Nelson County KyArchives Wills.....Houston, John March 6, 1812 ************************************************ 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: Patricia O'Connor p-oconnor@att.net August 10, 2007, 12:20 pm Source: Nelson Co Will Bk C, Pp 59-64 Written: March 6, 1812 Recorded: July 20, 1812 Memorandom of the property of Mr John HOUSTON Deceased sold at publick sale this sixth day of March 1812 $ Francis ABEL to one Steel trap .50 John MILES to old iron 1.51 James BALLARD to one mattock 1.33 Mary HOUSTON Sen to two hoes and old sythe .41 ½ Mary HOUSTON Sen to one how .66 Mary HOUSTON sen to one spade .33 Francis MERRIMAN to shovel & Jany hoe .75 Francis PEAK to one log chain and hammer 2.00 Joshua GREENWELL to plain bits and hammer .37 ½ Joshua GREENWELL to old iron .25 Charles QUIRK ? to square two gemblels and chisel .50 James HOUSTON to old Iron and Iron hoop .07 ½ Mary HOUSTON Sen to drawing knife & gimblels & ____ .83 Joseph BROWN to two cevises .30 James HOUSTON to Branding iron .25 Mary HOUSTON Sen to Cream Colored horse 50.00 Mary HOUSTON Sen to Bay mare 20.00 Mary HOUSTON Sen to one Bay horse .5.50 James HOUSTON to one sorrel horse 15.50 Richard GARNER to one grey mare 15.00 Francis ABEL to one bay mare 20.00 Joseph BROWN to grey mare 15.25 John MASTERSON to one black horse colt 5.57 ½ James HOUSTON to one colt 24.50 Francis ABEL to bay mare colt 5.00 Daniel COY to one sorrel mare 6.50 $221.63 John MASTERSON one dun Colt 11.17 Samuel T. BEALL to Eleven sheep & three lambs 25.50 Mary HOUSTON Sen to four cows 35.95 Francis MERRIMAN to pide cow 8.25 Francis MERRIMAN to one white faced steer 7.50 Jesse ICE to one white faced red cow 8.75 Francis MERRIMAN one brindle steer 5.00 Pollard ABEL one red muley steer 4.66 Pollard ABEL one brindle steer with a white back 4.00 Mary HOUSTON Sen to two yearlings calves 2.00 Pollard ABEL to two yearling calves 3.50 Richard MERRIMAN one plow 8.12 ¼ Joseph BRUCE to one plow 2.00 Mary HOUSTON to two pare of gears and double trees 2.33 Abraham BRAY to new Iron 4.87 ½ Abraham BRAY to new Iron 1.84 John MASTERSON to new Iron .75 Pollard ABEL to shoe maker tools 1.50 James BALLARD to iron wedge .92 James FINCH one auger .37 ½ Joseph BRYANT to brass fosset .57 ½ Elish MONGOMERY 16 gees 5.00 Ignatius RHODES to whet stone Mary HOUSTON senr to fifteen geese 3___ James GOFF to Barrel .50 Philip NORRIS to bag with iron hoops .12 ½ Pollard ABEL to half bushel 1.25 Joseph OBRIAN to one keg .25 413.49 the sale continued March ye 2 Sarah HOUSTON to mixt cotton thread 1. Mary HOUSTON sen to woolen yarn 1.50 Mary HOUSTOB sen to cotton 1.53 Mary HOUSTON sen to one bell .41 Mary HOUSTON to cotton 4 pounds .50 Francis MERRIMAN to one bell 1.12 ½ Frances ABEL to one bell .11 ½ Pollard ABEL to one bell .62 ½ James HOUSTON to one bell & collar .12 ½ Mary HOUSTON sen to washing tub & two baskets .75 Frances ABEL to washing tub and one basket .50 Proctor BALLARD to two baskets .25 Mary HOUSTON sen to three riddles .26 James BALLARD to one riddle .24 Stephen BLACKFORD to two kegs and tub .50 Mary HOUSTON sen to one tub .16 ½ Mary HOUSTON to one tub .62 ½ Mary HOUSTON sen to unbroken flax 1. Mary HOUSTON sen to two tubs and flax seed .50 Francis ABEL to two tubs .37 ½ John FORD to straw knife and box 2.53 ½ Mary HOUSTON sen to loom warping bars spool frame swifts and gall wheel 5.16 ½ Frances ABEL to set of spools .25 Mary HOUSTON sen to one seed and gears .33 Mary HOUSTON sen to four 100 Reed and gears .50 Mary HOUSTON to 750 reed and gears 1.21 Philip NORRIS to hoe & ax 1.50 Mary HOUSTON sen to one felling ax 