Warrants of Appraisement.] [Printed by D. & J.J. FAUST. State of South-Carolina, Chester DISTRICT. BY E Lyles,Ordinary of Chester District.   These are to authorize and empower you, or any three or four of you, whofe names are here under written, to repair to all fuch parts and places within this ftate, as you fhall be directed unto by Jas Ashcraft or Jas Lee Exr’s of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of John Ashcraft ~ deceafed, wherefoever any of the faid goods and chattels are or do remain within the faid parts and places, and which fhall be fhewn unto you by the faid Jas Ashcraft or Jas Lee on or before the first monday of Feb’y ~ next. WITNESS E Lyles Esq. Ordinary of the said District, the second day of Dec’r. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Six teen and in the forty first year of American Independence. To Messrs. Jos Crook. John Boyd Robt Robinson John Kelsey Henry Ferguson MEMORANDUM--That on the tenth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thoufand eight hundred and sixteen perfonally appeared before me John Boyd one of the Juftices affigned to keep the peace in district of chester Henry Ferguson Joseph Crooke John Kelsey & Robert Robinson who being of the appraifers appointed to appraife the goods and chattels of John Ashcraft Dec’d late of chester District deceafed, who being duly fworn, made oath, that they would made a juft and true appraifement of all and fingular, the goods and chattels of the said John Ashcraft deceafed, as fhall be produced by the said James Ashcraft & James Lee executors of the faid deceafed, and that the[y] would return the fame, certified under their hands, unto the faid E. Lyles ordinary of chester district on or before the first Monday of Feb’y next. Sworn the day and year above written, before me, J Boyd JP Henry Ferguson Joseph Crook John Kelsey [Senior or Junior] Robert Robinson Appraise bill of the Estate of John Ashcraft Recorded in Book F pages 124 - 125 A bill of the appraisement of the Estate of John Ashcraft dec’d as shewed to us by his Executors the 10th of December 1816   1 Gray mare $30, 1 black ditto $55 85.00 1 black filly $20 1 sorrel ditto $20  40.00 5 Sheep at $2 each 16 hogs $22 32.00 9 geese $4 ~ red & white cow & calf heifer $14 18.00 1 red cow & calf old $11 ~ 1 white cow & calf $12 23.00 1 red & white cow $13 ~ red cow broken horn & black bull  28.00 1 red heifer $14 - two bulls 1 red & one white ditto $8 22.00 7 head of fat hogs $56 1 lot of Cooper & carpenter tools $10 66.00 3 ---- --nes $4 1 broad ax $3 4 gnabs? 10.00 5 br’d Hoes $3 1 Mattock $1,50 1 wedger 5.12 ½ 3 plows and clevuses $4 2 Syths 2 Hooks 6.00 2 colars 2 pair chains and Himes & bridles  5.00 5 turkeys & 1 hog $5 2 grind Stones  6.00 Tilithas Bed & furniture 37.50 Agness Bed and furniture 37.50 Hollys Bed and furniture  20.00 1 Wagon $30 1 sadle $4,50 2 barrels 35.50 1 Lot of Lethur $5 1 green Hide 1,50 1 Key/J E-y ? 7.50 1 Lot of cotten $5 per hun’d 1 lot corn 166.57 ½ 1 barrel @ $-- bushen bukert? $3,50 1 Lot Fodder 13.50 1 Lot Fodder $7,50 1 lot refuse corn 11.25 1 lot Straw $2 1 lot of hops and culiny Knife  5.00 1 Lot Husks $2,50 1 Lot oats $3 1 Lot balls?  8.50 2 barrels $1, 50 1 wheel reel & Swifts  2.50 1 Loom & tacklin $3,50 1 chest barrel of flour & tray 20.50 1 bed & bedsted $8 1 saddle 75 cnts 8.75 5 pails 1 bucket 1 half bushel $2,50 1 Dresser & fr--t? 14.50 1 pot $1,25 1 table $75 cts 1 Lot pots 6.75 old lumber in Smoke House $2,50 Salt 6.50 1 Bed and furniture 20.00 1 Chest $1 3 Little wheels $3,50 4.50 6 Chairs $2 ~ 1 gun $3 2 Smoothing Irons 6.50 1 Meal/Meat Chest $2,50 1 Looking Glass 3.50 1 Lot Books $1,75 1 dresser & furniture 12.75 1 Box 4 parts $75 cnts 4 pair cords/cards 1.87 ½ 1 Lot maisnry? apperit 4.00 3 bottles 50 cents  .50 1 pair Specks 1 pocket Book & 2 knives 1.00 1 L---/plane? Broke/Brake .25 1 lethur apron .??   1 water pipe $2 1 pr saddle bags & candle moles etc $13.00 1 Rasor case 25/100 1 fire shovel & flesh fork 25/100 1 old pistol 50/100 1.00 2 bags 2.00 Robt Robinson Henry Ferguson Joseph Crook John Kelsey [Senior or Junior]    Property sold Persons names   $ Cts 1 large oven & hooks Widow Ashcraft .75 2 pails Widow Ashcraft .38 1 Middle size pot Widow Ashcraft 1.82 1 churn Henry Ferguson paid .12 ½ 2 pails 1 Large & 1 small Widow Ashcraft .40 3 chairs Widow Ashcraft  .25 2 chairs Widow Ashcraft .62 ½ 2 ditto Widow Ashcraft 1.00 1 small pot Widow Ashcraft .12 ½ 1 ditto Do Widow Ashcraft .50 1 skillet Widow Ashcraft .18 ¾ 1 pot & hooks Widow Ashcraft 2.50 1 smoothing Iron John Ferguson paid  .51 1 pail Rob’t Robinson paid .13 1 bucket Widow Ashcraft .27 1 table Widow Ashcraft . 