Inventory of Margaret Smith

Franklin County
December Term A.D. 1850
Pages 567-571

State of Indiana, Franklin County, Before Ira Stout, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County personally came John C. Sering and John Crist and being duly sworn on their oath say that they will honestly and impartially appraise the estate property and effects of Margaret Smith deceased late of Franklin County which shall be exhibited to them by John Smith, administrator of said estate according to the best of their judgment and ability. Appraisers, John C. Sering, John Christ, J. Ira Stout one of the justices of the Peace certify [page 567] that the foregoing oath ws taken and subscribed before me this 25th day of October 1849. Given under my hand and seal this 25th day of October 1849, Ira Stout, Justice of the Peace.
A list of the personal property of the estate of Margaret Smith, deceased
3 flat irons & butter print .50
sheep shears & sausage stuffer .50
1 barrell & bucket .05
2 hoes & 1 shovel .60
1 copper kettle 2.00
1 kettle & tub 1.00
1 lot of crockery ware .50
1 tub, 1 milk strainer & keg 1.00
2 lard tubs & lard .60
2 half barrells 2.50
1 half barrell & dried apples 1.00
1 pickle tub .10
1 kettle and 1 crock with soap grease .25
1 washing & 3 tubs .10
1 crock & 2 broken skillets .10
1 half bushel & peck .05
1 lot of old sacks .43
1 lot of bacon .50
2 meal barrells .75
3 old barrells and some oats .25
1 side saddle .75
1 box & 2 baskets .20
1 meal seive, bowls & lock .15
2 jugs & cheese hoops .15
2 skillets .20
1 wash tub and 1 table .25
1 saw, 1 coffee mill and 1 lantern .30
3 bridles .50
1 wedge & 1 hammer .50
2 axes 2.00
1 cooke stove 12.00
1 shovel & tongs .45
amount brought forward 18.20
2 small kettles & 1 tea kettle .75
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2 tubs, wash board, 1 churn .50
1 loom 2.00
1 spool, rake and warping bar 10.50
reeds and gears for loom spools 1.50
2 buckets .50
1 lot of tin ware .50
butter bowl & ladle .10
1 corner cupboard 1.75
1 grind stone .25
1 plough No.1 3.50
1 plough No.2 3.00
1 shovel plow 1.00
1 double tree, single trees & neck yoke 1.00
1 barrell and keg .20
1 sett of harness 2.00
1 sett of harness 2.00
2 bridles & collars & whip .75
1 fanning mill 15.00
1 box & skeening 1.00
1 box .05
2 hay forks & shovel 1.50
1 harrow 2.50
1 lot of hay in barn 11.00
50 doz of oats 7.00
1 lot of hay in barn 1.00
20 bushels of old corn 5.00
1 waggon, tar bucket & bows 40.00
12 hogs in pen 48.00
4 shoats 6.00
1 sow & 4 pigs 5.50
16 geese and ganders 1.60
brought over 166.95
1 stand of bees 3.00
1 white cow 12.00
1 pided cow 10.00
1 muly heifer 11.00
1 calf 1.75
17 sheep 15.00
1 brown mare 15.00
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1 bay horse 45.00
1 mare colt 25.00
1 lot of potatoes 15.00
1 lot of corn No. 1 6.00
1 half of field No. 2 20.00
1 half of field No. 3 10.00
1 half of field No. 4 19.00
1 lot of wheat No. 1 17.00
1 lot of wheat No. 2 11.00
1 lot of wheat No. 3 13.00
1 bil machine 1.25
1 pair of steelyards .75
1 lot of cupboard ware 1.50
1 lot of crockery ware .15
2 spinning wheels & 1 reel 2.50
1 umbrella .40
2 brass candlesticks & snuffers .75
1 coffee chest, waiter cannister .40
1 comb case & 1 shears .25
1 bible & 2 hymn books .50
3 books 1.00
4 small crocks .10
2 sett table spoons 3.00
2 large dishes .50
1 set of china ware 2.25
brought over 264.55
1 set of stone china ware 1.25
1 lot of cupboard ware 1.00
1 waiter of glassware 2.50
8 common chairs 1.75
6 windsor chairs 7.00
1 bureau 12.00
1 bed, bedstead & bedding 12.00
1 bed & bedstead 9.00
1 trunk .10
1 looking glass .10
1 lot of bed clothes 26.00
1 bedstead and curtain 8.00
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3 table cloths .25
1 table cloth 1.50
14 towels 1.00
6 pair of pillow slips 1.20
6 muslin sheets 1.50
7 linen sheets 2.10
1 stand of curtains .75
2 stands of curtains .50
4 blankets 6.00
1 coverlet, blanket, counterpane 10.00
1 mantle clock 10.00
1 looking glass & knobs 5.00
1 small looking glass .50
shovel & tongs 1.25
2 pair of andirons .10
5 window blinds & curtains 2.00
2 pictures .50
1 bedstead & cord 3.00
1 stand and cover 1.25
1 dining table & cover 4.50
amount brought forward $149.60
1 sett of chairs 4.00
1 rocking chair 3.50
1 lot of carpeting 4.50
1 lot of carpeting .25
2 straw beds & one quilt .75
134 fowls 9.00
1 skillet & candle moles .25
1 pan spreader .37
1 ram 1.00
Margaret Smith dr for 20 lbs roolls 15.00
John M. Vieley dr one hige 1.44
total $629.36

John C. Sering, John Crist, appraisers, October 25 A.D. 1849
John W. Smith, administrator


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