Franklin County
May Term 1838
Pages 30-32
The following contains a full and complete inventory of the personal goods and chattles &c of Benjamin Jones, late of the County of Franklin and State of Indiana deceased, taken by William Rusing, Warne Jones & Redin Osborn executors of the last will and testament of the said Benjamin Jones deceased, taken with the assistance of Robert Rusing and David Erb appraisers appointed to appraise said goods & chattles &c February 24th 1836 who was duly sworn as said.
The following contains an inventory of the furniture and goods in the house
1 cupboard & cupboard ware | 13.00 |
1 falling leaf table | 5.00 |
1 stand | 1.00 |
6 windsor chairs | 2.25 |
2 rocking chairs | 0.25 |
1 common chest | 0.25 |
1 looking glass and 1 coffe mill | 0.50 |
shovel & tones & 3 ladles | 1.37½ |
1 smoothing iron | .37½ |
1 lot of castings consisting of oven, skillet, tea kettle & 2 sugar kettles | 4.37½ |
1 pr of steelyards | 1.00 |
1 mantle clock | 16.00 |
1 clothe press | 1.00 |
1 chest & box | 1.00 |
3 beds & bedding including bedsteads | 20.00 |
1 hetchel | 1.25 |
1 lot of books containing ½ doz | 4.00 |
2 spinning wheels & 1 reel | 2.00 |
2 cranes | 2.00 |
1 lot of barrels | 4.62½ |
1 water bucket & 1 tin bucket | 0.50 |
shoe tools & box shoe hammer | .37½ |
9 meal bags | 2.25 |
84.37½ | |
The following contains an inventory of cash on hand and notes &c come to our knowledge | |
cash on hand | 25.00 |
1 note on Williams Adams for 40.00$ | 40.00 |
1 due bill of Samuel Chamlin for $2 who is said to be insolvent | 0.00 |
1 note on Ira F. Laing for $23.25 also a due bill on said Ira F. Laing afd for $28 both together $51.25 excluding of interest said to be whole, insolvent | 0.00 |
The following contains the property out of doors proper to be appraised | |
1 grindstone | .37½ |
1 article for cutting splinter called a sneck | 0.25 |
3 chisels | .37½ |
2 drawing knives | 1.00 |
2 ring malls | 0.50 |
1 hand axe and slack knife | .12½ |
1 inch auger & 3/4 auger & spike gimblet | .37½ |
1 waggon consisting of running gears, bed & cover? | 75.00 |
50 bushels of threshed oasts | 9.37½ |
30 bushels of rye at 30¢ per bushel | 11.25 |
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1 lot of plank | 5.62½ |
1 pair of streachers | 3.00 |
1 log chain | 1.50 |
1 chopping axe | 1.25 |
1 meat axe | 0.25 |
1 mattock | 1.00 |
1 square | 0.25 |
1 iron wedge | 0.50 |
1 hand saw | 0.25 |
5 sickles | 1.00 |
1 harrow | 1.75 |
1 peacock plough | 7.00 |
1 peacock plough | 2.00 |
1 peacock plough | 5.00 |
1 shovel plough | 1.50 |
1 shovel plough | 1.00 |
1 cow & calf | 16.00 |
1 spotted sow | 6.00 |
17 head of stock hogs | 68.00 |
13 head of pigs | 6.50 |
1 sandy sow | 6.00 |
1 white sow | 6.00 |
1 white sow & 3 pigs | 7.00 |
1 grey mare | 45.00 |
1 bay mare | 30.00 |
1 young bay mare | 55.00 |
1 bay stud colt | 50.00 |
1 bay colt | 30.00 |
1 wind mill | 20.00 |
2 large boxes & 1 half bushel | 0.50 |
1 pitch fork | 0.25 |
1 oat stack near the barn | 5.00 |
1 lot of a stack of wheat | 5.00 |
150 bushels of corn | 37.50 |
1 lot of hay | 4.00 |
7 head of sheep & 4 lambs | 8.00 |
3 clevises & one sink? | .62½ |
4 collars | 2.25 |
4 blind bridles | 4.00 |
1 pair of checklines | 1.00 |
2 set of gears & brest chains/ horse gears | 9.00 |
2 pair of four gears (1 pr trace off) | 5.25 |
1 scythe and cradle & mowing sneed | 2.00 |
2 back bands | 1.00 |
1 mans saddle & 2 riding bridles | 5.00 |
total amount | 749.00 |
Cash on hand & notes taken out | 65.00 |
amt of property | 684.00 |