THE ESTATE OF W. E. TARR - Deceased

T. J. Newsome, Administrator
Administration funding in the District Court of Grayson Co.
T. J. Newsome, administrator, for the estate of W. E. Tarr, deceased, respectfully submits the following inventory of the said Estate.
He shows that the said W. E. Tarr at the time of his death was entitled to a one-half interest in all the following property.

Invoice of Merchandise of Tarr & Newsome Grocery
January 5th, 1874

Amount	Description	Value
11	Cakes Castile Soap	0.88
25	Cakes Brown Winson	2.00
42	Decks Playing Cards	4.20
6 lbs	Ground Cinnamon	3.00
1	Race Ginger	0.18
3 cases	1 gallon Pickles @ 3.50 each	10.50
3.5 lbs	Allspice	0.50
2.5 lbs	Cloves	2.35
3	Graso Clothe Pins	2.20
10 reams	Note Paper	27.50
0.5	JuJuba Paste	0.10
28	1/2 lb Boxes Mustard	4.20
12	1 lb Boxes Mustard	2.64
11	1/4 lb Boxes Mustard	1.30
3	12 Gross Sulphur Matches	4.50
8	Small Boxes Matches Sulphur	0.14
34	Small Boxes Matches Parlor	0.68
36	Wood Pipes & Stems	8.00
13	1/4 lb Boxes Silver Reath Smoking Tobacco	1.98
24 boxes	Piece Candy	0.72
14	1/4 lb Boxes Prices Yeast Powder	4.40
8	1/2 lb Boxes Price Yeast Powder	1.44
64	1 lb Boxes Price Yeast Powder	22.44
3.5	1 lb Ground Pepper	0.81
13 cases	Blackberries	2.60
3 cases	Pineapples	0.66
15 cases	Cranberries Sauce	3.30
8 cases	Sting Beans	1.44
13 cases	Strawberries	2.60
1 case	Peaches	.20
9 cases	Plums	1.80
28 cases	Berries	2.20
12 cases	Gooseberries	2.52
15 cases	Rasberries	3.00
15 cases	Grinces	3.00
9 cases	Lima Beans	1.62
16 cases	Cherries	3.52
61 lbs	Sugar Corn	10.87
37 lbs	Prunes	6.00
1 barrel	Buckwheat Flour	9.00
9	1/2 lb Bushel Measures	1.75
26 lbs	Green Peas	1.54
59 lbs	Blackberries	8.26
26 lbs	Brazil Nuts	0.98
14 lbs	Pick Nick Cracker	0.98
87 lbs	Field Peas	1.20
67 lbs	Navy Beans	2.75
86 lbs	Rice Louisiana	48.00
201 lbs	Powdered Sugar	20.00
112 lbs	Dried Peaches	10.08
1 barrel	Pickles	12.00
35	Whortleberries	3.06
1.5 barrel	Bee Hive Syrup	9.50
3	10 gallon Kegs Bee Hive Syrup	15.00
1	5 gallon Kegs Bee Hive Syrup	3.00
8	Cedar Water Buckets	5.50
13	Corn Water Buckets	6.50
9	Keep Tar	4.50
9	Large Wash Tubs	5.25
3	Medium Wash Tubs	1.50
5	Small Wash Tubs	1.50
1	Cedar Wash Tub	0.75
1	Well Bucket	0.50
3	Large Sugar Buckets	1.50
1	Medium Sugar Bucket	1.50
5	Kits Pickles	6.25
4	Kits Mackerel No. 1	6.00
13 lbs	Fine Cut Tobacco	9.75
5	Mop Sticks	0.80
31 boxes	Alle Grease	5.58
8	6 lb Cans Lard	2.80
28	3 lb Cans Lard	9.26
10	10 lb Cans Lard	12.00
4 leaves	Home Bitters	5.50
6	10 Gallon Cans Coal Oil	18.00
1 case	No. 1 Lamp Chimneys	5.60
4 dozen boxes	Thimbles	4.00
