James Whitsett Estate Inventory & Sale (1841)
contributed by Dick Wood
Marshall County Inventories of Estates Vol. A, pages 281-283
A list of property sold on the 5th November 1841 Belonging to the Estate of James Whitsett with the price sold for and the purchasers names
| Polly Whitsett Widow & C | one chest @ | .25 |
| Ditto Ditto | 1 bedstead & furniture | 8.50 |
| ” ” “ | 1 cotton wheel & reel | .50 |
| ” ” “ | 1 bedstead & furniture | 1.00 |
| ” ” “ | 6 chairs | .50 |
| ” ” “ | 1 dining table | .50 |
| ” ” “ | 2 weavers Sl(???) | .25 |
| ” ” “ | 1 Loom, Warping bars & e | .25 |
| ” ” “ | 2 plows, 1 single tree, clevis & gear | 1.00 |
| ” ” “ | Pickling tub | .50 |
| ” ” “ | 2 pails & 1 churn | .25 |
| Thos. Holland | 1 Bulltonge plow | .43 & ¼ |
| Carried over (to next page) | $ 14.18 & ¼ | |
| Brought over | $ 14.18 & ¼ | |
| John McLean | 1 shovel plow | .37 & ½ |
| Joab Bagley | 1 patent Augur | .56 & ¼ |
| The widow | 2 weeding hoes | .12 & ½ |
| Joab Bagley | 1 cutting knofe Box | 1.12 & ½ |
| The widow | 1 Rawhide, Bale | .25 |
| Alex Bigger | 1 Sythe & Cradle | 2.50 |
| Benj. Bingaman | 2 (???) waggon Boxes | .50 |
| Erwin McAdams | Iron Wedge | .62 & ½ |
| John Leonard | 1 piece of leather | 1.31 & ¼ |
| The widow | 1 side (???) | .50 |
| Do Do | 1 man’s saddle | 3.87 & ½ |
| James Reed | 1 Side saddle | 4.00 |
| James Collins | 1 Yearling Bull | 2.12 & ½ |
| The widow | 1 speckled heiffer | 3.81 & ¼ |
| George W. McBride | 1 2 year old bull | 4.50 |
| Joseph H. Collins | 1 cow & calf | 10.06 & ¼ |
| David Ramsey | 1 lot of oats @ .81 & 1/4 pr 100=1040 ld | 8.45 |
| The widow | 8 head sheep | 4.00 |
| James Reed | 1 bay Yearling filly | 30.00 |
| George W. McBride | 1 Spring colt | 16.00 |
| James Collins | 1 Gray horse | 32.06 & ¼ |
| M. M. Marlow | 1 Black mare | 40.00 |
| Absalom Whitsett | 1 sorrel coalt | 20.00 |
| Burgess Hardin | 1 Yoak Oxen | 30.25 |
| The widow | 1 Blk sow & 11 shoats | 3.00 |
| Elisha (???) | 10 1st choice hogs | 30.12 & ½ |
| George W. McBride | 10 2nd do do | 13.25 |
| A. Biggers | 1 Boare | 2.00 |
| Woodin Hopwood | 1 Germ. Wheat @ 93 &3/4 pr. bu | 3.51 |
| William Milsap | 10 barrels corn | 10.12 & ½ |
| Martha Nichols | 10 do do | 11.50 |
| ” “ | 10 do do | 11.30 |
| Edom Edwards | 10 do do | 11.35 |
| Martha Nichols | Balance @ 108 pr Bbl (None) | |
| William Milsap | (???) do per bushel, 6 bushels | 2.25 |
| The widow | 16 geese & 11 Ducks | .50 |
| do do | 4 stacks fodder | 3.00 |
| $339.37 & ¾ | ||
| The following notes have come to my hands as belonging to the said James Whitsett, dec’d, to wit; one note on Thos. Bills due 25 Decr 1841 for | $ 7.00 | |
| one due on Henry Hatton due 25 Decr 1841 | 3.00 | |
| Amount of cash on hand | 87.97 & ¾ | |
| $ 87.07 & ¾ 339.37 & ¾ $437.55 & ½ |
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Sworn to in open Court Decr 6 1841 Alexr Biggers
M. W. Oakley Clerk
Settled in full the 28th December 1843