Wills: Elbert County. Estate of Averilla Harper ======================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Carolyn L. Harper Johnson Clhjohnson@aol.com Georgia} Elbert County} A statement of the state and conditions of the Estate of Averilla Harper, Orphan Daughter of Bannister Harper, deceased, which have come to the hands of William Thompson, Sr. as guardian of and for said minor, viz: One bay horse, worth $ 75.00 Seven head of cattle 43.00 Two feather beds and furniture 60.00 Two chest and one trunk 7.00 One loom 4.00 Four sides of leather 3.50 Three pots, 1 oven, 1 pot rack 10.00 1 raw hide 1.00 1 cotton wheel 1.50 Sundry articles of pewter 4.00 Three pair of cotton cards 1.25 Three pails 1.50 Four chairs 1.50 One set of knives and forks, candlesticks, snuffers 1.00 One butter pot .50 Sundry plantation tools 2.00 One mattock and one pair of wedges 2.25 219.00 All which above property sold, by said guardian on this first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety one at twelve months credit 236.31 1/2 In addition to which property sold one negro man Kitt, was hired to Charles Tait, for 12 months for 105.00 $105.00 paid 1st of January, 1800 One boy Daniel to Wm. Hudson, above 32.00 378.31 1/2 January 15, 1800, hired to John Owens one negro man, Kitt, to the first of January 1801 for eighty dollars which was paid January 1st, 1801. 80.00 On the said January 1st, 1800 hired to Elisha Town, one negro boy for twelve months 46.00 January 1, 1802 hired to William Cunningham, one negro boy Daniel for twelve months for fifty dollars payable the 25th of December 1802. 50.00 At the same time hired to Wells Thompson one negro man Kitt for eighty dollars payable December 25th 1802 80.00 January 1, 1803, hired to William Thompson, Jr. one negro man Kitt for twelve months for seventy dollars paid January 1, 1804. 70.00 On the same day hired to Drury Town, one negro boy Daniel for twelve months, $66.56 1/4 payable the first of January 1804 66.56 1/4 January 2, 1804 hired to James Coleman one negro man named Kitt for seventy nine dollars payable the first of January 1805 79.00 On the same day hired to Thomas Allen one negro boy named Daniel $60 payable the first of January, 1805 60.00 On the fifth day of January 1799 received of William Hudson, for his note for fifty five dollars and ninety five cents for the hire of negro previous to that day before he came into my hands, which is payed on the demand and is the property of said minor 55.95 956.62 1/2 Received by W. Thompson, as guardian 1799 Nov. 11 of John Harper due to said minor for rent 20.00 March 15, 1800 received of Wm. Harper $20 20.00 For rent of P. Barton 20.00 1801, received of do. do twenty dollars for rent 20.00 1803 received March 10th received of John Edmonds 20.00 for rent 1036.81 1/2 A statement of the expenditures by William Thompson, guardian for and in behalf of Averilla Harper. 1799, to 4 1/2 yards of linen at 4/11 4.78 1/2 To two pair of shoes $2, 1 gilt necklace 25¢ 2.25 1800, cash paid Martin Dye for your schooling 3.00 4 1/2 linen at 3/6 3.37 1/2 1801, paid Thomas Douglas for schooling 1.50 Pd. For proportion of boarding school master 1.68 1/2 Pd. Taxes for year 1800 1.15 3/4 Pd. Do 1801 .39 Pd. Money expended for your board four years at Forty dollars per year 160.00 Exclusive of the time you boarded with Joseph Watkins To money paid Jos. Watkins for board 33.00 To pd. John Oliver as per bill No. 1 124.81 1/2 285.90 3/4 Amount against the guardian 1030.82 1/2 The hire of Kitt for 1801, $80 and Daniel for $40 omitted is 120.00 1156.82 1/2 Amount against ward 285.90 3/4 To paid John Oliver as per bill No. 2 17.54 To paid do as per bill No. 3 14.44 1/4 To paid William Oliver as per bill No. 4 12.75 330.64 Georgia, Elbert County. William Thompson, Sr. being duly sworn saith that the foregoing statement is just and true to the best of his knowledge. Sworn to in open court this 21st day of February 1805. his William X Thompson, Sr. Mark Test: W. Higginbotham, C.C.O. Registered the 3rd day of January, 1806 W. Higginbotham, C.C.O.