Inventory/Appraisement & Sale of the estate of Gabriel Murphey

Inventory/Appraisement & Sale of the estate of Gabriel Murphey - 1819

Russell County, VA - pages 278-281
(presumably from a Will Book, but since the machine copy of the original documents were sent to me by another researcher who did not identify the book, I don’t know the name of the book from which these two interesting documents came)
Note from Michael Dye: This most likely comes from Will Book #2 which cover the years 1803 - 1830
TRANSCRIPTION BY SANDRA LAKE LASSEN, DECEMBER 2000,
a 5th great-granddaughter of Gabriel Murphey.
PERMISSION IS GRANTED TO COPY AND SHARE THIS TRANSCRIPTION,
CITING SANDRA LAKE LASSEN AS TRANSCRIBER.
This transcription is verbatim, with original spellings. Corrections are always welcome. Parts of the machine copy were hard to read. Anyone wanting a copy of the handwritten documents, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope with 55 cents postage to Sandra Lake Lassen,
1499 Lakeside Drive, West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Email: slassen@infoave.net

INVENTORY OF GABRIEL MURPHEY’S ESTATE
Agreeable to an Order of Court to us presented after being duly sworn before a justice. We have apprais’d the personal Estate of Gabrial Murphey decd
Dollars Cents one mar 50 one two year old colt 20 a Springs Coalt 10 one red Cow 15 one pided Cow 10 one two year old heipher 10 Two Calvs 4 Five head of sheap 10 Eleven head of hogs 10 50 13 head of Geese 5 66 1/3 2 Stands of beas 4 1 set of double treas and cleveses 2 2 plows 2 2 weeding hoes and 1 spreading hoe 75 4 axes and 1 Iron wedg 6 50 2 augers 1 draw knife 1 hand saw 1 chisel 2 37 1/2 1 Cow hide 2 Sundry of Coopers Ware 1 75 1 loom 3 Reeds 2 pare of gears and shuttle 5 50 1 Big wheel and 1 pare of Cards 95 2 Little wheels 4 1 kettle, 2 pots 1 Oven 2 pare of hooks and 1 pot rack 10 2 sickles, 1 bell trumpet and trumpet 75 (Note: based on comparative pricing and the sales record, I believe that the person recording the inventory put the 75 in the wrong column; it should be “cents.”) 1 saddle, 1 pare of bridle bits 3 17 4 small tubs 1 34 2 side saddles and 1 bridle 3 50 Sundrys of pewter 10 17 Cups and Sausors and tee spoons 50 Sundreys of tinn 1 50 Spoon mools and utensils 5 1 Bottel and hamer 50 3 Books 1 25 1 Case of raysors 50 1 Dresser and (?) 1 50 1 looking glass 25 2 chests 2 1 Table 75 5 chers 1 25 1 gun and shot bag 5 1 bead and bead sted and furniture 15 1 bead beadsted and furniture 15 1 bead beadsted and furniture 5 knives and forks 50 1 hackle and peace of Iron 2 50 1 grind stone 25 Given under our hands this 23th January 1819 James Waller John Ferrell William Ferrell ___________________________________________________________________________ SALE BILL Dollars Cents Clarey Murphey 1 cow 2 1 Clarey Murphey 1 kettle 5 Clarey Murphey 1 Loom 4 50 Clarey Murphey l little whele 4 1 Clarey Murphey 1 big wheal and cards 50 Clarey Murphey 1 wheal 1 Clarey Murphey 1 bed and bead sted 15 Clarey Murphey 1 bead and bead sted 10 Clarey Murphey 1 bead sted 34 Clarey Murphey 1 Dresser and furniture 10 2 Clarey Murphey 1 Chest 1 50 Clarey Murphey 1 glass 00 25 Clarey Murphey 3 books 1 25 Clarey Murphey 1 pot 2 16 Clarey Murphey 3 tubs 1 Clarey Murphey 1 saw and drawing nife 26 Clarey Murphey 1 bee gum 2 26 Clarey Murphey 1 wedg 1 Clarey Murphey 1 table 1 Clarey Murphey Spoon and Butter molds 5 Clarey Murphey 1 churn 25 Clarey Murphey 2 pails 18 1/2 Clarey Murphey 1 tub 70 Clarey Murphey 1 Cow 11 00 Clarey Murphey 1 Cow 12 Clarey Murphey 10 gees 3 Clarey Murphey 1 colt 20 Clarey Murphey 1 brown colt 5 Clarey Murphey 1 Trumpet knives and forks 25 Herndon Murphey 1 Colter 50 Herndon Murphey 1 plow 00 50 Herndon Murphey to Dubble treas 1 Herndon Murphey 3 hose 00 30 Herndon Murphey 2 axes 4 Thomas Compton 1 ax 70 Clement Ness 1 ax 1 62 Herndon Murphey 2 Sickalls 75 Johnston Howard 1 reed 89 Ephrain Hatfield 1 saddle 2 50 Coonrod Rife 1 Saddel 52 Nancy Murphey 1 bead and furniture 20 John Hackney 1 chest 1 Frances Murphey to pewter 3 25 Thomas Compton 1 pot 1 25 Thomas Compton 1 auger 80 Herndon murphey 1 Drawing knife 00 36 Abraham Musick 1 bee hive 2 16 1/4 Frances Murphey 5 chairs 3 Samuel Robenson 1 Trunk 1 15 Frances Murphey 1 Sett tee ware 50 Davis McGlothen 1 churn 60 Davis Mclothen 2 pails 12 1/2 John Robenson 11 hoges 13 30 Abraham Musick 1 Cow 20 John Hackney 1 bull 2 78 John Thompson 1 Calf 3 32 Richad Thompson 5 sheep 14 25 Richard Thompson 1 bell and Collar 50 Frances Murphey 1 mare 60 30 Coonrood Riff 1 grass (?) 25 Ephraim Hatfield 1 gun 5 00 Herndon Murphey 1 case of rasors 1 00 Herndon Murphey 1 chisel 30 Coonrood Riff 1 bottle 80 Johnston Howard 1 pare hooks 1 Clarey Murphey 1 oven 1 Clarey Murphey 1 side saddle and bridle and bits 5
Virginia --
At a Court held for Russell County the 2d day of March 1819 This Inventory and appraisement, together with the sale bill of the estate of Gabriel Murphey deceased, was produced in Court and Ordered to be recorded.
Teste
James P. Carrell
Note: Some of the archaic terms used I was able to define, thanks to A TO ZAX, A COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY FOR GENEALOGISTS AND HISTORIANS, by Barbara Jean Evans.
“Cleveses” means “clevis,” a u-shaped fastening device, such as is used to hook and unhook a wagon.
“Treas” I believe is a misspelling for “trace,” a hitching device.
“Draw(ing) knife” means a carpenter’s tool.
“Colter” or “coltor” means a plow share.
“Bee gum” means a bee hive.

This file contributed by: Sandra Lake Lassen

visitor since January 27, 2001

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