Name/Title
Accounting of Goods and Chattels for William PiersonEntry/Object ID
002892Tags
William Henry PiersonScope and Content
An Inventory of all and singular the goods chattles and
credits which were of William Pierson late of the Town of Bloom
-ing Grove in the County of Orange deceased taken this 29 day
of October 1821 by Henry Pierson & Hezekiah Watkins Adminis
-trators of the estate of the said deceased in the presence of Mary
Youngs and Rachel Pierson sisters of the said deceased
I Wm Lewis & I Charles Heard do solemnly swear and
declare that I will truly and honestly and impartially appraise
the personal property of Wm Pierson deceased according to the best
of my knowledge and ability
Sworn this 29th October 1821
Item Description $ cts
1 Pair of oxen 50 --
1 Ox yoke 1 --
1 Calf 3 --
4 Cows 56 --
2 Year old cattle 9 --
16 Sheep 24 --
1 Horse 55 --
1 Mare 7 --
1 Cider Mill & Press 20 --
6 Hogs 26 --
1 Axe -- 50
1 Lot of pine siding 1 12½
1 Lot of shingles 1 50
1 Lot of plank and boards 1 62½
1 Lot of fencing stuff 3 50
1 Lot of fencing posts and scantling -- 60
1 Lot of popple boards -- 75
1 Lot of plank and boards -- 75
1 Shingle Rack -- 12½
1 Ox sled 1 --
4 Ploughs & Stone drag 6 25
1 Waggon 15 --
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Item $ cts
1 Lumber Sleigh --- 5 ~
1 Pleasure Sleigh --- 12 ~
1 Oxyoke & 1 pair of farm collars --- 1 ~
2 Set of dutch harness --- 2 50
1 Pump --- 3 ~
1 Scoop shovel - 2 & 21 barrels & 1 barrel --- ~ 25
1 Half bushel --- ~ 1221
1 Big Wheel --- 1 ~
4 Cider Barrels & 2 Kegs --- 3 ~
2 Hogsheads & 1 Tierce --- 2 ~
1 Double Whipple tree --- ~ 75
3 Ox chains --- 3 ~
1 Lot of clevices --- 1 50
1 Lot of carpenters tools --- 1 ~
1 Lot of old Iron --- 1 ~
1 Lot of hoes --- 1 ~
1 Mattock & Lot of shovels --- 1 ~
1 Bread tray, 1 cider tunnel --- ~ 1221
1 Crow bar & 1 Axe --- 1 ~
1 Barrel with Vinegar in --- 1 50
1 Large Kettle --- 1 75
Barrels, Tubs, trays, & pails, brass kettle & tin in the cellar kitchen --- 6 ~
2 Kegs of Vinegar 1 Churn & tub in the Milk cellar --- 2 25
2 Kegs of butter in --- 20 ~
Flails, rakes & forks, cutting box, crackle & swingling boards --- 1 75
1 Mow of rye in the barn --- 5 ~
1 Mow of wheat in the barn --- 75 ~
1 Mow of oats in the barn --- 30 ~
1 Mow of flax in the barn --- 6 ~
1 Ox cart --- 12 ~
Potatoes --- 5 ~
8 Stacks of hay --- 47 ~
1 Field of grain on the ground --- 25 ~
1 Sow --- 4 ~
3 pigs --- 5 ~
1 Grind Stone --- 2 ~
Item $ cts
Boxes, barrels, & 21 barrels in both chambers --- 1 75
6 Half Hogsheads --- 1 50
4 Bushels of flax seed --- 3 50
1 Chest in the west chamber with its contents --- 2 50
Scythes, Sickles, rope works, old saddle, & sheep shears --- 3 ~
1 Bed Stead, bed, & bedding in the chamber --- 10 ~
1 Saddle & bridle --- 4 ~
1 Bake pan, 1 tramel, 1 fire shovel, 4 bells --- 1 75
10 Bags, 1 churn --- 1 50
1 Bed stead, bed and bedding in the north bed room --- 14 ~
1 Bed stead, bed, bolster & pillows in the east bed room --- 10 ~
1 Gun, powder horn & pouch, & 1 pair of Still yards --- 6 25
Pewter & Tin ware --- 2 25
2 Whhips --- 1 ~
1 Chest with its contents --- 1 ~
Wearing Apparel --- 20 ~
14 Blankets & 1 Cover let --- 30 ~
4 Pair of pillow cases --- 1 50
1 Table, 1 Watch, 1 Dictionary, Razors & spectacles --- 8 25
Note given by Michael Jackson - doubtful --- 6 07
Due from James Bule --- 3 ~
Due from Stephen Ingersoll --- 1 8721
Due from John Warden --- 1 60
Due from John Bayer --- 1 8721
Due from Samuel Smith --- doubtful --- 1 39
1 Trunk --- ~ 50
1 Pair of And Irons & Tongs --- 1 ~
1 Stack of hay and grain in the Barn --- 12 ~
Total: 726 28
