Inventory of William Ames

Franklin County
April Term AD 1857
Page 133-140
An inventory of the personal estate of William Ames deceased taken by Lazarus N. Harding administrator and appraised by Reuben Cooley and Josiah McCafferty

No. Description of the Property Amount
1 wood saw & saw buck .30
2 tubs, bucket, boxes, measure & kegs .15
3 wash tub .70
4 pot and skillet .50
5 2 ovans .25
6 1 tea kettle .20
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7 3 barrels and 2 boxes .15
8 4 barrels .20
9 4 barrels & bran .30
10 curry comb, brush, & 5 halters .20
11 1 pitchfork .40
12 1 table .30
13 1 signboard .10
14 1 lot of hay 1.75
15 pitchfork & ax .20
16 1 lot of oats 1.00
17 1 lot of corn 3.20
18 halter &c .50
19 2 halters .50
20 hoe & singletree .50
21 1 shovel .25
22 5 halters .20
23 1 measure .50
24 1 keg soap .50
25 lot soap .50
26 lot soap .25
27 lot barrels 1.00
28 lot apples .10
29 3 barrels apples 3.10
30 1 barrel apples .40
31 1 bed sted .10
32 candle molds &c .60
33 candle molds &c .25
34 2 buckets & pan &c .15
35 lot of crocks .10
36 2 chamber pots .20
37 2 chamber pots .20
38 brass kettle .75
39 crocks & jugs .10
40 wash pan .15
41 3 bread bowls & seive .40
42 churn & barrel .25
43 1 cupboard 4.00
44 6 pie pans .10
45 2 jars & 2 pitchers .10
46 2 buckets &c .25
47 Jappan tea cannister &c .10
48 4 earthen pans .10
49 7 blue edged plates .10
50 7 blue edged plates .15
51 3 earthen dishes .20
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52 2 salvers & pitcher .20
53 2 plates, 3 bowls & mug .10
54 molasses can & caster .50
55 7 small plates .15
56 large dish & small dish .15
57 2 large square dishes .20
58 1 lot cups & saucers common .15
59 2 sugar bowls & mug .25
60 tin cup, pans & boxes .05
61 1 lot bottles .10
62 2 preserve dishes & tea plates .10
63 6 glass tumblers .30
64 6 plates & mugs .20
65 2 decanters .70
66 1 oyster fry .50
67 2 buthcher knives .20
68 1 lot knives & forks .40
69 1 lot spoons .20
70 1 stove and trimmings 3.00
71 2 brass candle sticks .20
72 3 candle stick .10
73 bed & bedding 7.50
74 bed & bedding 7.00
75 2 blankets 1.00
76 2 blankets 1.00
77 2 blankets .50
78 3 comforts 1.50
79 2 straw ticks .80
80 3 pillows .60
81 3 boxes & trunk & bed sted .10
82 1 feather bed & pillows 5.00
83 2 comforts 1.00
84 1 bed & bedding 5.00
85 1 bed sted .10
86 1 bed & bedding & bedsted 5.00
87 2 pillows .50
88 2 comforts 1.00
89 2 comforts 1.00
90 2 woolen comforts 1.25
91 2 quilts 2.00
92 3 pair pillow slips .60
93 4 pair pillow slips .50
94 9 sheets 2.25
95 2 straw ticks .80
96 2 table cloths .50
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97 2 table cloths .50
98 2 chests .75
99 clothes line & pins .10
100 2 crocks & sugar .30
101 pitcher, tea pot & mug .25
102 1 lot bottles .15
103 1 shovel & tongs .25
104 1 pair andirons .75
105 2 large books 1.00
106 2 books .30
107 2 books .30
108 basket & measure, brushes .25
109 1 clock 2.00
110 bell & scissors .25
111 1 looking glass .25
112 1 looking glass .75
113 1 bureau 6.00
114 1 stand 2.00
115 1 carpet 3.00
116 1 carpet 1.00
117 1 stand .50
118 1 rocking chair .50
119 6 windsor chairs .25
120 6 windsor chairs 3.00
121 6 split chairs .75
122 4 windsor & 1 split chair .75
123 2 tables 4.50
124 1 rifle gun .20
125 2 tin pans .15
126 2 wooden buckets 1.00
127 1 dozen chickens 1.00
128 1 hog 5.00
129 1 lot of lumber 5.00
130 1 cow 4.00
131 1 carpet jack .25
132 1 cricket .10
133 1 silver watch 3.00
134 1 lot upper leather 1.00
135 1 lot sole leather 2.00
