On September 25, 1832, Thomas Clayton, Wyatt Harper and Wilkins Smith submitted their appraisal of Great Uncle Jeremiah's "goods, chattels & credits" to the Probate Court of Hancock County, Georgia.
["Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-30371-16129-19?cc=1999178 : 20 May 2014), Hancock > Wills and administration records 1831-1840 vol N; county probate courthouses, Georgia.]
An Inventory and Appraisement of the estate of
Jeremiah Warren deceased
No 1 Two Beds and furniture, one bed stead 20.00
2 One Bed " furniture 12.00
3 Five duffel Blankets* 6.00
4 Three Rose Blankets* 5.00
5 Five pieces of bed clothing 6.25
6 One trunk .50
7 Two Shot Guns 5.00
8 One Pine Box [.]25
9 one Clock 10.00
10 one pine table .50
11 one Water Bucket .50
12 One mahogany beauro & Looking glass 12.00
13 One mans Saddle 5.00
14 Seven chairs & one clock reel** 2.75
15 4 Barrels 1 Bedstead & cord*** 3.25
16 4 Spinning wheels & 4 prs cotton cards**** 8.00
17 1 Loom 1 pr Harness and 3 Slaies[?] 5.00
18 1 Table & crockery ware 5.87
19 1 churn 1 Tub & pail 2.00
20 1 Coffee mill .50
21 3 Ovens 2 prs pot hooks 1 Tea kettle Stribit[?] 7.00
22 9 Jars 1 Jug 1 pair of Shovel and tongs 4.00
23 1 Ox cart 15.00
24 1 Grind-stone 1.00
25 20 pieces of plough hoes 5.00
26 4 Plough stocks and hoes, 2 swingletrees & clevices 6.00
27 5 pairs of harness and 4 pair traces 3.75
28 8 Weeding hoes 2.50
29 5 Axes 5.00
["Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-30371-16129-19?cc=1999178 : 20 May 2014), Hancock > Wills and administration records 1831-1840 vol N; county probate courthouses, Georgia.]
Amt Brot over
30 1 Lot of old Irons 2 Ox yokes & staples 2.00
31 3 Smoothing Irons 1 pr wedges 1 pr steelyards***** 2.00
32 1 pair Scales & weights 1.00
33 1 Still, case, & worm****** 25.00
34 1 Large pot & 2 tubs 4.25
35 1 Bay mare Charlotte 15.00
36 1 Bay Horse Sam 75.00
37 1 Horse mule, Jack 75.00
38 1 Bay horse, Fox 30.00
39 1 Bay horse, Judge 45.00
40 1 Bay mare Kesizah 45.00
41 1 Bay mare Blind 5.00
42 1 Sorrel mule colt one eye out 50.00
43 1 Sorrell horse Jim 30.00
44 1 Bay horse, Mike 30.00
45 1 Bay mare Jin 30.00
46 1 Horse mule Rock 75.00
47 157 head of hogs @ $2.00 per Head 314.00
48 50 head of cattle @ $3.00 " " 150.00
49 9 " " " " $4.00 " " 36.00
50 1 Ox 12.00
51 1 Lot of plough gear plough stocks, & harrow do 11.00
52 2 Cows & calves at 7$ per piece 14.00
53 1 Lot of plough hoes, 1 wedge 1 pair steelyard 2 pair
hances & traces 10.00
54 2 plough stocks 1 harrow stock 1.50
55 1 Lot of Axes, 1 S[c]ythe and weeding hoes 1.50
56 1 Cotton gin 25.00
57 137 Barrels old corn at 2[.]50 per Bl 342.50
58 12650 lbs of fodder at 62ce per cwt 79.06
59 7000 lbs oats " 50 c " " 35.00
60 1 Stack of Rye 12.00
61 5480 pounds of fodder at 62ce per cwt 34.50
62 1300 " old " " 50c " " 6.50
63 5680 " new " " 75 " " 42.60
Amt carried forward
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amt brot, forward
64 2600 pounds oats 50 per cwt 13.00
65 Hannah a woman & her three children (viz) Gideon, Willy, Absalom 900.00
66 Amy " " four " Matt Caroline Joby & Mason 1000.00
67 Mary " three children " Sandal, Rhody & Francis 950.00
68 Eliza " " two do Sophia & Mina 700.00
69 Judy " " three " " Creasy, Clem & Hilliard 900.00
70 Pat " " Child " " Fanny 500.00
71 Abram a man 400.00
72 Robbin " boy 400.00
73 John " boy 250.00
74 Tom a man 50.00
75 Lucy " woman 250.00
75 Letha " girl 400.00
76 Dave a man 575.00
77 Meredith a man 600.00
78 Hal a man 575.00
79 Stephen a man 575.00
80 Dennis a boy 450.00
