CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE Will Book, Volume 1Will of HENRY SHARP, deceased I, Henry Sharp of the county of Claiborne and state of Tennessee, planter, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made. And first, I direct that my body be decently buried; and as to such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to entrust me with, I dispose of the same as follows.
First, I direct that all my debts and funeral expenses to be paid as soon after my decease as possible out of any money that I may die possessed of or may first come into the hands of my Executors from any portion of my estate, real or personal.
Secondly, I give and bequeath to my wife Henneretter, during her natural life, three servants, one man named Harry and his wife Mariah, and one woman named Rachel; and the farm whereon I now live and bounded as follows, beginning down the creek at the mouth of a branch on John Lay’s line, then up said branch so as to include the field lying northeast of the mill, thence westwardly with the north side of said field, and crossing the creek at the head of the mill pond, and to the mouth of a lane, the line between the farm called the Butcher farm and the farm whereon I now live, and then with said lane to the first cross fence on the south side of said lane, then with said cross fence southwardly and on the same direction so as to include the field southeast of the meeting house and bound with said field to the creek, and down the creek as it meanders to the beginning. And I also give and bequeath to my wife, one wagon and two horses and three milch cows, eight killing hogs, and ten year old hogs, and three breeding sows, and three beds complete, and my riding carriage, one two horse plough, two shovel ploughs, and two bull tongue ploughs, two pair of gear, two hoes, two sprouting hoes, and one axe, one mattox, two pots, two ovens, and two kettles, two sets of plates, two sets of knives and forks, and two sets of teacups and saucers, and one cupboard, one chest, and one bureau, and one clock, all of which she is to have choice of all I possess. And in addition to the foregoing, I give her my blacksmith tools, my iron toothed harrow, and my wheat fan, and all the geese and poultry I have, and my broad axe, and all her own wearing clothes, and all the moneys he has that is her own. And also that she has on interest in her own name; also six dollars worth of leather, and ten head of sheep, one scythe and cradle, and one mowing scythe. And I appoint my sons William and Laban to set apart a sufficiency of all sorts of grain and provisions for her to support on until she can raise again, all of which she is to possess during her natural life. And at her death, I will that the above named servant man Harry have his freedom, with the privilege of buying his wife Mariah if he may wish to do so. And I will that Ham keep all the property that he claims as his own, and also all the money he has, either in hand or on interest by notes in my name. And all the balance of my estate I wish to be disposed of as follows.
First, I give and bequeath to my son Peter, two servant children, one a boy and one a girl, namely Joseph and Melicy, to be valued to him at or after my death. They are Harry’s children.
Second, I give and bequeath to my son John, one servant man named Peter, at one hundred dollars, and one servant man named Cato, and one servant boy named Marquis D. Lafayette, Harry’s child, both to be valued to him at or after my death.
Third, I give and bequeath to my son William, one servant man named Jesse, and one servant boy named Henry, to be valued to him at or after my death.
Fourth, I give and bequeath to my daughter Eve, one negro boy named George, and one servant girl named Matilda, Harry’s child, both to be valued to her at or after my death.
Fifth, I give and bequeath to my son David, four servants, children, one girl and three boys, the girl named Melissa Polly, child, the boys named Morris, Ferdinand and Creed Fulton, Rachel’s children, to be valued to him after my death.
Sixth, I give and bequeath to my son Laban, four servant children, two boys and two girls named Julian, Frasier, Angeline Lafayette and Sarah Jane, all Harry’s children, all to be valued to him at or after my death.
Seventh, I give and bequeath to my son Alexander, one servant woman named Sarah, and two children, one Sarah’s child named Cain; the other Harry’s child named Elbert Irvine, all to be valued to him after my death. I will that all the servants above bequeathed, keep what is their own and take it with them to their respective homes.
Eighth, I will that my daughter Mary and my daughter Elizabeth, and the lawful heirs of my daughter Katharine (who is dead), all to have an equal part of my estate, both real and personal, with all my lawful heirs, to be paid to them by my Executors. And if this my will, give either of my heirs more when valued, then an equal part with the others of my heirs, then they are to pay back to my estate so as to give each an equal part of my estate. And I will that the large boundary of land that I bought of Jacob peck, lying northwest of the Willow Spring, and on the west side of the road called Cain’s Road, remain undivided and unsold for the use of timber to all my children who remain in this country, and all of them to have an equal right with each other, to use timber from any part of said boundary of land, and that without compensation to the lawful heirs of my estate, and no one of my heirs or Executors to sell or convey any part of said boundary of land with the concurrence of all the others of my heirs who remain in this country. However, I will that Peter Sharp have the land lying north of where James Robertson now lives, to the top of the Chestnut Ridge, but not to prevent any of this balance of my heirs from getting and using timber from off of the same at any time. This last named portion of land to be bounded on the east by Lost Creek, and on the west by a lading hollow in which there is a cave and a spring, and the spring branch running into the cave. And whereas my sons, Peter, John and William and myself have a sawmill on hand, and now in building on Lost Creek near the head, I give and bequeath to my sons Peter, John and William, all my right, title and claim on and to said saw mill and seat in valuation.
