Franklin County Inventories
Page 256-257
August Term A.D. 1836
The following is a correct list of the personal property belonging to the estate of Thomas
Swiggett, deceased which we have appraised
4 old barrels .50
1 keg of lard & do with salt 3.12½
6 Windsor chairs & 1 small do 4.00
1 trundle bedstead & cord 1.00
1 bed bedstead & bedding 7.50
1 barrel of meal & bread tray .37½
1 churn & winding blades .12½
1 box of wheat 2.62½
1 box & irons .37½
wearing apparel 5.00
1 bag & flour 2.00
1 cow bell .37½
1 keg & vinegar 1.50
amount brought forward 28.50
2nd
1 keg, bucket, basket, piece muslin? .50
1 shovel plough 1.25
1 patent plough, bolt & clevis 1.50
2 set rope traces, hames & single trees 1.00
1 log chain & hammer 1.00
martingales & 2 bridles .50
sled & clevice .12½
1 axe 1.50
2 shoes & sled .25
1 lot of corn 7.50
1 wash board .12½x
2 jars lard 2.00x
1 keg of soap greese .12½x
2 trunks 1.50x
1 bed, bedstead & bedding 17.00x
1 bed, bedstead & bedding 12.00x
1 old table .25x
1 broken looking glass .37½x
1 large spinning wheel 3.50x
1 small spinning wheel 2.50x
1 reel .75x
cupboard ware 1.25x
1 skillet .37½x
1 bake oven .75x
1 flat iron & kettle .75x
1 iron pot & hooks .50x
candle stick, candle moulds & bucket .25x
mortar, pestle, & rolling pin .25x
1 coffe pot & shovel .50x
1 lot of dried apples .62½x
1 lot of pun cotton & woolen yarn 5.00x
continued from page 2 65.50
page 3
2 towels .12½
1 black cow & calf 10.00x
1 lot of bacon 15.00
short singletrees, sithes & hangings .25
2 kegs of soap .12½
1 red calf 2.50
1 black calf 2.00
1 spotted white & red calf 2.00
22 sheep & 11 lambs 25.00
1 lot of hogs 12.00
1 mare 45.00
1 stack of oats & part stack of fodder 2.00
1 bay colt 20.00
4 turkeys 1.00
1 field of wheat in the ground 4.00
1 flock of geese 2.00
bottles & jars .25
208.75
total amount brought over 28.50
total 237.25
Be it remembered that before me, Nathaniel Hammond, one of the justices of the peace
within and for the Township of Brookville, and County of Franklin aforesaid personally
came William McCleery and William Wilkinson appraisers heretofore appointed & duly
sworn to appraise the personal estate of Thomas Swiggett late of said County deceased;
who being duly and legally sworn define and say that on the 20th day of February A.D. 1834
at the late residence belonging to said estate they appraised all and singular the personal
property belonging to said estate that was shown them for that purpose by Elijah Barwick,
administrator of the same and that the foregoing is a true and correct list of said personal
property as they verify before and that the sum of $237.25 is in their unbiased judgments
the true cash value of the same and further these deponents say not
Wm McCleery
William Wilkinson
Sworn to and subscribed this 17th day of March A.D. 1834 before me Nathaniel Hammond,
Justice of the Peace