Spencer County, KY - Wills: Wells, George T., Estate sale, 1845 Tuesday, February 1, 2000 01:10:34 EST Submitted by: Livings1@aol.com (Anne Livingston) ************************************************************************* 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 ************************************************************************* Estate sale for George T. WELLS in Spencer Co. - a lot of names that connect to research being done here - surnames listed: ANDERSON, BEAUCHAMP, BECKHAM, BENNET, BOWLS, BRIDWELL, BROWN, BUCKNER, CUNNINGHAM, DAVIS, EASLEY, EDRINGTON, EGGEN, FLOYD, HARDESTY, HEADY, KURTZ, LINDERMAN, MARTIN, MADDUX, MATHIS, McCROCKLIN, NORMAN, SCOTT, STOUT, THOMAS, TUCKER, TYGERT, VANDYKE, This sale was awfully hard to read in places as though the clerk was in a hurry and didn't really form some of his letters but just scrawled them quickly. Hopefully I haven't misread anyone's name - some items were beyond my ability to decipher. Spencer Co. KY Will Book B p. 557 The following contains a true and just list of all the personal Estate of George L. WELLS Dec'd as made by Edmund STONE Admr. of the Estate 16 Septr. 1845 William VAN DYKE - 1 lot of old irons - $1.00 Francis BOWLS - (ditto) - 1.12 1/2 H. K. BROWN - 3 old axes - .25 Wm. VANDYKE - 2 hammers & cut Saw (?) - .81 Francis BOWLS - 1 ---- and Iron wedge - .62 1/2 Wm. VANDYKE - 2 pr. Hinges & Iron Bolt - .75 H. K. BROWN - 3 Hoes - .12 1/2 Wm. VAN DYKE - 2 Tools (?) - 1.00, Sledge hammer & crow bar - 3.87 1/2 1 pair Gear & Hip Straps 2.62 2/3 3 Halter chains 1.43 Francis BOWLS - 1 pair steel yards 2.55 Wm. FLOYD - 1 Bolster - 1.00, 1 Steel hammer 1.50 Wm. VANDYKE - 1 ---- Adze - 1.62 1/2 Angello ERWIN (EVAN?) 2 Hand axes - .87 1/2 Wm. VAN DYKE - 2 chisels Gr--- 1.10 1 pair Comprass (?) Rake - 1.00 1 pair Pinchers & pitch fork - 1.00 1 lot of old irons - .81 H. W. SCOTT - 1 Iron Square - .45 Wm. FLOYD - 2 Small Augers .56 1 Ten Inch Auger - .56 Wm. VANDYKE - 2 Augers Jas. W. BECKHAM - 1 Grumming hoe & spade - .50 Francis BOWLS - 1 Ox tongue slider (?) and chains 2.12.1/2 Jas. WELLS - 1 Grind Stone - .50 1 Bench Screw - .30 F. B. MATHIS - 1 two horse plow - 1.37 1/2 Abner NORMAN - 1 small plow - 2.00 F. B. MATHIS - 1 pair Double trees and single tree - .62 1/2 Jas. WELLS - 1 pair Stretchers - 1.31 Jas. W. BECKHAM - 1 Scythe & 1 Cradle - 1.75 Wm. MADDUX - 1 Cart - 10.00 Jas. WELLS - 2 Cart wheels - 7.50 Geo. KURTZ - 1 pair mill stones, hopper and frame - 1.25 Wm. VANDYKE - 1 pair slide runners - .50 Geo. W. ANDERSON - 1 --- Frame - 1.00 Anney WELLS - 2 skillets - 2.00 1 Griddle & Boiler - .40 Wm. TYGERT (?) - 1 Oven - .45 Wm. VANDYKE - 1 Skillet and Jugg - .45 Anney WELLS - 1 Brass Kettle & stand - 2.55 H. BEAUCHAMP - 1 water bucket - .25 Anney WELLS - 1 Bucket and keeler - .25 1 Keeler -.05 1 Tea Kettle - .50 Abner NORMAN - 1 1/2 bushel - .81 Anney WELLS - 1 bureau - 15. 1 brass clock - 15. 1 press - 8. 