Fayette County PA Archives Court.....Sproat, Joseph March 2, 1838 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/fayette/ ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty klbeatty@npgcable.com January 6, 2007, 3:13 pm Source: Josiah V. Thompson Journals Written: March 2, 1838 1 Eight day brass clock & case $30. 6 Windsor chairs, Brown coulour [sic] 3. 6 Windsor old chairs 2. 2 Rocking chairs & a split bollom [sic] Do. 1.50 6 Fancy Windsor Chairs 2.50 1 Settie [sic] 4. 1 pair falled leafed [sic] tables & covers 6. 1 candle stand & cover 1. 1 dineing [sic] table falled leaf 2. 1 Beadsted, [sic] bed & bedding in the front room 30. corner cupboard, contents, waiters &c &c $12. Carpeting in the back room & entry including some old upstairs 5. 4 Window curtains downstairs 2.50 1 large Bible & books of different denominations 3. 1 small bed upstairs in the entry & bedding 15. 1 case of drawers & contents containing the Decd waring [sic] apparel 10. 1 bed in the front room upstairs 8. A lot of bedcloaths [sic] consisting of 3 coverlids [sic], 2 calico quilts &c 10. 1 old chest .50 Contents of Kitchen Cupboard tin buckets candle sticks &c 28. 6 Iron Kittles [sic] from ten to 15 gallons each, old copper do, small pots etc. 20. 1 old kitchen table .50 A lot of Beacon containing 41 pieces supposed to be 400 lbs 28. A part of a barrel of salt 2. 8 burlled [sic] bags old 3. 1 big wheel .75 1 old loom & tacklings 2. 1 old cosscut saw, foot adds, grubing how, pichforks etc. 3. 1 pair of stilyards 1. 1 old waggon 8. 2 old axes & iron wedg 1.25 1 grindstone 2. A lot of corn in the crib 1. A lot of old horse gears 4. 1 old windmill 3. 1 old sleigh 1. 1 old cutting box 1. A lot of old tubs 1. A lot of old Rye supposed to be six bushels 2.50 A lot of wheat supposed to be 26 bushels of a middling quality 15. 1 wire sive 1 grey mare supposed to be seven years old 50. 1 old grey mare supposed to be 20 years old 10. 1 old brown horse $15. 1 small strawberry roan horse, old 25. 1 black & white cow 12. 1 read [sic] & white cow 10. 1 brown & white cow 10. 1 Red & white cow, with a white belly & white on the face 11. 1 Read heffier [sic] with a white face & belly 10. 1 speckled heffier 10. 1 two year old red steer 12. 4 two year old cattle, 2 steers & 2 heffiers 25. ? 5 yearlen [sic] calves 20. 8 hogs, 3 soews & 5 shoats 20. 13 pigs 10. 1 sorrel coalt called Elijah's (a coulered [sic] boy) 10. 1 fontplough [sic] 5. 1 brown plough doubletrees 8. 1 field of wheat next the Morgantown Road sup to be 15 A. 37.50 1 field below the house sup to be 8 A 16. 1 field by the house 2/3 of it, the other 1/3 to Magill sup to be 6 A. 4. 30 sheep at $1 each 30. 1 three square harrow 2. 1 shovel plough .50 Total $625. We the undersigned appraisers after having been sworn and affirmed as the law directs do certify that the within scheduell of property shewen [sic] to us by the above named executors is a true valuation according to the best of our judgement and abillitey as witness our hands & seals the day & year above written. Saml Dunlap (seal) William Boyd (seal) Joseph Defenbaugh (seal) A statement of all debts due the estate of Joseph Sproat, late of German Tp, Decd as far as they have come to our Knowledg [sic] up to this date April 18, 1838. Cash on hand at the death of the Decd $64.37 1/2 Amount of Judgt on Esqr Wilson's docket against Harvey Grove for $25 with interest on same up to this date: 34.06 One bill on Perry Grove for $5.67 5.67 Ballance of an account with Mr Ranshaw 2.68 A note of George Gilaspie of Green County dated Apr 18, 1838 for rent 75.83 Recd of Asbury Struble for rent of the farm he lives on for 1837 & to the 1st of Apr 1838 101.00 $283.61 1/2 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb