Bath County KyArchives Wills.....South, Benjamin August 10 1819 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shawn Martin smarcmar@direcway.com January 8, 2005, 7:34 pm Source: Bath Co., Ky Wills Book A, 1811-1825, Page 210-214 Written: August 10 1819 Recorded: October 11 1819 Inventory of Estate of Benjamin South, Deceased Agreeable to an order of the Hon. Bath County Court to us directed, we met at the house of Benjamin South, Deceased on the 10th of August who being first duly sworn did proceed to Inventory and appraise the estate of the said Decd. as followeth (to wit) [?] Cupboard $15.00 5 Setting Chairs 1.25 2 Beds & Steads 33.00 1 copy of Bradford S. Lawes 1.50 1 Chest & 1 Table 4.00 1 other Table & Water stand 2.50 1 Waiter, 5 puter plates, 1 dish 1.50 2 Tin pans .75 1 Cooler .25 1 Dutch Oven & lid 1.75 1 Ten Gallon Kettle 2.00 1 Three Gallon Bottle 2.00 1 Pair of fire Irons 2.50 1 Churn .75 3 Pails .75 1 Pot Rack 1.50 1 Flax wheel & reel 1.50 1 Large Wheel 11.00 1 Washing Table .50 1 Old wagon & gire 35.00 1 shovel plow without thered 1.00 2 Chairs & 1 Twisted back 1.25 2 Old hoes and one old axe 1.75 1 Brier Sythe 1.25 1 Sythe and Bradle .25 1 Pair of Streachers 1.90 1 Log Chain 1.15 9 Harrow Geath 2.50 2 Twenty Gallon Kettles 7.50 1 Sorrel Horse 20.00 1 Mans Saddle 10.00 1 Old Bell .25 1 Cow and Calf 12.00 2 Cows without 6 calves 30.00 1 Bedstead 1.00 1 Brass Kettle 2.50 1 Smoothing Iron .75 1 Cutting Box & Knife 2.00 1 Saddle Tree 2.25 1 Flax Break .50 1 Iron Pitch fork .25 1 Eighty Gallon Still with Copper Worm 60.00 1 Sixty Gallon Still and Copper Worm 45.00 4 Iron Bound Mash Tubs 5.50 2 Flake Stands 2.00 2 Singling Kegs 1.00 2 Still Troughs 2.50 2 Iron Bound Mash Tubs 2.50 2 Tubs Wooden hoops 2.00 1 Cornfield on the land 5.00 1 Cornfield at Loves 15.00 1 Black horse with the Pole Evil 5.00 1 Bay Mare 60.00 1 Field of Corn on the North side of the road worth 15.00 1 Raw Hide .75 1 Silver Watch 25.00 Benjamin South Dec’d entitled to an undivided fourth part of eight Negroes devised by their father John South Deceased to him Samuel South, Weldon South, William South the whole of the said Negroes is valued as followeth to wit A Negro Girl Roda & such child Hetty 450.00 A woman Jamana and sucking child Hariott 450.00 A Girl Charlott 400.00 A Boy Lewis 300.00 1 William 250.00 A Girl Maria 100.00 The aggregate $1950.00 That the decedent Benjamin South being entitled to the undivided fourth part of the before mentioned Slaves, his interest in them is approved to the one fourth of the whole amount as above 487.00 Appraisers fees two day at 75 cents each day paid by Samuel South Putnam Ewing Elihu Owings George Colman Samuel South, Adm’r I, James Wade, as Justice of the Peace in and for Bath County do hereby Certify that the foregoing appraisement was this day sworn to before me by Putnam Ewing, George Colman and Elihu Owings given under my hand this 27th August 1819. James Wade, J. P. B. C. Bath County October Court 1819 This Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Benjamin South, Dec’d was produced, approved and ordered to be Recorded. Whereupon the same is truly Recorded in my office as the Law directs. All. William M. Sudduth Clerk of Bath County Court Bill of Sales 28th August 