West, Stephen Prince George's County, Maryland Prince George's County Inventories 1781, pp Entered: 6 September 1791

Transcription

1 1 i CR 11,297 CM WEST91 Inventory of the Good & Chattels of Stephen West Esqr. late of Prince Georges County appraised by us the Subscribers being first qualified March -- Wearing Apparel Negroes years Richard Dent 46 infirm Nancy Dent Paul Wood Frank (Carpenter) Billy Gordon Joseph Herbert Monday (Blacksmith) Charles Dent 52 (disabled) Toney Punch (ruptd.) Crocus very Old and past labour Old George Very Old & past labour Cato Stephen Charles Gov Aron Alick Moses Paul Fletcher Peter Jacob Jack Walker Abraham Sandy Jack Ned Harry John Wood 35 (Carptr.) Paul (of Paul) (Page 91) Negroes Contd. Years Stephen John Wilks Dick Cook Charles Jonathan Arnold Dick (Son of Nick) Richmond James John (Weaver) Nace (Blacksmith) Bob Old Tom past labour Peter past labour Cloe past labor Jack son of Aleck 6 years Jack Son of Aron Hannah Betsey

2 2 _ _Billy Peg Ditto _Bob Nelly of Peg Grace 2 months Cate Joe infirm / Suckey Wood \ Polly Nancey (Job) Old Ned Wood Charles Gardiner Frank Weaver Ned Wood Stephen of Cato Cato of Cato Harry of Jacob / Sarah (Kitchen) \ Jemina (Page 92) Negroes Contd Ledia 18 years Charles Mercer Jack Truman / Kitty Wood \ Nacey 6 months / Lucy Jenny Amy \ Lucy of Lucy / Phillir of Diner Leer \ Diner / Juda Tom \ Simon Roxey Suckey Monica Polly (of Nancy) Nancy Johns wife Frank of Nancy Jack of Nancy Ned of Nancy Charles of Nancy Rose Charles of Old Tom Peter Watkins Nelly Wood Terra / Nancy \ Frank / Charlotte Mary \ Davey Rachel Milly Mansfield

3 3 (Page 93) Negros contd. Romeo 16 years Bute Henry Dent Frank of Paul Suckey Wood Cate Lett (blind) Jack Watkins Old Phillis Bet Zilpha Nelly Stock Stock at the different Plantations 49 Head Horses Oxen 60/ Cows 50/ head Young Cattle 22/ head Sheep 12/ head Hogs 20/ Shoats 7/ Pigs 2/ Household Furniture 25 Table Cloths Sorted at 10/ ditto Oznabrigs 3/ diaper Napkins 2/ pr russia linen Sheets 20/ pr Sheets part old all used 20/ pr country linen Sheets (much worn) 5/ pillow coats 1/ Bro Roll Napkins 6d a Small pewter Still 60/ Counterpains quilted 35/ Blue Room 2 Beds & furniture looking Glass 10/ Chest of Drawers Old Close Stool 60/ Tea Table 25/ Chairs & a Wash Stand 40/ (Page 94) Household furniture contd. Red Room 2 Beds large Chest 25/ ditto 10/ ditto 5/ old Tabless 3 old Chairs 45/ pair end Irons 20/ Mrs. Gater's Room 2 Beds & furniture

4 4 1 Trunk Chairs & one Table Yellow Room 1 Bed & furniture Chest Drawers dressing table looking Glass pr end Irons fender Tongs & Shovel large Arm Chair Chairs with Stuff bottoms Washing Stand hair broom In the Hall 482¾ oz Plate 8/ China & Glass Ware Marble Slab Table & China Ware looking Glasses Brass Tea Kettle & Stand pr end irons Shovel & Tongs Mahogany Tea Chest with \_ Silver Canisters very neat / Family Pictures Little yellow Room Medicine and lumber in Medicine Chest Bed & furniture Porch 2 Tables (in the Porch) Chairs fire Screen Pictures Glass Lanthorn (Page 95) Household furniture contd. Piazza 3 Tables in the Piazza Chairs The Seasons Spy Glass Walk Room 1 Bookcase & Drawers Small Stands leather bottomed Chairs - 1 do Stool pr Old end Irons In the Parlour 1 Bookcase in the Parlour Clock Spinnet Looking Glass fender 1 pr. end Irons Shovel & tongs leather bottomed Chairs Pictures

