Inventory of William H. McCleery

Franklin County
July Term AD 1861
Pages 576-579

An inventory of the personal property belonging to the estate of William H. McCleery late of the County of Franklin & State of Indiana, deceased taken by William Robeson administrator of the said estate and appraised by Cyrus Kilgore and Jacob Bly, two householders of said County duly sworn for that purpose. Dated this 13th day of June 1856.

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No. Description of Property Valuation
1 1 eight day clock 5.00x
2 1 set sofa chairs 18.00x
3 1 sofa 20.00x
4 1 set can bottom chairs 3.50
5 1 rocking chair 2.00x
6 1 center table 10.00x
7 1 center stand 4.00x
8 1 large mirror 4.00x
9 1 imported carpet 6.50x
10 6 yds star carpet 3.00x
11 20 yds hemp carpet 1.50
12 12 yds hall carpet 1.20
13 26 yds rag carpet 7.80
14 1 coverlet .75x
15 1 pair double coverlets 8.00x
16 2 comforts 3.00x
17 2 quilts 2.00x
18 3 wool blankets 5.25x
19 1 woolen blanket 1.00x
20 1 woolen blanket .25x
21 10 sheets 5.00x
22 11 pillow slips (new) 1.65x
Brot up $112.40
23 16 pillow slips 7.65x
24 1 pair window curtains .10
25 1 pair window curtains .15
26 1 window curtain .05
27 1 bed valance .10
28 1 table cloth (linen) 1.25x
29 2 table cloths (linen) 2.00x
30 1 table cloth .50
31 7 towels 1.05
32 1 table cloth .40
33 1 lot pamphletts .50
34 1 Pat. Office Ref. .10
35 2 vols Dick Works 2.00x
36 2 vols History of the World 2.00x
37 2 vols History of the Popes 1.00x
38 2 vols History Reformation 1.50x
39 1 vol Dem in America 1.25x
40 1 vol Hist of England .50x
41 1 vol History of Mid Ages 1.25x
42 1 vol Great West .50x
43 1 vol Popular Biography .50x
Brot up $130.85
44 1 vol Ocean Scenes .25x
45 1 vol Masonic offering .50x
46 1 vol Odd Fel Test Book .50x
47 1 vol Scotts Poems .50x
48 1 vol Kirk Whites Poems .50x
49 1 vol Shakespere .75x
50 1 vol Mystic Circle .25x
51 1 vol Free Masons monitor .10
52 1 vol Masonic Chest .10
53 1 vol Scotts Napoleon .50
54 1 vol Nick of the Woods .15
55 1 vol Christian Baptism .15x
56 1 vol Robin Day .15
57 1 vol Stockwell Narrative .05
58 1 vol Western Pilot .05
59 1 vol Book Keeping .05
60 1 vol Well's Lawyer .10
61 1 Dining table 4.00
62 1 breakfast table 1.00
63 1 table .25
64 1 stand 2.00
65 1 mirror 2.00x
66 1 rocking chair 1.00
67 5 kitchen chairs 1.00
68 1 cook stove & furniture 10.00
69 1 parlor stove 6.00x
70 1 safe 3.00
71 1 set white teaware 3.00x
Brot up $168.75
72 3 glass jars .75
73 1 small jar .10
74 1 lot bottles & vials .25
75 2 glass preserve dishes [widow takes 1] .25x
76 3 glass dishes .15
77 2 salt cups .50
78 peper box & grater .10
79 1 bottle phosgene .15
80 1 lot queensware .25
81 2 bake pans .25
82 1 funnel & dipper .10
83 2 cake cutters .05
84 snuffer & canister .10
85 1 watering pot .20
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86 rolling pin & meat fork .10
87 1 crock .05
88 2 comforts 2.00x
89 1 coffee mill & whetstone .25
90 1 lot knives & forks 1.00
91 1 stake plate & soup dish .35
92 3 smoothing irons 1.00
93 shovel & tongs .25
94 1 dish pan, 1 tin bucket .35
95 1 tin bucket .15
96 2 brooms .20
97 1 clothes basket .40x
98 1 coffee canister .20
Brot up $178.95
99 1 mat & 1 hatchet .50
100 1 lot tin cans &c .20
101 1 stone jug .10
102 1 shovel & 1 hoe .75
103 1 wood saw .50
104 1 squirrel cage .25
105 wash tub & wash board .50
106 1 rat trap .10
107 1 box & 1 barrel .10
108 2 stools .10
109 1 lot of barrels 1.00
110 1 secretary 5.00
111 1 wash stand .75
112 1 feather bed, 3 pillows & 1 bolster 8.00
113 1 bed tick 1.50
114 1 bed stead 3.50
115 1 trundle bedstead 2.00
116 1 large bed stead 2.00
117 2 blank note books .50
118 1 box for papers .50
119 1 bed stead & bed 17.00x
120 1 mahogany Box .50x
121 1 bureau 3.00x
122 1 notary seal 5.00
123 account on A. R. Freag $4.00 worthless 00
124 account on E. Teague $1.00 worthless 00
125 account on S. Hall 5.00
Brot up $237.30
126 Account on A. D. Paulus 12.22
127 account on Wesselman $5.70 00
128 account on Wheat 3.58
129 account on Wilhelm 4.00
Brot up 257.30
130 account on O. M. Powers 32.87½x
Brot up $290.17½
131 Judgment on Maury 3.20
Brot up $293.37½
132 Gold Pen 3.50x
Total $296.87½

Cyrus Kilgore
J. Bly, appraisers

Rec'd of Admr the above articles amounting to $189.67½, part of the amt allowed me by law as widow of my deceased husband William H. McCleery, dec'd
June 13, 1856
Celina McCleery


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