Inventory of Matilda Coleman

Franklin County
September Term A.D. 1851
Pages 218-221
On the 6th say of September A.D. 1848 the said administrator filed in the Clerk's office of the Court aforesaid the following appraisement bill to wit: An inventory and appraisement of the personal Estate of Matilda Coleman, deceased, late of the County of Franklin, the State of Indiana, this August the 10th day A.D. 1848

1 black cow and calf 13.00
1 brindle cow 10.00
1 steer 6.00
1 red heifer 6.00
1 red heifer with a white back 5.00
1 sow and 8 pigs 5.00
2 head of stock hogs 8.00
13 head of sheep 9.75
1/3 of 7 acres of corn to be gathered and hauled to the barn 12.00
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oats, 70 or 80 dozen 8.00
1 stack of hay 2.00
1 lot of wheat 18.50
1000 feet of 5/8 lumber 7.00
1 lot of different kinds of lumber supposed to be 1500 feet 11.25
1 set of windsor chairs 1.50
1 reed bottomed chair .30
3 split bottomed chairs .37
1 stand 1.50
1 mantle clock 2.50
1 bureau 8.00
1 looking glass .75
1 rocking cradle 1.00
1 cherry table 1.50
1 cookstove and cooking materials 12.00
1 lot of cupboard ware consisting of 14 plates, 1 disk, 12 saucers, 9 cups 2 tea cannisters, 4 tumblers, 1 cream cup, 1 vinegar nv
brought over 144.92
bottle and 1 decanter 1.12
1 set knives and forks .12
1 cupboard 2.10
2 sad irons .38
1 griddle .37
1 oven and lid .50
1 shoe clamp .05
1 lot of tin ware consisting of 2 coffee pots, 1 bread pan, wash bason, 2 pans, 1 casket, 1 strainer, 1 reflector, 1 lantern & coffee can 1.35
1 vinegar barrell & vinegar 2.50
1 meal box 2ith about 40lbs flour and scoop 1.25
1 coffee mill .50
1 shovel & tongs .25
1 brass kettle .87
2 brooms .10
2 wash tubs .62
1 lot of books consisting of 1 bible, 1 hymn book, Clays Speeches, 1 teachers Assistant, Watsons Wesley, 1 Scots Lessons, 1 Third Reader, 1 Second Reader, 1 Methodist Discipline and 1 Spelling book 2.00
1 slate .08
1 bedstead, bed and beding, consisting of Feather bed, straw tick, bolster, 2 pillows, 2 sheets, and coverlet 12.00
1 trundle bedstead, bed and bedding consisting of feather bed, straw tick, 1 bolster, 1 sheet, 1 blanket and 1 coverlet 7.00
1 bedstead, bed and beding, consisting of Feather bed, straw tick, bolster, 2 pillows, 2 blankets, 1 coverlet and 1 sheet 12.00
  191.50
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1 lot of lumber in stable loft 2.10
brought over 263.21
specie on hand 11.00
1 bill on the State Bank of Indiana 1.00
an account on Nimrod Kerrick of 1848 (good) .50
an account on James Dukale of 1848 (good) 16.00
an account on Johnston Crawley of 1848 (doubtful) 136.00
an account on Robert Wilson of 1848 for the sum of (good) .25
an account on J. T. Riley for the sum of (good) 100.00
  279.42

Richard Chambers
William Linn, appraisers
Martin Williams, administrator


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