Rockbridge County, VA Will Book 1, pp. 251-252.
Inventory of John Maxwell's Personal Estate (Transcription)
January ye 17th 1786. We the subscribers being sworn according to
Order of Court have apprised the slaves and Personal Estate of John
Maxwell Decd as followeth to wit,
One Roned Mare Six years old aprisd .......................12 0 0
One Roned Mare sixteen years old............................5
One Gray Horse ten years old...............................10 0 0
One Bay Mare seven years old & Coalt to ...................15
One Bay horse twelve years old..............................5
21 sheep 7/Each............................................7 7
One old Yellow Cow wt white fact............................1 15
One Cow with Cut horn.......................................2
One Cow wt white face and back..............................3 0
One white faced Heffer to...................................1 10
One white faced two year Old steer..........................1 5
Pne Cow wt black spoted Nose................................2 15
One three year old Bull.....................................1 10
One black Heaffer wt white face ............................1 10
One Brindled 2 year old Steer...............................1 5
Three Year Old Calves.......................................2 5
carrd forewd ..............................................73 12 0
Broughtforeward............................................73 12
Three Spring Calves 9/Each..................................1 7
One set of Plow Irons with Double tree Hangings ............1
One handSaw two Agurs drawing knife Iron Wedg and [McC]awl rings
Dungfork & Grubing hoe ...............................16 6
Two Bells and Bellcholars....................................7 6
Two pare Chanes and Hams .....................................18 0
One Small Oven and Hooks ......................................8
Three old Pots and Hookes ....................................15
Two Pot racks .................................................8
Four old Pales and half Bushel ................................3
4 Pare Tonges and Shovel ......................................3
Some old Vessals ..............................................6
Three Pewter Dishes ..........................................18
Three old Basons ..............................................2
Eleven Pewter Plates .........................................12
One large Bason & Old Dish ....................................8
4 Tin Cups and some spoons ....................................3
Pine stilyards ...............................................10
One Ax and two old Hoes .......................................6
Some old Knives & Forkes ......................................7 6
One Cubart and furnture .......................................2
One large Bible ..............................................10
Two old Books .................................................2
Table, Dough Chest & some Chares .............................12
One Beadsted Bead and furniture ...............................6 0 0
One old Chest .................................................0 2 6
One old Loom Quill Wheal and Warping Barre .....................0 6
Eight Hoags a .................................................3
Fifteen small Do ..............................................1 10David Cloyd
Hugh Barclay Senr
Hugh Barclay Junr
Wm Taylor
Apprisirs
At a Court held for Rockbridge County February 7th 1786 This
Inventory & Appraisment of the Estate of Jno. Maxewell Decd. was
this Day returned and Ordered to be Recorded.----
Teste A Reid Clk.