1 case	Pale Soap	5.25
1 case	Star Soap	5.90
1 case	Gooseberries	4.00
1 case	1/2 Gallon Pickles	3.50
1 case	1/4 Gallon Pickles	3.00
51 lbs	Melrose Tobacco	25.50
5	Wood Scives	1.00
4	Small Baskets	0.80
6	Medium Baskets	1.50
5	Covered Baskets	1.75
6	Clothes Baskets	3.00
6 dozen pieces	YP 1/2 lb	1.20
1 case	Pums	4.25
5 dozen	Small Lamp Chimneys	3.00
10 lbs	Silver Gloss Starch	2.00
12 lbs	Candles	2.94
2 dozen boxes	Salmon	5.04
30 lbs	Black Pepper	8.40
1 case	Telegraph Matches	3.00
3 cases	String Beans	10.50
2 cases	Green Peas	8.00
1 case	Blackberries	4.00
1 dozen	5 lb Cans Ypowder	30.00
15 lbs	Imperial Tea	15.00
15 lbs	Houng Hison Tea	16.50
1 case	Wine Port	7.25
16 bunches	Clothes Lines	2.88
1 case	Macaroni	3.00
6 lbs	Stick Candy	0.75
1 case	Yeast Cakes	3.00
1 case	Tumbler Jellies	2.00
18 lbs	Rock Candy	4.14
1 case	Corn Starch	2.55
6	Coffee Mills Large	4.50
9	Coffee Mills Small	4.50
1 case	Mineilise	2.50
2 lbs	Ground Pepper	0.70
2 boxes	Crackers	5.28
10 gallons	Whiskey (Good)	15.00
10 gallons	Whiskey (Corn)	9.00
11 gallons	Whiskey (Fair)	12.00
11 gallon	Blackberry Brandy (Corn)	11.00
18 gallons	Vinegar	16.00
6 gallons	Peach Brandy (Corn)	7.50
19 gallon	Bee Jove Suri	8.10
301 lbs	Lard	28.50
200 lbs	Nails	10.00
12 lbs	Cheese	2.00
21 lbs	Shot	2.31
19	Bracket Lamps & Reflectors	27.50
7 boxes	Cigars (Corn)	17.50
1 box	Extract Vanilla	2.50
11 lbs	Candy Kisses	1.90
25 lbs	Fancy Candy	6.50
86 sticks	Soney Side Smoking Tobacco	121.50
12 bottles	Brandy Peaches	4.80
7 bottles	Brandy Cherries	2.80
12 jars	Jellies	3.60
2 jars	Peach Preserves	2.00
1 jar	Honey	0.50
13	1 lb Jars Honey	3.90
20	Goblets Jellies	6.00
10	Tumblers Jellies	2.00
10	1 lb boxes Star Smoking Tobacco	8.00
14	1/2 lb boxes Star Smoking Tobacco	3.60
16	1/4 lb boxes Star Smoking Tobacco	3.20
23	1/4 lb May Queen Smoking Tobacco	3.75
46	2 oz Johnnie Reb Smoking Tobacco	2.76
6	Pales Honey Soap	1.25
72 lbs	Cinnamon	0.40
3 lbs	Ginger (ground)	1.50
2 lbs	Pepper	0.60
3 bottles	1 gallon Pickles	1.80
6 bottles	1/2 gallon Pickles	2.10
21 bottles	1/4 gallon Pickles	4.20
12 bottles	1/8 gallon Pickles	2.00
1 bottle	Gun Camphor	0.75
10 bottles	Peach Brandy	4.00
18 bottles	Port Wine	9.00
9 bottles	Wine	3.50
10 bottles	M. Bitters	3.00
9 bottles	Bell Snapps	4.00
4 bottles	English Inn	2.00
25 bottles	Horse Radish	5.00
4 bottles	Onions	1.00
5 bottles	Wated Horse Radish	1.00
21 bottles	tomato Catsup (small)	3.00
7 bottles	Snuff	1.40
2	Best French Mustard	0.40
28	1 lb cans Oysters	2.80
6	2 lb cans Oysters	1.00
28 cans	Lobsters	5.40
4 cans	Lemons	0.60
10 cans	Devil Ham	3.00
