Virgil Cummings Estate Inventory and Sale (1843)
contributed by Dick Wood in 2005
Marshall County Inventories of Estates 1837-1847 & 1850 Volume B, pages 30-31
Milton Cummings, Administrator & C
The foregoing is a full and perfect account of sales of all the personal property of Virgil Cummings, dec’d that have come to the hands of the administrator. Sale on the 29th December 1843 —
| 1 horse | James W. Bell | $ 20.50 |
| 1 Lot Black Smith Tools | Thomas P. Adams | 55.00 |
| 1 Saddle | James Stinson | 14.50 |
| 1 Grindstone | John Cummings | .75 |
| 1 handsaw | Do | 1.50 |
| 1 Drawing Knife | Do | .25 |
| 1 axe | Do | .81 |
| 1 Small table | Do | 1.75 |
| 1 Clock | Mary Cummings | 5.00 |
| 1 Book | Do | .25 |
| 1 axe | John McLean | 1.31 |
| 1 set cast (???) boxes | Do | .68 |
| 1 Lot old plows | Do | .37 |
| 1 Lot sundries | Do | .50 |
| 1 augur | Thomas Cummings | .25 |
| 1 Book | Do | 1.62 |
| 1 chisel | Erwin McAdams | .18 |
| 1 pare steelyards | A. G. Conds (???) | .50 |
| 1 axe | Elias Rambo | .18 |
| 1 Lot sundries | Ryon Seaton | .25 |
| 1 Trunk | Do | 2.95 |
| 4 Horse Shoes | J. Hemphew | .50 |
| 4 Do | A. M. Stewart | .31 |
| 4 Do | Do | .25 |
| Geography & Atlas | John Stinson | .75 |
| History of Europe | G. W. Cummings | 1.37 |
| Do | Do | .25 |
| Lot of Books | H. D. Cummings | .50 |
| Grecian History | Do | .37 |
| Dictionary & lot of steel | James Loony | 1.62 ½ |
| $ 115.33 |
Account of Cash Notes &C
| Thomas Cummings | 2.15 | |
| G. W. Cummings | 5.00 | |
| W. McCuiston | 8.25 | |
| James Brown | 17.62 ½ | |
| A. M. Stewart | 4.87 ½ | |
| H. A. Hall | 2.37 ½ | |
| F. P. Stinson | 1.95 | |
| F. P. Stinson | acp. | 3.00 |
| $29.82 ½ |
Doubtful
| John B. Beckham | 2.00 | |
| D. B. Bells | 10.00 | |
| John Endsley | 1.68 | |
| Wm Garret | 4.18 ¾ | |
| K. Bethum | (word not legible) | 1.62 ½ |
Desperate Debts
| W. & Charles Beckham | 40.00 | |
| Gilmore & Mustens | 50.00 | |
| Jessee McLean | 25.00 | |
| Bad– | 132.76 ¾ |
Sworn to in open Court March 6th 1843.
Milton Cummings, Admr.
M. W. Oakley Clerk
| 1.62 ½ | |
| 29.82 ½ | |
| 16.00 | |
| 115.33 | |
| due estate | $ 162.78 |
Settlement of Virgil Cummings Estate
Marshall County Administrators and Executors Settlements Volume A, page 82
STATE OF TENNESSEE)
MARSHALL COUNTY ) County Court Clerks office October 26th 1845
I, Martin W. Oakley, Clerk of the County Court of said county by John Elliott, his deputy Clerk have this day proceeded agreeable to the Act of the Assembly passed December 21st 1841 Directing clerks to make probate Distributions with Insolvent Estates & it appears from the report of Milton Cummings, Administrator of Virgil Cummings, Deceased, Estate is Insolvent and from the returns of all the available funds of Said Estate by Said Administration accounts, so is — $162.78
| Clerks fees, Bond, Surety & C | $3.50 | ||
| filing 4 classes (??) | .50 | ||
| this settlement & recording same | .50 | ||
| Copy to Administrator | .50 | ||
| Printer’s fees | No. 1 | 2.50 | |
| funeral expenses | No. 2 | 5.00 | |
| Note to Commissioners | No. 4 | 9.00 | |
| for bringing sale | No. 5 | .75 | |
| No. 6 | 2.37 & ½ | ||
| No. 3 | 7.00 | ||
| 31.62 & ½ | 31.62 & ½ | ||
| To be distributed | 131.15 & ½ | ||
The following claims were filed by the Creditors of Virgil Cummings for pro rata distribution, to wit;
| Claims | Pro Rata Share | |
| Milton Cummings | $42.00 | $ 19.32 |
| G. W. Haywood | 61.60 | 28.63 |
| R. Williams | 17.39 | 7.99 |
| ” “ | 83.60 | 38.48 |
| Jesse McLean Estate | 75.52 | 34.73 |
| $129.15 |