CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE Will Book, Volume 2

Inventory of the Estate of WILLIAM McHENRY, deceased Personal property includes: Cash $430.63 Three head of horses, yoke of steers, nine head cattle, nine head of sheep, 11 fat hogs, 15 stock hogs, wagon, six tar buckets, pair cart wheels, man’s saddle, bridle, woman’s saddle, whipsaw, crosscut saw, hand saw, two foot adzes, three hand axes, broad axe, chopping axe, two grindstones, two scythes and cradles, cradle, two mowing scythes and sneeds, five old grass scythes, briar scythe, five mowing and cradling sneeds, three whetstones, three turning plows, two coulter plows, three plows, single trees, and clevises, two sets ploughing gears including collar and bridles, two pair trace chains, drawing knife, four chisels, three augurs, lot of old irons, set of blacksmith tools, pen charcoal, pair sheep shears, patent coffee mill, wheat fan, two sets of scales and weights, stone sledge, two pair steelyards, three screwdrivers, scythe anvil, six brass cocks, five briar hooks, mattock, sprouting hoe, five weeding hoes, three sickles, three bars of old irons, old tire, ox yoke and ring, two iron wedges, two log chains, cutting box and knife, three beef hides, lot of fodder, lot of sheaves, lot of hay, half bushel measure, two baskets, salt kettle, wash kettle and bowl, large pot and hooks, two wash tubs, two fat stands, pickle stand, churn, five empty salt barrels, two pot hooks, three pots, three ovens, tray and sifter, three pair dog irons, barrel of vinegar, two barrels with vinegar, three empty vinegar barrels, meat tub, crib of corn, two saddle blankets, eight glass tumblers, six custard glasses, ten wine glasses, half dozen knives and forks, eleven plates, two dishes, nine cups and saucers, looking glass, two tea boards, ten silver teaspoons, four German teaspoons, six iron tablespoons, two pitchers, cream pitcher, three brass candlesticks, pair snuffers, three tin buckets, wood water bucket, two water pails, four crocks, two coffee pots, four tin cups, coffee mill, wash pan, small brass kettle, large bowl, three pair spectacles, two thumb lancets, razor, strop box and brush, umbrella, cloth brush, pair saddle bags, bureau, three tables, nine chairs, four bedsteads, seven feather beds, pillows, and bolsters, three under beds, three blankets, four quilts, four counter pins, seven coverlids, six sheets, six pair pillow slips, three tablecloths, four towels, two toilets, two smoothing irons, shovel and tongues, shotgun, bottle of varnish, two volumes Wesley’s Sermons, testament, hymn book, shotgun barrel, box pepper, pair men’s shoes, one volume Morris’ Sermons, One Methodist Discipline, Narrative Lewis & Clark

True list of all the property that has come into my hands this 5th day of December 1854.

William Richardson, Administrator Thomas Wier, Administrator

Appendix to the Inventory of the Estate of WILLIAM McHENRY, deceased Property includes: Augur, ¾ inch froe, lantern, meal bag, man’s old saddle, pair of shoe brushes, account on William Munday for $5.00, account on James Smith for $2.50; note on Joseph Black and H. H. Davidson $135.70

William Richardson, Administrator Thomas Wier, Administrator

Sale of the Estate of WILLIAM McHENRY, deceased Buyers were: Thomas L. Davis – foot adze $.70; grindstone $1.30; beef $19.00; barrel of vinegar $2.00

Mastin Simmons – three scythe sneeds $.25

Elias Ely – adze $.88; two hammers $.41; two sad irons $.85; scythe and cradle $1.85; briar scythe $.51; basket $.26; crosscut saw $4.25; bull $11.80; steer $12.50; churn $.30; four barrels $.12 ½; pair spectacles $.22; barrel of vinegar $1.05

William Roark – three briar scythes $.25

Mathew Whitaker – ox ring, steeple and bows $.15; counterpin $1.10; bureau $6.75

Joseph Surber – nine sheep $1.40; crout stand $1.00; lot of hay $5.00; 776 binds of fodder $6.36

Peter Hazlewood – three briar hooks $.30

George Shultz – stone sledge $1.35

John Lambert – four hoes $.30; cow and calf $10.00

William Lambert – pair fire irons $.05; three tubs $.12 ½

James J. Gibson – mattock $.55

William Ely – cow and calf $13.00

James Hurst – two hoes $.15; iron wedge $.50

Samuel Mundy – horse $24.50

H. L. Murphy – four brass cocks $.50; pair sheep shears $.65

G. W. Powel – three hoes $.27; two hammers $.39; plow $.40; water pail $.12 ½

Daniel Parsons – iron wedge $.41

David Lambert – two axes $.76; oven and lid $1.15

George Rose – five hogs $2.50

Elijah Jones – two axes $.60; three axes $.30; two augurs $.31; three screwdrivers $.25; lantern $.20; two pair scales and weights $.55; plow $.40; two plows $.20; pair shoes $1.25; whip saw $1.30; two plows $.87 ½; barrel with old irons $2.66; four barrels $.66; kettle $2.05; bottle of oil vitriol $.10; three tar buckets $.37 ½; two pots and hooks $2.55; bedstead $5.00; purse and lancet $.36; purse $.16; hymn book $.50

