SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Robert Speed, 14 Dec 1790 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Robert ) Speed ) An Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Robert Speed, Inventory & ) deceased, taken December 14th 1790. Appraisem't ) 1 horse £ 6 0 0 26 head cattle 30 15 0 8 hogs @ 4.16, 1 sow & 8 shoats £2.7.6, 2 sows 9 11 6 & 13 piggs £2.8 4 weeding hoes 7/6, 2 grubbing ditto 3/, 4 axes 1 5 6 & 1 hatchet 15 1 pair iron wedges 7/6, a parcel of augers & chisels 4/6 0 12 0 2 hand saws 8/, 3 rasp hooks 2/, a parcel of coopers 0 14 6 tools 2 pewter dishes 9/, 2 ditto basons 6/, 9 ditto plates 12/ 1 7 0 9 spoons 1/6, 6 knives & forks 3/, 775 lbs salted pork 7 19 6 @ 7.15 325 lbs salted pork £3.5, 3 barrels and 1 lb tess? 3 14 0 3/ 5 washing tubs 7/6, 1 bread tray & 3 baskets 4/6, 1 pork? 1 4 0 2 piggins, & 2 noggins 4/, 3 noggins 3/, 2 canns 2/6, 1 frying pan 2/6 3 iron potts 12/, 1 ditto pot rack 3/, 1 grid iron 4/ 0 19 0 1 skillet and spider 3/, 2 pair of fire tongs and a 0 10 6 hovel 5/6, 1 griddle 2/ 3 sives 3/, a parcel of dry'd beef 6/, 1 stone pott of 0 17 0 lard 8/ 1 stone jugg, 2 ditto potts and 1 pitcher of hogs lard 1 3 6 2 gourds of hogs lard 9/, 2 do of soap grees, 1 parcel 0 18 3 of benches and stools 1/3, 1 old tub 1/, 2 earthen dishes 6/ 17 earthen plates 5/, 3 punch bowels 6/, 1 dutch 1 0 0 oven 9/ 3-1/2 bushels salt 8/9, 2 plow hoes 6/, 1 flax brake 4/ 0 18 9 1 jug of vinegar teste? 4, 5 bushels of potatoes £2 1 11 6 1 basket peas 2/ 25 barrels long corn £9.7.6, 4 barrels of short ditto 18/ 10 5 6 a parcel of pickled fish 4/, 2 iron chains & leather 0 13 0 traces 9/ 1 raw hide 7/6, 1 box of lumber 3/3, a parcel of shoe 1 1 0 lasts 10/ a parcel of carting harness 3/, 1 half bushel measure 1/6, 1 9 0 1 box of lumber 6/6, a parcel of unbroke flax 3/1, a parcel of fodder 15/ 3 baskets 1/6, a parcel of leather £1-10-1, tub of peas 3/ 1 17 6 1 cagg of flax seed 1/6 though and good of soap 6/ 0 7 6 a parcel of blue wool 6/, 1 chamber & earthen pott 3/6 0 9 6 a parcel of flax and To is? 6d, a parcel of cotton £1-5 1 5 6 a parcel of spun and unspun cotton 6/, 4 stone jugs 2/ 0 8 0 91 4 0 (new page) Brought over 91 4 0 1 woolen wheel 7/6, 1 ditto do 8/, 3 pair cards 9/ 1 4 6 3 pair cards 4/, 1 basen and geer £1-0, 13 baskets 4/ 1 8 0 1 shoe makers seat and tools 12/, 2 box irons and 1 2 0 heaters 10/ 1 stone pot of butter 7/6,1 coffee mill 1/3, 2 teapots 1/3 0 10 0 2 vials vinegar cruet & pepper box 1/3, 1 gun 10/, 1 mans saddle 2/6 & ditto do and bridle £2-0,1 womans 4 9 9 ditto £1-16 1 table 5/, 1 flax hackle and pair of low combs 12/ 0 17 0 a parcel of books 10/, 1 chest 10/, 1 ditto 8/, 1 do 3/ 1 17 0 1 case of bottles 6/ 1 linen wheel 12/, 1 pair of warping bars 1/ 0 13 0 2 pair locks 2/, 7 chairs 7/, 2 plow frames 4/6 0 13 6 1 basket 1/, 1 stack of tops and shucks 10/, 1 stack 1 6 0 of do & vs? 15/ 2 stacks of blades 12/, 1 cart and wheels 15/, 1 grubbing 1 11 6 hoe and parcel of rope 2/, 1 candle mold 1/, 1 oak runslet 1/6 1 bed and furniture £6-0-1 ditto & do £5-0, 1 do & do £4 19 15 8 1 ditto £4-10, 1 bedstead 4/, 1 strap of leather & glass tumbler 1/8 6 geese 9/, 1 small trunk 3/, 1 stone pott 3/, 1 do jug 9d 0 15 9 £ 127 7 8 In obedience to an Order of the worshipful Court of Southampton County bearing date December 1790, we the subscribers being first sworn, have appraised all the personal estate of the said deceased that was brought to our view. Given under our hands this 7th day of april 1791. James Edwards Henry Briggs his Richard X Johnson mark The foregoing contains a true and perfect inventory of the estate of Robert Speed, dec'd, as came to my knowledge. John Johnson At a Court held for the County of Southmark the 13th day of October 1791 This Inventory and appraisement of the estate of Robert Speed, dec'd, was this day returned and ordered to be recorded. Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book 4, 1783-1797 Southampton Co, VA Reel 17, pages 453-454 Notes: Numbers may not add properly due to my inability to properly decipher them. A shoat is a young hog. Do stands for ditto. Cruet is a vial or small glass bottle used on the table for holding vinegar oil,etc Piggin is a small wooden dipper; also a small wooden pail with a long handle Noggin is a small mug or cup To card is to comb cotton, wool, flax etc for purposes of cleansing it; making it fine & soft for spinning. Shuck: the covering shell or husk of corn; to shuck corn is to remove outer cover. ___________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________