And I give and bequeath to my son John, the tract that I bought of Barnabas Butcher as designated in the deed I got of said Butcher, with a small skirt of timbered land I bought of Pearson Barney on the south ridge on both sides of the road leading from my house to Leach’s ford on Powell’s River; and also the grist mill on the farm whereon I live, with the store and property that is a part and parcel of said mill, for which lands and mill I value at three hundred dollars. I also give and bequeath to my son John, the farm whereon I live, as bounded in this will, at the death of my wife. I value to him at five hundred dollars, which he is to pay when he gets possession of the said land and premises. And I give and bequeath to my sons David and Laban, all the right, title and claim that I have in a certain tract of land lying in Campbell County, Tennessee state, on the north side of Powell’s River in said tract of land. My brother Jacob Sharp and William Sharp have an equal part with myself on said tract of land. There is a cave known by the name of the Big Cave, which I value to him at sixty-six dollars.
I will that all my personal estate that is not disposed of by this will, be sold at vandue on twelve months credit, to be divided between all my heirs so that all and each of my bodily heirs have an equal part of my estate, both real and personal, as valued by proper persons in accordance with this will.
Lastly, I do hereby ordain and appoint my sons William and Laban, Executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I, Henry Sharp, the said Testator, have to this my will, written on two sheets of paper sewed together, this thirty-first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. Test: Thomas B. walker M. V. Nash John F. Barry Asa Brogan Henry Sharp Henry (X) Sharp
Codicil to the Will of HENRY SHARP, deceased Whereas, I, Henry Sharp, of the state of Tennessee and county of Claiborne, have made my last will and testament in writing, bearing date the 31st day of July 1848, and have thereby disposed of my estate, both real and personal. Now, I do by this my will, to be taken as a part thereof.
I will and direct that all my servants from the oldest to the youngest that have not been disposed of, I give and bequeath to my sons Peter, John and William. I gave my servant man Harry the privilege to buy his wife Mariah at the death of my wife. I do hereby set price he is to give for her, which is two hundred dollars. And in addition to what I have bequeathed to my son David, I give and bequeath to him my servant girl Rachel at the death of my wife, to be valued to him when he gets possession of her, And in addition to what I have bequeath to my wife, two tables, six chairs, a cutting knife and box, one loom, and tire iron to iron a wagon, a set of wagon wheels, and all the books she claims as her own, and two water pails, one washing tub, and one churn, one pair of steelyards, one barrel of salt, 25 lbs of wool rolls, and all the cotton I have now growing, three dishes, two sets andirons.
Lastly, it is my desire that this my present codicil be annexed and be a part of my last will and testament, to all intents and purposes. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal his twenty-fourth day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. Test: Malkyah V. Nash Jonathan Walker Henry Sharp Henry (X) Sharp
Inventory of the Estate of HENRY SHARP, deceased Personal property includes: Three horses, yoke of oxen and yoke, 27 head of cattle, 20 sides of bacon, two small wagons, two rifle guns, shotgun, salt kettle, three fields of corn, quantity of oats, 101 hogs, four barrels of salt, 40 sides of sole leather, 267 sides of upper leather, seven sides of harness leather, 9 deerskins, four kipskins, hog skin, quantity of leather, steel trap, log chain, two grindstones, broad axe, scythe and cradle, 115 bushels of wheat, cart, male boar, two candle stands, library of German and English books, froe, set of carriage springs and irons, lot of old copper, shoe hammer, old tenant saw, spice mortar, set of tanning tools consisting of one bark mill, wheel barrow, whetstone, scotch gray, two braking knives, two rubbers, spodge, three currying knives, three aprons, brush, three sharpening steels, hand saw, two augurs, cast band, 77 ¾ lbs cotton, china press, seven beds, 28 pieces of bed clothing, bolt tow linen, bolt flax and cotton linen, bolt of janes, 27 lbs beeswax, five Windsor chairs, nine split bottom chairs, three pails, reel, writing desk, five bedsteads, three flax wheels, four clocks, five tables, pair shoes, tin trunk, six new barrels, two pair steelyards, 145 papers of lamp black; ½ keg of nails, spool wheel, jug, pair of hog catchings, still worm, two wire sieves, cabbage patch, potato patch, set of cooper tools, whetstone, lot of flax, lot of boards, wagon, saddle, six horse collars, two bridles, pair gins, three hames, barrel of soap, two pair sheep shears, two sacks of dried fruit, 20 ½ lbs of wool rolls, two razor hones, three razors, shaving box, cloak, hat, looking glass, 200 lbs flour, two beef hides, foot adze, 957 lbs of iron, lot of scraps of iron, old worn out iron tools, three wash bowls, set of warping spools, four copper pots, four pair of harness, two pair of cards, stone churn, stone jar, two check reels, frying pan, bread tray, pair of waffle irons, two pair of pot hooks, three flat irons, flax hackle, side saddle, four candlesticks, 12 glasses, set of plates, eight sheets and various other unimportant articles too tedious to mention which appears in the sale book
Given under our hands and seals this 23rd day of October 1848.
