Franklin County Inventories
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November Term 1835
An inventory of the goods chattles and effects of Simpson Jones [Jr.], late of Franklin
County and State of Indiana deceased taken by David Mount administrator of the estate of
the said deceased with the assistance of Isaac Wilson and John McWhorter appraisers
called and duly sworn to that purpose.
1 lot of cupboard ware 3.00
1 lot of glass ware 1.00
1 lot of tin ware 1.50
1 iron ladle, 1 flesh fork & 1 lot of spoons .75
1 lot of knives & forks 1.50
1 cupboard 3.50
1 lot of potters ware 1.00
1 lot of chairs (4 large, 1 small) 1.25
1 fire shovel, 1 pr andirons & 1 pot hangers 1.50
1 breakfast table 3.50
1 looking glass .50
1 bureau 11.00
1 mantle clock 15.00
1 large bible & 1 ? 3.50
1 fancy bedstead 3.00
1 common do & cord 1.25
1 do do (upstairs) 1.00
1 do do do 1.00
1 bed & bedding upstairs 13.00
1 do do on fancy bedstead 15.00
1 do do and curtains 17.50
1 do do on low bedstead 9.50
10 yards blanketing 7.50
1 flowered bedspread 2.00
1 birdseye coverlet 1.00
8½ yds janes 6.37½
2 calico quilts 3.00
1 single blue & white coverlet 2.50
2 white blankets 3.00
2 do do cotton Jacob 3.75
7 sheets 5.00
1 upper part for a quilt .25
1 pine chest .50
1 bbl with vinegar in it 2.00
9½ yds fulled cloth 9.50
2 sugar kettles 3.00
1 small brass kettle .75
2 cake ovens & 1 cull? 1.25
3 skillets 1.00
1 pot & 1 tea kettle .75
1 gridiron .75
2 washing tubs .75
1 washing machine .37½
1 large spinning wheel 2.00
1 churn 1.00
1 coffe mill .75
½ part of cross cut saw & file 3.00
1 mans saddle 7.00
1 womans do 13.00
1 spinning wheel 2.00
1 reel 1.00
5 mill bags 2.25
4 bbl died apples 8.75
1 do peaches 4.00
4½ bushels rye 1.12½
1 lot pickled pork 6.00
1 meat tub .75
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2 empty tubs .25
1 tub of mackerel 1.00
1 pine bucket .37½
1 rake & 3 spreading forks .37½
1 hand saw 1.50
2 padlocks .50
1 choping axe .75
1 sythe & cradle 2.00
1 cutting box 2.00
1 shovel plough & clevis & single tree 1.75
1 large plow 4.00
2 empty barrels .12½
1 lot of gears 10.00
1 flax brake .12½
1 double tree & single tree .25
1 lot gears & bridle 5.00
1 weeding hoe .25
1 wagon 80.00
1 lot corn in the crib 90.00
2 stacks hay 12.00
2 do do near the meadow 15.00
1 lot flax 1.75
1 large white faced steer 15.00
1 white cow & her calf 112.00
1 brindle cow 9.00
1 white faced heifer 9.00
1 black & white do 9.00
1 red cow & her calf 13.00
1 brindle bull 3.00
1 black heifer 3.00
1 white bull 2.00
1 bay 2 yr old filley 27.00
1 brown 1 yr old do 18.00
1 claybank 2 yr old do 30.00
1 bay mare 60.00
1 bay gelding 60.00
1 stack oats 7.00
balance of 3 stacks wheat after taking out 16 bu 40.00
6 sheep 1st choice 7.50
15 do last do 15.00
27 fat hogs 1st choice 130.00
4 do do 2d choice 12.00
53 stock hogs 25.00
7 hogs (5 in the open) 10.00
25 geese 6.25
1 goat 1.00
1 lot of apples 4.00
1 lot of salt 2.00
1 lot of wheat on the ground 12.00
1 lot of rye on the ground 25.00
1 slate .25
1 shot pouch & powder horn .25
$1013.62½
1 ox yoke 2.00
1 iron wedge .50
1016.12½
given under our hands this 20th day of December 1833
John McWhorter
Isaac Wilson appraisers
To the above may be added
James Roberts note 13. 06¼
account against William Calfee 2.00
do do Isaac Frost 3.50
do do Lewis W. Clark 1.50
do do Simpson Jones Sr. 1.87½
Making in all $1038.06¼
20th day of December 1834
David Mount
Administrator