Hugh Cummings Estate Inventory and Sale (1845)

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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 25th 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 1st October 1847 were taken from the purchasers this 4th day of January A. D. 1847.

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

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

John Elliott   Clerk

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

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