First Census of the Lead Mines
From Amos Farrar Store Ledger
Among the early Indian Trader Ledgers at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, is the ledger of Amos Farrar. He and partner George Davenport, the founder of Davenport, Iowa, had an early Indian trading post presumed to be located at the intersection of the Fever (Galena) and Mississippi Rivers. He established a trading post for the lead miners at Galena when the mines were opened to the Americans in 1822..
Farrar had a half-breed daughter, Margaret (ca 1825-1855) who was raised by her step-mother Sophie Gear Farrar, sister of Hezekiah H. Gear. Amos died July 24, 1833 in Galena.
The account names in the ledger are the first known residents of the lead mines, though they may have stayed for only a summer season hoping to strike it rich. This ledger ends December 31, 1825.
The telephone number for Jamie Nelson, Special Collections Librarian at Augustana College is 309/794-7643.
| Purchaser | First Entry | Last Entry |
| ? , Joseph | Mar 10, 1825 | Dec 29, 1825 |
| Adna, also see Smith & Adna | ||
| Adna, Wm. D. | Dec 20, 1823 | Nov 7, 1825 |
| Ambroise, Thomas | Feb 12, 1825 | Dec 19, 1825 |
| Ames, George | Nov 11, 1825 | |
| Anderson, John Col. | Dec 15, 1824 | Apr 7, 1825 |
| Andersson, J. Major | June 23, 1823 | Sept 2, 1824 |
| Antaya, Peter | July 23, 1825 | Oct 31, 1825 |
| Armstrong, Cyler | May 13, 1825 | Oct 17, 1825 |
| Armstrong, John | Mar 21, 1825 | Oct 21, 1825 |
| Armstrong, John & Cuylor | Jan 30, 1824 | Dec 29, 1825 |
| Barney, Charles | Sept 4, 1825 | |
| Barrell, John | Mar 7, 1824 | Aug 28, 1824 |
| Bartlet, John | July 19, 1825 | Sept 4, 1825 |
| Bates, David G. | Dec 18, 1822 | Sept 11, 1824 |
| Bates, N. | Mar 17, 1825 | June 15, 1825 |
| Bates, T. J. | June 13, 1825 | Nov 3, 1825 |
| Beebe, L. & Co. | June 13, 1825 | Dec 10, 1825 |
| Berry, James | Jan 12, 1825 | Feb 18, 1825 |
| Boner, John | Nov 2, 1823 | July 29, 1825 |
| Bonis, J. B. | Jan 14, 1825 | Sept 13, 1825 |
| Boutllier, Ephm. | Sept 5, 1825 | Sept 16, 1825 |
| Bouthillier, F. | Nov 21, 1823 | Nov 28, 1825 |
| Brickley, Mrs. | Oct 10, 1823 | July 24, 1824 |
| Browner, James | Sept 16, 1824 | Dec 26, 1825 |
| Bruner, Peter | Oct 18, 1823 | Dec 27, 1825 |
| Buck Diggins | May 20, 1825 | Aug 18, 1825 |
| Bunce, Hiram | Oct 28, 1823 | Sept 14, 1824 |
| Burdoin, Thos. | Nov 25, 1823 | June 20, 1824 |
| Burton, William | Dec 16, 1823 | Dec 15, 1825 |
| Byrnes, Michl. | Aug 5, 1825 | Dec 15, 1825 |
