	illegible	232
Lambert	Mrs.	mentioned	10
Lane	Dutton	39	155
Larimore	Ebenezer	143	35	99	206
Larimore	Ebenezer	mentioned	206
Leathers	John	129	79	222
Lemmon	William	mentioned	27	90
Lewis	Joseph (taylor)	1	15	16	37	38
Lightmaker		mentioned	219
Lightmaker	Godfried	mentioned	197
Lindsay	James	43	24	68	87
Lindsay	James	mentioned	147
Linebach	George	130	81
Little	George	124	72
Little	George	mentioned	40
Lock	Aron	77	157
Loftland	Dorman	109	35	74	99	114	129
Long	James	65	198
Lynch	Jonathan	37	8	23	24	33	35	39	62	79	86	87	96	99	103	106	119	126	135	141	149	160	165	166	169	175	176	178	182	193	194	208	208	215	218	228	229
Lynch	Jonathan's brother John	mentioned	194
Malo__	Joshua	mentioned	28	91
Mangold	Henry	paid	31	94
Mason	[See MEASON]
McBratney	Robert	8	10	11	27	39	61	65	73	90	198	233
McCab		mentioned	214
McCabe	Sosthenus	8	214	216	216	221	224	225	229	231	233	234
McCall	Thomas	109	148	216
McClalland	Samuel	83	38	38	39	40
McClallend	Robert	64	169
McClallend	W. or Mr.	mentioned	14	222
McCormak	Moses	70	104	140	204
McCully		mentioned	40
McNaghtan	[see McNaghten]
McNaghten	John Sr.	84	124
Measomore	Michael	6	116
Meason	Isaac	100	44	76	128	136	140	142	143	146	148	158	171	173	180	185	190	191	196	196	201	209	218	226
Meason	Isaac	illegible	232
Meek	Jacob	117	123	130	134	140	147	169	177	195	207	229
Meek	John	58	147	155	156	177	180	183	188	189	212
Mellon ?	Joshua	mentioned	159
Merwin	[see MIRWIN]
Michael	John	148	36	100
Michael	John	140	106	114	125	127	131	141	179	227
Miller	Samuel	141	36	100	116	126	132	132	135	140	143	148	153	156	158	161	165	168	172	175	178	180	183	184	185	187	190	191	192	194	197	198	211
Mirwin	Daniel	mentioned	42	43	96
Mirwin	Daniel B.	mentioned	33
Mirwin	Daniel B.	102	64	146	212
Mirwin	Elijah B.	11	4	7	10	11	12	22	27	28	33	39	42	43	44	66	68	69	75	76	80	81	83	85	90	91	96	106	107	111	114	117	122	158	169	170	171
Mirwin	Elijah B.	153	173	175	176	177	180	181	183	184	188	192	197	203	207	209	217	221	222	228	230
Mirwin	Elijah B.'s brother	mentioned	39
Moore	John	54	13	68	104	107	145	152	153	163	191	199	202	207	219
Morgan	Burgess	27	162
Morhart	John	128	77	102	193	222
Moser	Phillip	57	13
Moyers	Abraham (Capt)	32	167
Moyers	Henry	9	224	231
Moyers	Henry	113	107	117	122	125	133	139	139	143	154	166	166	167	168	173	173	177	178	183	184	188	191	193	199	202	205	212	214	217	221
Moyers	Henry	illegible	232
Moyers	Jacob	mentioned	40
Moyers	John	104	64	143	218	223
Murphy	Asa	134	163
Neely	William	38	204
Newel	W. or Mr.	mentioned	26	89
Newman	Hanson	78	28	91	133	172	218
Niebling		mentioned	161
Niebling	Christian	88	25	88	125	156	159	172	195	212	217
Niebling	John	157	161	183	186	189	211
Nissley	Abraham	135	23	86	209
Nissly	[see NISSLEY]
Osenbach	Henry E.	58	173	201	211	215	222
Overmier	Peter	9	4
Owen	[see OWENS]
Owens	John	26	102
Pannabaker	John	paid	202
Paul	Jacob	136	28	91
Pearle	Margareth Ann (widow)	36	8	13
Pearse	James	7	210	211	213	213	214	219	224	228	228