1819 5 Setting Chairs to George Colman .50 1 Flax Wheel to George Colman .62 ½ 1 Chick Reel to Will Moore .37 ½ 1 Cotton Wheel to Peter Epperson .50 1 Churn to Will Moore .56 ½ 1 Ceder Pail to Ralph Fulks .31 ½ 1 Piggin to Ralph Fulks .26 1 Piggin & Cooler to Samuel Choat .50 1 Shovel Plow to Will Moore 1.18 ¾ 1 Spouting Hoe to George Coleman .62 ½ 1 Hoe and Ax to Samuel Choat 1.56 ¼ 1 Pitch fork to George Colman .12 ½ 1 Saddle Tree to Samuel Choat .87 ½ 2 Chairs and pins to Ralph Fulks 1.64 ½ 1 Twisted to Ralph Fulks 1 Log chain, 1 small to George Coleman 3.06 ¼ 1 Stretcher & Bell to Will Moore .87 ½ 1 Smoothing Iron to Robert Epperson .75 1 Pot Rack to Peter Epperson 2.62 ½ 1 Brier Sythe to Will Moore 1.00 1 Sythe & Cradle to George Coleman .68 ¼ 1 Cutting & Knife to Robt. Epperson 2.75 1 Pair of Streachers, 1 pair of Singletrees to Will Moore 2.00 1 10 Gallon Kettle to John Parks 1.43 ¾ 1 Pair of Fire Irons to Will Moore 3.12 ½ 1 Dutch Oven & Lid & hooks to Frederick Wills 2.25 1 Three Gallon Kettle, Lid & Hooks to Geo. Colman 1.12 ½ 2 Tin pans to John Parks 1.12 ½ 5 Puter Plates, Dish & Platter to R. Fulks 2.25 1 Bell mettle kettle to George Colman 7.00 1 Square table to Robert Epperson 1.87 ½ 1 Water Stand to Will Moore 2.00 1 Bed, bedstead & Cord to Victor Craig 17.37 ½ 1 Large Chest to Mary Ingram 3.81 ¼ 1 3 Corner Cupboard to Will Moore 15.30 1 Bedstead & Cord to Will Moore 19.00 1 Large Square table to George Colman 4.69 ½ 1 Washing Tub to George Colman .25 1 Old Sorrel Horse to Peter Reed 25.62 ½ 1 Old Black Horse to Thomas Ingram 10.00 In Consequence of the purchaser giving Security 1 Dark Cow and Calf to R Fulks 17.00 1 White Cow to Samuel Bradly 15.87 ½ 1 Waggon and hind gear to Samuel Choat 54.00 1 Large still worm & Flake Stand to Saml. Choat 50.00 4 Still Tubs to Augustine Choat 4.00 2 Small Kegs to Samuel Choat .75 1 20 gallon Kettle to Robt. Epperson 5.00 1 20 gallon Kettle to George Colman 1.25 2 Large Troughs to Samuel Choat 2.00 1 Small Harrow to John Craig 2.87 ½ 2 Pair harness, 1 pair chairs & backland &C to Jerry Sexton, Thomas Ficklins Bond 3.62 ½ 1 Raw hide to Robert Epperson .75 1 Flax Brake & 1 saddle tree to Geo. Colman 1.13 ½ 1 Still worn & Flake stand to James Gardner 21.50 4 Mash Tubs, 2 with Iron crosses to Will Moore 1.50 1 Copy of Bradford’s Laws to Will Moore 1.12 ½ 1 Man’s Saddle to Wildon South 10.00 1 Bedstead not sold to Putnam Ewing 16.75 1 Corn field at Loves to T. Barnes 15.00 1 Corn field North side of Road to George Colman 15.00 1 Corn field South side of Road to Samuel Bradley 5.00 1 Silver Watch to Weldon South 25.00 I certify that this is a true copy of the list of sales made by Samuel South, Administrator to Benjamin South, Deceased on 28th August 1819. George Colman, Clerk At a Court held for Bath County on the 11th day of October 1819 This amount of sale of the estate of Benjamin South, Deceased was produced, approved and ordered to be recorded. Whereupon the same is truly recorded in my office as the Law directs. Given under my hand as Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid this date above. William M. Sudduth File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/bath/wills/gwl67south.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/