Butts County GaArchives Court.....Bankston, Abner November 6, 1844 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 June 19, 2005, 1:33 am Source: Records – Some Wills – 1845-1851 - Butts Co, Ga Written: November 6, 1844 Recorded: June 27, 1845 Pages 29-34 Sale of the perishable property belonging to the estate of Abner Bankston, Decd November 6th, 1844 Sarah Bankston 1 axe 93 ¾, 1 do 1.00, 1 iron wedge .25 2 18 3/4 Sarah Bankston 4 scooter plows 62 ½, 1 matlock 62 ½ 1 25 Sarah Bankston 1 iron widge & shoe hammer 25 Sarah Bankston 2 plows & stocks 1.12 ½, 2 pair plow geer1.25 2 37 ½ Sarah Bankston 1 pair small steelyards 1.00-1 hive bees No.3, .75 1 75 Sarah Bankston 4 hogs 2nd choice 12.00 – 1 sow & 9 shouts 6.00 18 00 Sarah Bankston 1 white faced cow & calf 6 00 Sarah Bankston 1 tan faced cow & calf 10 00 Sarah Bankston 1 chesnut sorrel horse 49 00 Sarah Bankston 1 roam 32 12 ½ Sarah Bankston 40 barrels corn @ 1.75 70 00 Sarah Bankston 1 pen shucks 1.00 – 1 stack fodder 1st choice 2.75 3 75 Sasrah Bankston 1 stack fodder 2nd choice 2.5 – 1 at 3rd choice 2.75 3 75 Sarah Bankston 1 ox cart & yoke 5.00 – 1 lot buckets 31 ¼ 5 31 ¼ Sarah Bankston 1 lot pans 25 – 1 lot crockery 25 50 Sarah Bankston 1 lot spoons knives forks 1 00 Sarah Bankston 1 candlestick 25 – 1 lot crockery 50 75 Sarah Bankston 1 jar & contents 1.00 – 1 meal tub 12 ½ 1 12 ½ Sarah Bankston 2 tubs 25-1 lot bacon 12 ½-1 tin baker 6 ¼ 43 ¾ Sarah Bankston W water bucket kular & 2 pans 50 Sarah Bankston 1 bed bedstead & furniture 9.00 – 1 lot furniture 15.12 1//2 24 12 ½ Sarah Bankston 1 Bible 6 ¼-1 lot spoons & glasses 13 1///2 18 3//4 Sarah Bankston 1 tea pot & sugar dish 1.00-1 lot bottles 18 ¾ 1 18 ¾ Sarah Bankston 1 table 8.00-4 chairs 1.87 ½ - 7 chairs 2.06 ¼ 11 93 ¾ Sarah Bankston 1 beaureau 15.00 – 1 trunk 1.75 16 75 Sarah Bankston 1 keg 12 ½-1 trunk 75-1 pair fire dogs 20 1 07 ½ Sarah Bankston 1 pair smooth irons 37 ½ - 1 pot rack 62 ½ 1 00 Sarah Bankston 1 oven & lid 1.37 ½ - 1 pot 62 ½ 2 00 Amt. Carried Up $270 07 ½ Terms of Sale. All sums of five dollars and over, small notes with approved security, twelve months credit, all sums under five dollars, cash. Amt Brot. Up $270 07 Sarah Bankston 1 loom, slaser(?), harness & warping bars 4 31 ½ Sarah Bankston 1 pan, 1 fork & ladle & pot hooks 23 Sarah Bankston 1 clock reel 25 – 1 old table 12 ½ - - 1 lot potatoes 2.00 2 37 ½ Sarah Bankston 3 weeding hoes 25 John Morris 4 weeding hoes 50 – 4 hoes 62 ½ 1 12 John Morris 1 broad axe 1.06 ½ - 1 mattock 12 1/1 1 18 ¾ John Morris 1 trunk 1.56 ¼ - 1 bucks dictionary 87 ½ 2 43 ¾ John Morris 2 books 2.06 ¼-4 books 62 1//2 -2 books 43 ¾ 3 12 ½ John McCord 1 axe 1.00, 1 dugon plow 3.12 ½ 4 12 ½ A. M. Watkins 2 axes 12 ½ - 1 looking glass 31 ¼ 43 ¾ A. M. Watkins 1 lot books 1.00 1 00 Jordan Morris 1 foot addz 68 ¾ 68 ¾ W. H. Byars 1 lot sundries 50 Jordan Morris 1 shovel & froe(?) 