1 Sugar chest - 2. James WELLS - 1 large looking glass - 4.00 Wm. FLOYD - 4 Brittiania Cups - 1.00 Benjamin T. WELLS - 1 Decanter - .90 Wm. VANDYKE - 1 large preserve jar - .12 1/2 Jas. WELLS - 1 1/2 Doz. stem glasses - 1.00 1 1/2 dozen ditto - .96 Abner NORMAN - 1 Doz Tumblers - 1.50 Wm. VANDYKE - 2 large Tumblers - .20 Isaac BEAUCHAMP - 1 pitcher - .20 Wm. VANDYKE - 1 Sugar box - .50 Geo. W. ANDERSEN - 2 Dishes - 1.20 Jos. EGGEN - 1 lot of plates - .50 Jas. MILLER - 1 /2 Doz plates - .66 Anney WELLS - 1 lot of cupboard ware - 25.00 1 coffee mill - 1.00 Newman WELLS - 1 Trunnel bed & Bedding - 6.50 Jas. WELLS - 1 Lot of knives & forks - 2.00 Anney WELLS - 1 set Ditto - 1.50 Abner NORMAN - 1 Carving knife & for , 1 steel - .93 Isaac BEAUCHAMP - 1 Butchers knife - .31 Abner NORMAN - 1 Ditto - .43 Harvey BEAUCHAMP - 1 Ditto & file - .15 Anney WELLS - 1 lot of books - 1.00 Moses V. BUCKNER - 2 Books - .37 1/2 Sam'l LINDERMAN - 3 Ditto - .31 Harran EDRINGTON - 1 Ditto - .18 Anney WELLS - 1 Candle stick - .25 Jas. WELLS - 1 pair candle sticks - 1.55 Jas. L (?) HEADY - 1 Small shot gun - 10.15 Caleb HARDESTY - 1 large shot gun - 9.00 Abraham VANDYKE - 1 Feather bed - 7.90 Anney WELLS - 1 lot of bed clothing - 20.00 1 Cwilt (?) - 3.00 2 trunks - 5.00 Spear MARTIN - 1 Bed & bedstead - 8.75 A. W. THOMAS - 1 hand saw - .80 Anney WELLS - a lot of tools - 1.25 2 smoothing irons - 1.00 A. W. THOMAS - 1 ---- -- ---- 31.75 (yoke of oxen?) John DAVIS - 1 white Bull - 4.10 Coleman E. WELLS - 1 small --- heifer 3.10 John DAVIS - 1 muly heifer - 5.60 Wm. STOUT Sr. - 1 total red heifer - 6.30 Coleman E. WELLS - 1 red heifer hole in each ear - 4.50 J. B. BRIDWELL - 1 large red heifer 1/2 crop each ear - 6.27 1/2 Harrison EDRINGTON - 1 white steer 7.00 Mark E. HUSTON - 1 red steer white --- 8.50 1 red steer, white face - 8.90 Newman WELL - 1 Balck steer - 8.20 1 Entire red steer - 8.25 F. B. MATHIS - 1 red steer with broken horn - 6.10 Anney WELLS - 1 colt - 10.00 John B. McCROCKLIN - 1 black horse - 18.00 H. BEAUCHAMP - 1 stack of oats - 4.25 Jos. EGGEN/EGGER - Ditto - 3.10 - Ditto - 3.35 Isaac BEAUCHAMP - 1 Ditto - 1.85 H. BEAUCHAMP - 1 Ditto - 1.60 Isaac BEAUCHAMP - 6 acres of corn - 20.00 Saml. LINDERMAN - 1 Brace & Bits - 2.30 Thos. TUCKER - 2 gimlets - .20 Wm. VANDYKE - 1 cork screen and gimblet - .16 H. BEAUCHAMP - 2 awls & gimblets - .12 1/2 Spear MARTIN - 4 gimblets - .10 Anney WELLS - 1 negro hirls hire to Christmas - 5.00 Wm. FLOYD - 1 boy Augustus hire to Christmas - 27.00 Robert CUNNINGHAM - 1 boy Abram hired to Christmas - 27.00 Wm. BENNET - 1 small boy Ditto - 1.00 Robt. CUNNINGHAM - 2 pewter boxes (?) 2.00 Alfred McCROCKLIN - 2 bowls, cups (?) .10 Wm. McKROCKLIN - 2 goards of shot - .04 1/2 (?) Jas. WELLS - 1 goard of shot - .15 John B. McCROCKLIN - 1 gray horse - 17.50 Wm. MADDOX - 1 small mare - 10.00 Miller EASLEY - 4 ---- ---- .30 Anney WELLS - 1 large kettle ----- .26 Total : $485.15 1/4 Returned to Spencer Co. Court 6 October 1845 by the administrators (not named when recorded) ============================================================================