DEARBORN COUNTY INVENTORIES pg 158 June Term 1856 An inventory of the estate of Valentine Graff deceased taken by Thomas Smith administrator and appraised by John Baker and Cornelius Vanhorn 1 brown horse 40.00x 1 roan horse 75.00 1 red cow 14.00x 1 2 yr old bull 18.00 1 black calf 4.00 1 sow 3.00 8 pigs 6.00 1 small wagon 20.00 1 mow of wheat 75.00x 2 mows of hay 25.00 1 dung fork, 2 breast chains .50 2 cow chains, 3 halters .50x 1 set of wagon harness 5.00x 2 pr hames .25 1 woman's saddle 2.50x 1 cutting box 1.50 1 music clock 25.00 1 eight day clock .50 1 clothes press 12.00x 1 walnut table 1.50x 1 cane bottom rocking chair 1.50x 1 new low post bedstead 2.00x 1 cherry post " .50 1 feather bed and pillow 1.50x ditto 1.50x ditto 1.00x 1 strawtick .25x ditto .25x 3 bed quilts 2.25x 8 kitchen chairs 1.40 1 pr steel yards .25 1 spring balance with scale .25x 2 log chains,1cow chain, grindstone 3.20 2 scythe and cradle 2.00 1 new blind bridle,1 old 1.25 barn full of hay, 10 saw logs 100.00 15 acres of corn 42.00 apples 2.50 1 wood bed and ladder 4.00 1 corner cupboard .50x 50 wine bottles 2.50 1 cherry table .50 stove and furniture 5.00x 1 small stove, 2pots, griddle 1.50 4 augers, 5 sickles 1.25 1 handsaw, 1 crosscut saw 1.00 2 grub hoes and wedges .50 1 spade, 1 hook knife .40 2 water tubs and big staves 2.75 2 painted buckets .10 1 bread tub .50 1 swarm of bees .75 2 wash tubs, 1 kettle 1.60 6 kegs of vinegar 30.50 1.33 barrels grape brandy 7.45 1 keg cherry cordial, 1 keg rye brandy 6.00 5 tubs 12.00 6 geese 1.20 1 bay horse 75.00 1 red and white cow 13.00x 1 black and white cow 15.00 1 1yr old heifer 8.00 1 red calf 4.00 5 large hogs (widow takes 2) 12.00x 1 large wagon 20.00 1 fanning mill 5.00 1 mow of wheat 100.00 2 pitchforks, 2 rakes .70 1 fan, 1 lot clapboards 4.00x 3 cow chains .60 2 pr trace chains 1.00 2 riding bridles .25x 1 man's saddle .nv clover seed 35.00 1 mantle clock 2.00 1 bureau 2.00 1 sofa 9.00x 6 chairs 1.50x 1 new high topped bedstead 3.50x 1 old high topped " 1.50 1 old sofa 1.00 1 feather bed and pillow 1.50x ditto 1.50x 1 strawtick and matress 1.25 1 strawtick .25x 1 comfort .75x 4 quilts 3.00 1 straw bottom rocking chair .25 1 spring balance with scales .25 1 set harrow teeth and harrow 2.50 2 2 horse ploughs +singletrees 6.50 1 shovel plough, dung hook 1.00 2 scythe and sneath 1.00 2 stack of hay 30.00 .75acre of grapes 70.00x .5 acre of potatoes 5.00x a lot of barley 6.00 wagon bows, 11 bags, wagon cover 2.50 cupboard ware 1.00x 1 pine table .30 1 new stove and furniture 5.00 1 coal stove 1.00 1 crucifix .10 2 wood saws (widow takes 1) 1.00x 3 hoes .50 1 sledge hammer, iron wedge 1.00 1 big wheel .75 1 well bucket .40 2 oak buckets .50 1 pr swifts .10 8 old barrels .25 1 stand of vinegar, 8 barrels 15.00 1.5 barrels of gin 11.25 1.5 barrels of peach brandy 60.00 1 large wine barrel 30.00 8 large wine hogshd (w. takes3) 40.00x 4 boxes and 1 tub .20 1 lot of old corn .75 signed Cornelius Vanhorn John Baker--Appraisers You and each of you will trully and honestly and impartially ap- praise the estate property and effects of the estate of Valentine Graff late of Dearborn County deceased which shall be exhibited to you according to the best of your judgement and ability so help you God. Sworn and subscribed before me Dated the 23rd day of September 1854