| Calvert, Benson | Sept 15, 1825 | |
| Clayton, Robert | Mar 5, 1825 | Dec 2, 1825 |
| Cluse, John | June 11, 1825 | Nov 5, 1825 |
| Colvin, William | June 9, 1825 | Aug 20, 1825 |
| Connolly, John | Sept 14, 1823 | Dec 14, 1825 |
| Constantin, ? | Mar 5, 1825 | Oct 18, 1825 |
| Crouson, Jonathan | Nov 20, 1825 | |
| Curtis, Burritt | Oct 2, 1825 | Dec 26, 1825 |
| Curtis, T.M. & Hitt | Oct 11, 1825 | Dec 27, 1825 |
| Dalany, John | July 24, 1825 | Aug 28, 1825 |
| Dales, Joel | Feb 25, 1825 | Nov 15, 1825 |
| Dalton, Wm. | Nov 26, 1825 | Dec 28, 1825 |
| Davenport, George | Jan 1, 1824 | Nov 15, 1825 |
| Dent, Frederick | May 26, 1823 | July 27, 1823 |
| Doyle, Patk. | Nov 27, 1825 | |
| Doyle, T. H. | July 21, 1823 | May 22, 1824 |
| Duggin, Patk. | Aug 7, 1825 | Nov 26, 1825 |
| Duncan, John | Oct 13, 1825 | |
| Dwight, William | Nov 3, 1825 | |
| Dyas, Daniel | June 9, 1825 | Sept 30, 1825 |
| Farrar, Amos | Dec 17, 1823 | Dec 3, 1825 |
| Ferguson, Geo. | Sept 14, 1825 | Nov 26, 1825 |
| Fillis, John | Nov 12, 1825 | Nov 14, 1825 |
| Fish, J. P. | Nov 20, 1823 | June 14, 1824 |
| Flewelin, Hart. | Nov 11, 1825 | Nov 14, 1825 |
| Fossitt, James | Sept 27, 1825 | Dec 10, 1825 |
| Fowler, ? | July 2, 1825 | Nov 14, 1825 |
| Frederick, ? (Mr.) | Oct 27, 1823 | Dec 29, 1825 |
| Furlong, John | Sept 10, 1825 | |
| Gaines, Chas. | July 25, 1825 | Nov 26, 1825 |
| Gennereugh, ? | Mar 17, 1825 | Sept 2, 1825 |
| Gilligin, Chas. | Sept 22, 1825 - Nov 7, 1825 | |
| Glaudu, Peter | Aug 20, 1825 - Sept 17, 1825 | |
| Gratiote, Henry | Nov 26, 1825 | Dec 10, 1825 |
| Hanly, Barny | Apr 16, 1825 | Dec 5, 1825 |
| Hanly, John | Apr 7, 1825 | Dec 15, 1825 |
| Hardy & Shull | May 31, 1825 | Sept 25, 1825 |
| Hardy, Joseph | July 12, 1823 | Aug 26, 1824 |
| Harris, James | Dec 21, 1823 | Dec 29, 1825 |
| Himers, Thos. | Nov 4, 1823 | Dec 21, 1823 |
| Hogan, Patk. | Oct 31, 1825 | |
| Howard - see Mitchel, Howard & Smith | ||
| Humes, Thompson | Apr 4, 1825 | Aug 7, 1825 |
| Hunt, Benson | Jan 24, 1824 | Dec 2, 1825 |
| Jackson, George E. | Mar 17, 1825 | Dec 3, 1825 |
| Janise, ? | Aug 15, 1824 | Sept 16, 1824 |
| January, T. H. | Nov 20, 1823 | Jan 14, 1825 |
| Johnson, Mathew | Mar 13, 1825 | Oct 21, 1825 |
| John, Wm. H. | June 12, 1825 | Aug 15, 1825 |
| Johnsson, J. Colonel | Sept 29, 1823 | Mar 21, 1824 |
| Jourdan, Harrison | Aug 27, 1825 | Nov 13, 1825 |
| Karte, Thos. | Oct 0, 1825 | Nov 29, 1825 |
| Lawrance, ? | May 29, 1825 | Nov 25, 1824 |
| Locke, Thos. S. | Nov 21, 1823 | Apr 23, 1824 |