136 1 pair upper for boots 1.00
137 1 pair boots .50
138 lot of shoemaker tools 1.50
139 keg of pickels & box .25
140 ?? .50
141 jug of alcohol .50
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142 1 4 gallon jug .25
143 auger & hatchet .15
144 5 sacks .75
145 1 basket & tallow .30
146 1 bbl molasses 7.00
147 1 vinegar & barrel 1.00
148 4 wash boards .60
149 dried apples .25
150 6 boxes .10
151 1 fish net .10
152 3 barrels & apples .50
153 1 coal stove 1.50
154 7 buckets 1.00
155 3 buckets .30
156 1 keg brandy 2.00
157 keg & lard .50
158 meat tub .75
159 5 barrels, crock & box .10
160 2 decanters .80
161 3 decanters .20
162 2 bottles caster oil .20
163 2 glass jars .50
164 2 glass jars .50
165 2 glass jars .50
166 2 glass jars .10
167 1 jar cloves .45
168 basket, smoothing iron &c .30
169 1 basket .30
170 scales & hasp knife .10
171 1 keg nails 3.82
172 1 keg nails 1.78
173 3 brooms .40
174 1 spike mall .25
175 9 bed cords 1.35
176 cord & twine .15
177 barrel & crackers .75
178 barrel & coffee .25
179 barrel & tobacco 1.00
180 keg & rice .25
181 box starch 1.00
182 copperas .50
183 1 lot pea nuts .25
184 ground peper & box .85
185 1 box glass 10 x 12 1.50
186 1 box glass 8 x 10 .80
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187 1 box madder 2.50
188 1 box peper & box 1.00
189 1 box pipes .50
190 1 box allum 1.50
191 1 box allspice .70
192 1 box ginger 1.80
193 sugar & barrel 2.00
194 1 bag shot .80
195 1 bag shot 2.00
196 lead .15
197 tobacco & box 3.60
198 1 box saltpeter 1.32
199 1 box indigo 3.00
200 1 box chocolate 2.00
201 1 box carb soda 2.00
202 raisens & box 1.50
203 box cigars .15
204 box cigars .50
205 box sulphur .30
206 box salts .30
207 box shaving soap .70
208 1 box cinnamon ground 1.72
209 1 box bears oil .15
210 1 box bears oil .60
211 5 bottles tomato sauce .50
212 4 bottles peper sauce .40
213 1 lemon syrup & pitcher .40
214 16 boxes blacking .30
215 cinnamon bark .25
216 pens, caps & fishhooks .20
217 lot combs .45
218 fancy soap & pencils .25
219 penns & ?? Cinnamon .15
220 2 flasks powder & shot .75
221 beeswax & candy .10
222 blank books & envelopes .25
223 1 lot of pins & glasses .30
224 lot pocket books .10
225 thread & fish lines .50
226 ?ss. Coffee & vermifuge .15
227 parses & wafers .15
228 mustard & book .25
229 cording .70
230 letter paper .75
231 carpenters pencils .50
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232 lot razor straps .60
233 1 pair shoes 1.75
234 measures, funnel & box .25
235 lot boxes .25
236 balance & weights 1.50
237 box seed onions 1.70
238 Charles Scott 1.75
239
240 J. Whitney .50
241 L. Withers .35
242 E. Creggin .12
243 J. L. Case .14
244 H. M. Howard 1.24
245 T. Shank .65
246 T. Whitney .15
247 S. Chapman 1.36
248 John Radmore 3.66
249 Brad McCafferty 1.03
250 Peter Hiler 7.04
251 B. O. Kendall .80
252 Wm. Cooley .15
253 C. Withers .87
254 J. McCafferty 2.49
255 A. J. Follenbee 7.30
256 R. Schoonover 1.50
257 J. Limpers .80
258 G. Hiatt 3.88
259 Wm. Beasley .65
Wm. Shank 3.80
David Whitney 2.43
Dr. Quick 2.26
G. Chapman 2.23
Cyrus Quick .40
Jacob Harvey 32.42
E. Liege 15.63
Adam Johnston 2.30
J. C. Knecht .56
B. Whitney .93
O. H. P. Moore 1.89
G. J. Nice 11.37
money on hand 1.50
½ keg powder 1.00
molasses gale .45
wrought nails .10
fishing rods 5¢, lot of bricks .15
total $333.69

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Signed by us the 17th day of December 1854.
Reuben Cooley
Josiah McCafferty, appraisers


Last modified 4 September 2002