William Sharp, Executor Laban N. Sharp, Executor
Inventory of the Estate of HENRY SHARP, deceased October the 5th 1848 We, Jacob Sharp and William Kincaid, being chosen and qualified by the Executors of the last will of Henry Sharp, deceased, to value the following named slaves belonging to said estate:
Morris, aged five years old $250.00 Ferdinand, three years old $180.00 Creed Fulton, one year old $125.00 George, 16 years old $487.50 Millisey, 14 years old $460.00 Cato, 53 years old $380.00 Jesse, 55 years old $190.00 Henry, 14 years old $487.50 Joseph, 11 years old $450.00 Lafayette, 8 years old $375.00 Malissa, 9 years old $375.00 Julian Frasher, 6 years old $300.00 Matildy, 5 years old $240.00 Angeline, 4 years old $200.00 Lafate, 3 years old $180.00 Sarah Jane, 2 years old $150.00 Elburt, 4 months old $10.00 Sarah, 27 years old $425.00 Con, 2 years old $155.00
William Kincaid Jacob Sharp
Sale of the Estate of HENRY SHARP, deceased Buyers were: Henrietter Sharp – two wash bowls, four pitchers, six glasses, two salt cellars, cake of beeswax, two butter plates, nine coffee plates, four tin cups, two candlesticks, pair snuffers, dish and cover, four tin plates of scissors, coffee pot, tin bucket, tin pan, four pair wearing harnesses, two pair of pot hooks, two pair of cards, stone churn, stone jar, two flax wheels, check reel, pair of andirons, three smoothing irons, two pots, hatchet, lid and pan, four chairs, set of warping spools and frame $1.37 ½; frying pan $.25; gridiron, tribet, pair waffle irons $.06 ¼; side saddle $1.00; lot of thread and flax $1.00; three baskets $.05; lot of sundries $.75; candlestick and several books $1.00; lot of flax $.50; lot of flax $2.40; lot of boards $.50; tar bucket $.06 ¼; hogshead $.06 ¼; lot of soap and sundries $.11 ½; two pair of sheep shears and two tables $.06 ¼; two sides of leather $.50; looking glass $.12 ½; small lock and key $.07 ½
John Sharp – six white plates $.25; pewter bason $.15; two coffee pots $.12 ½; barrel $.18; three tin cups and one dish $.12 ½; two old hubs and iron wheels $.50; small wagon $25.25; grindstone $1.53; axe $.75; two deerskins $2.02; Bible $.25; book Introduction to Christianity $.26; testament $.12 ½; set carriage springs and iron $10.12 ½; lot of iron scraps $.25; bark mill $20.00; two rawhides 34 lbs $4.42; whetstone scotch gray $2.95; braking knife $.50; currying knife $1.50; currying knife $1.60; currying knife $1.50; three leather aprons $.30; brush and rubber and keeler $.51; three sharpening steels $.50; side upper leather $1.65; side upper leather $1.70; side upper leather $1.65; side upper leather $1.45; side upper leather $.90; side upper leather $1.50; side upper leather $.76; side upper leather $2.18; side upper leather $1.61; side upper leather $.40; side upper leather $1.51; side upper leather $1.40; side upper leather $.37 ½; side upper leather $1.00; side upper leather $1.80; side upper leather $2.05; side upper leather $2.20; side upper leather $2.25; side upper leather $2.30; side upper leather $1.25; side upper leather $2.25; side upper leather $2.25; side sole leather $3.89; side upper leather $2.21; side upper leather $2.30; side upper leather $1.00; side upper leather $2.20; side upper leather $2.15; side upper leather $2.20; side upper leather $2.13; side upper leather $2.15; side upper leather $2.25; side upper leather $2.30; hog skin $.06 ¼; side upper leather $1.55; side upper leather $1.30; blanket $3.12 ½; blanket $2.00; counterpane $1.25; sheet $.54; counterpane $.51; counterpane $1.00; sheet $.50; desk $4.45; dough worker $1.00; two sows $2.90; sow $1.50; side upper leather $2.37; side upper leather $2.00; side upper leather $1.56; side upper leather $1.45; side upper leather $2.00; side upper leather $1.56p; side upper leather $1.75; side upper leather $1.76; side upper leather $1.82; side upper leather $2.00; side upper leather $1.60; side upper leather $2.19 ½; remainder of the oats $1.49; ten papers lamp black $.62 ½; ten papers lamp black $.40; ten papers lamp black $.45; ten papers lamp black $.45; lot scraps of leather $1.25; lot of old harness scraps $1.67; box of broken glass $.12 ½; hog $1.57; pair of hog catchers $.13 ½; goods box $.29; two salt barrels $.50; clover rake $.37 ½; saddle tree $.20; horse collar $.12 ½; blind bridle $.25; scrap of leather $.06 ¼; pair hames $.41; pair hames $.14; piggin $.13; lot of cog timber $3.60; side upper leather $.21 ½; oven $.15; plough mold and dog iron $.08; pair compasses $.37 ½; iron rake $.06 ¼; wagon box $.06 ¼; 12 lbs copper $.96; grindstone $.31; old double tree $.15; five hogs $14.82
