ESTATE INVENTORY: George W. Bowman, 1863, Bullitt County, KY ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Transcribed by: Jan West awest1@tampabay.rr.com Date: 12 Jan 2000 *********************************************************************** Will Book F page 616 George W. Bowman's Estate Inventory The undersigned appraisers of the personal Estate of George W. Bowman Decd appointed at the December Term of Court 1862 and being first sworn before acting to faithfully to discharge the duties assigned to us to the best of our judgement against the following as our list of appraisment of Such estate as was shown us by W Carpenter the administrator Which we believe to be all the personal Estate of said deceadent. One note on Coleman Samuels and James Crigler for $197 One hundred and Ninty Seven dollars due January lst 1856 One note on H Clay Crist for $40 Forty dollars due April 20th 1854 One note on Isaac Purcell for 188. 50/100 One hundred Eighty Eight dollars & Fifty cents due January 23rd 1853 credit by Sixty Seven dollars and Fifty cents January 1st 1854 One note on M. O. Wade and H. C. Thomas for Seventy three dollars and Ninety cents due March 29th 1853 One note on C. R. Samuels & R.F. Samuels for Sixty dollars due January 1st 1862 One note on H. O. Maraman for Five hundred and one dollars due October 25th 1853. Credit by Fifty dollars October 27th 1853 One note on John Rickerson for Two dollars & Sixty eght cents due December 13th 1843 One note on Henry Trumell and R B Tilford for Thirty dollars due 25th December 1851. One note on H C Thomas for Five hundred dollars due December 28th 1853 One note on H Trumell for Four hundred and Fifty dollars due 1st January 1852. Credit (?) hundred dollars January 9th 185(?) One note on A W Field and H Trumell for Twenty Six dollars due 25th December 1854 One note on B (?) Cox for One hundred dollars due September 24th 1854 which we consider worthless One note on Samuel Neil for Forty dollars due October 1st 184(?)which we consider doubtful Account on S P Myers for 30.00 Account on (?) K Wells for 40.00 Account on (?) (?) for 40.00 Account on (?) Peterson 50.00 7 chai(n or r)s 1.00 1 Large Clock 20.00 1 Piano 25.00 1 Small Table .50 1 Dressing Bureau 4.00 1 Pr Looking Glasses 1.00 1 old Carpet .50 1 Parlor Carpet 7.00 1 Center Table 2.50 1 Old Table .50 1 Lot Books 1.50 1 Table Cover .25 2 Pr Andirons 1.00 6 Picture Frames 2.00 4 Window Shades 1.00 1 (?) Tongs .10 1 F(?) bed & bedding 8.00 1 Bureau 1.50 1 washstand 1.50 1 Bureau 1.00 1 Washbowl & (?) .75 1 Bed & bedding 6.00 1 Bed stead .50 1 wash stand .50 1 Bureau 2.50 1 carpet .75 2 old maps .50 1 Side Board 1.50 1 (?) .50 1 Sofa 2.00 1 Old Clock .10 3 Candle sticks 1.25 1 lot (?) ware 3.50 1 lot Knives & Forks .50 1 Bed & Bedding 5.50 1 Bed Stead 1.00 1 lot old Barrels and Kegs 1.00 1 lot lumber more or less supposed to be 8000 feet at one dollar per 100 ft 80.00 1 Carriage 250.00 1 Hay Rake 3.00 1 Waggon 25.00 1 Yoke Oxen 40.00 1 Waggon 25.00 2 Work mules $80.00 each 160.00 2 Pr Gears 2.50 1 Pr Stretchers and singletrees 1.00 1 Plow and Doubletrees 2.00 1 Ox Cart 10.00 1000 Bushels Corn more or less at .35 cts Per Bushel 350.00 1 old Bark Mill 2.00 1 Plow 2.00 1 corn crusher 2.50 4 Cultivators at $2.00 each 8.00 5 plows 1.50 1 crobar 1.50 