Inventory of James Morford

Franklin County
July Term A.D. 1859
Pages 338-341
Inventory of personal estate of Jas Morford, deceased, taken by Ira Stout, Adm & appraised by J. P. Brady & E. S. Shirk

No. Description of the Property Value
1 1 pr scissors .05
2 1 fire shovel .10
3 1 bu feathers .25
4 1 slate .10
5 2 candlesticks .25
6 1 coffee mill .25
7 1 piece leather .25
8 1 pr lamps .10
9 1 set quilt frames 1.00
10 2 flour Bbls .15
11 1 meal sifter .20
12 3 wood bowls & ladles .75
13 1 willow basket .48
14 2 sad irons & stand .75
15 6 split bottom chairs 2.50
16 1 clothe line .12
17 1 clock 3.00
18 1 wagon sheet 1.00
19 1 half bu. Measure .15
20 1 lot cupboard ware 3.00
21 1 Bbl & vinegar 2.00
22 1 kitchen table .20
23 35 yrds rag carpet 12.00
24 3 stone jugs .30
25 7 stone jars 1.80
26 8 stone pan .50
27 2 wash boards .05
28 2 meat casks 1.50
29 1 Bbl & pickles 1.50
30 3 casks & soap 3.00
31 1 grindstone 1.50
32 2 wash tubs .80
33 3 wood buckets .30
34 1 sugar kettle 1.00
35 1 lard can .60
36 1 set candle molds .60
37 tin lantern .15
38 lot tin ware 1.75
39 1 dutch oven .25
40 1 stove ware 5.00
41 1 split axe .25
amount carried over $49.12
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42 1 wood saw & buck .65
43 1 lot fire wood 8.00
44 1 wagon wood bed 6.50
45 1 wagon gravel bed .80
46 1 wagon hay bed 3.50
47 1 two horse wagon .60
48 1 wagon seat 1.00
49 1 straw cutter 1.75
50 12 old Bbls & boxes .30
51 2 splitting mauls 1.00
52 2 choping axes 2.00
53 1 broad hoe .25
54 1 dirt shovel .75
55 2 hay forks .50
56 2 hay rakes .25
57 1 corn coverer .75
58 1 shovel plough 1.50
59 2 bull tongues 1.00
60 1 cultivator 4.00
61 2 plough doubletrees 1.00
62 1 wagon locks, tongue chain .60
63 1 jack plane .80
64 1 half bu. Measure .50
65 11 grain bags 1.40
66 1 sack & timothy seed 2.00
67 1 mans saddle 3.00
68 1 box old irons 1.70
69 2 ploughs 8.00
70 2/3 corn in barn 25.00
71 1 set wagon harness 6.00
72 1 pr leather halters .50
73 1 lot old bridles .25
74 3 hare collars 1.00
75 3 riding bridles 1.00
76 2 harness bridles 1.00
77 1 lot plough harness 3.00
78 3 doz chickens 4.00
79 3 pea fowls 1.50
80 1 spring calf 4.00
81 4 hogs in pen 10.00
82 5 hogs in pasture 20.00
83 1 sow & 7 pigs 12.00
84 1 yearling calf 5.00
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85 1 white cow 20.00
86 1 brindle cow 20.00
87 1 polled cow 15.00
88 1 two year old colt 50.00
89 1 two year old colt 55.00
90 1 yearling colt 40.00
91 1 gray mare 55.00
92 3/5 corn in ground 80.00
93 1 old saddle .20
94 7 bu. Wheat 6.30
95 1 lot lumber 1.25
96 1 pr check lines .80
97 100 doz oats 22.00
amount carried over $563.02
98 1 apple pearer .10
99 1 dun mare 80.00x
100 1 yearling calf 10.50x
101 1 doz chickens 1.50x
102 1 stone jar .25x
103 1 lot candles 1.20x
104 1 breakfast table 1.75x
105 1 box bed clothing & diapers 45.00x
106 1 rocking chair .75x
107 1 umbrella & slate .15x
108 2 bedsteads & bedding 14.00x
109 1 picture frame .15x
110 1 trunk & chest .75x
111 1 side saddle & bridle 8.00x
112 1 candlestick & bolts .50x
113 1 brass kettle 1.50x
114 1 mirror .75x
115 1 gun 3.00
116 1 milk pan .10x
117 money on hand 25.00x
total $757.47

figured by us the 18th day of July 1855
John P. Brady
S. S. Shirk, appraisers

x = widow's selection [$191.35]

Received of Ira Stout adm of my late husband Jas. Morford dec'd the articles charged to me in the foregoing inventory the 18th day of July 1855.
Sarah Ann Morford


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