David Sharp – six white plates $.25; six white plates $.35; yoke of oxen and yoke $36.50; Durham bull $15.00; 44 lbs cotton $5.50; side upper leather $3.00; side upper leather $2.50; side upper leather $1.50; side upper leather $1.75; side upper leather $2.25; blanket $3.25; coverlid $4.25; sheet $.56; five Windsor chairs $3.55; pot $2.00; lot of wagon bows and bands $.37
Wiley Sharp – six cups and saucers $.30; froe $.52
Alexander Sharp – 142 lbs iron $5.39; axe $.80; small kettle $2.00; side sole leather $2.62 ½; side upper leather $1.00; side upper leather $1.50; horse $30.16 ¾; 212 bushels corn $39.84 ¾; remainder of the wheat 73 ½ bushels $47.07 ½; side upper leather $1.16; 120 lbs bacon $6.92 ½; book Chase on Indulgence $.15; shovel $1.14; oven $.35; plank box $.43; augur $.63; calf $2.87; 370 lbs salt $4.51; 368 lbs salt $4.85 ¾; 8 ¾ lbs cotton $1.09; salt barrel $.13; side upper leather $.80; side upper leather $.68; side upper leather $2.26; side upper leather $2.03; side upper leather $3.18; side upper leather $2.27; side upper leather $3.01; side upper leather $2.62 ½; 59 bushels of oats $5.77; tin trunk $1.21; 25 bushels of oats $3.25; kip skin $.36; two horse collars $.63; three old barrels $1.02 ½; side upper leather $2.20; 20 ½ lbs wool rolls $7.58 ½; razor $.10; side upper leather $.99 ½; dog iron $.06 ¼
Peter Sharp – two deerskins $2.02; bull $7.00;; six hogs $11.66; side upper leather $1.44; side upper leather $1.80; side upper leather $1.00; side upper leather $1.33Wood’s Dictionary, three volumes $1.28; book $.37; 16 ¼ lbs copper $2.05 ¼; axe $.25; large lot of scraps of iron $8.00; bell $.32 ½; axe $.50; 18 lbs iron $.63; wheelbarrow $1.30; leather rubbers $1.00; side upper leather $2.25; side upper leather $2.62 ½; side upper leather $2.67; bed and stead $10.00; bed and stead $9.25; 27 ½ yards tow linen $3.43; 35 lbs flax and cotton $8.75; counterpane $3.25; counterpane $1.25; counterpane 41.25; two pillows $.80; three chairs $1.80; flax wheel $1.15; two chairs $.62; lot of pot vessels $.87 ½; side upper leather $2.50; ten papers lamp black $.42 ½; kip skin $.36; kip skin $.38; apple parer $1.15; spool wheel $.50; pair stirrup irons $.40; eight sheep $3.50; still cock $.70; wire sieve $.87 ½; iron gudgeon $.40; deerskin $.34; branding iron $.12 ½; pot $1.82; lot of sundry articles $.76; old saddle $2.17; blind bridle $.25; pot and plough $.70; shaving box $.13; two bedsteads and cords $.70; cloak $13.00; axe $.86; 10 hogs $8.24; ten shoats $5.98 ½; ten shoats $5.18; remnant of five shoats $2.19 ¼
Ambrose Sharp – side upper leather $.93; side upper leather $1.65; 10 ½ lbs sole leather $.60 ¼
Jacob Sharp – horse $66.00
Wiley Sharp – side upper leather $2.00; side upper leather $1.50; side upper leather $3.00; side upper leather $2.50; pair of gears $2.53; pair drawing chains $1.80; ten papers lamp black $.42 ½; 46 lbs iron $1.61; hogshead $.79; axe $.61; pair hames $.10 ½; razor hone $.12 ½; axe $.12 ½; foot adze $.60; 100 lbs flour $1.90; 12 ¼ lbs sole leather $4.16 ½
Henry Sharp – steer $7.60; two steers $18.55; steer $6.25; three steers $30.50; steer and bell $9.12 ½; deerskin $.15; cow and calf $6.50; side of upper leather $1.00; side upper leather $3.00; side upper leather $2.00; side upper leather $2.02; five lots pot vessels $7.51 ½; side upper leather $2.76; ten papers lamp black $.45; ten papers lamp black $.50; lot of straw $.50; four quarts of cabbage seed $2.00; three quarts cabbage seed $1.26
Harvey Sharp – hogshead $.28; two salt barrels $.05; stalk field pasture $.12 ½; stalk field pasture $.12 ½; stalk field pasture $.15; lot of staves $.05
Esau Sharp – book $1.25; side upper leather $2.27
George Snoderly – cow $10.75; side upper leather $2.25; side upper leather $3.25
George Fields – side upper leather $3.00
John Dunn – side upper leather $3.14; side upper leather $1.76
John Brogan – cow and calf $10.12 ½
James Colison – old tenant saw $.25
John Selvidge – Life of J. Wesley $.31
Allen Hurst – side upper leather $1.01; side upper leather $1.81; 45 lbs iron $1.57 ½; 30 lbs copper $4.05; 30 lbs copper $3.15; 30 lbs copper $3.75; 33 ¾ lbs copper $4.18 ¾; still cock $2.03; rifle gun $9.75; large cast band $1.00; cow and calf $10.25; side upper leather $.95; side upper leather $1.66; side upper leather $2.05; side upper leather $1.40; side upper leather $2.11; side upper leather $1.18; side upper leather $1.16; side upper leather $2.30; side upper leather $2.35; side upper leather $2.31; side upper leather $2.18; side upper leather $3.05; side upper leather $1.50; side upper leather $2.60; side upper leather $1.25; side upper leather $1.80; side upper leather $2.55; side upper leather $2.80; side upper leather $2.20; side upper leather $2.67; side upper leather $2.20; side upper leather $2.30; side upper leather $1.60; side upper leather $2.00; side upper leather $2.52; side upper leather $2.60; side upper leather $2.30; coverlid $4.50; coverlid $4.00; lb powder $.60; two tables $3.70; writing desk %5.06; clock $5.50; pair bridle bits $.10; 55 papers lamp black remainder $2.88 ¾; 6 ½ quarts cabbage seed $3.31 ½; lot of plaster of Paris $.07; lot of potatoes $3.25; clock $.69; sack of dried fruit $.25; sack dried fruit $.10; bed tick $.26; razor hone $.42; razor $.52; table $1.92
