Franklin County
November Term 1838
Page 83-86
The following is a bill of the personal property of Britton Gant dec'd appraised by Joseph Wynn and Reuben Cooley, May 29, 1837
1 yoke of Cattle | 60.00 |
3 sugar kettles | 4.62½ |
2 calves | 10.00 |
1 colt | 20.00 |
1 old blind mare | 2.50 |
1 side of leather | 2.37½ |
1 lot of wool | 3.60 |
1 hand saw & lot of augers | 1.25 |
1 pair of sheep shears | .62½ |
1 broad axe | 2.00 |
1 loom and aperatus | 6.00 |
1 frow and iron wedge | 1.00 |
1 lot of wheat | 7.50 |
1 grubbing hoe & shaping knife | 1.12½ |
1 lot of bacon | 14.00 |
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2 lots of salt & casks | 1.00 |
1 mowing sythe and lot of grass? | 4.50 |
1 ot of lard, barrel & potatoes | 1.50 |
1 waggon and tar bucket | 22.00 |
2 log chains | 4.25 |
1 cow & calf | 17.00 |
1 lot of sheep | 9.00 |
1 lot of hogs | 50.00 |
1 mare | 50.00 |
1 harrow | 3.50 |
1 heifer | 10.00 |
1 lot of axes & hoes | 3.25 |
1 lot of ploughs & fish gig | 3.62½ |
1 lot of corn | 54.68 3/4 |
1 fanning mill | 5.00 |
2 pair of hames &c | 0.50 |
2 tar kegs | 1.12½ |
1 slide | 1.00 |
2 sickles | .37½ |
1 hay fork | 0.75 |
1 set of double trees | 1.00 |
1 spade | .43¼ |
1 lot of old iron & halter chain | 0.50 |
1 lot of pilled Jeenes | 6.50 |
1 lot of pilled cloth | 16.00 |
1 lot of sugar | 8.00 |
1 lot of geese | 2.06¼ |
the wearing apparel of dec'd | 25.00 |
another old axe | .37½ |
1 lot of linen | 2.25 |
2 stands of bees | 3.00 |
1 lot of shingles | .62½ |
1 side saddle | 8.00 |
1 cross cut saw | 2.00 |
1 lot of flax | 1.50 |
2 gums | 0.50 |
1 lot of f? | 2.00 |
1 hatchel | 1.00 |
1 razor & strap | 0.50 |
1 barrel of vinegar | 1.75 |
3 baskets | .37½ |
1 pair of steeliards | 2.00 |
Amount of personal subject testate and not disposed of by the will | $466.03 3/4 |
The following is an inventory of the personal property of Britton Gant, dec'd willing by said decedent to his widow, Mary Gant
1 pair andirons | 1.50 |
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2 smoothing irons | 0.50 |
2 small brass kettles | 3.50 |
1 large brass kettle | 8.00 |
1 skillet & led | .62½ |
1 bake oven & lid | 0.50 |
1 tea kettle | 0.50 |
1 bake oven & lid | 1.25 |
1 kettle | 2.25 |
1 pot | 0.75 |
1 fire shovel | 0.75 |
1 small kettle | .87½ |
1 flour barrel | .87½ |
1 washing tub | 0.50 |
2 water buckets, 1 @ 50 and the other @ 25 | 0.75 |
1 bread tray @ .37½¢ & 3 meal bags .75 | 1.12½ |
1 large spinning wheel | 2.00 |
3 small spinning wheels | 3.50 |
1 other large spinning wheel | 0.75 |
1 cag .50, & 1 churn .18 3/4 | .68 3/4 |
1 table & cloths | 4.25 |
1 lot of books | 1.56¼ |
2 knotted sheets & table cloth | 3.50 |
1 plough & gears | 4.50 |
another plough & gears | 9.00 |
5 head of sheep | 5.00 |
5 hogs | 20.00 |
2 head of horses | 120.00 |
1 pair of cards | .12½ |
1 bread tray .18 3/4 & 2 pewter dishes .37½ | .56¼ |
3 jars | .56¼ |
1 bed stead | 1.00 |
2 barrels | .62½ |
2 old churns | .12½ |
1 old barrel | .12½ |
1 pair of pot hooks | .37½ |
2 cows | 38.00 |
1 trammel | 1.25 |
3 sets of window curtain | .62½ |
2 willow bskets & 1 tin box | .37½ |
1 inkstand & 1 saddle & 1 pair of reins | .12½ |
1 reel | 1.00 |
1 large pork barrel | 1.00 |
8 chairs | 3.50 |
1 stand, table & oil cloth | 1.25 |
1 brass clock | 50.00 |
1 bureau & oil cloth | 10.00 |
1 corner cupboard | 6.00 |
1 chest | 0.50 |
1 bed & bedding & bedstead | 25.00 |
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1 trunk | 2.00 |
2 band boxes | 0.75 |
1 demajon .87½ & 1 jug .12½ | 1.00 |
1 tub | 0.50 |
1 lot of wool containing 15 lbs @ .37½/lb | 5.62½ |
1 bedstead, bed & bedding & curtains | 24.50 |
1 bed & bedding & curtains | 18.50 |
another bedstead, bed & bedding & curtain | 19.00 |
1 tin pan .50, 1 candlestand .500, 1 coffe mill .25 | 1.25 |
1 lot of glass ware | 0.75 |
2 jugs | .31¼ |
1 looking glass | .62½ |
1 reflector | 0.15 |
1 lot of tin ware | 10.43 3/4 |
1 set of cupboard ware | 3.62½ |
1 pair candle moles | .12½ |
another lot of bedcloath | 37.00 |
personal property taken by widow as per will | 458.62½ |