CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE Will Book, Volume 2

Inventory of the Estate of HENRY BRADEN, deceased Personal property includes: Three head of horses, six head of cattle, 33 head of hogs, about 600 bundles of fodder, about 180 dozen of oats, about 73 of corn, a small lot of hay, about 3 acres in wheat, set of smith tools, three plows, three axes, mattock, two hoes, about 190 lbs of iron, set of knives and forks and spoons, set of plates and cups, 12 or more chickens, small bit of Irish potatoes, two pair of gears, three augurs and chisels, plane stacks and bits and square, froe, iron, small lot of buckwheat, scythe and cradle, two half bushels, three water pails, rifle gun, pouch, two beds and steads, small lot of plank, two pots, skillet and lid, kettle, set of double trees and single trees, two clevises, five hogsheads, tray, sieve, umbrella, harrow, log chain, set of shoe tools, slate, books, bottles, shovel and poker, whetstones, bridle, saddle

Cash found on hand $6.75

Note on C. Braden $55.75 Note on John Braden $9.72 Note on J. Fielding $5.00 Note on Chance Lynch $35.00 Note on Joseph Morning $.87 ½ Receipt on C. Bratcher $1.20 John Queens receipt $89.20 Note on Joshua Collins $4.50 Note on Nathan Collins $1.00 Note on Levina Munda $1.50 Note on David McRamey $10.36

Sale of the Estate of HENRY BRADEN, deceased Buyers were: Cornelius Braden – umbrella $.75; handsaw and file $1.36; jointer $.52; tray and sieve $.35; double tree and single tree $1.00; pot rack $.51 ½; small axe $.15

William Williams – coffee mill and pot $.40; three chisels, drawing knife and square $.90; three augurs $1.23; barrel and some flour $.40; 180 lbs of iron $5.87 ½; two hogheads and gum $.56

R. I. Russell – set of knives and forks and spoons $1.00; jug $.05; set of plates and saucers $.61; meal barrel $.18; pair of gears $2.22 ½; barrel of salt $4.01; table $.10; gum and gears $.21 ½; bedstead $1.37; 350 boards $.61

John Braden – slate, pencil and knife $.37 ½; six tin cups and vials $.25; funnel and ink stand $.05 ½; doctor book $.45; barrel and buckwheat $.64; skillet $.28; black heifer $4.50; black pided heifer $7.08; 3 ½ bushels of oats $.45 ½; lot of straw and shucks $.05; fire poker $.35; axe $1.53; inkstand $.25; lot of plank $1.13; 60 dozen wheat $7.20

John Braden, Sr. – some soap grease $.03; soap and trough $.01; soap and trough $.65; bunch of clothing $.25; pair of shoes and fat stand $1.17; some potatoes $1.75 ½; five pounds iron $.30; three lasts, three guards, shoe $.06 ¼; sewing thread and cloth $.25; old clothing $.50; gum $.02; screw plate and bolt $.50

Henry Stiner – pair of compasses and plane bit $.50; lot chain $2.01; lot of bacon $.03; half bushel $.23; lot of spoke timber $.11; cider press $.02; some cedar staves $.25 ½

Josiah Russell – Bible and dictionary $.25; three bottles and sugar $.41; set of shoemaker tools $1.00; bell $.39; some scraps of leather $.16; washing tub $.76; shovel plow $.55; bull tongue plow $.04 ½; axe $.16 ½; 7 yards of tow linen $.87 ½; bucket and water gourd $.44 ½; two crocks $.22; four stools $.10; candlestick and heel irons $.02 ½; 14 chickens $.76; barrel and some salt $.50 ½; box $.32 ½; shovel plow $.30

George Braden – two bottles $.38; two whetstones $.63; stone hammer $.41; whetstone $.43; 600 bundles of fodder $2.07; 180 dozen of oats $14.67; whetstone $.34; bunch of clothing $.50

