SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY – ESTATE: WILLIAM BRIDGES, 1795 Contributed by: Von Mings Stachon ******************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ******************************************************************************** Est: William Bridges, Spotsylvania Co, VA (1795)  (partial) An Inventory & Appraisement of William Bridges, Sr, Deceased as follows: One negroe woman named Venus                                 £25  0  0 One red cow                                                    3  0  0 One red & white spide (spayed?) cow & black & white spide cow & yearling @  2 10  0 One yellow read (red?) cow                                  3  0  0 1 dark brindle feiffer (heifer?)                               2  0  0 One brindle spide heiffer                                      1  4  0 One read heiffer yearlin                                       1  4  0 One dark roane horse                                           5  0  0 One bay mare                                                  12  0  0 Ten head of sheep @ 10/                                        3  0  0 4 sows & 21 piggs @ 24/ each                                   4 10  0 A parcel of cherry plank @ 10/                                 0 10  0 One bed & furniture & stead                                    5  0  0 One ditto @ £5, one more ditto @                            10  0  0 One trunk @ 10/, one lume (loom?) & 2 slays 25/                1 15  0 4 pots & a pair hooks @ 16/6                                   0 16  6 1 large dutch oven @ 12/                                       0 12  0 1 gridle @ 5/, one ladle & flesh forks                         0  6  0 3 pewter dishes, 5 basons, 6 plates & 9 spoons                 1 10  0 one stone judge (jugg?) @ 1/6, one pare old still ends         0  2  6 One old ax, one grubing hoe, one old hitting                   0  6  0 One plough & coulter @                                         0  3  0 One pair of hames & chains @                                   0  7  6 About 10 lbs lead @                                            0  3  4 One flat iron 2/6, one chisell & rule                          0  3  6 One auger 1/6, 2 hand saws @ 10/                               0 11  6 4 old plains @ 2/6, one futt (foot) adds                       0  4  0 One old safe @ 10/, one flax wheel 6/                          0 16  0 1 old tub @ 1/6, 4 be (bee) stands @                           1  6  6 One spining wheal 5/, 6 old chears (chairs) @ 6                0 11  0 One table 3/, one looking (glass) @ 1/, one sythe              0  7  0                                                           ____________                                                             £ 90  5  4                                                    (Appraisers)                                                    William Simpson                                                    Henry Gatewood, Jr                                                    John True Source: Library of Virginia, Spotsylvania Co, VA Will Book E 1772-1798 Reel 28, page 1445 Notes: The document is complete with the exception of date recorded in court.  This document precedes a William Savendor document dated 8 Apr 1795, page 1446. Definitions: Coulter: Sharp iron blade attached to plow to make vertical              cuts in soil              Hames:Rigid pieces along the sides of a horse's collar to              which the traces are attached              Adz: An ax-like tool used for dressing wood              Still ends: Possibly part of a steelyard