5 5 1 Sett money Scales & weights hand Vice in the book Case Marble Slab Pewter Canister 1 Tin ditto doz. old Knives & forks Tea Chest with tin Canisters Sett Castors old Mahogany Tea boards doz. China Cups & Saucers Breakfast Room 1 Bed & furniture paper Screen Childs Chair Small Table with draws pair end Irons Chafing dish for Tea Kettle old prints Shovel & Tongs S Hse Room 1 Bed & furniture Chairs pr end Irons 15 Shovel 2/ Small poplar Table Window Curtains (Page 96) Household furniture Contd. Store Room 1 Writing Desk pr Wool Combs small Garden hoes Walnut Table Grid Iron & frying pan pr Scales & weights Sives 7/6 1 flesh fork 2/ Old pewter plates & dish pr small physick scales & weights pr Steel Yards lumber in the Store Rooms Consisting \_ of old Looms Slays Harness &c &c / Anthony's Room 1 Bed & furniture old Tables old Chairs Pr tongs & Shovel Old Trunk old pott & hooks large washing tub & 1 small ditto \_ with some lumber / Ironing Room 1 Wood Horse for Clothes poplar Tables old trunk pair end Irons pair Tongs. 2. 0

6 6 1 pr flatt Irons & Stands Box Irons & 5 heaters Cloth Brushes Rifles and Guns old including Bayonets 20/ Gun locks in bad Order Great Room 1 Bed & furniture (very bad) large Square table large Wool Wheels 7/ Stocking Looms pair Warping Bares Chas Room 2 Weaving Looms Iron Star Truss for do Punches Shop Ropemaking Utensils Consisting 1 rope wheel, 1 Twine wheel, 1 laying wheel, 3 laying hooks, 1 after Hook, 6 Iron Spin= =dles, 2 Iron bolts 1 Coarse Hackle (Page 97) Punches Shop continued 1 Second ditto, 1 three Spine Hackle 2 Small Copers 1 Small Steel loper & 1 larger iron ditto Distillery 2 Stills 112 & 40 Gallons with 3/ large brewing tub 1 Singling Tub \_ Cyder Casks 1 Barrel & 1 large Still Trap / Mrs. Catons Room 1 Old Arm Chair Rug & 2 Blankets Yellow Room a Libria Books consisting of a number \_ of broken Setts / a Knife case Small 40/ Mans Saddle & Bridle old Chest of Drawers Trunk hair Trunk Old Bagamon Table P Small end Irons Chair Violin & Case Cradle bed & 3 blankets old Silver Watches 100/ Gold mourning Rings 35/ Sun glass old Snuff boxes lip'd & bound w th. Silver pair Small Silver Shoe buckles a parcel of trifling lumber in a \ basket consisting of fishing lines \_ Spectacle Cases pieces of old [? ] /

7 7 Inkpowder &c / Mr O I Room 2 Chairs 10/ pair end Irons tongs & Shovel Closet adjg. the Parlour 5 doz. & nine Shallow plates 14 Cream cold. \ dishes sorted 1 doz. & 9 deep ditto 1 doz \_ plain & 8 small do bowls wine glases & mugs / Upper Store Room Lumber in the upper store Room consisting of old Sythes [Hers?] Bellows Carouch boxes &c Garret lumber in the long Garret consisting \_ of old trunks & Chests / Scale Beams & Scales Trunk with a pr Sheets for the overseer \_ grid Iron Tongs & Shovel / part of a box of Window Glass A Stone to grind paint on (Page 98) Apple Room Lumber in the apple room Consisting of \_ old Trunks old Chairs Boxes &c &c / Porch Garret Lumber the Porch Garret Consisting of \_ old Trunks and an old Chest of drawers / Lower Quarter Plantation Utensils 1 Ox Cart 3 Chains & 4 yokes plows & 3 pr double Swingle treasses Setts old rope traces & 6 bridle bits hoed harrow 2/ pair Malling wedges Cuting box 5/ 1 X cut saw 20/ old hand Mill 10/ 1 Grindstone 7/ Narrow Axes 10/ 1 Morticing do 2/ Grubing Hoes 15/ 7 hilling hoes Weeding Hoes Harry's Quarter 1 Ox cart 4 yokes & 3 Chains pattern plow with dble Swingle Tree Ox plow with ditto Barr shear plows 7/ Howed Narrow plow pr hames & 5 old traces & 4 old Collars weeding Hoes 14/ 7 hilling do Grubing Hoes 6/. 1 Mall g. Ax 2/ pr Mall g. Wedges 7/6 6 narrow Axes 12/ Frow 1/6 1 GrindStone 7/ hand Mill 20/ Iron pot & hooks 5/