S. C. Hurst – coverlid $4.25; counterpane $.80; pail $.12 ½
James Callison – side of upper leather $2.75; 12 ½ lbs sole leather $3.31 ¼ ; side upper leather $1.66
L. L. Herrell – four hoes and four sprouting hoes $1.40; side upper leather $2.72; side upper leather $2.42
Hasten Butcher – 100 ¾ lbs iron $3.52
John Keck – old plough stock $.25; lot of iron bands and scraps $.75; ox ring $.20; razor $.26
Isaac Keck – small lock and key $.06 ¼
William Houston – 100 lbs flour $1.909
Daniel Keck – side upper leather $3.37
Andrew Keck – clock $.15
E. E. Jones – 6 ½ lbs sole leather $1.71; side upper leather $2.40; 2 ½ lbs sole leather $.61 ½; side upper leather $2.80; 150 lbs hog $3.00; 150 lbs hogs $3.00
M. V. Nash – 50 dozen oats $4.62 ½
J. G. Palmer – side upper leather $2.10; side upper leather $1.83; 21 hogs $42.48; old saddle and sundries $.16; whetstone $.75; broad axe $1.02; two hip straps $.19; side of upper leather $2.06; 138 lbs sow $2.02; razor strop $.16 2/3; 1 ½ bushels of wheat $.76
James Shelby – side of leather $2.13; side upper leather $3.10
Berry Ellerson – side upper leather $2.00; side upper leather $1.55; 7 ¾ lbs sole leather $2.05 ½
P. H. Moore – ten hogs $33.76
George McMahon – two steers $21.00; five hogs $15.16
James Browning – cow $7.10; check reel $.25
David Willis – side sole leather $6.84 ¾
Merril Hill – patent plow $4.35; side upper leather $2.05; kip skin $.28 ½; deerskin $.62 ½; side upper leather $.62 ½; side upper leather $.56 ¾; shoe hammer $.49; hoe and shovel $.30; 5 ¼ lbs sole leather $1.36 ½; side upper leather $2.02; china press $13.75
Elvin Hill – side bridle leather $1.51; deerskin $.50
Thomas Lemar – side upper leather $.94; side upper leather $2.05; side upper leather $2.55
John Robinson – side upper leather $2.28; side bridle leather $1.77; side upper leather $1.63; side upper leather $.53; side upper leather $.77; side upper leather $1.36; side upper leather $1.06; side upper leather $1.40 ½
John Robertson – deerskin $.80; deerskin $.30; side upper leather $.84; side upper leather $.11; side upper leather $1.06; side upper leather $.71; side upper leather $1.06; oven $.30; crosscut saw $6.12 ½; side upper leather $2.63; side upper leather $2.63; side upper leather $2.62 ½; side upper leather $2.22; bed and stead $16.31; coverlid $4.06; coverlid $4.12
Thomas Robertson – side upper leather $2.40; side upper leather $2.53 ¼; side upper leather $2.05
John Berry – side sole leather $6.54 ¾; side upper leather $2.31;
David Parkey – side bridle leather $1.48; side upper leather $1.83; side upper leather $1.70
William McFarland – side sole leather $4.76; side upper leather $2.32; oven and lid $.35; biscuit oven $.75; side upper leather $3.05
Arthur McFarland – oblong oven $.75; side of upper leather $1.87; side upper leather $2.00; side upper leather $2.68; side upper leather $2.73
A. J. Brock – half bushel and old barrel $.16; hand saw $.41; augur $.25; side upper leather $3.33; side upper leather $2.80; 6 ¾ yards domestic $6.21; lot of old baskets and crocks $.50; pot trammel $.86; pair of steelyards $1.02; iron band $.59; pair of hames $.12 ½; leather line $.10
Jonathan Powell – side upper leather $1.70; side upper leather $2.00; side sole leather $2.56; side upper leather $2.60
Martin Cook – two sides sole leather $3.68; side upper leather $1.29; cow and calf $10.50; cow and calf $11.00
Marcurous Cook – 308 lbs salt $4.03; side upper leather $2.50
James Cook – side sole leather $1.62; side upper leather $2.00
N. D. Cain – side upper leather $2.21; 6 ½ lbs sole leather $1.79; 9 ¼ lbs sole leather $2.54 ½
Thomas Blackburn – 9 lbs sole leather $2.97; 9 ½ lbs sole leather $3.47; side upper leather $2.50; side upper leather $2.17
William Greer – patent plow $4.25; side sole leather $4.05
Abraham Thomas – cart male bord $1.65; side upper leather $2.36; side upper leather $2.41; axe $1.45; clock $.50 ½ ; 6 lbs sole leather $1.71
Eli Miller – wire sieve $1.06 ¼
Jesse Rogers – patent plow $4.12 ½
Arthur Nash – wash bowl $.26; tin pitcher $.12 ½; blue pitcher $.37; two candlesticks and dish $.16; pail $.25; oven $1.05; oven $1.10; salt kettle $4.00; small kettle $1.80; side sole leather $3.92; horse $38.00; side upper leather $1.30; 35 lbs copper $3.85; spice mortar $.12 ½; barrel of salt 318 lbs $4.13; side upper leather $1.84; side upper leather $2.61; bed and clothing $7.50; bedstead $4.30; wheelbarrow $.12 ½; side upper leather $3.00; side upper leather $2.63; side upper leather $2.85; pair steelyards $.68; ten papers lamp black $.45; 25 ¼ lbs of nails $2.58 ¾; stone jug $1.00; 47 lbs iron $1.64 ½; two salt barrels $.50; five chairs, pair of hames $.70