| Lockwood, ? | Nov 28, 1825 | |
| Lytle, Daniel | May 13, 1825 | Nov 3, 1825 |
| Martin, Charles | June 12, 1825 | Nov 25, 1825 |
| Martin, Isaac | Apr 25, 1825 | Dec 20, 1825 |
| McClenerham, John | Sept 10, 18I23 | Mar 19, 1825 |
| McConley, John | Dec 17, 1823 | Apr 21, 1824 |
| McDonald, John | Oct 9, 1825 | |
| McGouldrick, Robert | Sept 13, 1825 | Dec 9, 1825 |
| Meeker, Moses | July 30, 1823 | Dec 25, 1825 |
| Middleton, George | June 21, 1825 | Nov 13, 1825 |
| Miller, John S. | Nov 20, 1823 | Nov 17, 1824 |
| Miller, Joseph | Apr 20, 1824 | May 3, 1825 |
| Mitchel, Howard & Smith | Mar 22, 1825 | July 22, 1825 |
| Mitchel, David | June 14, 1825 | |
| Moffett, John | Aug 7, 1825 | Dec 29, 1825 |
| Muir, Samuel C. | Aug 29, 1823 | Dec 28, 1825 |
| Murphy, C. | Oct 2, 1825 | |
| Orn, Ebenezer | Dec 6, 1823 | Dec 15, 1825 |
| Peany (Peiny, Penny) D. C | May 8, 1824 | Dec 27, 1825 |
| Prainer, Michl. | Oct 13, 1825 | Nov 6, 1825 |
| Ray, John | Sept 14, 1823 | Nov 7, 1825 |
| Reynolds, Otis | Nov 3, 1825 | Nov 5, 1825 |
| Shear, Ebenezer | .Nov 14, 1823 | Nov 28, 1823 |
| Shull, also see Hardy & Shull | ||
| Shull, Jesse W. | Oct 15, 1821 | Nov 3, 1825 |
| Shurlds, ? | July 22, 1825 | |
| Sims, Bartlett | Nov 29, 1823 | |
| Smith & Adna | Apr 15, 1825 | Dec 29, 1825 |
| Smith, also see Mitchel, Howard & Smith | ||
| Smith, Charles | July 23, 1825 | Dec 26, 1825 |
| Smith, D. L. | July 27,m 1825 | |
| Smith, James | Mar 10, 1825 | Dec 29, 1825 |
| Smith, M. | June 9, 1825 | Dec 10, 1825 |
| Smith, Oren | Mar 21, 1825 | Sept 21, 1825 |
| Smith, William H. | Jan 16, 1825 | Sept 29, 1825 |
| St. Paul, ? | June 11, 1825 | Oct 23, 1825 |
| St. Vrain, C. C | July 25, 1825 | Dec 26, 1825 |
| St. Vrain, Charles D. | Sept 30, 1824 | July 25, 1825 |
| St. John, Willis | Dec 9, 1823 | Nov 27, 1825 |
| Tate, William | July 18, 1825 | Dec 28, 1825 |
| Thompson, Benjamin W. | Sept 15, 1825 | |
| Thorn, James | Dec 1, 1823 | Dec 14, 1825 |
| Thrasher, S. B. | June 17, 1825 | Nov 14, 1825 |
| Vanmatre, also see Bates & Vanmatre | ||
| Van Matre, A. P. | May 17, 1823 | Dec 19, 1825 |
| Vanderslice, Daniel | June 8, 1823 | Mar 4, 1824 |
| Wakefield, Wm. | Sept 5, 1825 | Oct 25, 1825 |
| Walker, Joseph | Oct 2, 1825 | Oct 8, 1825 |
| Watson, William | Apr 16, 1825 | June 11, 1825 |
| Welch, Thomas | Feb 22, 1825 | May 24, 1825 |
| Wilkinson, J. C. | Oct 7, 1823 | Sept 25, 1824 |
| Wilson, H. M. | Apr 7, 1825 | Nov 9, 1825 |
| Wright, H. | Mar 16, 1825 | Nov 14, 1825 |