contributed by Dick Wood in 2005

Marshall County Inventories of Estates Volume B, pages 269-271

Hugh D. Cummings, Admr & C

An Inventory of the personal Estate of Hugh Cummings, Deceased

Notes: Good. To: One note of hand on Charles Reese For four Dollars due 25^th December 1845, No Credits

Accounts:  None

An account Sales Made of the personal property of the Estate of Hugh Cummings, Dec’d At his late residence in Marshall County after having Advertised according to law

1 gofer plow	Robert Luna	$  .95
1 Bell	do    do	.80
1 Small Table	”    “	.50
1 pair Steelyards	”    “	.65
1 pair Sheep shears	”    “	.45
1 trunk	”    “	.50
1 Bedstead & furniture	”    “	8.00
1 White Cow & calf	”    “	5.00
1 gofer plow	James Kidd	.80
1 gofer plow	Howell M. Dowdy	.40
1 pair Gears & collar	do    do	.60
1 single Tree & clevis	”    “	.20
1 Double tree	”    “	.10
1 Single Tree & clevis	(???) (???)	.75
1 Barshear Plough	Sensaberry Blackwell	.10
2 Weeding hoes	do    do	.05
1 Scythe & Cradle	do    do	1.30
2 Riddles	do    do	.05
1 Barshear Plough	John Leonard	1.35
2 Hoes	Hugh Mcadams	.10
1 White (???) Cow	do    do	5.00
1 Speckled Cow & calf	do    do	7.00
3 Second choice sheep	do    do	2.50
6 last choice sheep	do    do	2.40
1 Blind bridle	do    do	.05
1 pair of (????)	John Carpenter	1.40
1 Large Spinning Wheel	do    do	2.55
1 Lot Picked Cotton	do    do	.75
1 (???) Colt	do    do	8.50
1 Black spotted cow	do    do	5.70
1 pair of Gears & collar	William R. Smith	.55
1 Spotted Sow	”    “	3.40
1 Sow	”    “	3.15
1 (????) Stand	William Wood	.50
1 Lot Bacon	Thomas Brents	2.50
1 Yoke Steers	do    do	13.10
1 pot Large	Samuel Harrison	.30
1 Large oven lid	”    “	.75
1 Bed & furniture	”    “	6.95
1 Man’s saddle	”    “	2.25
1 Milk Churn	Simon Luna	.10
1 Churn	Sarah Rhodes	.25
1 Skillet & lid	”    “	.25
3 Chairs	”    “	.60
1 dresser & contents	”    “	1.00
1 Desk	”    “	.10
1 Bed & furniture	”    “	5.00
2 Beds & furniture	”    “	10.00
1 set Spools	”    “	.20
1 Gray Mare	”    “	17.00
1 White & Black (????)	”    “	7.00
60 Geese	”    “	12.90
1 Coffee Mill	”    “	.25
1 small pot	Kimbro Hall	.25
1 Large pot	William Medaris	.85
1 Grind Stone	Wright Luna	.30
1 Spinning Wheel	John M. Harper	.40
1 drawing knife	”    “	.30
1 bridle	”    “	.20
1 Gray Horse	Robert Davis	48.00
1 Sorrel Horse	Newcom Hoopson	40.00
1 Sorrel (???) Horse	Lorenzo D. Stockton	51.00
1 Black Mare	Thomas Cummings	33.50
1 Black Cow	Albert Anderson	5.00
1 Black calf	Ambrose B. Larwood	1.25
1 Black spotted yearling	”    “	1.35
1 Black Cow	Joseph H. Morris	5.50
3 1st choice Hogs	John B. Fishback	14.60
(?) 2nd choice Hogs	”    “	10.00
4 choice shoats	”    “	2.20
1 Old Sow	(???) Blackwell	3.50
2 Shoats	do    do	.60
(?) 1st choice sheep	A(????) D. Anderson	4.00
1 Lot Seed cotton	James Price	.625
3 chairs	Moses Daniel	1.00
1 Table	John Owens	1.05
1 Set Andirons	Davidson McAdams	.50
20 Barrels Corn	Jane A. Thommason	17.20
38 Barrels Corn	M(???) W. Graves	27.93 & ¾
5 Barrels Corn	Benjamin B. Harper	5.75
1 Large pot	James Sewell	.30
[Transcriber’s note — there were several tiny, cramped notations of items sold to this individual after the preliminary total for the sale was written in. The total for all these other items sold to James Sewell amounted to:]		6.05
Total amount of sales:		$412.61 & ¼

The forgoing is a full account of the Sale and Inventory of all the property of the estate of Hugh Cummings, Dec’d directed by law to be sold. Notes with good security Due 1^st October 1847 were taken from the purchasers this 4^th day of January A. D. 1847.

Hugh D. Cummings, Admr of Hugh Cummings, Dec’d.

Sworn to in open Court this 4^th day of January 1847

John Elliott   Clerk

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Transcriber’s note: “Settled 28 March 1849” is written in boldface script along the margin.