John Phillips – six glasses $.38; shotgun $3.20
Michael Huneycutt – rifle gun $11.25
John M. Huneycutt – side sole leather $3.75; side upper leather $1.80; still worm $3.31; 11 ¾ lbs sole leather $3.71 ¼
John Sexton – side upper leather $2.27; side sole leather $2.16 1/3; side upper leather $1.25; side sole leather $2.16 1/3
John Baker – 173 lbs bacon $10.38
George W. Baker – 172 lbs bacon $10.32; 109 lbs bacon $4.05
John Hunter – side sole leather $2.98; side harness leather $2.10; side bridle leather $.91
John Lay – patent plow $2.00; log chain $2.25; 263 ½ lbs iron $11.19 ¾; ½ set tires $3.90 ¼; scythe and cradle $1.37 ½; field of corn 277 bushels $34.01 ½; field of corn 322 ½ bushels $60.27 ½; side upper leather $1.33; side upper leather $1.76; spud $.20; 7 ¾ lbs sole leather $2.01 ½; side upper leather $2.21; side upper leather $1.86; side upper leather $1.78; side upper leather $2.50; side upper leather $2.00; two whiskey barrels $1.49; 6 ¾ lbs sole leather $1.89; side upper leather $1.98; side upper leather $.80; cutting knife and frame $.38; 8 ½ lbs of iron $.42 ½; two old salt barrels $.20; two old salt barrels $.10; lot of iron scraps $.05; lot of cooper tools $1.13; keg $.31; two coffee sacks $.29; lot of unsound corn $2.64; 17 bushels of corn $1.70
William Norton – side upper leather $2.06; side upper leather $2.33 ½; side upper leather $1.76
John Selvedge – side upper leather $2.32; side upper leather $3.02; side upper leather $2.51; side upper leather $2.27
Amos Evans – side sole leather $3.83 ½; side upper leather $2.26; pot and bowl $1.33; side upper leather $3.00; cow $6.00; pair of shoes $.76
David Miller – steel trap $2.01
Levi Goins – 134 lbs iron $4.02; axe $.25
Isaac Goins – side sole leather $6.19 ¾; ten bushels wheat $6.30; side upper leather $2.90
John Hitch – ten bushels of wheat $6.30; side upper leather $3.12 ½ side upper leather $3.12 ½ ; side upper leather $2.75; side upper leather $2.64; side upper leather $2.37 ½
John Cox – side upper leather $.54; side upper leather $.76; ten bushels of wheat $6.60; 8 ¾ lbs sole leather $2.87 ½; side upper leather $.63; side upper leather $2.34;
Coleman Cox – 10 ½ lbs sole leather $3.35 ¼; side supper leather $1.55; side upper leather $2.50; side upper leather $2.60
Granville Cox – side upper leather $1.75; side upper leather $1.65; side upper leather $1.68
Joseph Cox – 10 ¾ lbs sole leather $3.36; side upper leather $1.82
William Cox – side upper leather $2.14; side upper leather $2.40
David Nicely – bed and bed clothes $10.25; counterpane $3.50; coverlid $4.80; blanket $3.00; coverlid $4.00
Alexander Russell – 11 lbs sole leather $3.63
Asa Toliver – 8 ¼ lbs sole leather $1.73 ¼; side upper leather $.31; side upper leather $2.00; side of upper leather $1.37 ½; side upper leather $2.81; 10 lbs sole leather $2.80; side upper leather $2.40; side upper leather $3.01
Lewis Harmon – ten bushels of wheat $6.70
Jacob Beeler – steer $8.17; side upper leather $1.50; side upper leather $2.38; side upper leather $1.75; side upper leather $2.40
Peter Beeler – side of upper leather $2.00; side upper leather $2.38; side upper leather $1.68; side upper leather $2.39; side upper leather $2.36; coverlid $4.30; counterpane $.90
R. J. Russell – side upper leather $2.38; side upper leather $3.00; side upper leather $2.64; side upper leather $2.71; side upper leather $2.06; pot and bowl $.01
C. S. Beeler – several German books $1.05
Thomas Whited – small wagon $30.16 ¼; side upper leather $2.37 ½
Wiley Whited – side upper leather $2.85
J. A. Smith – side of upper leather $1.92; 7 ¼ lbs sole leather $1.88 ½
Martin Butcher – side of upper leather $2.50
George McMahan – sow $2.90
Money that has come into the hands of the Executor of Henry Sharp, deceased: Gold $700.10 Silver $60.01 ¼ Bank notes $25.00 Highwassee Railroad $6.00
Notes and Accounts in the hands of Executors of Henry Sharp, deceased: Account on Mathew Owsley collected by Esau Sharp $19.80 Account on Alfred Sharp $2.81 ¾
Solvent Notes: Peter Beeler $6.25 for 25 bushels corn $6.25; one for $8.25; one for $13.28, one for $5.16 John A. Blackburn $5.83 James Browning $4.00 James Braden $3.61 John Cox $21.46 John Cardwell $10.75 William Calvin $4.50 Martin Cook $7.00; one for $5.08 E. F. Ford $5.37 ½ George Ford $5.66 2/3 John Graves $100.00; one for $67.50 H. H. Graves $50.00 Levi Goin $5.20 R. G. Green $8.00 Allen Hurst $3.50; $26.63; $1.25; $2.50 Michael Honeycutt $7.40 Urias Honeycutt $5.00 Elihu E. Jones $5.37 ½ E. E. Jones $3.56 ¼; $1.00 Jacob Lay $23.98; $4.45 William Lewis $3.33 Lewis Moser $16.62 George Miller for leather $4.50 Charles Owens $3.67 John Reed $4.58 Jonathan Powell $4.00 Vincent Raley $9.75 R. J. Russell $100.00 A. Russell $5.50 Alexander Rouse $.87 ½ John Robertson $10.65 Noel Seals $14.50 Peter Sharp $100.00 Laban Sharp $92.17 D. & L. Sharp $375.00 Henry Stiner $9.25 Jacob Sharp $100.00 John Sharp $100.00 William Sharp $150.00 Henry Stiner $4.75 Eli Stiner $1.56 Peter Sharp & Co. $2.50 R. H. Savage $2.87 ½ William Sharp $.75 Henry Sharp $8.00 Alexander Sharp $106.62 ½ Stephen Woods $2.50 C. P. Whitted $4.00 William Williams $35.13 1/3 C. P. Whitted $11.55 Jonathan Walker $25.75 Joseph Capps $4.60 N. D. Cain $4.42
