Inventory of James Seal

Franklin County
March Term A.D. 1851
Pages 72-75

On the 3rd day of October A.D. 1849, the said administrator filed in the Clerk's Office of the Court aforesaid the following Inventory and appraisement and appraisers oath to wit: The following is an inventory of the personal property of James Seal deceased appraised by Cyrus Quick and John Cummins in the presence of Giles Gant, the administrator of said deceased on this 13th day of September A.D. 1849

1 cradle to rock children 1.50x
8 chairs 3.00x
1 thread reel .75x
1 large wheel spinning 2.00
1 coffee mill .37
1 looking glass .50x
1 tin horn .25
1 fire shovel .37x
1 tea kettle .25
1 smoothing iron .05
1 sheep shear .50
1 crane & 5 small hooks .25x
14 table plates & 1 dish .75x
9 tea spoons & 3 large iron spoons .25x
2 sugar bowls & 1 tea pot .50x
16 saucers & 15 tea cups .75x
5 bowls queenware, 1 cream cup & 1 glass tumbler .37x
1 tea cannister, salt cellar, peper can, pie pan & wash bowl .37x
3 bottles & 10 vials .25x
7 knives & 4 forks .25x
3 water buckets & 1 coffee pot .27x
3 tin cups & 1 tin pan .10
1 corner cupboard 1.00x
1 candle stick .10x
9 crocks & 2 jugs .35x
1 rifle gun, shot pouch, 2 horns & 1 melting ladle 12.00
1 8 day brass clock 6.00x
1 bureau 8.00x
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1 bedstead, bed and bedding 15.50x
another bedstead, bed & bedding 7.00x
1 under bedstead, bed and bedding 1.00x
about 1 gallon of timothy seed .10x
1 breakfast table 1.50x
11 old barrells or kegs .50x
1 milk churn .25x
1 scythe & cradle & 1 mowing scythe 2.00
2 skillets and 1 stew pot .50x
1 pitch fork .25
1 dirt shovel .35
1 weeding hoe .25x
1 bread bowl & old bucket .10x
1 horse collar .75
1 blind bridle .50
1 riding bridle .25
1 plow line .25
1 pair hames, trace, back band 1.00
1 back band .10
1 old mans saddle .75
1 martingale or gill .03
1 iron wedge .25
4 old horse shoes & singletree .12
1 old 3/4 auger .10
1 knot mall .25
1 wash tub .37x
1 grind stone .50
1 lot of hay supposed to be 1 tun 5.50
1 lot of oats supposed to be 100 dozen 12.00
1 peacock plow 2.00
the equal and undivided half of 1 fanning mill 9.00
10 acres of corn standing in the field 40.00
1 cow red 9.00
1 spotted cow 8.00
another spotted cow & calf 7.00
1 spotted heifer 5.00
5 head of sheep 3.75
1 shovel plough, clevice & singletree 1.50
1 horse 60.00
a lot of hogs consisting in 1 sow, 5 shoats and 4 pigs 10.00
15 head of geese 1.00x+B83
2 half calf skins in vancamps tan yard 1.00x
1 double tree & open ring .05
1 lot of wool rolls 1.80x
1 stone hammer & trowel 1.00
some 80 or 100 feet of poplar lumber .40
1 old scythe & 1 cradle & snead .25
1 old fish gig .05
Cyrus Quick  
John Cummins, appraisers  
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cash on hand 7.70x

September 15th A.D. 1849
Received from Giles Gant administrator of the Estate of James Seal deceased the above enumerated articles personal property belong to the estate of James Seal decaeased at their appraised value I say received by me Nancy Seal, widow of James Seal deceased.
x = widows selection


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