Sarah Sowell Hardy had already disposed of her enslaved people and as we saw last week the first part of her will was intended to maintain that division. That taken care of, what remained for her to leave her children makes a very short list, composed mostly of personal items.
[FamilySearch.Org]
A true Inventory of all and Singular the goods and
Chattels, rights & credits of Mrs. Sarah Hardy Deceased,
Oct 30: 1809-----
Her wearing apparel 3 phials, 1 nutmeg grater, 1 old pen knife,
1 pr. old scissors, 1 pr. shoe brushes, 1 trunk, 1 chest, 1 bed & bed
=stead & furniture, 4 sheets, 1 pillow case, about 2 yds. home
=spun cloth, 5 pr new stockings, 4 sets knitting pins, 2 Books,
1 turpentine dipper, 1 pr. spectacles, 1 pr. old scales, 1 old reel,
half of an old crosscut saw ______ Benjamin Hardy's note
for seventy-four pounds sixteen shillings & 4d. on interest from
the 26th march, 1805. Edward Hardy's note for fifty-five pounds
and 6d. dated the 31st. Dec'r. 1807, payable one day after date,
Charles Sowell's note for four pounds thirteen shillings & 6d. with
interest from the 26th. March 1809___ William Worley & Humphry
Gates note for two pounds nineteen shillings & 7d. dated 26th.
Sept'r 1804. payable six months after date Henry Boswells and
John Bird's note for a ballance of two pounds three shillings &
six pence on interest from the 26th. March 1805 a balance of
three shillings & 6d. due on John Morgan's notes, ____
verbal accounts to ^the amount of sixty-five dollars.____
W.P. Hardy
[FamilySearch.Org]
An Inventory of Sales of the Perishable estate of
Mrs. Sarah Hardy deceased, Octr. 20th 1809 _____3 Phials........................................To Winifred Hardy........|-0|-1|-6
1 Grater, knife & old scissors...... " Benj'n. Hardy............|-"|-"|-6
1 pr. shoe Brushes........................ "
1 trunk.......................................... " Moses Williams....... |-1|-"|-"
1 Chest.......................................... "
1 Bed, Bedstead & furniture........." Benj'n. Hardy............|17|10|-"
1 piece homespun (about 2 yds.).. " Winifred Hardy....... |-"|-8|-"
2 sheets & 1 pillow case............... " Benj'n. Hardy............|-"|11|-"
1 pr. stockings............................... " Wm. P. Hardy...........|-"|13|-6
1 Pr.....ditto................................... " Do.........Do.............|-"|13|-"
1 Pr.....ditto................................... " Do.........Do.............|-"|-8|-"
1 Pr.....ditto................................... " Benj'n. Hardy...........|-"|10|-6
1 Pr.....ditto................................... " Do.........Do.............|-"|-8|-"
4 sets knitting pins........................" Winifred Hardy....... |-"|-1|-8
2 Books........................................ " James Phelps............|-"|-5|-"
2 sheets......................................... " Winifred Hardy....... |-1|-"|-"
1 turpentine dipper....................... " Benj'n. Hardy............|-"|-1|-6
1 pr. specks.................................. " Moses Williams....... |-"|-"|-6
1 pr. old scales & reel.................. " Benj'n. Hardy............|-"|-"|-6
half of an old + saw..................... " Moses Williams....... |-"|-2|-"
L 24|16|-8
W.P. Hardy Exe'r
The items that initially puzzled me were the turpentine dipper and the half of a cross-cut saw. However, a quick internet search reminded me of the fact that turpentine is a natural product distilled from the sap of pine trees.*
Her will directed that her daughters were to share her wearing apparel which is why none of it appears in the sales. Her bed, bedstead and furniture were the most valuable of her effects. I wonder what the titles of her two books were.
*Here's an explanation of the process of tapping a tree. Of course Sarah wasn't personally doing this task.
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