3 Staks of Oats 45.00 80 Head fat hogs at $3 1/4 per 100 lbs gross 637.00 33 Staks of Hay at $13 each 429.00 1 Navy Pistol 15.00 1 Grind Stone 1.00 3 Scythes and Cradles .75 1 Harrow and Doubletree 3.00 2 Cross Cut Saws 2.50 1 Plow 2.00 3 Salt Kettles at $3 each 9.00 1 Old Buggy Wheels 2.50 2 Plows .50 1 Lot Old Irons 1.00 1 Grub Hoe Pick and Hammer 1.00 7 Scythes and 4 Snaths 3.00 2 Old axes .50 3 Old Hoes .50 2 Old Kettles and Old Stove .50 1 Broad Ax 1.50 1 Old Salt Kettle 1.00 1 Waggon 15.00 1 Platform Scale 5.00 1 Cutting Box 4.00 1 Corn Sheller .50 1/2 Bushel Measure .40 1 Gold Watch 75.00 4 Head Cattle Sold by Mrs. Bowman 80.00 152 Head Sheep $1.60 each 243.00 1 Colt 2 years ikd 40.00 1 Brown Colt 4 years old 65.00 1 Old Bay Mare 15.00 1 Brown Mare one eye out 60.00 1 Bay Horse Blaze Face 60.00 1 Old Brown Mare 30.00 1 Bay horse 3 years old 70.00 1 Bay Colt 3 years old 80.00 1 Black Horse one eye out 60.00 1 Bay Mare 3 years old 70.00 1 Old Brown Horse 30.00 1 Colt Ball face 25.00 1 Brown Colt 25.00 1 Old Black Mare 1.00 1 Jack 50.00 1 Corn Coverer .50 1 Bay Mare Colt 45.00 1 Bay Mare Colt 35.00 1 Old Sorrel Mare 5.00 3 Old Waggon Wheels 4.00 1 Rifle Gun 7.00 1 Old Harrow 2.00 1 Salt Kettle 4.00 2 Planes 1.50 1 Red Cow 12.00 1 White Back Cow 12.00 1 Red Cow 12.00 1 Spotted Cow 12.00 1 Red Cow 12.00 1 Roan Cow 12.00 1 Roan Cow 15.00 1 Red Cow 12.00 1 Roan Cow White Back 12.00 1 Roan Cow 9.00 2 Spotted Steers $11. each 22.00 6 head Cattle Steers and Heifers $8. each 48.00 1 Roan Steer 7.00 1 Stack oats 15.00 2 Red Heifers $8.00 each 16.00 1 White Heifer 8.00 6 Calves $3.00 each 18.00 1 Brindle Heifer 10.00 1 Stack Oats 15.00 1 Rick Clover Hay 3.00 1 Old Beaura .50 1 Old Shot Gun 2.00 Given under our hands this 23rd day of December 1862 James M. Carpenter William Shaw(?) List of the Slaves of said George W. Bowman deceased Gilbert about 24 years of age$800.00 Reuben " 24 " " 800.00 Nelson " 24 " " 800.00 Peter " 12 " " 500.00 James " 12 " " 600.00 Alfred " 7 " " 400.00 Robert " 8 " " 350.00 Henry " 7 " " 400.00 Jobe " 7 " " 350.00 John " 6 " " 350.00 William " 5 " " 300.00 Willson " 21 " " 800.00 Hardin " 13 " " 650.00 Samuel " 17 " " 700.00 Margy & Catherine 28 her child 1 year old 800.00 Sarah & Fanny 30 & Bertha her children 1 & 3 1100.00 Puss & her child 21 Adeline 900.00 Louesa & Liuia her child 16 . 18 months 800.00 Milly & Charles 28 her child 2 years old 900.00 Adaline about 54 years of age 100.00 Elizabeth 12 diseased 200.00 Cynthia 11 300.00 Hester 28 800.00 Allice 9 400.00 Jane & Ella 23 child 8 months 800.00 Minta 43 300.00 Washington 46 300.00 We J.M.Carpenter, William Shawler and M.P. Heady certify the above to be a true and faithful appraisement list of the slaves of George W. Bowman decd to the best of out Judgement and belief. Given under our hands this 19th day of February 1863 M.P. Heady Jas. M. Carpenter William Shawler State of Kentucky Bullitt County I C.R. Samuels clerk of the B County Court for the county aforesaid, do certify that on the 16th day of March 1863 the foregoing inventory & appraisement of the Estate of George W. Bowman deceased, was produced in oipen court, examined approved of and ordered to be recorded which with with this certificate is truly done in my office this 29th day of June 1864 C.R. Samuels