George Cummings Estate Inventory and Sale (1843)

George Cummings Estate Inventory and Sale (1843)

contributed by Dick Wood in 2005

An account of sales made of the personal property of the Estate of George Cummings, Dec’d directed by Law to be Sold. Notes with good security due the 25th of Dec 1843 ware taken from the purchasers this 6th February 1843. John Cummings, Admr.

Mary Cummings Two beds $4.00
Do One little bed 1.00
Do One cupboard 1.00
Do Lot of Books .50
Do Fire irons .25
Do Kettle .25
Do Lot of plates 1.00
Do Frow & Saw .50
Do Sythe & Cradle .50
Do Lot of hoes .12 ½
Do one tub .12 ½
Do one foot adz .68 ¾
Do One Sorrel Mare 10.00
Do Yoke of steers 5.00
Do One white heifer 1.00
Do One red cow 1.00
Do One chest & flax wheel .50
Do One book .25
Do One Loom 1.00
Do Six Chairs .50
Do Thirteen Hogs 2.00
Do Six Sheep ______
Do one lot Bee gums 1.00
Do one Cutting knife .87 ½
Do fifty geese 2.00
Do four sheep 2.28
Do eight hogs 3.00
Thomas Short for (???) 1.00
G. W. Collins stilyards 1.00
Thos. H. Holland Bay Colt 6.12 ½
Milton Cummings Colt 6.18 ¾
Thos. H. Holland Mare & colt 4.62 ½
Geo. A. Armstrong White cow 1.93 ¾
Geo. Cummings Sorrel Colt 12.00
Geo. A. Armstrong two yearlings 3.00
Milton Cummings one Clock 1.00
G. W. Cummings bundle of straw .50
S. S. Rolston Books 1.37 ½
H. D. Cummings one Book .37 ½
John Stinson two Books .50
George Cummings One Shot gun 1.87 ½
Robert Elliott five barrels Corn 4.61
Jas. R. Neel one Book 1.00
John Cummings 15 Barrels Corn @ .81 ¼ 13.82
Do one saddle 3.00
Do one old cart 2.00
Do one Broad axe .93 ¾
Do Sythe .25
Do one red heifer 3.00
Do A Lot of Books 1.68
Do Eight Hogs 8.50
Do fore sheep 2.28
Do six hogs 2.25

John Cummings, Admr.


Transcriber’s note: See also the deed of sale of the real estate property of George Cummings, dec’d: Marshall County Deed Books, Volume H, pages 412, 413 & 414.

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