List of Doubtful Notes in the hands of the Executors of Henry Sharp, deceased: John Albright $2.50 Wesley Butcher $4.75 Ezekiel Butcher $8.00 John Black $5.25 Christian Boruff $2.33 Samuel Butcher $2.00 Armsted Bolinger $2.00 John A. Blackburn $1.66 Richard Carder $6.58 P. S. Cheshire $4.58 Reuben Craig $3.16 Colson Jessee $2.00 William B. Dunn $5.62 ½ Bazel Gossage $7.50 Pleasant Gilbert $4.25 Samuel Guinn $3.75 John A. Goin $2.75 Preston Goforth $1.25 Archibald Hale $25.40 Thomas Hopper $5.00 Thomas Hopper $5.00 William Hartley $2.84 Jordan Henley $1.75 John Honeycutt $10.00 Martin Hammock $1.85 John Hunter $103.29 Livingston Hopper $4.70 John Hopper $4.70 John F. Johnson $6.00 Nelson Lynch $2.00 William Lay $1.87 ½ Thomas Mourtin $2.75 Hiram Parker $.50 William Paris $1.00 Hugh H. Peters $2.33 Christian Poor $5.75 John Reed $5.25 David Ray $3.87 ½ Thomas Robertson $4.00 Wiatt Robertson $1.50 Field Robertson $4.90 James K. Rogers $2.62 Levi Sharp $9.96 Daniel Smith $1.84 Joseph B. Sharp $1.84 William Shelby $4.75 James H. Sharp $5.00 Eli Sharp $48.00 R. H. Savage $6.00 William Snotgrass $2.68 James Williams $2.50 Alexander Woodward $6.00 John Whitted $3.60 Othniel Warrick $6.92 Moses Willis $.50 Martin Young $3.50
List of Desperate Notes come into the hands of the Executors of Henry Sharp, deceased: Anderson Barton $110.00 Isaac Bullard $7.93 Valentine Ball $5.50 William Blackwood $23.23 Marcurous Cook $23.23 Dennis Condry $100.00 Elias Dagley $22.00 Ambrose Day $22.00 Lewis Edwards $61.00 Joseph Evans Preston Goforth $5.90 Silas Landrum $2.66 Campbell Hurst $1.62 ½ Squire Hurst $1.75 A. W. Hansard $5.20 William Henderson $18.12 ½ William Johnson $8.00 Leonard Keller $10.00 John Longmire $6.50 Hugh McAdams $16.00 Isaac Miller $6.12 ½ Joseph McClary $5.50 Michael Moyers $20.00 Thomas Nation $.75 John Odare $.75 William Patterson $5.00 James Rogers $3.00 Richard Stanley $1.50 John Satterfield $5.00 Michael Shofner $29.81 Lewis Widner $2.00 Samuel Webster $279.00
Schedule of the Personal Property of the Estate of Henry Sharp, deceased Three horses, yoke oxen, yoke, 27 head cattle, 20 sides bacon, two small wagons, two rifle guns, shotgun, salt kettle, three fields corn, quantity of oats, 107 hogs, four barrels salt, 40 sides sole leather, 267 sides upper leather, 7 sides harness leather, nine deerskins, four kip skins, hog skin, quantity of scraps of leather, steel trap, log chain, two grindstones, broad axe, scythe and cradle, 115 bushels wheat, cast mold board, two candle stands, froe, library of German and English books, set carriage springs and irons, lot of copper, shoe hammer, old tenant saw, spice mortar, set of tanning tools consisting of one bark mill, wheelbarrow, whetstone, scotch gray, two braking knives, two rubbers, spodge, three currying knifes, three aprons, brush, three sharpening steels, hand saw, crosscut saw, two augurs, cast band, 77 2/4 lbs cotton, china press, seven beds, 28 pieces bed clothing, bolt tow linen, bolt janes, bolt cotton, flax linen, 27 lbs beeswax, five Windsor chairs, three pails, nine split bottom chairs, reel, writing desk, desk, three bedsteads, three flax wheels, four clocks, five tables, dough worker, pair shoes, tin trunk, six new barrels, two pair steelyards, 145 papers lamp black, 72 keg nails or 25 lbs, three sacks cabbage seeds, apple parer, jug, spool wheel, pot trammel, pair hog catchers, still worm, two wire sieves, cabbage patch, potato patch, set cooper tools, whetstone, lot flax, lot boards, wagon saddle, six horse collars, two bridles, two pair gears, three pair hames, barrel soap, two pair sheep shears, two sacks dried fruit, 20 1;/2 lbs wool rolls, two razor hones, three razors, shaving box, cloak, hat, looking glass, 200 lbs flour, two beef hides, foot adze, 957 ½ lbs iron, lot of old irons, three wash bowls, set warping spools, four coffee pots, four pair harness, two pair cards, stone churn, stone jar, two check reels, frying pan, bread tray, pair waffle irons, two pair pot hooks, three flat irons, flax hackle, side saddle, four candlesticks, 12 glasses, three sets plates, eight sheep, various other unimportant articles too tedious to name, which will appear in the settlement book.