2.10 Frances MERRIMAN to one felling ax 1.83 Mary HOUSTON sen to one raw hide 3.1 Charles LEE to one raw hide 2.50 56.09 ½ Mary HOUSTON sen to four pails and Churn 1.83 ½ Frances ABEL to one pail and cream tub .50 ½ Mary HOUSTON sen to pewter ware 2.58 Mary HOUSTON sen to tea kettle and iron pot 4.50 Charles LEE to pewter ware 1.58 Stephen BLACKFORD to tin ware .58 Mary HOUSTON sen to iron kettle 3.00 Zachariah GALOWAY to pare of wool cards .66 ½ Mary HOUSTON sen to one pair of Cotton & one pair of wool cards 1.25 Daniel COY to two pare of wool cards .37 ½ Jesse LEE one smoothing iron .75 Mary HOUSTON sen to frying pan and dutch oven 2.00 Charles LEE to one fire shovel .67 ½ William BLACKFORD to one smoothin iron .41 Mary HOUSTON sen to one iron kettle 2.00 William BLACKFORD to iron kettle 4.00 Joshua GREENWELL to one sythe .62 1/3 Mary HOUSTON sen to crocks and sifter .52 Mary HOUSTON sen to flax hackle 2.00 Mary HOUSTON sen to big wheel 1.16 ½ Mary HOUSTON sen to spinning wheel 2.00 Mary HOUSTON to spinning wheel 2.00 William BLACKFORD to big wheel .25 James BALLARD to spinning wheel 1.00 Sarah HOUSTON to side saddle 15.00 Jane HOUSTON to side saddle 15.00 Mary HOUSTON sen to side saddle 4.00 Isaac HOUSTON to mans saddle 3.00 Stephen BLACKFORD to two bags table cloth hand towel ___ 2.66 ½ 85.81 Jane HOUSTON to one bed and furniture 27.00 Mary HOUSTON sen to bed bedstead & furniture 40.00 Sarah HOUSTON to Bed and furniture 32.00 Phebe HOUSTON sen to bed and furniture 20.00 Mary HOUSTON sen to bed and furniture 30.00 Zachariah GALLOWAY to bed and furniture 40.50 Jane HOUSTON to bed quilt 3.00 Sarah HOUSTON to white counterpane 11.00 Sarah HOUSTON to bed quilt 4.00 Jane HOUSTON to bed quilt 2.50 Jane HOUSTON to bed quilt 4.00 Jane HOUSTON to bed quilt 1.50 James HOUSTON to stand of curtains 7.00 Daniel KING to coverlid 1.58 Daniel KING to coverlid and sheet .87 ½ Cornelius RICHIE to one grind stone .75 Zachariah GALLOWAY one table cloth 9 towels .75 John P. ANDERSON to one fun and shot pouch 10.8 Mary HOUSTON sen to count reel .50 James BALLARD to two pare of Shears .86 ½ Joseph BREWER to one keg .16 ½ Benjamin HAGAN to raisers case and box 1.71 James BALLARD to two raizors .25 Mary HOUSTON to books 1.00 Mary HOUSTON to two bedsteds 2.50 Daniel KING to one chest 1.8 William BLACKFORD one chest 1.50 Sarah HOUSTON to one chest 3.60 ½ Phebe HOUSTON one Desk 15.00 260.67 Mary HOUSTON sen to Bureau 11.00 Mary HOUSTON sen to table and table cloth 1.00 Mary HOUSTON sen to cupboard & furniture 25.50 Cornelius RICHIE to knives and forks 2.11 Phebe HOUSTON to bedsted .83 ½ Sarah HOUSTON to bed sted .83 ½ James BALLARD to Candle stand 1.25 William BLACKFORD to dog irons 3.50 Sarah HOUSTON to looking glass 1.11 Daniel KING to candlestick and snuffers .37 ½ William BLACKFORD to rope .45 ½ Polard ABEL to one barrel .25 Mary HOUSTON sen to pot trammel .82 John JAMES to two plow bridle bits .37 ½ William BLACKFORD to bridle bit .6 Daniel KING to sickle .12 ½ Mary HOUSTON sen to nineteen hogs 21.16 ½ Mary HOUSTON sen to plantation 40.16 1/2 Benjamin HAGAN to one bottle .25 114.04 Cash on hand (in hands of widow) 3.50 Notes to collect now on hand 32.23 Mary HOUSTON sen admor James HOUSTON admor At a County Court held for Nelson County on Monday the 20th day of July 1812 The above list of sales of the estate of John HOUSTON ded'd returned and ordered to record. Teste Ben GRAYSON CC Transcribed by Patricia O'Connor p-oconnor@att.net File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/nelson/wills/houston365gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/