Franklin County Inventories
Page 119-120
February Term 1836
The following is a list of the personal property belonging to the estate of John Hetfield,
late of Franklin County, Indiana, deceased taken & appraised on the 27th day of May 1834
by Zachariah Davis & Daniel Hamilton, two freeholders of the County aforesaid chosen
and appointed by John Hetfield Administrator of said Estate.

Wagon                                                     60.00
feed trough                                                 .75
corn per bushel                                             .20
grind stone                                                1.00
1 plough                                                   1.50
1 plough                                                   4.00
1 plough                                                   1.25
1 plough                                                   2.00
1 plough                                                   1.75
harness                                                    1.00
harrow                                                     1.12½
long chains                                                1.00
No 1 pitch fork                                             .37½
No 2 pitch fork                                             .50
cradle & sythe                                             1.00
1 bee hive                                                 2.00
1  do                                                      2.00
plank                                                      3.12½
wheat stack #1                                            10.00
do #2                                                      6.50
do #3                                                      7.50
barley & wheat                                             2.00
2 set of gears & harness                                  14.00
1 set of gears                                             2.00
1 set do                                                    .50
1 bridle                                                    .43 3/4
1 do                                                        .43 3/4
hop? straps                                                1.00
brichen, 2 pr                                              1.00
ring & staple for ox yoke                                  1.00
2 pr horse shoes                                            .37½
sythe & hangings                                            .75
bridle                                                      .50
hoe                                                         .37½
mattock                                                     .75
1 hoe                                                       .12½
dung fork                                                   .62½
shovel                                                      .75
spade                                                       .75
shovel                                                      .62½
axe                                                        1.25
wagon whip                                                  .37½
2 halter chains                                             .50
sheep                                                     25.50
1 sow                                                      3.75
15 hogs @ 2.75 a piece                                    41.25
shoats 5 @ .68 3/4                                         3.43 3/4
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flax brake                                                  .25
1 horse                                                   36.00
1 do                                                      38.00
1 do                                                      42.00
1 mare & colt                                             55.00
1 grey mare                                               50.00
1 colt                                                    25.00
1 mare                                                    10.00
5 barrels & cider                                          5.00
2 barrels                                                   .37½
1 pr trace chains                                           .62½
2 curry combs                                               .37½
1 lot corn?                                                7.50
1 pr streachers                                            1.50
1 cow & calf                                              11.00
1 cow                                                      8.50
1 cow                                                      9.00
1 cow                                                      8.50
2 boxes                                                     .25
halter & bridles                                            .25
barrels                                                     .50
flax                                                       1.00
1 saddle                                                   7.00
2 clevices                                                  .62½
box & glass                                                 .18 3/4
4 barrels & dried fruit                                   10.25
brass kettle                                               8.00
churn                                                       .62½
keg                                                         .18 3/4
bake oven                                                   .37½
1 kettle                                                    .50
earthen ware                                               1.25
1 tub                                                       .75
1 oven lid & hooks                                          .62½
1 stew kettle                                               .43 3/4
1 kettle                                                   1.25
2 skillets & frying pan                                    1.00
2 flat irons                                                .37½
1 oven                                                      .nv
steelyards                                                 1.00
1 saw & 2 augers                                           1.00
1 loom, wheel & 4 pr gears & 3 slays or reeds              4.00
andirons, shovel & tongs                                   1.37½
½ bushel, peck & ½ peck                                     .37½
2 buckets                                                   .50
lantern                                                     .12½
1 kettle                                                    .87½
grid iron                                                   .25
1 cupboard                                                 4.00
syclo?                                                      .18 3/4
earthen dishes                                              .25
1 pot                                                       .18 3/4
1 tea water                                                1.00
vinegar, 1 keg                                             1.00
2 coffee pots, 1 bucket & dishes                            .56¼
1 kettle                                                    .50
horn                                                        .18 3/4
1 spinning wheel                                           1.62½
1 quantity of wool                                          .31¼
6 common chairs                                            1.87½
1 rocking chair                                             .50
2 common chairs                                             .25
6 windsor chairs                                           3.00
1 rifle gun                                                7.00
1 clock & case                                            14.00
1 stand                                                    1.62½
1 bureau                                                   5.00
1 bureau                                                   6.00
1 table                                                    4.00
1 table                                                    3.50
1 cupboard                                                 5.00
1 cupboard                                                 6.50
some tobacco                                               2.50
1 post axe                                                  .50
1 lot of carpeting per yard                                 .62½
2 pieces of harness                                        1.00
1 piece of sole leather                                     .22
2 pr sheep shears, 1 .50, 1 .18 3/4                         .68 3/4
1 heckle                                                   1.00
planes                                                     1.25
1 pr dogs                                                   .56¼
carpeting                                                  3.00
1 tar case?                                                 .25
1 bolt of janes pr yd                                       .62½
1 chest                                                    1.00
tallow pr pound                                             .19
1 spinning wheel                                           1.00
1 patent spinning wheel                                    2.00
1 quill wheel                                               .87½
1 real                                                      .50
1 broom                                                     .10
candle moles                                                .18 3/4

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1 bed cord                                                  .18 3/4
1 wagon cover                                              2.50