Given under our hands and seals this 23rd day of October 1848.
William Sharp, Executor Laban Sharp, Executor
List of Slaves Belonging to the Estate of HENRY SHARP, deceased Momp, aged five years, valued at $250.00 Cane, two years old, valued at $155.00 Sarah, 27 years old, valued at $425.00 Elbert, 4 months old valued at $100.00 Sarah Jane, 2 yeas old, valued at $150.00 Lafate, 3 years old, valued at $180.00 Angeline, 4 years old, valued at $200.00 Holiday, 5 years old, valued at $240.00 Julian Frazier, 6 years old, valued at $300.00 Jourdman, 3 years old, valued at $180. Creed Fulton, 1 year old, valued at $120.00 George, 16 years old, valued $187.50 Milessy, 14 years old, valued at $460.00 Cato, aged 53 years old value $380.00 Jesse, aged 55 years, valued at 190.00 Henry, aged 14 years, value $487.50 Joseph, 11 years old, valued at $450.00 Lafayett, 8 years old, value at $375.00 Wilson, 9 years old, valued at $475.00
Valued by us on the 5th day of October 1848.
William Kincaid Jacob Sharp
Jesse Rogers, Administrator Settlement with WILLIAM SHARP, Executor of the Estate of HENRY SHARP, deceased Amount of cash that come into their hands $791.11 ¼ Amount of sale of personal property $2130.15 ½ Amount of solvent notes returned $1796.99 ½ Amount of doubtful notes as returned $413.05 Amount of desperate debts that could not be collected $734.13 ¼ Valuation of all the slaves $5510.00 Amount of the additional inventory returned on the 13th February 1851 $537.80 2/3 Paid out by Executors for the estate: Thomas Whitted $2.71 ½ Alexander Sharp $2.50 Thomas B. Walker $.50 Henrietter Sharp $14.00 John Sharp $20.00 Peter Sharp $7.00 J. Powell $2.95 Peter Beeler $20.00 William Carey $7.54 David Sharp $15.00 Elijah Hill $1.35 A. Hurst $4.00 M. V. Nash $.50 J. G. Palmer $4.62 ½ A. Nash $5.00 William Needham $.25 Alexander Russell $18.00 Jacob Lay $31.50 Counterfeit gold and silver returned $5.12 ½
Desperate notes that could not be collected: Richard Stanley $1.51 M. Shofner $5.75 Leonard Keller $1.50 John O. Dean $.75 James Rogers $3.00 Silas Glandon $14.61 A. W. Hansard $7.07 ½ John Longmire $6.50 Lewis Edwards $61.00 John Satterfield $5.00 William G. Henderson $12.62 ½ Joseph McClary $5.90 Isaac Miller $6.12 ½ Lewis Widner $2.00 Squire C. Hurst $4.55 Dennis Condray $100.00 Ambrose Day $2.00 William Johnson $9.00 Joseph Evans $3.00 Samuel Webster $279.00 Michael Moyers $14.00 Michael Shofner $18.81 ½ Marcurious Cook $23.23 Preston Goforth $5.90 Isaac Bullard $7.93 Hugh McAdams $16.00 William Patterson $5.00 Anderson Barton $47.00 S. C. Hurst $1.75 Campbell Hurst $1.62 ½
Notes that were returned in the doubtful notes that could not be collected: Wesley Butcher $10.38 Ezekiel Butcher $8.00 Richard Corder $4.46 Samuel Guinn $3.75 William Hartley $2.84 John Honeycutt $10.00 William Paris $1.00 Field Robinson $2.18 James K. Rogers $2.62 A. Woodard $4.25 Othaniel Warrick $2.22
Leaves a balance of $10,851.62 remaining in the hands of the Executor, setting out all the debts and credits so far, but I will here state that the Executors are not charged with any interest that has been collected by them, which is a large sum, and will swell the charges considerable, which is to be charged in our next settlement. The Executors pray longer time of twelve months to wind up the estate, which is submitted to the Court at the March term of 1851. Thomas J. Johnson, Clerk
Inventory of the Estate of HENRY SHARP, deceased Additional property includes: Note on E. W. McBee $2.08 Account on John C. Collins $2.39 Judgment on Samuel Shockley $5.00 Account on Laban Sharp $55.12 ½ Amount due from John Sharp upon the negro Peter $100.00 Also due upon the tract of land and mill $300.00 Amount due from Jacob Lay on settlement $3.66 Note on John E. Sharp $1.50 to be paid in trade
Settlement with WILLIAM SHARP, Executor of the Estate of HENRY SHARP, deceased Amount of former settlement with interest $11576.03 Error in the inventory on two orders by Allen Hurst $3.75 Paid J. W. Kelso’s receipt $15.00 Paid Thomas Morton’s note returned $2.75; note for $3.66 2/3 Paid Christian Boross’ note $2.33 Paid William Snodgraas note $2.68 Paid Eli Sharp’s note $48.00 Paid clerk’s fee $4.00 Paid Executors charges for all their trouble in winding up estate $500.00 Paid Martain Young’s note returned $3.50
Leaves a balance of $10,990.36 remaining in the hands of the Executor, this 15th day of June 1854.
Thomas J. Johnson, Clerk