6 ¼ 1 chest dito . 6 ¼ 4 P. plaits dito 1.31 3 dito dito  1. 7 ¼ 1 Puter Dish  dito 1.30 1 P. Bason Adam Wyley 2 1 dito small dito .79 3 puter plates dito 1.32 1 Tin pan Wyley Pitman .11 1 Puter Dish Adam Wyley .79 1 dito Widow Ashcraft  .41 1 cofey pot dito .25 1 cofey pot Wid’ Ashcraft  . 9 6 Spoons Thos Ashcraft paid .50 4 dito Wyley Pitman .28 7 dito Widow Ashcraft  .21 1 Puter Bason dito 1.07 2 earthen dishes John Montgomery paid .50 1 painted dreser Green Owens  3.00 Loom & Tackling Henry Sides 9.12 ½ 1 Reed & Harness pr. Green Owens .78 Urnary pipe the widow 3.00 fire shovels & flesh fork the Widow .35 Candle Mould James Lee paid .15 Old pistol Wylie Pitman .34 Rasor & case James Humbleton paid  .28 old Saddle Bags Patrick Anderson paid 1.00 one Mill Bag Robt’ G. Reid paid .81 ¼ one do do the Widow 1.00 Maravian dish the Widow .71 one Spinning wheel the Widow 2.01 one Chuck Reel the Widow .13 ½ 2 Bowls & mug the Widow .75 old wheels & Swifts the Widow .13 5 plates David Roddy .45 ½ Bushel Green Owens  .50 one Leather apron Widow .41 Musket Shotbag etc Hugh Megtomery 4.10 3 mugs etc Thomas Wylie paid .55 one Waggon John Culp 41.51 one Saddle David Roddy 5.00 one Side leather Sam’l Hisbit 2.01 one do do the Widow 3.02 Scythe & Cradle  Henry Sides 2.62 ½ 300 lb cotton pr 100 at $5.13/100 the Widow 15.39 Balance per 100 ~ $5.15 John Boyd 20.00 1 emty Hogss head Tho. Campbell paid  .50 1 do do do do paid .25 1 do do Wylie Pitman .75 one Dresser the Widow 3.00 one Box the Widow 1.00 one Chest the Widow  .51 3 Barrels Edward White  .15 one Bed & furniture the Widow 36.00 one Bed & furniture Elisha Simmons 16.50 one White & Red cow Robert White 12.50 one Red & Cow & Calf Robert White 14.26 one yearling white Thomas Reid 3.00 old pocket Book James Ashcraft paid .12 ½ one cow & calf Samuel Nesbet 16.38 one bull Calf Wm Elliotte 5.00 Bedstead: bed frame Box: storage furniture Cooper: barrel and keg maker Dresser: alternate name for kitchen cupboard Gnab: possible a leather strap used for sharpening knives Hames: curved pieces of a harness that fit around the neck of a draft animal and to which the traces are attached Hogshead: large barrel often used to hold tobacco or alcoholic beverages. A tobacco hogshead was used in (American) colonial times to transport and store tobacco. It was a very large wooden barrel measuring 48 inches long and 30 inches in diameter at the head. Fully packed with tobacco, it weighed about 1000 pounds. Moravian dish: shallow, decorated bowl glazed on the interior only. This piece was likely produced in Winston-Salem NC in the late 1700s or early 1800s. Reed and harness: used on two-shaft tapestry or rug looms Tray: chopping board or a tray for storing kitchen knives Water pipe: urine receptacle or device for smoking tobacco A list of the setelments of the Estate of John Ashcraft in 1818 Date names $ C March 31 ~ 1818 E L O D [E Lyles, Ordinary] 6 March 4the 1819 Rebek Ashcraft 79 All aconts and Demands for Seling the business and cash due $ the Ex’r of the Estate of John Ashcraft d’a 40  Due Estate John Ashcraft Date Names $ C Febuary 22th ~ 1817 John Kelsey 1 August 30th ~ 1817 William McCance?  6. 6 ¼ December 29th~1817 Sephen Keenon 14.30 December 27th~1816 thomas Walker 1 December 30th~1816 thomas Wright 5.50 January 1817 E lyles I.C.oC.D   January 5th ~ 1818 thomas Ashcraft ad’tor 1 January 5th ~ 1818 thomas Ashcraft 1 January 3th ~ 1818 Henry Sids 10 January 3th ~ 1818 Aggy Ashcraft 37.50 January 3th ~ 1818 Angelies Ashcraft 20 January 3th ~ 1818 Drury Ashcraft 10 January 8th ~ 1818 green & telithas owens 37.50 March 31 ~ 1818 thomas mcCluer 5.50 31 March ~ 1818 ordinary fees Dsd   A true accoun of the setelments maid of the State of John Ashcraft Senor Decesed from the 2 of may to the present Date Feb the 2 ~ 1822   May 3 ~ 1819 E Lyles Receit 1 19 march 1821 Holly Furgusin  17.50 22 December 1822 Joel Ashcraft in full 22 December 1822 Jesse Ashcraft  in full 4 Feby 1822 paid E Lyles 1 James Lee Excr

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