1 18 ¾ J. C. Little 1 bell & collar 56 Stephen Bailey 1 lot sundries 31 ¼ H. N. Byars 1 plow & stock 1 00 W. J. Head 1 cotter plow 31 ½ Isaac Bankston 1 cross cut saw 3 00 Lewis Bennett R raw hides 3 50 T Payne 1 lot leather 1 00 W. H. Byars 1 scytha & cradle 1 00 W. A. Elder 1 lot ginned cotton 1 25 W. Irvine 1 large pair stulyunds 1 87 ½ E. G. H. Wilson 1 bee hive no.1-68 ¾ - 1 do No.5-1.12 ½ 2 56 ½ W. J. Head 1 bee hive no.2 –1.00 – 1 do no.5-1.12 ½ 2 12 ½ Robert Mayo 1 bee hive no.6 75 R. Nolen 1 bee hive no.8 1 31 ½ Jordan Morris 4 hogs 1st choice 16 12 ½ W. J. Head 1 lot hogs 18 12 ½ R. Washington 1 blue saw – 4 shouts & 1 pig 7 37 ½ J. C. Little 1 no horned cow & calf 15 06 ½ C. Bailey 1 yellow cow 2 00 H. L. Tomlinson 1 cow 2 00 H. Dillon 1 no horned yearling 2 25 D. S. Patterson 1 pided cow & calf 9 12 ½ J. C. Dunseath 2 yearling 5 00 R. Barlow 1 heifer & calf 9 00 James Brady 1 yoke of oxen 25 87 ½ C. Bailey 1 yearling 3.0 – 1 bull 5.56 8 56 ¼ C. F. Newton 1 sorrel horse 68 00 Amt Carried Up 495 13 3//4 Amt Brot Up 495 13 ¾ H. Dillon 1 lot shucks 3 00 John Goodman 2 stacks fodder 2.56 ¼ - 1 .87 ¼ 4 29 ½ John White 1 bay mare 5 50 John Goodman 1 stacks fodder 2.56 ¼ 5 12 ½ A. B. Payne 1 stack fodder 4 75 S. H. Saunders 2 stacks fodder @ 2.37 ½ 4 75 S. H. Saunders 1 stack fodder @ 2.37 ½ 2 37 ½ W. A. Elder 1 stack fodder @ 2.37 ½ 2 12 ½ John J. Beardin 1 stack fodder @ 2.37 ½ 2 18 ¾ R. Barlow 2 stacks fodder @ 1.87 ½ - 1 lot fodder 3.31 ¼ 6 93 ¾ W. R. Anderson 1 white no horned cow 9 12 ½ Lewis Bennett 1 saddle 2 00 Robt Mayo 1 sulky & harness 26 00 C. M. Coody 1 buggy & harness 96 06 ¼ Jordan Morris 1 road wagon harness & jackscrew 46 50 John Anderson 1 cotton gine 1 12 ½ Richard Byars Chain & plow 31 ¼ R Mayo 1 log chain 1 50 Wm. Irvine 1 crow bar 1 31 ¼ Joel B. Byars 1 grind stone 2 00 J. W. Duncuth 3 jars & 1 jug 1 50 Wm. Irvine 1 bed bedstead & furniture 12 62 ½ F. P. Payne 1 bed bedstead & furniture 9 25 Jas. H. Pearman 1 razor 1 strap & box 1 75 H. N. Byars 1 razor & strap 68 ¾ Jordan Morris 1 side board 10.50 – 1 side saddle 10.00 20 50 Jordan Morris 1 mattel clock 13 25 James Byars 1 shot gun 3 00 Wm. Irvine 1 lot sheets 1.56 ¼-3 quilts & blanket 3.43 ¾ 5 00 Wm. Irvine 3 books 75 J. W. Byars 1 jack plane 12 ½ J. W. McCord 1 cradle 25-1 geography & federalist 1.00 1 25 J. W. McCord 2 books 75 – 3 books 50 1 25 A. Holen 1 lot books 1.75- 1 books 1.00 – 3 books 43 ¾ 3 18 ¾ A. Holen 1 lot books 43 ¾ - 1 book 25 68 ¾ John Goodman 1 gunns medicine(?) 1 75 H. N. Byars Josephens(?) works 1 00 J. S. Bankston 1 book 50 Jas. Tomlinson 1 lot sundries 56 ¼ J. Payne 1 ham 25 Wm. Irvine Bed curtains 50 – 1 shouvel & tongs 37 ½-1 pot 1.00 1 87 ½ Amt. Carried Up 794 82 1/2 Amt. Brot. Up 794 82 ½ Jas. Tomlinson 1 spinning wheel 81 W. A. Eelder 1 churn 12 P. Payne 1 oven 25 Jas. M. Byars 1 tea kettle 25 Jordan Morris 10 barrels corn @ $1.93 ¾ 19 37 ½ Isaac Bankston 10 barrels corn @ 1.93 ¾ 19 37 ¾ A. B. Payne 10 barrels corn @ 1.93 ¾ 19 37 ¾ Lewis Ethridge 10 barrels corn @ 1.87 ½ 18 75 N. Duke 20 carrels corn @ 1.75 35 00 Lewis Etheridge 10 barrels corn @ 1.75 17 50 W. A. Elder 7 barrels refense corn @ 87 ½ 6 12 ½ R. McMahon 5 barrels old corn @ 1.62 ½ 8 12 ½ R. McMahon 18 bushesl corn @ 1.81 ¼ per bu 6 52 W. A. Elder 2 barrels 1 ½ bushels refuse corn 2 00 948 41 Sworn to & subscribed before me this 27th June 1845 – John McCord, CCO J. R. McCord, Adm. John Goodman, Adm. ………………………………………………………………………………………… November 6th 1844 Term of hiring the Negroes belonging to the estate of Abner Bankston decd, to be hired