Wills: and Inventory, John Whiteline, 1850: Napier Twp, Bedford County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ruth Ryan. rryan@monmouth.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. In the name of God amen. I, John Whiteline of Napier Township, Bedford County, State of Pennsylvania, farmer, being sick and weak in body but of sound mind, memory, and understanding, praise be to God for it, and considering the certainty of Death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and to the end, I may be the better prepared to leave the world whenever it shall please God to call me hence, do therefore make and declare this my last will and testament in manner following: this is to say, first and principally, I commend my soul into the hands of almighty God my Creator, hoping for free pardon and remission of all my sins and to enjoy everlasting happiness in the heavenly kindom through Jesus Christ my Savior, my body I commit to the Earth at the discretion of my Executors herein after named. I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Cevillah one good bed, one ___, three chairs, one table, one German Chest, Cooking Stove and pipe and the necessary cooking implements belonging to the stove and the necessary quantity of Cubards (sic) ware such as plated dishes, cups, and saucers, knifes,& forks, my will is that my beloved wife shall have two rooms upstairs, one large and the small rooms adjoining during her natural lifetime and the balance of my personal property shall be sold after being duly appraised and the proceeds thereof shall be divided among my children as will be hereafter named. That is to say, my son John, my son John H., my son Nicholas, & my daughter Savinah, share and share alike, and my book accounts against my sons & daughter shall be included as personal property. I will and bequeath to my daughter Margaret, intermarried to Philip Emmert, ten dollars as her share in full (she having received her share hertofore equal to all my children) as well of the real Estate as of the personal property. My will is that my Daughter Savinah shall have six sheep, one cow, and one heiffer, two hogs, six chairs, one good bedstead and the necessary bedding, or in other words, one good bed, one good barrow, one dining table, goods, one dough tray, and my corner cubboard and she shall house and keep her dishes and plates that she now has. All the above decribed articles I bequest to her as extra. My will is that my Real Estate shall be rented or Leased out to the best advantage so long as my beloved wife shall live during her natual life time. My wife Cevillah shall have pasture for one cow or two during the summer and sufficient hay for one cow during the winter and she shall have sufficient grain for to bread her, and her stocks such as three or four hogs and such chickens as she wants to raise and she shall have the half of the garden during her lifetime and the amount of the income of my farm (that is after the support of my wife and my daughter Savinah so long as she will stay with her mother. Shall be sold as my executors hereafter named shall think best. If my executors think best to sel my farm before the death of my wife, they can do so, first attaining her consent. And after the death of my beloved wife Cervillah, my farm may be sold after due notice given to the highest and best bidder and the proceeds of said sale shall be divided equal among my three sons and my daughter savinah, sahre and share alike. And I make and ordain my son John Whiteline Jr. and my son John H. Whiteline, my lawful Executors fo this my last will and testament. In ____whereof, I, the said John Whiteline, to this my last will and testament set my hands and seal declaring this is to be my last will and testament dated the 12 day of August A.D. 1850 An inventory taken of the good and chattles of John Whiteline deceased this 14th day of September A.D. 1850 one Stove & pipe one Bureau one Doublebarel shotgun one Eight day Clock one Breakfast table Five Chairs one lunch one looking glass one pair stilyards one Dough tray one Bed one German Chest one riding bridle one Stand Two bedstids one Chard & chafftick two flax hackels one waggon Cover one picklestand & wheel one loom & tackling tso hatters one sett Sleigh bells one lot of Shoemaker tools & bench one Still kettle one copper kittle & feefs lan one wood saw & square one lot of augers one hand ax one lot of shissels one half bushel one spinning wheel two flour Carls two bowls & sole leather one Cockle Seave one lot of Crocks & jugs one watering can Six Rakes one lot of window glass one lot of old iron on Sett of bread baskets one log chain one Rocking Cradle one iron kettle one iron pot & tuckoven one copper pan & griddle one skillet & teakittle one grind Stone one mans Saddle one Side Saddle one Riding bridle one Ditto two Ditto two plains pinchers & saw two drawing knife & guague one pair of Sled runners one trowel & hook one Syth & knead one lot of Boards one ax & Clever one vinegar barl & mead tub one lockmachine on waggon one lot of tubs & Cask one glass lantern two pans & skillet one lot of tinware one Sett of blacksmith tools one pair of Waggonladder & harrow one waggon one Collar Chains & strap one baldface mare Six hogs Cutting box barl & pick Four Stacks of hay one spotted heiffer two youngs Steers one Med Cow one Spring Calf two Sheep Ten geese Cash on hand 18.50 Bookaccount 295.34 Bedford County Personly appeared before the Subscriber one of our Justices of the Peace in and for Said County Nicholas Kegg & Solomon Egolf the two appraisors of the goods and Chattles of John Whiteline deceased, and after being duly sworn according to law, do depose & say that they did appraise all the goods and Chattles of John Whiteline des what had been presented to them by the Executors of Said deceased. Sworn & subscribed before me this 21 day of September 1850 John Lindsay