Pearse	James	42	22	23	28	29	35	75	80	85	86	91	92	111	126	138	139	147	150	151	153	162	168	170	174	181	183	194	198	199	200	201	208
Pearse	James	illegible	232
Pearse	James' wife	mentioned	153	168
Pearse	William	42	192
Pearse	William	87	26	38	40	89	128	149	159	164	187
Pearson	Dudlow	paid	224
Peck	Robert M.	133	22	23	25	27	30	32	33	82	83	83	85	86	88	88	90	93	95	96	102	103	105	106	111	118	126	137	138	140	141	142	150	150	155	160	169	195	195	206	207	224
Peck	Robert M.	73	14	15	16	16	37	57	59	61	63	63	64	66	66	68	69	71	74	75	76	76	77	79	80	81
Peck	Robert M.	paid	192
Peck	William B.	127	22	30	32	33	33	74	81	85	93	95	96	96	154	163
Pence	[see PENS]
Pens	John	70	217
Peters	Adam	36	217
Phifer	Jacob	10	4	23	31	86	94	154	167	233
Phifer	Jacob	paid	222
Philips	James	118	64	78	119	154	162	178
Pickering	Abraham (Capt)	164	157
Pitcher	Rudolph	12	4	23	32	71	80	86	95	104	137	145	173	176	191	194	195	202	207	220	228	230	233
Pontious	John	paid	231
Pugh	Elias	64	36	63	100	146	165	194	203	220	223
Pursel	John	150	155
Purssel	Isaiah	150	116
Quinn	James	48	132
Quinn	John	48	43
Rampsberger	John	165	140
Randal	Samuel	19	11	175	197	213
Ray	M.	mentioned	202
Redd	Nathaniel	139	39
Rees	David	mentioned	14
Rees	David	illegible	232
Rees	David	1	169	172	175	182	185	189	190	191	193	194	197	199	200	203	203	205	207	208	210	211	213	213	214	217	219	221	223	224	227	229	230	233	179
Rees	David	137	30	31	35	36	93	93	96	99	100	106	107	114	114	119	126	129	133	135	140	142	144	151	152	154	156	157	159	160	161	163	166	167
Rees	David	4	6	16	20	22	24	27	30	33	57	61	64	68	69	71	85	87	90	94
Rees	Morris	142	35	99
Rees	Thomas	69	137	216	219	220	225
Rees	Thomas	294	206
Reese	[see REES]
Reese	Solomon	paid	7
Reynols	Eli?	mentioned	29	92
Rickets	Edward	19	153	194
Ridenouer	David	paid	33	96
Ridenouer	John	15	139	152
Ridenouer	Michael	53	234
Rigby	Thomas	162	149	156
Rudolph	Henry	121	26	65	89
Rudolph	John	mentioned	44
Ruffner	John	31	81
Ruffner	Martin	80	234
Sacket	Elizabeth	121	69	141	213	217
Sanderson	George	71	14	15	40	57	225
Sanderson	Geo.	mentioned	171
Schlauch	W.?	mentioned	66
Schmitz	Frederick	45	210	214	215	216
Scofield		mentioned	181
Searle	John	149	124	168	201	211
Selby	George W.	25	11	26	41	89	105	217	221
Selby	Thomas	77	14	143
Senat	John	paid	72
Senate	W. or Mr.	mentioned	28	91
Shallenbarger	Abraham	122	69	103
Shallenbarger	Henry	30	82
Shallenbarger	Henry	136	27	30	44	77	90	93	233
Shallenbarger	Samuel	38	10	23	59	64	67	69	75	86	167	222
Shallenberger	[see SHALLENBARGER]
Shallenberger	Henry (Sara)	7	224
Shaw	John	20	106
Sheaffer	John	none	224
Shewey	Michael	165	144	159	165	169	179	186	188	196	202	205	218	224	230
Shewey	Michael	mentioned	74
Shieyd	Michael	paid	144
Shieyel	[see SHIEYD]
Shipler	John	10	143	149
Shmitz	[see Schmitz]
Shoap	Daniel (wife)	paid	42
Shoap	Daniel B.	32	6	62	63	68	72	76
Sholl	Solomon	72	126	162	182
Short	William	59	77	186	187
Short	Wm.	mentioned	71