Franklin County Inventories Page 27-28 March Term AD 1848 Appraisement bill of the personal property of Jonathan Fruits, deceased, late of Franklin County and State of Indiana, taken by Judah Hinkley, administrator, and appraised by James Merrill and Stephen Craig this 20th day of April AD 1847 as fol- lows: 1 big wheel .50x 1 ditto 1.00 1 little wheel .75x 1 meat tub .50x 1 old auger & moll .25x 1 old handsaw .31 1 pr streachers .30 1 notch clevis .25 1 mattock .30 1 old plow .25 1 pr streachers .30x 2 still tubs 1.00 1 .5bu measure .25x 2 sheep skins on a flail .37 2 set of gears & lines 4.00x 1 saddle 4.00 1 lot of hay @ 3.50/ton 12.25 44.5bu oats @ 20cts 8.50 1 lot barley 4.50 1 lot of corn @ 20cts 70.00 1 dun mare 65.00x 1 old bay horse 5.00x 1 spotted face cow 10.00 1 old red cow 8.00x 1 white faced heifer 5.00 20 head of sheep w/lambs 15.00 1 wood bed and bolster 1.25 1 wagon 30.00 page 28 6 head of hogs 15.50x 4 hogs in the pen 16.00x 1 sow & 8 pigs 7.00x 1 side saddle 3.00 1 drawing knife .30x 1 lot of turkeys 4.75 3 swarms bees 4.50 double tree & single trees 1.00x 1 cradle and sythe .50 1 hoe .25x ½ field of wheat in ground 12.00 1 lot of feathers 4.00 1 mantle clock 1.50x 1 bureau 3.00x 1 bed, bedsted & bedding 33.00 1 bed,bedstead & clothing 35.00 6 chairs 2.00x 1 bed, bedstead & clothing 8.00 1 table & tinware 2.00x 1 fire shovel .20x 1 pr dog irons .75x 1 lot of ironware 2.00x 1 big kettle 1.00x 2 iron wedges .37 1 calf 1.50 cash on hand 56.25 1 note on Samuel Patterson 7.56 1 big wheel .50x 1 reel .75x 1 little wheel 1.00 2 old sythes & 2 corn cutters .37½ 1 froe .37½x 1 loom .50x 2 clevises .18 irons for a well bucket .15 1 small plow 4.50 1 harrow 3.50 1 straw knife & old irons .30 1 lot rye .62 2 forks & barn shovel 1.25x 1 scoop shovel .37 1 collar & hames .30 1 fanning mill 17.00 1 ton of hay 3.50x 1 lot of wheat @ 65cts 21.45x 50bu of corn @ 20cts 10.00x 1 back band .18 1 sorrel horse 55.00 1 white cow 10.00 1 spotted cow 8.00 1 spotted heifer 7.00 3 yr old calves 8.25 1 head of sheep & 1 lamb 10.00 1 log chain .50 2 sows and pigs 6.50 5 small sows 7.00 1 sow & 9 pigs 9.00 1 drawing knife & guage .25 1 wagon cover .50 4 doz chickens 4.00 16 gees 2.00 1 big plow 5.00 1 sythe & hangings 1.25 1 old sythe .15 2 hoes .50 1 lot of rolls 6.50 1 rifle gun 10.00 1 cupboard & contents 10.00x 1 looking glass .18x 1 bed & bed clothing 17.00 1 bed,bedstead & clothing 40.00x 1 ditto 7.00 1 ditto 7.00 1 old cupboard & contents 2.50x 1 box with clothing 2.50x 1 lot of ironware 1.00 2 wsh tubs 1.16x 1 big kettle 1.25 1 stack of hay 2.00 1 lamb .75 1 note on Hartshorn Hovey? 20.00 total 796.39 We do hereby certify that the above is a true appraisement bill of the personal estate of Jonathan Fruits, deceased, so far as it has come to our knowledge, and given under our hands this 23rd day of April AD 1847. S. Craig James Merrill