81 Coleman a man 450.00
83 Buck a man 400.00
84 Rilla a girl 425.00
85 Pomp a man 500.00
86 Edmund a man 600.00
87 Jack " " 600.00
88 Anderson 600.00
89 Mill stones 10.00
We do certify, upon oath as far as was produced
to us by the Executors the above and foregoing contains a true
appraisement of the goods, chattels & credits of the estate of
Jeremiah Warren dec'd to the best of our judgement and
understanding.
Sept. the 25th 1832
Thos Clayton
Wyatt Harper
Wilkins Smith
Appraisers
At the top of the following page are certifications that each and every one of the appraisers "were sworn to do their duty as appraisers according to law..." I'm not including that page now because immediately below it is a list of "notes of account" for sums owed to Jeremiah and I'm going to cover that next week.
Note that either the appraisers themselves or whoever entered the appraisement into court records made several mistakes in the numbering of the items appraised--there are two 75s and no 82.
Looking back at Jeremiah's will, he seems to have made some attempt to keep families together in his bequests:
In Item the 1st "Hannah and her increase" were loaned to his sister Sarah Harton for her lifetime and then to be divided between her three sons.
Item 2nd loaned "Buck, Judy and her children" to sister Mary
warren for her lifetime and then to his brother Robert Warren's children except Epps and James Warren who were specifically excluded.
Item 3rd loaned Robert Warren "the negroes Eliza and her children Sophia and and Mina and Stephen her husband" for his lifetime then to go to his daughter Sarah "and the heirs of her body."
Item 4th's bequest to brother William gave him "a negro man named Pomp and a negro girl named Rilar that now is with my Mother."
Item 5th was directed at his sister Elizabeth Smith who was not given any of Jeremiah's human property (and she was not to profit from a later sale).
Item 6th covered the two children of his deceased brother James--Martha was to receive "one Negroe boy named William" and her brother James "one negroe boy named Robbin."
Item 7th directed that "one negro boy named Matt "to his 7-year old nephew (and my great great grandfather
J.T.S. Warren "which negro is not to go into his posseson untill he arives at full age twenty one."
In Item 8th Jeremiah limited his bequest to sister Susan Johnson to the same terms as to sister Susan in Item 5th.
And in Item 9th Sarah Harton's son Jesse W. Harton's share was "one negro boy named Dennis to go into his possession at my death."
And then there's the seven individuals "Coleman Mary and her three children and Pat and John" who, within five years, "if they can at any time be freed by the laws of the Country it is my will it shall be done."
According to the appraisal of September 1832, Pat was the mother of Fanny who's not mentioned in Jeremiah's will which was drawn up in December of 1831. It seems likely to me that Fanny must have been born after the will was made during the six months "severe affliction" Jeremiah suffered for more than six months before his death in July of 1832.
*For a description of these imported (from England) blankets,
look here.
**See a picture of a clock reel
here.
***You can find a description of various types of bedsteads
here.
****There's an explanation of carding
here.
*****Steelyard balance wiki
here.
*****Jeremiah was evidently following in his father
Jesse Warren Sr.'s distilling footsteps.
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