CRAVEN COUNTY, NC - Inventories - Estate of Richard Blackledge, 1777.

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INVENTORY of the Real & Personal Estate of Richard Blackledge, Esq. 
Deceased taken October 20th 1777 Vizt:

15530 Acres of Land or there About 49 Negroes 320 Head of Cattle or 
there Abouts 1/2 Lott No 108 Lott No.46 Do 36 Do 404 Do 405 Do 406 & Do 
238 with Half a Front Lott held with Mr Neale where the Slaughter House 
Stands Salt Works as they now Stand at the Mouth of Cour Creek being 50 
Acres of Land with a Salt Pann Abt 2-3 done 14 by 18 feet Squair about 
1700 wt Barr Iron & a Suffciency of Plates to finish the Pann About 700 
wt Lead 8 Kittles fixed for Boyling 3 Yoke of Oxen 2 Carts 1 Set of 
Smiths tools 3 Boats 2 Cows & Calves & Sundry Tools Consisting of Axes, 
Hoes, Spades, Saws &c &C for the use of the Works with some Little 
furniture for use of the Works People Beds &c abt 20M Bricks to put the 
Pann up with & Abt. 4 m of Lumber to make Resurvoys &c Half the Brigg 
Ann with Capt. Stephen Williams now Abt Cadiz or up the Straits & Half 
her Cargo out of which Stephen Williams has remitted three Hundred 
Pounds Sterling 1/4 of 5-16 of a Schooner called the Beaufort on a 
voyage to the West Indies Commanded by Capt Annible 1-6 of a Brigg now 
Building at Beaufort by Peter Nowe & Robert Walpoole 3-16 of a Schooner 
Called the Ellinor now Building at Otter Creek by Mr. Adam Tooley 60 
Head of Sheep 250 Head of Hogs or there Abouts Crop on the Grounds 
10Horses 1 Riding Chair & 1 Sulkey One Womens Saddle 1 Silver Mounted 
Gun 1 P Pistols & a Small Sword 3 Pr Timber Wheels & 2 Screws, 2 Scows 
belonging to the Mills & 1 Canow, 2 Canows belonging to the Plantation 
&1 Old Bay Boat 1 Set of Smiths Tooles 1 Set of Gun Mounting a Parcell 
of Old Iron belonging to Batchelors Creek Mill abt 200 wt 4 Spare Saws & 
1 Dozen Files, 3 Pistil Locks 3 Barrs of Run Steele 6 Scythes 2 Cane 
Knives 2 Old Pistol Barrells, 15 Old Gunns & Gun Ball. 22 Bayonetts, 3 
Old Mill saws 2 Sets of Steele Jinn Rowlers 8 Sets of Wooden Ginn 
rowlers 1 Ginn 50 wt Nails 1 Pr Hayforks 53 wt Iron Hoops 80 pains of 
Glass 1 Crucible 4 Jamaca Mill Cranks 41 Iron Mill rounds abt 250 wt 
Iron 200 wt Nail Rods abt 550 Sides of Leather in the Tan Yards 1 Copper 
Distill abt 50 wt Old Brass 1 Small Old Still 1 Old Tea Kittle 3 Pair of 
Hinges 8 Narrow Axes Pr Wedges 2 Broad Axes 1 Iron Tooth Harrow 5 
Grubing Hoes 15 Weeding & Hillin Hoes 1 Dutch Fann 1 BrassSwivill 3 
Bitts 2 Pr Styrup Irons 2 Mens Saddles 1 Bryer Hook 7 Cart Boxes 7 
Flecke Plows 5 Barr Plows 3 Grind Stones 4 Setts of Plow Geers & 2 
Snaffle Bridles 1 New Coopers Axe & 1 Set of Coopers Tools & Some Spair 
Truss Hoops 2 Brass Cocks 2 Trucks 2 Carts some Old Blocks a Parcel of 
Brick Moulds abt 400 wt Old Iron Consisting of Axes, hoes Plows &c the 
Sweeping of the Smiths Shop Abt 500 wt Old Iron that came out of the 
Mill that was Burnt belonging to Wm Blackledge Pr Worsted Combs 3 Stone 
Oil Jarrs & Abt 30 gallons of Oil 7 Pr Cards 6 Woolen Wheeles 2 Linnen 
Ditto 2 Lumes 3 Pair of Harness 5 Stays 2 Pair of Stulyards & P Scales & 
Weights 3 Hackels 1 Wire rim Sive 1 Pr Sheep Shears 1 Ginn Case & Abt 6 
Doz Qt Bottles 2 Dozen Flat 2 Gallon Ditto & 2 Dozen Round 2 Gallon Do 1 
Gallon Pott 1 Qt Pott Funnell & Libra of Books Abt 70 Barrells of Pork 1 
Set of Tools for use of the Tan Yards & for Currying.

Household Furniture &c Vizt

6 Silver Table Spoons 1 Soop Ditto 12 Tea Do 1 Punch Ladle 1 Set of 
Caster with four Stands 1 Tea Chest 1 Glass Stand 7 Syllabub Glasses 2 
Decanters of 10 Wine Glasses 1 Large Tumbler 3 Small ditto 3 Looking 
Glasses 3 Hash Dishes 1 1\2 dozen Chinae Plates 3 Chinea Bowls 2 ditto 
Tea Potts 1 Do Milk Pott 1 Stone Tea Pot 1 Coffee Pott Queens Ware Six 
Chiney Coffee Cups & Saucers 6 Do Tea Cups & Saucers 1 Queens China 
Sallet Dish 2 1/2 Dozen Queens Chinea Flatt Plates 2 1\4 Dozen Do Soop 
Ditto 4 Large Queens China Chocolate Pott 10 Large Case Knives & forks 6 
Breakfast Knives & forks 1 Queens China Boat 2 Delf Bowls 11 Butter 
Potts 1 Japaned Sugar Dish 3 Earthen Pans & 14 Tart Molds 2 Chests 2 
Trunks 1 Port Mantau Trunk 1 Dining Table 2 Tea Tables 12 Winsor Chairs 
1 Couch 1 Candle Stand 1 Pr Hand Bellows 4 Pr Hand Irons 2 Shovels & 1 
Pr Tongs 4 Large Pewter Dishes 6 small Ditto 5 Pewter Basons 25 Pewter 
Plates & Iron Potts 1 Small Iron Kittle 1 Large Brass Kittle 1 Small 
Dito 3 frying Pans 1 Bell Mettle Skillit 1 Iron Do 1 Pr waffle Irons 5 
Pr Pott Hooks 3 Trammells 1 Pr flatt Irons 3 Candle Sticks 2 Pr Snuffers 
1 Wire Sive 2 Milk Pans 3 Salts 1 Pewter Tureen & 1 Cullender 1 Close 
Brush 3 Suits of Curtains & 5 Feather Beds & Furniture 6 Beadsteads & 
Chords.

Richd Blackledge, Exr.