Inventory of Joseph BARNS (1753); Cecil County, MD Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Edgar Bralley http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00014.html#0003267 Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ********************************************************* Inventory of the Estate of Joseph Barns, deceased Fil’d 29 August in ye Year 1753 August 24th 1753. Appriz’d by us the Subscribers (chosen Apprizers of the Estate of Joseph Barns, Deceased, by Mary Barns, Relict and Executrix and James Porter, Saml. Scott & Willm Maxwel, Guardians; as followeth: To 13 Hogs 4 14 00 To Harrow Teeth 0 02 06 To Ploy & Tacklings 1 00 00 To Axes, Maul-Rings & Wedges 0 10 06 To Augres, Goudges & Shaveing Knife 0 04 06 To 3 old Sickles 0 02 00 To 2 Forks 0 02 06 To 3 old Wheels and a Reel 0 10 00 To a Table and 5 chairs 0 13 00 To Hoe, fire-shovel, hammer and thongs 0 10 00 To Dresser furniture 2 07 00 To Earthen-Ware, & Butler & Wooden Utensils 1 08 00 To Wool 1 17 06 To Chests & Cupboard 3 12 00 To Beds & Bedsteads 3 07 00 To Wheat 10 00 00 To Flax & Hay 1 00 00 To Corn 8 00 00 To Oats 1 07 00 To Black-Cattle 17 10 00 To a Mare & Colt 11 00 00 To a 2 Year-old Colt 9 00 00 To a Bay Mare 8 10 00 To Sheep 8 00 00 To a Servant-Man 11 00 00 To a Slade & Carr 0 03 00 To Geese 0 10 00 To 2 Guns 1 00 00 To a Saddle & Bridle 2 00 00 To an old Saddle 0 05 00 To a Bag. 0 10 00 To a Pot & Pot-hooks 0 08 00 To a suite of Clothes 1 15 00 To a Great Coat 1 10 00 To old Clothes 0 12 00 To Stockings, Shoes and Shoe-Buckles 0 10 00 To Hackle & Smoothing-Iron 0 12 00 To Books 1 00 00 To Cash 0 08 00 To Linen Yarn 0 15 00 _________________ 122 03 06 _________________ Brought up from the other Side 122 03 06 To a Note on Saml. Braden & Wm Rowland 9 10 00 To a Note on John mColough Due March Next 1 12 06 To a Bond on Robt. Lyon, Jas. Lyon and Robt. Lyon, Jr. 20 00 00 To a Bond on Ditto Due May 1755 20 00 00 To a Bond on Ditto Due May 56 20 00 00 To a Bond on Ditto Due May 57 20 00 00 To a Bond on Ditto Due May 58 30 00 00 To a Bond on Ditto Due November 1753 20 00 00 _________________ 141 06 00 263 06 00 To Cash Paid in part of a Plantation 023 00 00 286 06 00 Bequeathments To 1 Cow 03 00 00 To 1 Gray Mare 10 00 00 To a Bed & Bed Cloaths 03 00 00 Given under our hands his David P Patton mark [SIGNED] Robert Donnel [SIGNED] Robert Hynman Chester August 29th 1753 THEN Personally appeared David Patton and John Brally (the witnesses to ye within will) – and on their oaths on the holy Evangilists of Almighty God, did depose and Say that they were Personally present and within did see and hear Joseph Barns the testator above within Named, Sign and Seal, Publish, Pronounce and declare the within writing to be his Last Will and Testament and that at the doing thereof he was of Sound mind and Memory to the best of their understandings. And also that the mark P of David Patton and the name Jno. Brally thereunto Set and Subscribed as Witnesses, are of the proper making and handwriting of the said David Patton and John Brally, respectively. JURAT Coram. [SIGNED] Jos. Parker regr