8 8 Arons Plantation 2. 3 square tooth Harrows Seed plows with dble Swingletrees hoed harrow plow Barr Shear ditto new Collars & 6 pr old traces old plow bridle bitts weeding Hoes hilling & 6 Grubing hoes Malling Ax & 4 narrow Axes drawing Knife old X cut saw Curry Comb & 1 pr wedges Small Iron pott & hooks Bramble Scythe S. Pumphreys Plantation 1 Ox Cart 3 chains & 4 Yokes indifferent plows & 3 setts geers Setts rope Traces & 6 plow bridles hoed Harrows (Page 99) S. Pumphrey Plantation 6 narrow Axes 12/ 2 pr wedges 5/ old x cut saw 5/ Grubing Hoes 14/ 1 Malling ax 2/ hilling & 14 weeding Hoes Hand Mill 20/ 1 Grindstone Cuting Box old Curry Comb & Brush & 1 frow Paul Woods Plantation 1 Ox Cart & 3 Chains & 4 Yokes weeding plows with dlbe Swingletrees Barr Shear Plows Howed Harrows pr old rope Traces pr lead g. lines & 3 bridle bitts Weeding Hoes 28/ 7 hill g do 14/ Grub g. Hoes & Mall g. Ax Narrow Axes 10/ 3 prize [pinns?] 1/ Adze 1/6 1 broad Ax 5/ frow 1/6 1 hand saw 1/6 1 draw g. knife 1/ Augers 1 Square & 1 Gouge Chizzels & 1 pr Compasses hammer 1 old pott & pr of pott hooks Grindstone 7/6 2 pr wedges 3/ 1 pestle 2/ Hand Mill Home House Plantation 1 Ox Cart 3 Chains & Yokes Weeding & 14 Hilling Hoes Mall g. ax 2/ 1 Grub g. Hoe 2/ Narrow Axes pr Wedges 5/ 1 hand mill 20/ Grind Stone 7/6 1 pick ax 2/ Horse Cart tug hames & Cart Saddle pr Iron traces 2 seed plows wth. \_ dble Swingle trees & plow harness /

9 9 2 Bar Shear plows Cart Mettal plows Hoed Harrow Garden Utensils 3 Garden Spades 5/ Turfing Knife Cut g. Knife 2/6 1 Hoe 2/ Small garden Weeding Hoe pr Garden Shears Jack & Garden line Small wood Saw Bee Hives 2/ (Page 100) Carpenters & Coopers Tools 2 Whip saws 20/ X Cut Saws broad Axes Coopers Axes Taper bitts & 12 Chizzels Gouges & 14 Augers Bung Boarer 1/ 4 hand saws 10/ frows 7/6 4 Coopers Adzes 8/ Carpenters Adzes hammers 5/ 2 Crows 3/ pr Compasses & 4 drawing Knives Chizzels 5 files Jack & 1 fore plane Narrow Axes Morticing Axes & 2 small hatchets Iron Compasses & 3 Gimblets hhd Jointers & 1 Crow Iron (small) large Crow Bar Iron Square Wooden Square & 1 Carpenters Axe Franks Shop 3 hand 1 tenat & 1 Sash saw Compass Saws & 4 plains Smoothing plane 2 plow plains 2/1 \_ small do sorted 2 pannel do / 5 firmers & 9 Carpinters Chizzels Carpenters & 5 pareing Gouges flat files 15 ½ round & 43 Square files Rat tail file 1/ 1 pr Compasses pair Nippers Taper bitt 1/ 1 tap boarer 1/ Coopers Adze Coopers Adze 2/6 1 Rounding Knife 2/ Spring Saw 5/ 1 Whip saw 35/ turning Chizzels & ¼ Augurs turn g. Gouges & 1 round boarer broad Aze 5/ 1 Joiners hatchet 2/ Coopers round Shave 2/6 5 Gimbletts 1/ Old knives 2 renches & 3 hammers Bench Vice large Grind Stone Lumber.15. 0