2 bed quilts                                               3.50
1 quilt                                                     .25
1 bed & bedding                                           13.00
1 bed & bedding                                           10.00
1 quilt                                                    1.00
1 patent wheel head                                         .25
1 shovel & tongs                                            .50
1 check lines & 5 straps                                   1.75
1 bed                                                     18.00
2 double coverlets                                        10.00
2 blankets                                                 6.00
1 blanket                                                  2.50
2 double coverlets                                         9.00
1 bed & bedding                                           40.00
1 looking glass                                            1.25
1 foot ads                                                  .87½
1 looking glass                                             .62
1 square hamer, auger & drawing knife                      1.31¼
1 broad axe                                                1.00
1 pr cards                                                  .25
2 sheep skins                                               .37½
5 bags                                                     1.50
4 bags                                                      .75
1 watch                                                    7.00
2 mouse traps                                               .37½
1 lid, pot, bales                                          2.62½
2 pitchers, bol & plates                                   1.75
3 boles & tea cups & saucers                                .62½
2 tea pots, shugar bole & cream jug                         .37½
Chiney ware                                                5.00
sleigh                                                     5.00
linen                                                       .20
1 ½ bushel                                                  .25
1 cross cut saw and file                                   3.50
1 iron wedge                                                .37½
1 drawing knife & 2 augers                                  .75
1 pr steachers                                             1.75
1 sythe                                                    1.50
1 sythe                                                     .31¼
1 bucket                                                    .12½
1 fanning mill                                            11.00
3 barrels                                                   .18 3/4
1 pitch fork                                                .25
wheat stack #1                                            12.50
wheat stack #2                                             7.00
do  #3                                                    10.00
wheat stack #4                                             5.00
rye stack                                                  3.00
1 hay stack                                                6.00
1 hay stack                                                6.00
1 hay stack                                                3.00
1 field of wheat                                          20.00
1 hand axe                                                  .25
1 heifer                                                   5.00
1 heifer                                                   7.00
1 heifer                                                   7.50
1 cow                                                     10.00
1 steer                                                    7.00
1 cow                                                     11.00
amount                                                   963.83½
given under our hands this 27 Day of May 1834
David Hamilton
Zachariah Davis
[notes not transcribed]
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and afterwards to wit on the 25th day of June 1834 the administrator of the estate aforesaid
filed in the clerks office of the Court aforesaid the receipt of Mary Hetfield, widow of John
Hetfield, deceased, for property taken at appraisement  of said personal estate as follows
to wit
25 bushels of corn @ .20/bu                                4.00
1 pitchfork                                                 .50
1 wheat stack                                              7.50
1 set of gears                                             2.00
1 hoe                                                       .37½
1 grubing hoe                                               .75
1 shovel                                                    .62½
1 axe                                                      1.25
1 sow                                                      3.75
5 hogs                                                    13.75
1 shote                                                     .68 3/4
1 mare                                                    10.00
4 barrels                                                   .37½
1 cow                                                      9.00
1 cow                                                      8.50
2 boxes                                                     .25
1 halter                                                    .25
1 churn                                                     .62½
1 keg                                                       .18 3/4
1 bake oven                                                 .37½
earthen                                                    1.25
6 buckets                                                  1.68 3/4
1 tub                                                       .75
1 oven, lid & hooks                                         .62½
1 stew kettle                                               .43 3/4
2 skillets & frying pan                                    1.00
2 flat irons                                                .37½
1 pr steel yards                                           1.00
loom & rigging                                             4.00
1 pr and irons, shovel & tongs                             1.37½
2 baskets                                                   .50
1 lantern                                                   .12½
1 grid iron                                                 .25
cycle?                                                      .18 3/4
earthen dishes                                              .25
1 pot                                                       .18 3/4
1 tea water                                                1.00
vinegar & keg                                              1.00
2 coffe pots                                                .56¼
1 kettle                                                    .50
90 pounds of wool                                         28.12½
6 common chairs                                            1.87½
1 rocking chair                                             .50
1 clock & case                                            14.00
1 stand                                                    1.62½
1 bureau                                                   6.00
2 tables                                                   7.50
1 cupboard                                                 6.50
1 piece of sole leather                                    1.76
2 sheep skins                                               .68 3/4
carpeting                                                  3.00
1 chest                                                    1.00
1 spinning wheel                                           1.00
1 big wheel                                                 .87½
1 reel                                                      .50
1 broom                                                     .10
2 bed quilts                                               3.50
1 bed quilt                                                 .25
2 double coverlets                                        11.00
1 bed & bedding                                           40.00
1 pr cards                                                  .25
1 sheep skin                                                .06¼
1 mouse trap                                                .12½
tea pot                                                    2.62½
pitchers                                                   1.75
9 bags                                                     2.31¼
boles                                                       .62½
tea pot                                                     .37½
China ware                                                 5.00
½ bushel                                                    .25
fanning mill                                              11.00
3 barrels                                                   .18 3/4
4 wheat stacks                                            34.50
1 rye stack                                                3.00
3 hay stacks                                              15.00
10 sheep                                                  10.50
1 bed                                                     10.00
1 bridle                                                    .43 3/4
4 barrels of dried fruit                                  10.00
1 watch                                                    7.00
1 harrow                                                   1.00
total                                                    327.85½