William Willis – two axes $1.50

William P. Ails – froe $.40; ladies saddle $4.10; shucks and fodder $1.10

James Bedwin – four hogs $24.00

George Runions – drawing knife $.43; hand saw $1.00

Robert Neil – augur $.37 ½; two chisels, nippers and square $.37 ½

George Scott – stake and file $.10; pen charcoal $.50

Joseph Whitaker – shotgun barrel $.15; three chains and collar $.80; coulter plow $.65

Andrew Whitaker – butter pan $.65; two hoes $.15; coulter plow $.90; two sheets $.40

James Patterson – scythe and cradle $1.15; pan and nails $.20; double tree and plow stock $.40; mowing scythe $.65; log chain $2.15

Waitsil Lay – scythe $.32; cow and calf $13.00

Franklin M. Smith – log chain $4.00; ten silver teaspoons $2.77

Pryor Adams – plow, chisel, corking chisel $.60

Charles Newlee – pair fire irons $.20

James Mundy – set smith tools $27.00

Travis Brooks – tine $2.00; two bars iron and pair hinges $2.00

Joseph White – mowing scythe $1.00; umbrella $1.00; cutting box and knife $3.85; three beef hides $3.00; two tea boards and 14 wine glasses $2.75; two pair spectacles $2.00

James Carr – basket $.40

James Childress – pair gears $1.50; quilt $1.15; counterpin $.30; quilt $3.10

Thomas Friar – two whetstones $.10

Almarion Mitchell – wheat fan $9.00, half bushel measure $1.55

A. D. Woodson – pair steelyards $1.50

Enoch Moore – tar bucket $.20; man’s saddle $.50; two pillow slips and bolsters $1.50

James Simmons – plow $3.43 ½; harrow $2.51; heifer %.25

Thomas McCarty – box pepper $3.05; pair gears $2.00

Joseph Rice – saddle blanket $.75

Mark Richardson – pair saddle bags $4.00; 50 bushels of corn $28.50; 75 bushels of corn $45.75

John Freeman – saddle and bridle $7.10; two tar buckets $.20; bed $10.80; two pillows, pillow slips and bolster $2.05; coverlid $3.75; table $1.65

John Kibert – grindstone $.20; tub $1.07

William Croushorn – lot hay $20.00; 150 dozen sheaf oats $28.50; Wesley’s Sermons two volumes $1.75

Zachariah Sutton – lot of hay $16.75

Dock Powers – lot of hay $8.10; barrel of vinegar $4.00

Vincent Myers – yoke of oxen $76.00

Charles Russell – two heifers $11.70

Robert B. Lane – horse $60.50

W. M. Brewster – mare $71.50; table $1.37

Ambrose Johnson – pan $.10; kettle $3.41

Wesley England – pair candle molds and bucket $1.35; wagon $30.00; three sickles $.45; cart $15.00; bedstead $5.75

E. D. Willis – three Windsor chairs $2.55

William Carroll – bed $10.25; two pillows, slips and bolsters $1.35; bed $9.00; under bed $.60

Edmund Napper – bed $10.25; blanket $.35; pair sheets $.65; pair steelyards $.25

Madison Goins – bed $12.00; counterpin $2.80

George Thomas – coverlid $3.25; brush $.35

Absalom Robinson – bed $12.00; two pillows, slips and bolster $1.95; bedstead $4.75

James Rose – two pillows, slips, and bolster $1.95

Sarah Stout – counterpin $2.25

B. F. Norville – two glass tumblers $.30; looking glass $.45

David Croushorn – razor and strop and box $1.25

Joel Sutherland – candlestick $.40; two bed glasses $.75

James Millis – pair hooks $.25

Frances Croushorn – two pillows, slips and bolster $1.95; bed $6.25; quilt $1.00; coverlid $2.00; two coverlids $2.00; blanket $1.00; two pair sheets $1.00; coverlid $2.00; quilt $2.00; counterpain $3.20; counterpain $1.00; four towels $.50; three tablecloths $3.00; under bed $.50; under bed $.50; six chairs $1.50; table $2.00; ten plates $.50; two dishes $.25; 1 ½ sets cups and saucers $.25; three pitchers $.75; two sets spoons $.50; two buckets and sugar bowl $.25; set glass tumblers $.50; shovel and tongues $.50; two candlesticks and snuffers $.50; four crocks $.16; pot $.25; stew kettle $.25; bucket $.25; skillet $.25; coffee ill $.10; piggin $.10; pot rack $.10; pair hooks $.10; coffee pot $.10; bedstead $1.60; pair fire irons $1.00; set knives and forks $.50; testament $.25; Morris’ Sermons $.25; wash pan and four tin cups $.25; blanket $1.00; pair shoe brushes $.12 ½; sifter and tray $.25; two toilets $2.00; tub and meal bag $.75

Andrew Woodson – nine hogs $72.00

Three fat hogs and six shoats used in the family.

Deduct for one heifer sold belonging to Lou Croushorn $6.00

Total amount received from sale of the estate was $967.29, sold on the 25th and 26th day of January 1855. William Richardson, Administrator Thomas Weir, Administrator