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The Samuel Ball Will

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Estate of Samuel Ball Dec’d, No. 365

Filed Feb 8 1841 Litchfield, Bradford Co.

Inventory

Editors NOTE: all spelling as written in original document

A Memorandon of the Property of Samuel Bawl

25 acres of land joyning S. Davidsons 500.00

50 Do Do Do T. Turks 500.00

1 Yoak of Oxan 55.00

1 Cow 12.00

1 hifor (heifer) 12.00

17 Sheap 25.50

5 Geese 1.87

A quantity of Forks and rakes 1.50

A quantity of hay in the Bay 14.00

3 Fowls .38

1 Log Chane 1.50

A lot of oald (old) iron 2,00

A box of Shomakers tools 1.00

Boots and Shoes 3.75

1 pail and some oald iron .50

A quantity of Dride Apals (dried apples) .75

1 Baskett and some house hoal furnature 1.00

8 yards Factory .75

1 Rifle 8.00

1 Tabal (table) .50

Pots and kettles 5.00

1 Fiar (fire) Shovel, Tongs, Iron bar and trowals 2.50

1 finchen? With som butar in it 2.50

1 Keg 1.25

1 Ovin Coat 8.00

1 hat and oald cloas (clothes) 2.00

1 Flannel Shirt 1.00

A quanitity of bed cloas 5.00

1 Barral and hammar 1.00

1 Vest 1.00

1 Chest .50

1 Stand, 1 boal (bowl), 2 Butcharkives 1.00

A lof of Pails and chinn? 1.00

Nives and forks, 4 spoons/book and boxas .75

2 bed Stead and Cords 1.50

Pails and Tub with Lard in it 1.00

Total for page 1 1180.00
 
 

1 hat, some oald Cloas .25

1 Barral of wheat Flowar 4.00

11 Bushal of wheat 8.25

3 oald barrals .50

1 box with buck wheat in it 1.00

A quantity of Corn 2.50

3 grain bags 1.13

1 baskit with beans in it .25

1 Gras Shythe and stick, 1 raik 1.00

oald boxas .25

1 Box with some tools in it .25

1 Plow and Clivva? 1.50

1 Ox yoak and Irons 1.50

2 Axas 1.50

Iron Weyas? And Betal of Vingar, can bel ? 1.50

1 Straw box and nife 1.00

A lot of hoes and oald iron .75

1 hand Sley .25

4 Bushal of wheat 4.00

14 ½ Bushal of Oats 3.62

A quantity of Apals (apples) 1.00

3 Coats, one pair of pantaloons 12.00

1 Bed and bedin 6.00

6 Pounds Fethars .50

1 Tray, 1 Decantor .50

5 ¾ Bushal of Corn 2.87

5 yards of Flanel 2.50

1 pair of pantaloons 1.00

1 Keg of Molasas 1.00

2 Books .75

1 knife .25

Cash on hand .50

1 Pair lethar mitans .25

1 Barral of Poark 12.00

1 Lookin glass .50

½ Barral with some Vinagar in 1.00

Total for Page 2 94.37

3 Chairs .75

1 Stack of hay 21.00

hay in the oald hous 3.50

3 Calves 6.00

A quantity of Potatoes 2.00

3 Cows 40.00

1 yearlin heifer 6.00

Fiar Shovel, Tongs and Andirons 1.75

1 Tin Ovin .75

2 pails .50

1 Tabal 3.00

1 Stand 2.00

1 Clock 7.00

1 Lookin Glass 1.50

1 Bed Sted 3.00

1 Bed and bedin 15.00

1 Chest and haus hole furniture 2.50

Total for Page 3 116.25

Noats and othar acounts 25.00

Total 141.25

Whe the undersind being Cald on to Apprais the Property of Samuel Bawl Sen.

To Certify the fore going Estimate to be to the best of our knoledg.

John D. Cartright

Litchfield Feb 6th 1841

John Rogers

Total for Samuel Ball’s estate $1415.62

The Bond for the Estate of Samuel Ball Sen. Dec’d

Tax .50

Letter .75

Bond 1.50

Oath .12 ½

Filing fee .25

Sales .25

Paid $33.71