Sunday, May 28, 2006

What we leave behind

An Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Charles Powell Dec'd. taken this 13th of July 1810
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108 acres of land at $3.50 per acre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$378.00
A quantity of oats and corn in the ground. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
56 Hogs; $42 -- Eight sheep $8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
One Bay Horse $40. One roan Horse $20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
One Bay Horse $2.50. One brindle Cow & Calf . . . . . . . . . . . 10.50
One Pied Cow & Calf $8. One white Cow & Calf $6 . . . . . . . . . 14.66
One Pied Heifer $4.50. One red Heifer $3. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.50
One Cart $4. A quantity of Dry Corn $37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.00
One half bushel measure 50 cents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
One Bar Jack Plough $3.35 . One shovel Plough $1. . . . . . . . . 4.33
One mans Saddle $10. One bed and furniture $13. . . . . . . . . . 23.00
One bed and furniture $16. One shot gun $5 . . . . . . . . . . . 21.00
One cupboard $16.66 . One Chest $2.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.41
A quantity of Bed and wearing cloths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.66
Two books. A razor & strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50
A quantity of yarn $2.50. One Hat 25 cents. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.75
A parcel of leather $3. A pair of spectacles 25 cents . . . . . . 3.25
A pair of cotton cards 75 cents. Cupboard furniture $6 . . . . . 6.75
An old pair of Saddle bags & scythe & cradle . . . . . . . . . . . 1.12
A meal tub Hogs Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00
One grindstone tools at $7. A number of carpenter tools $2 . . 9.00
One skillet $1. Chairs $1.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25
One colter? and two iron wedges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00
Three wheels & a reel $5.50 One table and a pair of cards? . . . 7.50
Drawing gurs? & potmettle? $2.50. Wooden vessels? $2.50 . . . . . 5.00
One churn and table basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00
A Cann? and fat tub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
A quantity of bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.00
A stone hammer and trowels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
Amount . . . . . 738.695/6
Arch. Bilbo}
Nimrod Greenwood}
John Goodnight} Aps.
Robt. Burton}
NOTE: Paper found in Charles Powell file in Mercer County Historical Society records. Transcribed by Fleta Aday. Total should be $ 738.695/6

3 comments:

Galla Creek said...

I now know what the coulter is. It is a round thing behind a plow to smooth the dirt out. Larry thinks they are great. Plows with them on them are more expensive.

When he married Sarah she said he had a horse, saddle, and his clothes so he came up in the world.

Galla Creek said...

He had a lot of hogs. Didn't he?

clairesgarden said...

seems like a rich man for the times he lived in. do people still 'inventory' their stuff today?