Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills and Estates 
     James LANCASTER, estate appraisement (partial), 1798 

Estate: LANCASTER, James, Southampton Co, VA    (1798)    (partial)

Inventory and Appraisment of the Estate of James Lancaster, deceased.
                                                                    £  s  d 
4 plow hoes, 1 hatchet, 2 axes & parcel of old hoes, 1 addz (adze?) 1  4  9 
1 pair shears, 1 carving knife & others, 1 cositter?, 2 saws, chisels 
                                                                    1 12  6 
1 auger, 2 iron pins, 1 anng?, 2 stock tanps?, 2 R hooks, 2 D knives 
                                                                    1 18  6
3 iron winges, 3 n axes, 7 ratchets, 1 taylors goose, 1 logger head 1 10  6
2 pair shears, 1 bell, 2 rasps, 1 pair nipliers, 2 saw rests, 2 brass cocks 
                                                                    1 14  6 
2 plases?, a parcel of shoe lasts, 2 curry combs, 1 basket of lumber 
                                                                    1 17  1-1/2
1 box of lumber, 1 pint measure, a parcel of harse? collars & hams  1 17  0
1 ship saw, a paracel of lumber, 18 work sirens?, 1 H mill & of 6 gur? 
                                                                    1 11  0 
3 hooks, 1 ax, 1 auger, 1 gong?, 1 chisel, 1 hammer, 1 iron pessel (pestle?), 
          1 pair tongs                                              1  4  0 
1 stear (steer?) yoke, 1 pair hire?, 1 sheepskin & stand, 1 pigskin, 
          1 grind stone                                             2 17  0 
1 apple mill, 1 fan mill & indigo? stand?, 1 cow, 3 calves         11  8  0 
6 cows & 3 yoke of steers, 1 yearling, 15 sheep & 2 roans?         73 10  0 
19 barrels, 2 ploughs, 1 wheel barrow                               2  4  0 
1 negro man, Jack                                                  50  0  0 
1 negro man, Lewis                                                 60  0  0 
1 negro woman, Saly & child Tibs?                                  45  0  0 
(end of page - but not end of inventory)

Researcher comments:
The taker of the inventory seems to have used abbreviations for some items 
such as 2 R hooks, 2 D knives, 3 N axes.  I believe N may equal narrow, D may 
equal dressing [or draw]; these are guesses on my part.  

A steer yoke is a wooden frame with a bar with loops or bows at either end 
used for harnessing together a pair of oxen (or steers). 
Taylor's goose - one definition in the dictionary is: a tailor's smoothing 
iron, so called from the resemblance of its handles to the neck of a goose. 
A roan is a descriptive color of a horse. 
A loggerhead - a spherical mass of iron with a long handle, used to heat tar. 
The £, s, d stands for librae solide denarii or pounds/shillings and pence 
which was the currency of the time. 
This inventory was very difficult to read - writing was very small and letters 
close together.  I include this portion of the document in the event it may be 
of interest to those researching the Lancaster name. 

Source: Library of Virginia
Will Book 5, 1797-1804
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, page 18

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