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Information on this page is intended to supplement an "Angie Asks" column which appeared in Volume 5, beginning on page 456 of the Hooper Compass. Click on the
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| Inventory of the Goods & Chattels of Esaias Harbour Decd of Franklin County - - as Shown to us By John Harbour Executor of Said Decd Sept the 24th 1833 - - -- | |||||
| $ | cts | ||||
| 23 head of Hogs | 77 | ||||
| 18 head of horned Cattle | 110 | ||||
| a quantity of Oats | 7 | ||||
| 13 head of Sheep | 19 | ||||
| 5 stacks of Hothes [Hothey? meaning hot hay, as in hay that is composting?] | 13 | ||||
| 2 Bee Stands | 3 | ||||
| 23 Pounds of wool | 7 | 21 | |||
| 23 Do Iron | 1 | 84 | |||
| 2 Do Steel? & a quantity of flax | 3 | ||||
| 1 Black mare $60 & 1 sorrel horse $50 | 110 | ||||
| one young Sorrel horse $55 & one Sorrel Colt $40 | 95 | ||||
| 1 waggon (road) and hind Gears | 30 | ||||
| 1 Oald Cotton machine | 15 | ||||
| 1 lott plow gears Double tree & log chains | 2 | ||||
| 4 Plows two Swingle trees & Cliveses | 4 | ||||
| 6 - axes 3 mattocks one Grubbing hoe & wedge | 10 | ||||
| 4 weeding hoes 1 Spade 1 frow pitchfork & Couttes | 2 | ||||
| one lott of sheep tools & shoe tools Sheep Shears &c | 4 | 50 | |||
| 2 hogsheads Powdering tubs & 7 barrels | 3 | ||||
| 1 Chest three Boxes & one trunk | 3 | ||||
| one Oald mans saddle 2 Bridles & Sirsingle | 2 | ||||
| 3 Stone jugs and one Jar | 2 | ||||
| one lott Seed Cotton Scissors 6 Cwt | 12 | ||||
| one lott of Books | 12 | 50 | |||
| one lott of puter [pewter] Knives & forks and tin ware | 7 | ||||
| one lott cubboard ware | 1 | ||||
| one Dimmajohn [demijohn] 3 Bottles one lantren & qt pott | 1 | 75 | |||
| one pr stealyards & 2 Coffeemills &c | 2 | ||||
| one tea kittle tin bucket & fire dogs & stand | 2 | ||||
| 2 pr Cards & sleys one Reel and one wheel | 2 | ||||
| 4 tables & carding machine | 7 | ||||
| 9 Chares & two trunks & 2 stands | 10 | 50 | |||
| 3 Beds, Bedsteds, & firniture | 30 | ||||
| 1 looking glass & money scales | 2 | ||||
| one lott tubs pails, churns, Bread trays, scifter [sifter] | 4 | ||||
| one lott Kitchen ware & pot ware | 9 | 50 | |||
| one scythe & cradle & Grind Stone, 2 padlocks | 2 | ||||
| one oald Bay horse in the hands of Lewis Molder | 25 | ||||
| 3 hides of leather in tan | 3 | ||||
| 40 Barrels of standing Corn & 2 Barrels oald Do | $70 | ||||
| One Negro man George | $250 | ||||
| One Do Do Jarrott | $500 | ||||
| One Negro woman Jude & child | $450 | ||||
| One Do Boy Franklin | $500 | ||||
One Do Do Newton | $200 | ||||
| One Do Do Green | $550 | ||||
| We do Certify that as fair as produced to us by the Executor the foregoing Contains a true appraisement of the Goods and Chattles of the Estate of Isaias Harbour Decd according to the best of Our Judgement and understanding | |||||
| James Hammett Jas. H. Little John E. Carson Wiley Hagwood |
Sworn Appraisers | ||||
| I do heareby Certify that the above appraisors were sworn to perform there duty as appraisors according to law Before us this day Sept the 24th 1833 | |||||
| Robert Mitchell, JP | |||||
| John Harbour Inventory Recorded | |||||
Notes: Do is an abbreviation for Ditto. Items in brackets are meant either for clarification, or else to suggest uncertainty.
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The photocopies of the inventory were provided through the kindness of Deanna Baumgardner. This page is © 2005 by Anne Goodwin. Although comments or corrections are much appreciated, the volume of email prohibits personal replies for all but a few of the messages received.
updated 6 May 2005