SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Rolls Johnson, 16 Feb 1789 (partial) --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- An Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Rolls Johnson, Deceased, as Taken This 16th day of February 1789: 1 box of lumber 6/, parcel of carpenters tools £2-0-2, 2 bills 1/6 £ 2 7 0 1 bit of iron and a pepper box 10 p, 1 jointer, 1 gimlet, 0 5 10 1 hand saw, 1 trap 5/ 1 carpenters adze 3/, 1 slate 1/3, 1 chisel 1/6, 7 chair frames 7/6 0 13 3 1 table and woollen wheel 5/, parcel of salt 1/, 1 tub, 2 pails 0 8 0 and 1 tray 3/ 1 hogshead and 2 barrels 3/, parcel of wool 1/3 0 4 3 1 basket, 1 peck and 1 small book 1/, 1 coat jacket & breeches 15/ 16 0 0 2 hotas 5/, 12 hogsheads £1-10-0, 3 barrels & 1 rundlet 4/1 1 19 1 3 carts & 1 pr of wheels 17/4, 1 fizgig 3/ ,(doesn't add right) 1 0 4 1 apple mill cyder trough & press 18/, 7 geese 8/9, 3 sheep 16/ 2 2 9 A parcel of shingles 5/, parcel of leather 6 pence 0 5 6 1000 shingles 12/, 1 linen wheel 7/6, 1 stack of tops 1/3 1 0 9 Turning tools 8p, 1 hoe & funnel 2/, 15 of a petty auger 7/6 0 10 3 1 jug 1? 6, 1 meal bag 3/, 3 barrels & 1 basket 1/6 0 6 0 2 wheel barrows 1/6, 1 trunk 4/3, 2 reap hooks & 1 howel 3/6 0 9 3 1 paair of money scales 3/9, a parcel of chair rounds 4/ and 0 10 3 1 grind stone 2/6 1 bridle 3/,1 saddle,1 bridle & back band 9/,1 side saddle £1-10-0 2 2 0 1 raw hide 9/, parcel of flax 6p, carting harness 2/6 0 12 0 1 plug of pease 6p, 1 sheep skin 1/, 1 plow frame & hoe 7/6 0 9 0 3 hoes 14/6, 2 axes & 1 hammer 3/, 1 axe & hammer 3/ 1 0 6 a parcel of pewter 13/, 1 pair of flat irons 5/ 0 18 0 a parcel of knives and forks 2/6, 1 dutch oven 7/6 0 10 0 1 frying pan 5/, 1 small pot & hooks 2/6, 1 skillet 3/ 0 10 6 1 trunk, 1 hone & 2 rasors 3/6, a parcel of books 4/ 0 7 6 1 box of shoemaker tools 3/, 1 curry comb 1/ 0 4 0 1 case of bottles 9/, 6 quart bottles 2/ 0 11 0 (end of page) Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book 4, 1783-1797 Southampton Co, VA Reel 17, page 369 Definitions: fizgig: also called fishgig; an instrument for catching fish at sea howel: a plane with a convex sole used by coopers for smoothing insides of barrels hone: a stone of very fine grit usually of a slaty composition used to sharpen tools, especially razors, a whetstone cooper: one whose occupation is to make & repair barrels & casks of various kinds gimlet: a small boring tool with a handle @ right angles to a shaft having at the other end a spiral pointed cutting edge adz, adze: an ax-like tool used for dressing wood, etc. hogshead: a large barrel or cask, esp. one from 100-140 gallons rundlet: a small barrel or cask of varying capacities ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Von Mings Stachon vonstac@comcast.net ___________________________________________________________________