Franklin County Inventories
May Term 1833
Page 180
Estate of Daniel Smith deceased
1 breakfast table 2.00
6 windsor chairs 10.00x
1 rocking chair 1.50x
1 looking glass .75x
1 stand 1.50x
1 tea board .75x
6 wine glasses .87½x
6 tumblers 1.12½x
3 decanters 1.12½x
1 glass pitcher .75x
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1 small tea water .12½x
2 oil cloths .87½
3 window curtains 3.00x
1 clock 20.00x
1 cradle 2.50x
2 vols history of U States 1.50
1 high post bedstead 9.00x
1 low do 1.00x
1 feather bed 7.00x
3 straw beds 2.50 (one taken by widow)
1 sheet & coverlid 2.50x
1 sheet & blanket 3.00x
1 double coverlet 6.00x
1 quilt 2.50x
1 bolster & 2 pillows 1.50x
2 blankets (cradle) 2.00x
1 floor carpet 5.00x
1 bedstead 1.00x
1 trundle do .37½
1 feather bed 2.50x
1 straw bed & sheet 2.00x
2 pillows & bolster .62½x
2 quilts 1.25
1 saddle (man) 5.00
1 corner cupboard 6.00
4 bags .62½
1 basket & onions .37½
1 sieve .37½
shaving apparatus 1.00
2 jugs .18
1 great coat 4.00
1 hogshead .75
1 water barrel .37½
1 iron kettle 2.50
1 iron pot, soap & keg 1.00
1 pr pot hooks .25
2 tubs & 1 bucket 2.25
water cask & barrel .25
1 dining table 7.00x
1 square do .50
6 windsor chairs 4.50
6 split bottom do 2.25
1 pr shovel & tongs 2.50
1 pr andirons 1.25
1 demijohn .75
2 coffee pots .62½
2 tin buckets .50
2 coffee mills 1.25
2 candlesticks .50
2 hammers & 2 weights .62½
1 inkstand, lamp & padlocks .25
1 iron pot & bale .56
2 sad irons .68
1 lid hook .25
2 skimmers, 1 ladle, flesh hook & tume? 2.00
1 gridiron & dipper .62½
1 tin grater, cake cutters & rolling pin .37½
7 large plates .43 3/4
10 small do .56¼
3 dishes 1.12½
2 teapots .62½
1 pitcher .43
6 teacups & saucers .50
3 bowls .18
1 pewter basin .31
4 patty pans & 1 tin basin .37
3 tumblers & salt seller .62
1 lot of cupboard ware .75
5 earthen jars .50
1 lot of knives & forks 1.00
1 lot of plank loose on floor 3.50
2 wash bowls & little pot .75
1 strainer .25
In cellar: 6 cellar .37½, 2 tubs .87½,
1 barrel & pickles .75 2.00
2 lard tubs .25, 1 vinegar barrel .25, 1 churn .50 1.00
1 lot of trumpery .50
axe .50
a dark red & white cow 8.00
1 light red & white cow 8.00
1 lot of pigs 3.00
1 lot of large pigs 11.00
1 lot of sows 10.00
1 grindstone 1.00
2 carding machines & picker 450.00
3 whiskey barrels 1.68 3/4
1 jackscrew 1.50
1 lot of old irons 1.50
1 corn sheller 10.00
1 lot of scantling .90
27 still tubs (old) 13.50
1 sow & pigs 2.00
1 sow 1.50
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1 hog 1.75
1 bung auger .50
1 spike gimblet .25
1 poll hook .37½
cash on hand 12.00 ($3x)
total $704.28 3/4
2 rakes & 1 lantern .75
total $705.03 3/4
amount of balance on lease of still house
property from 1 Jan. 1831 to the 1st April 1831 5.03 3/4
total 710.07½
Wm McCleery
Joseph Meeks
On the 2nd day of December 1830 at the premises late occupied by said deceased, they proceeded to appraise all & every article of personal
property of which said deceased died possessed that was shown to them
by said administrator. And that the foregoing list of personal property
by them subscribed is a true list of the same and the sum of 698.37½
is in their unbiased opinions the treu cash value of the same and
further these deponents say not.
Wm McCleery
Joseph Meeks
2nd inventory
1 writing desk .50
1 morrocco book .06¼
1 calf skin do .31¼
1 trey .06¼
1 lamp .06¼
1 lot rye suppose 30 bushels 9.37½
1 weed hoe .25
1 barrel & hops 1.00
3 barrels without heads .18 3/4
1 bedstead, straw bed & bolster
(old in the Mill) .25
1 branding iron .18 3/4
1 lot of midlings in the mill at the time of
death of the deceased supposed 8 bushell 2.00
1 log chain 3.00
600 ft of plank 2/3 profits of the saw miller 5.00
1 jack plane .06¼
1 bridle & the farrier by D. Duke .25
1 lot of geese 2.00
1 saw log ash 1.00
1 garden hoe .25
1 dirt shovel .75
1 can .25
1 handsaw 1.00
Jess's arithmatic .25
1 patent head .50
1 pr of spurs 1.00
3 small pictures .12½
1 little book .06¼
1 bag of garden seed & sundries .06¼
1 auger hook & halter .25
2 wooden bowls .12½
1 barrel, bag & rags .12½
1 tea kittle .37½
1 pocket flask .12½
1 pr of wagon boxes .75
total $31.31¼
On the 25th day of March 1831 at the late residence of said
deceased & elsewhere they proceeded to appraise all and every
article of personal property belonging to said estate, that
was shown to them by said administrator. and the above and
foregoing is a true list of $31.36¼ is in their unbiased
opinions the true cash value of the same and further these
depondents say not.
Joseph Meeks
William Wilkenson, appraisers
John M. Johnston, administrator
x= widows selection taken at valuation from inventory [page 187]