Ledger Post # 6

Another Pre 1830 Ledger Entry

Also Fishing/Mill Creek

1829 entry added to the bottom of page 212 of the Feb 8th 1832  ledger page

In the above scan we have two entries from 1829, one is dated Apr. 1st, 1829 and the other Apr. 15th, 1829; the most important one is the one dated Apr. 1st; in the fine print, just to the right of the keyboard symbol,  " { " we have "Apr. 1st 1829. "For house at Fishing Creek ". You will have to tap the scan to enlarge it for best viewing. Back in the 1800's the creek was called "Fishing Creek', now days it is called "Mill Creek". I don't know when the name was changed from Fishing Creek to Mill Creek; someone could find out the approximate date by looking at various copies of the printed topographical maps printed by the Federal Government.

The above scan shows that Geo. Eckert had a crew working back at the future Swatara Furnace site before the Union Canal was up and running. Two of our friends from the 1830 Ledger Book are there and working, Paul Brand and Wm. Graeff. Geo. Bonewits was paid 60 dollars for carpenter work, a Stein was paid 5 dollars for hauling and it looks like an Angel Bonewits was paid 38.92 for something.

We now have more questions than answers, where on Fishing Creek was the house, there is no mention of masonry  work, only carpentry work, "The Big House", (Ironmaster's Mansion) was mostly all stone. I have a feeling they first built a wooden house, maybe at the site of the future "Big House", a wooden house would go up much faster than a stone house. Perhaps there will be some answers as I get further into the ledger.