10 10 (Page 101) Mondays Smith Shop Smiths Tools 15 ½ round course worn 6d Smooth ditto feather edge ditto punchers & 1 large flat file cold Chizle 1/ 1 Ax file 3/ Set hammer 3/ square files 1/ brace 1/ 1 burnisher 1/ Screw plates drill box 3/ 1 Wooden Vice 2/ Iron Vice 2/6 1 breast plate 1/ hand & 3 Striking hammers P Sheep Shears 1/ 2 punches 1/ Comb saw 6d 2 large Vices 40/ large Bellows old & unfit for use new Bellows not very good p punchers 2/6 2 hammers 1/ Gun scraper 1/ 2 P nippers 2/ p Small nippers 1/ 1 [cuttrass?] 1/ rasps 2/ 1 Shovel 1/ 6 Tools 2/ big Iron 2/6 7 dies 5/ Punch Lumber consisting of old Iron &c &c Chizzels 2/ 2 Augurs 2/ drawing Knife 2/ broad Ax 2/ 1 Adze 2/ School Room 1 Narrow Ax 2/ 1 hand saw 2/ Beds & furniture very indifferent Square pine Table 5/ Trunk 5/ 3 old Cannisters 2/ Stores 3 doz pr white yarn Stockings 40/ doz. reep hooks 20/ tin Lanthorns 3/ tin Coverlid 1/ tin Cullender 2/ tin Strainer & 2 tin pans 2/ Gouges 4/. 1 large tin Kettle 4/ Candle moulds 2/ doz. & 11 pewter plates Mill Saws 35/ Hand saws 5/ Grass Scythes 5/ long grain ditto 5/ plain Irons 6d drawing knives 2/ dowel bitses 6 d Cutting Knives 3/ Grid Iron 1/ ½ doz. hilling hoes sorted 45/ doz: & 2 broad ditto 48/ Grubbing hoes Broad Axes lopping Axes 3/

11 11 (Page 102) Stores Continued -- 3 Coopers Axes 11/ Ditchers Axes 5/ pair tongs & Shovel 5/ Cooper Howels 2/ Glass crewits 6d pair indifferent Boots 20/ Spades 7/ frying pan 7/ doz. round files Stone Jug Iron Squares 2/ Shovel ps wt. Kersey 21½ ps Hessins 66 Ells 1/ ps coarse Dowlas 20 yds 1/ ps Hessians 20 ells 1/ ps Oznabrigs 53 ells 1/ parcel of Cordage Cotton Counterpains 35/ fire Grate 40/ Short round Jackets 15/ cast plow Moulds 2/ Yds home spun Cloth 1/ ps Holland linen 25 yds 3/ ps Irish do 24 2/ ps do 25 3/ ps do 8 2/ pr Blk worsted Stockings 7/ pr white do No. 3 6/ pr Cot. do 2 4/ pr do boys 1 3/ pr do 3 4/ pr do Col d. worsted do 1 7/ pr Blk do 4 3/ pr Cold. do 2 6/ pr thread do 12 4/ pr boys bro thread do 1 3/ pr mens do do 9 6/ pr bro ditto 9 8/ pr do 10 7/ doz pr ditto 8 72/ pr mens fine Col d. worsted do 6 6/ pr do ribd. ditto 5/ (Page 103) Stores Continued 1 ps Irish Sheeting 70 yds 2/ ps dowlas 56 yds 2/ ¾ yds Dimity 6/ ps Irish linen 22 yds 1/ ps ditto 6 yds 4/ yds Irish Sheeting 2/ yds Napkining diaper 2/ yds Ravens Duck 1/ Small files 4d [purur] Bitts 4d Table pewter Spoons 2/6 doz coarse Stampt linen Handkfs. 3. 4

