Inventory of William R. Howell

Franklin County
April Term AD 1858
Pages 494-497
An inventory of the personal estate of William R. Howell deceased, taken by William J. Peck administrator and appraised by Andrew Shirk and John M. Vieley

No. Description of the Property Value
1 the ½ of 8 acres of corn 2.00
2 ½ an acre of corn 3.00x
3 1 bed & bedding 18.00
4 1 bed & bedding 14.00
5 1 truckle bed & bedding 5.75
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6 a lot of quilts 2.50
7 2 woolen quilts 2.00
8 1 old chest .50
9 1 mantle clock 3.00
10 1 breakfast table 2.50
11 1 stand 1.50
12 1 bureau 7.00
13 1 easy chair .50
14 1 set of chairs 1.00
15 1 set of cupboard ware 2.00x
16 smoothing irons .25x
17 1 pair steelyards .20x
18 1 coffee mill .10x
19 1 pr fire irons & shovel .50x
20 1 lot bottles, vials &c .25
21 2 crocks of soap 1.00
22 a lot of sundries .15
23 1 paper blach .20
24 a lot of old books 1.50
25 a lot of logs .25x
26 1 slate .12
27 empty bottle & jar .20
28 5 sheets 2.00x
29 4 table clothes .80
30 4 towels .20
31 1 mosquito bar .25x
32 5 pair of pillow slips 1.00
33 1 pair of pillow slips .50
34 1 linen table cloth 2.00x
35 1 bureau cover .25
36 1 looking glass & picture .30x
37 1 broom .10x
38 1 meat tub .50x
39 4 shoats 16.00x
40 1 sugar kettle 1.25
41 2 geese .30
42 1 old ax .20
43 1 bucket & tub .20x
44 1 cooking stove 15.00x
45 1 churn .75
46 half barrel & pickles 2.00x
47 part of bbl of soap .50x
48 1 keg of soap .20x
49 half bbl vinegar 2.50
50 1 empty bbl .30
51 1 empty keg .75x
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52 1 keg of onions .25x
53 1 meal sieve .25x
54 1 old wagon whip .40
55 1 wooden bowl .15x
56 6 crocks .30x
57 wash pan & dish pan .30x
58 1 bed-sted 2.00
59 a lot of garden stuff 3.00x
60 1 garden stuff 1.00
61 1 buggy & harness 50.00
62 1 plow 3.00
63 1 plough 2.25
64 1 cultivator 2.50
65 1 clevice .25
66 2 hoes &c .60
67 a lot of horse shoes .10
68 1 old saddle & bridle .40
69 1 horse brush .35
70 2 set of harness 11.00
71 1 new chain pump 10.00
72 1 cutting box 8.00
73 1 spinning wheel .25
74 1 old basket .11
75 hay in the barn 10.00
76 2 old forks .05
77 1 horse bucket .10
78 1 blind horse 20.00
79 1 yellow mare 60.00
80 1 bay mare 20.00
81 1 milch cow 14.00
82 1 milch cow 12.00x
83 1 spring calf 3.50
84 1 yearling calf 3.00
85 half of a log wagon 12.00
86 half set of breast chains .50
87 half set of spreaders 1.00
88 half of 2 log chains 1.25
89 half of a wheel barrow 1.00
90 half of an old wagon 6.00
91 half of an old cross cut saw 1.75
92 half of a lot of old irons .50
93 half of 3 mill saws 1.00
94 half of 8 saw logs 4.00
95 1 hand saw .50
96 3 augers .05
97 1 old square .10
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98 a small lot of corn .25
99 oats in the sheaf supposed 100 bushels 20.00
100 1 note of hand on J. M. Fruit 16.00x
101 1 pocket pistol? 1.00
total $445.23

Signed by use this 13th day of October 1855
Andrew Shirk
John M. Vieley

widow's selection ($70.15) = x


Last modified 18 September 2002