Inventory of personal property belonging the to the personal estate of Josiah Boothby
of the Cty of Brown, Ohio which was sold on the 2nd and 4th days of September 1834.
to whom sold articles sold amount sold for
$ C
Thomas Gilmore 5 Barrels salt 13 13
Omega Young 5 do do 11 11
Sanford B Allen 25 do do 56 90
Wm Davidson 13 do do 31 35
Wm Doudney 12 do do 25 38
Vincent Grubb 14 do do 30 82
James Cochran 8 do do 18 19
Herman Hanna 10 do do 23 45
Kyte & Thrasher 14 do do 34 12
Daniel Moon 1 do do 2 49
James Norris 1 do do 2 00
George Richardson 1 do do 1 68 3/4
Robert Hamilton 1 empty barrel 0 06 1/4
Wm Holden 1 flat boat 45 00
Joshua Musgrove 3 barrels 00 43 3/4
Joshua Musgrove 4 barrels 00 37 1/2
Deliverance Boothby 1 Spinning Wheel 00 25
George Landon 1 do do 00 25
Joshua Musgrove 1 box iron 00 50
Alexr Hanna 1 brass kettle 2 26
Deliverance Boothby 1 kettle & lid 0 80
Deliverance Boothby 1 kettle 0 20
James Land 1 salt kettle 2 62 1/2
Wm Hight 1 kettle 1 75
Mr ? 1 pair of steelyards 1 25
Thomas Taylor 1 bridle 1 00
James Martin 1 lot of shoemaster's tools 1 44 3/4
James McFadden 1 lot of tools 0 65
Joshua Musgrove 1 Box & Half bushel 0 15
James Young 1 waggon 35 50
James Young 1 pair of break hands 0 45
Thomas Taylor 1 pair of check lines 00 50
David Hanna 1 lot of chains 18 3/4
Willis Bent 1 lot of utensals 62 1/2
Alx Hanna 1 pitch-fork 50
Thomas Taylor 1 table 4 00
Deliverance Boothby 1 table 1 12 1/2
James Mc Fadden 1 Bureau 5 50
John Fiscus senior? 1 waggon 18 3/4
Lemuel Rounds* 1 cupboard 1 37 1/2
Deliverance Boothby 1 bookcase 37 1/2
Milton Ross 2 pair of gears 2 12 1/2
Everet D Smith 1 red calf 1 62 1/2
Everet D Smith 2 white calves 2 06 1/4
Joseph Barns 1 cow 12 62 1/2
Samuel D Price 1 cow 12 43 3/4
Thomas Taylor 1 plow 2 62 1/2
William Hight 3 Barrels 43 3/4
Deliverance Boothby 6 sheep 3 53 1/2
Milton Ross 1 lot of corn 3 00
Robert Hamilton 1 pair of steelyards 1 25
true $ 443 82 1/2
James Boothby
Robert Hamilton Administrators
Notes on names in Bold:
*Lemuel Rounds, probably the brother in law through Josiah's first
marriage
Herman, Alexander, & David Hanna, probably relatives of the widow, her maiden name was Hanna
and of course, Deliverance is the widow of Josiah, but not the mother
of all of the children.
The official declaration |
The appraisal of all goods |
what Deliverance, Josiah's Widow got
Partial Glossary of Archaic Tool Terms
trammel - an iron hook used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire
steelyard - a balance scale, in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a
fulcrum, and a counterweight slides along the longer arm to produce equilibrium. Its place on this arm (which is notched or
graduated) indicating the weight. Commonly used in the plural "steelyards"
Clevis - a U-shaped piece of iron, with a pin passing through holes in the two ends, as a means of connecting a plow or cart to
a draft animal
Doubletree - a crossbar on a wagon, carriage or plow to each end of which the singletrees are attached when two horses are harnessed abreast
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