Inventory of John Riker

Franklin County
January Term AD 1857
Pages 50-53 (NS3)
On this 2nd day of July 1853 before the the undersigned a justice of the peace of the said county personally came Ezekill Collett and William Warne, reputable householders of the county aforesaid and residents of the neighborhood of John Riker deceased who were by me duly sworn faithfully and honestly to appraise the personal estate which was of the said John Riker dec'd according to the Law. Ezekill Collett, William Warne. Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd day of July A.D. 1853, Alfred Ward, Justice of the Peace.
An inventory of the personal estate of John Riker deceased taken by Artemus Riker administrator and appraised by Ezekial Collett and William Warren

No. Description of the Property Amount
1 1 stove 7.00x
2 cupboard ware 7.00x
3 1 set of knives and forks 1.00x
4 1 lot of tinware 1.50x
5 1 churn .50x
6 1 wash tub .40x
7 2 lard cans 1.75x
8 1 kegg .75
9 1 bucket .25x
10 1 wood saw .75x
11 1 fire shovel .50x
12 1 bureau 11.00x
13 1 set of chairs 2.00x
14 1 arm chair .50x
15 1 table 1.00x
16 2 smooth irons .75x
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17 1 looking glass 1.00x
18 3 pictures .75x
19 2 high bedstead & bedding 8.00x
20 1 low bed & bedding 8.00x
21 1 lot of quilts 15.25x
22 2 coverlets 14.00x
23 1 lot of blankets 4.50x
24 1 lot of sheets 1.25x
25 1 lot of pillow slips .50x
26 1 lot of table clothes 2.50x
27 1 carpet 4.00
28 1 brass kettle (small) .40x
29 1 basket .10
30 1 note on Moses Riker due 1st January 1853, dated Mary 5th 1852 47.70
31 1 note on Ezekial Collett due January 1854, dated April 23, 1853 42.30
32 Due bill on Linck & Farquhar 76.12½
33 Due bill on Linck & Farquhar 53.00
34 Money on hand 7.73
35 1 whiet sow & 8 pigs 8.00
36 1 spotted sow & 8 pigs 9.00
37 1 umbrella .25x
38 14 head of hogs 56.00
39 3 head of hogs 8.00
40 2 head of hogs 4.50x
41 1 brindle cow 15.00x
42 1 white cow 10.00
43 2 calves 7.00
44 2 calves 18.00
45 1 year old colt 30.00
46
47 1 lot of new wheat 30.00
48 1 lot of oats 6.00
49 1 clock 4.00x
50 2 coffe mills .50
51 1 lot crockery ware .65
52 1 lot of jugs .25
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53 1 brass kettle .50
54 2 axes 2.00
55 1 hatchet .25
56 1 rifle gun 5.00
57 1 lot of tools .15
58 1 lot of augers .15
59 1 hand saw .50
60 1 square .10
61 1 cupboard 2.00x
62 1 pair steelyards 1.00
63 1 bedstead 2.00
64 3 bags .75
65 1 tub .50
66 1 slate .10
67 1 clevice .25
68 1 lot trumpery .10
69 1 lot of rope .20
70 1 lot of rags .50x
71 1 lot of batting .25x
72 1 sugar kettle 3.00
73 1 crout tub .15
74 1 meat tub 1.50
75 1 pickle barrel 1.00x
76 1 bbl salt 2.00
77 1 stone jar .50
78 3 shovel plows 4.00
79 1 peacock plough 3.00
80 1 saddle & bridle 5.00
81 2 stove boxes .30
82 1 hoe .50
83 1 set double trees 1.00
84 1 shovel .75
85 1 mowing scyth 1.50
86 1 2 horse wagon 50.00
87 1 pr breast chains .75
88 1 buggy & harness 60.00
89 1 scoop shovel .75
90 1 bbl & basket .30
91 1 lot wagon harness 10.00
92 1 chestnut sorrel horse 85.00
93 1 gray mare 75.00
94 1 cultivator 4.50
95 20 acres of corn 120.00
96 1 sickle .25
97 1 lot of plank 3.00
98 1 short singletree .25
Total 977.00½

Signed by us the 5 day of July 1853
Ezekial [Page 53] Collett
William Warne
Received of Artimus Riker administrator of the estate of John Riker (my late husband) the articles charged to me in the foregoing inventory the 5th day of July A. D. 1853. Hannah Riker

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