61 bottles	Bleming	2.50
9 dozen boxes	Bleming	4.32
32 boxes	French Blacking (small)	2.24
16 boxes	French Blacking (large)	1.60
28 boxes	Masons Blacking	1.96
60 dozen	Lampwichs	15.00
34 bottles	Essence Lemons	3.40
10 bottles	Home Bitters	5.00
11 bottles	Argyle Bitters	3.00
4 bottles	Vinegar Bitters	2.00
7 bottles	Hostellers Bitters	3.50
3 bottles	Imperial Bitters	1.50
1 bottle	Bay Rum Bitters	0.25
24 bottles	Small Sticks Salt	2.40
8 lbs	Soda Inpapers	2.00
3 lbs	Bar Lead	0.30
2 lb bags	Salt 30 Sacks each	3.00
1 lb bag	Salt 30 Sacks each	3.00
21 boxes	Sardines (small)	3.95
26 boxes	Sardines (large)	5.72
47	Lamp Chimneys	2.82
10	Brass Lamps (hand)	2.50
4 pair	Lamps	16.00
83 lbs	Dried Cherries	6.00
10 lbs	Hore Hound Candy	1.25
12 lbs	Walnuts, English	1.00
22 cakes	Standard Soap	1.00
8 lbs	Black Tea	8.00
51	Lamp Burners	7.65
3 lbs	Macaroni	0.85
7 lbs	Vermicelli	1.50
20	Glass Goblets	2.00
6 lbs	Corn Starch	0.40
16 lbs	Almonds	1.50
10 lbs	Starch	1.40
18 lbs	Brown Coffee	6.00
46 lbs	Cut Loaf Sugar	5.75
16 lbs	Crush Load Sugar	2.00
100 lbs	Coffee with Sugar	11.00
84 lbs	Brown Sugar	8.98
43 lbs	Diamond Tobacco	21.59
7 lbs	Tip Top Tobacco	3.04
13 lbs	1/2 inch Twist Tobacco	6.00
0.75 lbs	Melrose Tobacco	1.00
11.5 lbs	Tulip Tobacco	6.50
0.5 lbs	Cable Coil Tobacco	0.30
21 lbs	Black Cross Tobacco	10.50
20 lbs	Breakfast Bacon	4.32
13 gallons	White Wheat Whiskey	16.25
11	10 gallon Kegs	5.50
1 gallon	Apple Brandy	2.00
1.5 gallons	Peach Brandy	3.00
8 gallons	Corn Whiskey	7.20
1	1/2 bottle No. 2 Mackerel	7.00
41 gallons	Corn Whiskey	36.90
5 dozen	Blk Bottles	4.20
41	1/2 pint Flasks	1.64
15	Quart Flasks	1.20
2	1/2 barrel Pickles	14.00
1	1/2 barrel No. 2 Mackerel	42.00
10 gallons	Alcohol	9.50
84 lbs	Sugar Cured Hames	97.68
12	Shoe Brushes	2.25
Store Fixtures	1 Safe & Lamps	102.00
Office Fixtures	Full set of Books, Necessarys	15.00
Part of Lot No.6 Blk No.5	Town of Sherman incl improvements	6,000.00

TOTAL 7,638.70

Estate of W. E. Tarr, deceased.
T. J. Newsome, Administrator
We the undersigned appraisers appointed by T. J. Newsome, administrator of the estate of W. E. Tarr, deceased, to appraise the real and personal property belonging to said estate before entering upon our duties do swear that we are not interested in said estate nor of kin to any person interested therein and that we will according to the best of our ability view and appraise the personal property to us produced and the real property described in the Inventory. James Allen, John Hadlow, Fred Brandis

Wills
Susan Hawkins
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