Charlotte Co., VA Estate of Solomon H. Elam 1843 Submitted 24 Dec 2000 by Alice Ellingsberg Type of Record: Inventory and appraisement Record: Estate of Solomon H. Elam Date of Record: 15 November 1843 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB 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. ************************************************************************ Charlotte Court House 15 August 2000 Will Book 8, pages 278a and 278b (278a) An Inventory & appraisement of the Estate of Solomon H. Elam decd The 15th November 1843 - Lot water vessels Ferkin & china 1:00 Am't Brot over 1206:25 5 pots 2ovens & 2? 5:00 young Bay Mare 40:00 1 Brass 1 Tea Kettle 2 pot racks & hooks 3:00 Bay Horse 50:00 11 Beehives @ $1- 11:00 Old Bay mare 10 pole ? 3:00 2 Small colts @ $10 20:00 5 ? Hoes & 16 hill hoes 7:00 2?, ? & ? 15:00 5 Spades 2:50 Lot wheat Straw 15:00 5 canisters 1:50 ? Mill 10:00 1 Handsaw 2 drawing knives 4 ? 2 wheat hogsheads 10:00 1 ? 3 chisels hammer & ? 3:00 1 ? Bushel :25 2 pr Iron wedges 1:00 140 Bushels Wheat @50cts 70:00 Basket old Irons 1:00 Parcel plank 2:00 6 Trowell hoes & old dagon hoes 2:25 Lot Shingles 5:00 Lot plows 15:00 Waggon & gear for horses 50:00 Horse Cart 6:00 Lot plow gear 3:00 Ox Cart 12:00 Log chain & Stretcher 2:00 100 Barrels Corn @ $2 200:00 Lot of Wheat Barrels & ? 1:00 3 raw hydes 4:00 Lot old Barrels 1:50 Supposed 10,000 lbs ? 250:00 Remnant Harness Leather :50 28 Head of Cattle @ $5 140:00 Parcel meal & Bags 1:00 yoke oxen 27:50 3 Barrels & ? Vinegar 1:00 2 Sows & 11 pigs 8:00 Lot ? Tubs & Table 1:00 23 Hogs 30:00 Lot Jugs 13 stacks oats @ $10 130:00 Negro Man Cuffy 50:00 1500 lbs pork @ $4 60:00 Man Harrison 125:00 60 sheep @ $1.75 105:00 __ Nelson 450:00 6000 lbs Blade Fodder 30:00 Granderson 450:00 Bay Colt 25:00 Daniel 425:00 yellow do 20:00 Miles 450:00 Sorrel Mare 25:00 Elbert 250:00 Old Black Horse 5:00 Boy Isaac 450:00 Black Mare 30:00 __ Simon 450:00 Young Black Horse 40:00 __ Abram 260:00 (page 278b) Brot over (Brot up) Negro Boy Milton 350:00 Tin ferkin 1:00 ________ Jo 300:00 17 chairs 8:50 ________ Cumby 450:00 3 Sad Irons :50 Woman Prudy 50:00 1 pr end Irons :50 ________ America 275:00 2 Trivets :12 Girl Martha 275:00 Pine press & contents 4:00 Matilda & 3 children Lyree _ _ Pine ? 1:50 Mary & Sally 500:00 1 pr steel ? 1:00 Polly & 5 children Amy, John _ _ Lot Books 1:00 Amanda, Mary, Louvenia 1000:00 7 Earthen Dishes 2:00 Kitty & child Elbert 400:00 5 pitchers & 3 bowls 1:50 Lucy & 7 children Sarah, Katey, Albert} - - Lot Earthen plates 2:00 Lovey, Erasmus, Lucy, Ann, James, Thos 1600:00 2 Tin waiters & bread pan :25 Edney & 5 children, Jane, Frances } - 8 ? 2:00 Churchwell, Granderson, Ann 1100:00 Lot Butter pots 2:25 Elizabeth & 3 children James} - - Parcel Feathers 12:00 Sarah Jane Hillary 725:00 Walnut folding table 3:00 Patsey & 3 children Green Peggy} - - Looking Glass :75 Dick 725:00 2 pine chests & old trunk 6:00 Pink & child Sandy 350:00 8 table cloths & 6 towels 6:00 Melissa 275:00 5 plain cotton ? ? 10:00 Fanney 300:00 8 Figured cotton ? ? 35:00 Narcissa 300:00 8 Do yarn ? ? 40:00 Grind stone 1:00 2 Bed quilts 5:00 Parcel flax 3:00 5 Bed blankets 7:50 Cutting Machine 8:50 Parcel Tallow 4:00 7 Scythes & cradles 7:00 14 pr Sheets & 7 pillow Cases 30:00 1 Barrel Measure :50 1 pr End Irons 2:00 « of cross cut Saw 4:00 6 Beds steads & furniture 150:00 Flax wheel & Hatchel 2:50 17 geese 2:50 1 spinning wheet & 1 pr cards 2:00 14111:62 1 Do & 2 pr cards 2:00 Supposed 600 lbs seed cotton 2 Do & 5 pr cards 2:00 @ 2 « c 15:00 Wheat Seive :25 2 pr Sheep Shears :75 Bed Stead & ? :50 Parcel of old Tire Iron & ? Steel 1:00 Loom and warping Card 2:50 2 Small Stacks Hay 1:00 2 Shot Guns 1:00 one ? ? C. Ingram 4th Nov 1843 62.46 Case knives & forks 1:50 Cash on hand 3684:61 4 Pewter Bason & 2 Dishes 2:50 $17876:44 Lot Tin 1:00 13765:75 Agreeably To an order of the Lot Bottles :25 County Court of Charlotte To Brittania Coffee & tea pot 2:50 us directed we the undersigned 2 coffee mills :75 appraisers being first duly 3 candle sticks & 1 pr snuffers :25 sworn for that purpose have 1 pine table :25 appraised the slaves and other Personal property showed us as The Estate of Solomon H. Elam Decd and ditto find the end of page - following page missing from my notes