Smedley & Son Prospect Mills Day Book C contains an index of clients and what pages they appear on, an itemized list of their profits and expenses, an index of sales and where they are found, and the employees of the mill and what they were being compensated for. The profits list ranges from selling corn, wheat, bran, oats, and flour, as well as sawing boards, turning trundle posts, and rejoining carriage shafts. The recorded expenses for the mill include employee wages and transportation costs.
Admin/Biographical History
Joel Smedley was born in 1799 to parents Joseph Smedley and Rebecca Lewis Smedley. Joel married Martha Wildman and fathered six children including Charles, Mary, John, Lewis, Anne, and Ellwood. Joel inherited the mill from his father in 1833 and expanded it by building a sorghum factory. Joel died in 1872.
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Signers of petition: John S. Wissler, Christian Keller, John Sheirich Sr., Abraham Killian, Henry Baker, Christian Hoffer, H. L. Frantz, Emanuel Hall, Levi Baer, Isaac Evans, Frederick Hoffman, David Ringwalt.
Bond: Isaac Evans, Levi Baer.
Receipt to keep a tavern.
3 items, 3 pieces
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Located on the road leading from New Providence to Green Tree.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of petition: Benjamin Breneman, Abraham Harr, James Duncan, Benjamin Myers, Henry H. Breneman, [Stiperith Houst], Isaac [Boman], Levi Miller, James Moore, James Gilliland, Benjamin B. Eshleman, James Ingram.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: William Wilig, John Johns, Jacob Hershey, John H. Kauffman, Christian L. Hershey, Henry L. Hershey, Joseph Coughenour, Christian Kauffman, Henry M. Weiler, John McGovern, George Weiler, J. B. Landis.
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Signers of petition: Benjamin Breneman, John Herr, David Herr, James Duncan, Jacob Hauk, Henry Harr, Christian Waid, Abraham Harr, Jacob Barr, Henry Keen, John Bassler, David Mourer, David Myers, Samuel [Kuhn], David [Kuhn], Woodard Althouse, Benjamin B. Eshleman.
1 item, 1 piece
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