Franklin County Inventories Page 381-382 November Term A.D. 1834 the following appraisement bill of the personal property belonging to the estate of the said George W. Hammond, deceased 1 sow & 4 shoats 7.00 1 corner cupboard 8.00 1 pr andirons 1.00 6 chairs 5.00 1 rocking chair 2.00 1 cot 1.00 1 bedstead & cord 5.00 1 do do 1.00 table 2.00 1 small kettle, 1 bake oven & skillet 2.00 1 copper tea & brass stew kettle 5.00 1 gridiron .25 1 pr sad irons .25 3 old barrels .37½ shovel & tongs & 4 iron hooks 1.62½ 1 box, shoe brush & vial .18 3/4 1 tin bucket .25 1 lantern .25 [page 382] 1 spice morter, bowl & tub 1.25 1 lot of potters ware .25 1 hand bilbous .12½ 12 yards carpet 1.50 1 warming pan & frying pan .75 1 gridiron, candlestick, hatchel & hook .12½ 1 churn .50 1 lot of cotton & basket .25 1 coffee mill .37½ 1 keg of soap .50 1 axe .25 1 stand .50 1 do old .50 1 chest 1.00 1 bed, boalster & pillows 7.00 2 coverlits 5.00 2 blankets (took 1) 3.00x 5 quilts (Mrs. Hammond took 3) 5.00x 4 sheets 2.00 1 bed, straw tick & bed quilt 6.00 1 trunk .37½ 6 dishes & 1 plate (Mrs. Hammond takes 4 @1.25) 1.50x 1 set knives & forks .50 coffee pot, cullender, waiter &c .62½ 2 decanters (Mrs. Hammond takes 1) 1.00 jar, quart bottle & flask (took jar & flask) .62½ 1 tin tea canister, proof vials & 2 do .25 1 pitcher, bowl & glass tumbler .50 14 table plates, large & small 1.0 tea pot broken, set tea cups & saucers 1.00 1 pr candlesticks brass .87½ 1 pr do .87½ 1 pr black tin tea pots, tea canister & 2 salt cellars 3.50 1 looking glafs .50 1 lot of old books .50 1 shoe hammer, pincers &c .50 1 lot carpet .50 1 set table spoons & do tea spoons 18.00 1 old broken tea kettle copper, 2 lbs tallow & 1 candle .31¼ 1 straw bed tick .37½ 1 large bible 3.00 Watts hymns & 1 prayer book .50 3 jars .25 1 basket .25 wearing apparel 10.00 1 razor & box & 1 knife .50 1 old pr fire tongs .12½ 5 old chairs 2.50 1 cow 8.0 total 136.50 Wm J. Beeks James Swiggett State of Indiana Franklin County Brookville Township Before me, John Jacobs, one of the Justices of the peace of and for the township aforesaid personally came William J. Beeks and James Swiggett, appraisers appointed by Nathaniel Hammond, Administrator of the estate of George W. Hammond, late of said County deceased, to appraise the personal property belonging to said estate, who being duly sworn according to law do poseth & saith that on the 31st day of January & 7th day of February 1831 they appraised all and every article of personal property belonging to said estate, that was shown them by said administrator and that the foregoing lists is a true schedule of the same and that the sum of $136.50 is in their unbiased judgments the true cash value of the same and further deponents say not. Wm. J. Beeks, James Swigget [widows selection not copied except as noted in inventory]