12 12 3½ yds Brown linen 1/ pair course strong Shoes pair coarse Strong Stockings 3/ pair brown ditto 4/ pair ditto 8/ yds bro. linen 1/ ¾ Yds bed Ticking 2/ lb whited bro thread 7/ yds check 2/ ps Duroys 13 yds 3/ ps light blue do 12 yds 3/ ps bro Camblet 12½ yds 2/ ¼ yds Wilton Cloth 10/ Yds London bro ditto 20/ ½ Yds Wilton Cloth 7/ ¼ Yds bro bath Coating 7/ Yds yellow fustian 2/ yds white Tammys 1/ Yd red Shalloon 2/ Yds blue Shalloon 2/ ½ Yds blue Casamire 20/ yds black Shalloon 2/ Yds Nankeen 2/ ps prettys 2/ pr nuns bro thread Stockings 5/ ps narrow Worsted binding 2/ pr bro Thread Stockings 6/ lb Gun powder 2/ pr Womans Lea. Shoes 6/ (Page 104) Stores Contin d 4 pair boys 3/ p r mens Strong Shoes 8/ p s striped & flow d Lutestring 23¼ Yds 10/ ½ 9½ yds Changeable do 10/ yds purple & green do 10/ yds Striped ditto 10/ yds Bro. Holland 2/ ells German Oznabrigs 1/ lb fine spun Cotton 5/ pr. Call o Shoes 6/ pr. wom s Leather do 5/ pr. boys do 3/ Yds striped Holland 2/ Striped Call o pattern 40/ fine Chintz 50/ Yds Spotted Callicoe 3/ pr wom s & girls lamb Gloves pr do Lamb Mitts ¼ lb oz. thread Yds Corded Country Cotton 2/ Yds Striped ditto 2/ Bundle Worsted Cruels ps. Cambrick 60/ lb Spun thread yd w t Country Cotton ps. Irish Sheetng yds 4/ Yds fine Irish Linen 6/ pr Seal Skin Shoes 7/

13 13 6 Match coat Blankits 10/ Yds green ½ thick 2/ Yds grey ditto 2/ Yds Sheeting 2/ ¼ yds bag Holland 2/ ½ 8 Yds Scarlet flannel 2/ pr. Yarn Stockings 2/ New Kitchen 1 pr. large and Irons 20/ large soap pot 15/ Coffee Mill 15/ brass Kittle 10/ Copper Brewing Kittle Lumber in the new Kitchen (Page 105) Washing Room 1 Copper Boiler Lumber in the washing Room Consisting \_ of old Tubs &c / Rack Room 1 pair and Irons Cyder Cellar 29 Cyder Casks 5/ Barrel 1/ Bottle Rack 7/ Blocks & Tackles with ropes pewter quart Pot Gallon Jug tin funnell Beer Cellar Lumber in the Beer Cellar Consisting \_ of Boxes Bbls &c / Salt Cellar Lumber in Sall's Cellar consisting of \_ Box & Barrel &c / Porch Cellar ½ Barrel Turpentine Lumber Wine Cellar Lumber in the Wine Cellar consisting \_ of empty Casks Bbls &c / Long Passage 8 prints Lamp & Lanthorn old Sulkey old Pheaton Iron Forkes at the Stable Mrs. Wests Room 1 Bed & furniture ditto

14 14 1 ditto looking glass old trunk old Chest Wood horse for clothes Small Stand pr. end Irons Shovel & Tongs Nursery 1 Bed & furniture old Chest of Drawers Small pine Table P end Irons tongs & Shovel Old prints Accounting Room 1 writing Desk with drawers Walnut Tables Writing frames (Page 106) Accounting Room 4 Lr. Bottomed Chairs pine Stands old Maps pewter Ink Stands Seals pr Scales & weights (old) old Chest & an old Trunk p end Irons tongs & Shovel Grainery 12 M 10 d Nails 9/ M 20 d Brads 10/ Sives 3/ pr large Steel Yards 15/ p Cast Cart boxes 2/ Lumber Sundry milk pans &c in the Milk House Lumber in the Salt Room consisting \_ of Soap Jars Pickling Tubs &c / 21 Old Bacon 7/6 12 Barrs German Steel 7/ Bars Blastd. Steel 15/ Grain Scythes 2/ plain frames 25/ Lumber consisting of old Spinning \_ Wheels and other Spinning materials / old Chests, Cases &c &c / Amount of Invoice of Goods Shipped by \_ Mr. Richmond / A Case of Hats Shpped by O I Hancock David Craufurd \_ Appraisers John Smith Brookes / Sophia Oden -- Prince Georges County to wit \_ Came Mrs. Hannah Sept 6th 1791 / West Executrix of Mr. Stephen West late of said County deceased and made Oath Enter Probate at the end of this Book 50 sides