UPSON COUNTY, GA - Estate of Mary C. Beall - Stalling Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Caldwell" Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Inventory for Mary C. Beall - Stalling Inventory & Appraisements of Mary C. Stalling deceased Henry a negro Boy valued at $900.00 Josephine a negro Girl valued at $800.00 Ellen a negro Girl valued at $500.00 House & Lot valued at $1500.00 Carriage & ? valued at $350.00 Jack a negro Man valued at $800.00 Beckey negro woman valued at $300.00 William a negro Boy valued at $425.00 Martha negro woman & her child Harry valued at $1100.00 Laura negro Girl valued at $400.00 Elizabeth negro Girl valued at $300.00 Nancy negro Girl valued at $275.00 Mandey (Amanda ?) Negro Woman valued at $900.00 Peter negro Boy valued at $450.00 Jeff negro Boy valued at $450.00 Curtain Bedstead $5.00 (funnel?) $2.50 $7.50 Brap Andiron $1.00 Brap hand shovel & (?) $2.50 Brap Kittle & Sauce Pan $5.00 (Barium?) $20.00 Wort Stand $5.00 $25.00 Rocking Chair $8.00 (?) Flower Vases $5.00 $13.00 Bed & two Mattresses $30.00 Bed and one Mattress $30.00 14 quilts $5 each $70.00 10 (?) $1,000 8 Sheets $4.00 Two linen $4.00 $8.00 Toilet cover .50 Stand Curtains & foot value $4.00 $4.50 Bowel & Pitcher $2.00 Bed stand $4.00 Wood Clock $2.00 $8.00 State of Georgia Upson County We do certify upon oath that as far as was produced to us being the Executor the above foregoing contains a true appraisement of the goods, chattels, & credits of the Estate of Mary C. Stalling dec: to the best of our judgement and understanding. Given under our hands and official signature this 7 Oct.1854 D.T. Richardson William Spivey Travis A.D. Weaver James (?) I do hereby certify that the above appraiser were sworn to preform their duty as appraisers according to law. This 7. Oct. 1854 Travis (?) NOTES: Brief history of Mrs. Mary C. Beall - Stalling Mary C. Was married to Mr. Alpheus Beall. While married to Mary, Alpheus had a relationship outside his marrage to an unknown woman. In the course of his relationship, Alpheus Beall had fathered two son's out of wedlock. (William H. Paddgett & Elisha Paddgett). Some time before his death, Alpheus has his children (son's) legitimized by a private act of the Georgia legislature. Thus the two son's became; William H. Beall and Elisha Beall. Mary, his widow, flat out refused to share any of the property with his son's that he fathered with another woman, but by this time she had remarried a man by the name of William J. Stalling, and took the two son's to court. (William & Elisha H. Beall vs. William J. Stalling : administrator of Alpheus Beall). I feel that it should be noted that; Mary C. Beall - Stalling was not a woman without sense or knowledge because; she had a prenuptial agreement drawn up allowing her to retain ownership and control of her separate property.