until the 1st Tuesday in January 1845. Small notes with approved security due twelve months after date. Charles to C. F. Newton $10.20 Jim to W. J. Roberts 10.00 Willy to W. Irvine 6.00 Ginny to W. Irvine 4.62 Mary to P. Payne 6.00 Sarah to R. Barlow 4.00 Braline to P. Payne 5.00 Caroline & child to Sarah Bankston 3.12 $49.02 Sworn to & subscribed before me this 27th June 1845 – John McCord, CCO Recorded this 14th July 1845 – John McCord, CCO J. R. McCord Admr. – John Goodman, Admr. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Hiring of Negroes and renting of land belonging to the estate of Abner Bankston, decd. In Jackson, January 7, 1845. Terms of Hiring The negroes to be hired until the 25th day of December next, to be well treated. The men and boys to have three good cotton shirts, two pair of pantaloons, cotton clothes, one pair of pantaloons & one round cout to be filled with wool, one wool hat, one blanket and one good pare shoes. The women and girls to have two good shirts & three frocks, of cotton clothes, one blanket & one good pare of shoes, persons hiring women with children to furnish each child with two good suits of clothes. The negroes to be delivered to the administrators when their turn of service expires. The hired to give an obligation for the clothes & for the deliversy of said Negroes to the administrators as above set fourth. All notes due the 25th day of December next with good security. To a man hired to Sarah Bankston for $60.00 Ginny, a woman hired to Sarah Bankston for 31.00 Fanny, a woman hired to Sarah Bankston for 11.00 Harry & Lucy, hired to Sarah Bankston for 7.25 Elbert, a man hired to Weakly W. Duke for 55.00 King, a man hired to Thomas Douglass for 55.00 Jim, a man hired to Sylvannus Bell for 43.00 Winny & three children hired to Sylvanus Bell for 7.00 Orange, a boy hired to Sylvanus Bell 3.50 Charles, a man hired to Thornton Burk for 71.00 Willis, a boy hired to John Morris for 32.00 Caroline & child hired to John Morris for 26.00 Mary, a woman hired to James Carter for 41.25 Drulene, a girl hired to Francis Sansing for 37.25 Dick, a boy hired to David Anderson for 8.25 $505.50 Rent of Lands House where decd. Formerly lived with Stables and other buildings and lots of 25 acres land to cultivate more or less with 30 or 40 acres pasture lands. To Sarah Bankston $25.00 A field called the long field to James S. Bankston 20.00 The old gin house field to Sarah Bankston 14.12 ½ The low grounds field to Henry Dillon 20.00 The field over the creek to Charles F. Newton 3.00 The plantation where Jordan Morris lives to Jordan Morris 33.50 $115.62 ½ Sale of property belonging to the estate of Abner Bankston dated January 7th 1845 on a credit until the 25th day of December next. Small notes with approval security. One yoke of oxen to Sarah Bankston $18.56 One ox cart to Richard Nolen 13.00 One bay mare to Abner Payne 21.50 One pair hamer & trace to James W. Harkness .25 $53.25 Sworn to 7 subscribed before me this 25th June 1845. J. R. McCord, Admr. John McCord, CCO Recorded this 15th July 1845 John McCord, CCO File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/court/bankston318gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 11.2 Kb