Inventory of John Skiles

Franklin County
June Term AD 1850
Pages 311-315

An inventory of the goods and chattels and effects of John Skiles, late of Franklin County and State of Indiana, deceased, taken by Ephraim Otto admininstrator of Estate of the said deceased with the assistance of John McClary and William Otto appraisers called and duly sworn for that purpose.

70 dozen oats 14.70
1 lot of wheat 50.70
1 windmill #2 .25
15 head of sheep 9.37½
2/3 acres wheat 12.00
1 lot of corn 15.00
1 windmill #1 20.00
1 scoop shovel .15
1 tar bucket .10
1 shovel plough .50
1 plough 4.00
2 scythes & corn cutter, 1 sickle .60
1 wood bed 3.00
2 barrells and cider 2.00
2 hoes 1.00
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1 harrow 3.00
2 lbs ? .75
1 grind stone .06¼
1 shovel, 1 mattoc .75
2 lbs ? .02¼
1 lot of old iron .15
1 keg, 1? and basket .25
1 2 horse waggon 60.00
2 full sets of waggon harness 8.00
1 bay mare 45.00
carried over 262.75
1 sorrell mare 60.00
1 lot buckwheat 2.50
8 hogs 15.40
3 shoats 3.00
lot pigs 4.00
1 single tree, 1 double tree 1.00
1 lot potatoes 8.00
1 lot apples 7.50
1 saddle 2.00
1 lot turnips .62½
1 red cow 12.00
1 spotted cow 12.00
1 black cow 10.00
2 heifers 13.00
1 lot old irons .75
1 auger, 1 wedge chisel, 1 fork .75
1 lot books 2.20
1 lot tin ware 1.52
1 log chain 2.50
1 beareau 4.00
2 blankets 1.25
set bed curtains 2.16 3/4
1 bed tick .50
6 chairs No.2 1.50
1 blanket & sheet .50
2 flower pots .20
1 scythe and snead 1.25
1 ?? .25
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1 hechel .30
1 plough No.2 .25
carried over 537.50½
1 lot lime .75
1 lot lime .40
1 basket .15
1 lot Timothy seeds .75
2 wash boards .50
3 sows and pigs 12.75
account on Ralph Stevens 1.90
1 note on Aaron Clark April 17, 1848 for 3,778 feet of lumber 27.00
A note on George Daniel March 20th 1844 6.05
interest on same 1.20
account on Isaac Skiles 10.50
account on Thomas Hollowell .50
account on John Liddy 39.92½
money on hand 5.23
account John Gable for lumber 4.00
note on John Massick dated Jan 11, 1841 for $60 not collectable in the opinion of the appraisers 00.
  720.18 3/4

The Widow taken on her $150
1 flax brake .75
1 stand bees 2.00
3 lbs and flax seed 1.25
12 bags 2.50
1 waggon cover .25
1 washing machine .62½
1 sand? table .62½
1 fire shovel .37½
1 clock 2.50
1 bureau No.2 1.00
1 table No. 1 1.25
2 flat irons .45
carried over 13.87½
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Cupboard 5.00
1 table, 1 chair .37½
1 lot queensware 1.12
1 lot glassware 1.65
1 lot knives and forks .50
tea pot, cannister .20
1 iron kettle No. 1 1.00
1 iron kettle No. 2 .62½
1 iron kettle No. 3 .25
1 lot pot metal 2.47
9 chairs No. 1 1.25
1 wheel, 1 reel 2.50
bed and bedding, No. 1 19.00
bed and bedding, No. 2 18.00
2 candle sticks .10
1 looking glass 3.00
13 quilts 8.00
1 coverlid 3.00
24 yds muslin 1.68
1 box bowl .30
7 sheets 2.50
1 lot earthen ware .20
1 chest .10
bed spread 1.25
1 featherbed, 2 staw beds, pr vals, 2 pillows 6.00
5 sets window curtains .50
13 pillow slips .50
10 towels .50
9 table cloths 3.00
1 stand cover .15
1 bureau cover .15
1 sausage cutter and coffee mill .50
carried over 99.24½
1 lot blue ware 3.00
1 looking glass .37½
1 lot queen ware 1.25
1 lot crocks and jars 1.00
2 meat lbs 1.00
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2 tubs .75
1 half bushel .10
8 lbs 1.00
one set knives and forks 1.00
1 hechel .75
1 big wheel .15
1 brass kettle 2.00
  $100.62½
  720.18 3/4
Total amount of inventory $820.80½

December 13, 1848

Given under our hands
John McClary, William Otto appraisers



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