Bolus Burnett – fore plane and dried fruit $.35

Nicholas Sharp – bucket and pail $.10; black pided cow $8.80; mall $.05; cag of vinegar $.75

John C. Collins – pot and hooks $1.62 ½; pair of steelyards $1.70; saddle and rigging $3.06 ½; gray filly $34.00

Joseph Houston – kettle and hooks $1.90; pot $.84; oven and lid $1.01; harrow $1.63; water pail $.45; water pail $.50 ½; new coat $4.00; pair of shoes $1.21 John Graves – pot and hooks $1.40; three chairs $.75

Aaron Lynch – skillet and lid $1.05; mattock $.81; bed cord $.61; box $.22 ½; two yearlings $4.36; pair of traces $.37 ½; two weeding hoes $.16; shaving horse $.25; half bushel $.41; cag and some honey $.80; two rakes, cag $.76 ½

N. D. Cain – froe $.80; iron wedge and stake $.55

Lineas Billingsley – two razors and box and strop $.72 ½; box and some nails $.25; sorrel mare and bridle $21.06 ½

William Carroll – rifle gun and shot bag $11.12 ½; pair of gears $2.25

Peter Graves – patent clock $5.00; shoat $.70; two shoats $1.55

Jacob pike – shoat $.72; five pigs $.81 ½; sow and pigs $1.14

Nancy Ann Smith – bay mare $39.20; bridle $.22 ½; pair of shoes $.51

William S. Wilson – curry comb $.18 ½; axe helve $.51; some hay $.50; lot of corn $22.08; sow $2.33

Peter Beeler – 29 head of stock hogs $30.10

E. J. Odell – red cow $7.50; three pair of shoes, table and other articles $.29

John Lay – single tree $.12 ½; hogshead $.27; riddle $.10; mall $.30; jointer stock $.01; tar can $.05; hogshead $.39; scythe and cradle $1.40; basket $.05; lot of plank $1.10

Silas Williams – four head of hogs $30.25

Eli Stiner – hogshead $.34

John Ausmus – set of blacksmith tools $18.23

Isaac Dyer – Reeves patent plow $1.42

Frederick Keck – steel trap $.30

Jesse Rogers – basket $.13

John Hunter – fire shovel $.40

Houston Lynch – axe $.91 ½; bed and stead $6.50

Joseph Williams – gig $.05

John Braden, Administrator

Settlement with JOHN BRADEN, Administrator of the Estate of HENRY BRADEN, deceased Amount of inventory $141.45 Amount received in the sale of the estate $370.07 Amount which is not in the inventory $3.31 Paid judgment on Nathan Collins which could not be collected $1.00 Paid judgment against Chaney Lynch that could not be collected $35.00 Paid David McRone notes $7.00; $.75; $2.61 Paid Lucinda Munday note $1.50 Paid Joseph Morning note $.87 ½ Paid John Queener receipt $9.20 Paid J. Fielding note $5.00 Paid Peter Graves receipt on account $1.68 Paid E. J. Odell account $4.00 Paid Henry Stiner receipt $3.75 Paid Joshua Collins receipt $7.87 Paid Nancy Johnson receipt $1.50 Paid J. Fortner constable receipt $.85 Paid Jacob Sharp receipt $1.83 Paid n. D. Cane’s constable receipt $.60 Paid George R. Ward tax receipt $.80 Paid E. Miller tax receipt $.60 Amount set off in sale to John Braden $17.87 Paid three receipts of James Fortner, Thomas Collins, and John Collins $1.50 Paid Levi Goin receipt for cost as a Justice of the Peace $.40 Paid Cornelius Braden’s receipt $11.00 Paid Administrator for his trouble and expenses in winding up the estate $25.00 Paid clerk’s fees $5.50

Leaves a balance of $366.30 remaining in the hands of the Administrator, this 8th day of December 1853.

Thomas J. Johnson, Clerk