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243 aPPeNdIx C: Inventory, December 1847 (Fayette County Complete Records C, 28, 29) “3 Cots and 2 Bed Steads, 8 Mattresses, 9 Pillows, 3 German Blankets , 4 Pine Tables, 2 pr And Irons, 1 Looking Glass, 1 Candle Stick, 1 pr Snuffers, 1 Candle Shade, 2 Ewers, 4 Bowls, 2 Chamber [pots?], 2 Small Tumblers, 1 French Coffee Pot, 4 Small Glass Jars, 6 Dishes—6 Bowls, 2 Tea Pots, 3 Sauce Dishes, 1 large Dish, 1 Doz. Cup Plates, 1 Sugar Dish, 1 Cream Pitcher, 1 Sprinkler, Lot Empty Bottles, 2 Small Demijohns, 1 lot wire, 1 pr Small Scales, 1 Box window Glass, 1 Pistols , 3 Skillets, 1 Oven, 1 Frying Pan, 1 pr Waffle Irons, 1 Tea Kettle, 4 Water Buckets, 1 Churn, 7 Stone Jars, 3 Tin Pans, 3 Glass Tumblers, 3 Dishes, 1 Tea Pot, 1 Sugar Bowl, 6 Tea Spoons, 3 Kitchen, 3 Spoons, 1/2 Set knives & Forks, 1 pr Candle Moulds, 1 pr Shovel & Tongs, 2 Wash Tubs, 1 Water Barrel, 1 Grind Stone, 1 Keg Nails, 9 Carpenters ’ Planes, 7 Wood Clamps, 15 lbs. Tobacco (damaged), 30 lbs. Steel, 1,000 lbs. Iron, 100 chickens, 28 Ducks, 15 Turkeys, 12 Geese, 11 Pigeons, 1 pr. Steelyards, 1 Coffee Mill, 1 Milk Pigging, 1 pr Flat Irons, 244 Appendix 1 Sieve, 2 Weeding Hoes, Log Chain, 3 Wagons, 2 Stacks Prairie Hay, 9 Ox. Yokes, 2 bedsteads, 1 pr Large Balancer, 1 Set Measures, 1 Steel Mill, 1 Grind Stone, 1 Froe, 5 Weeding Hoes, 1 Mill Peck, 8 Cow hides, 18 Turning Plows, 8 Shovel ploughs, 3 Cultivators, 3 Harrows, 1 Iron Tooth Harrow, 1 Set Blacksmith Tools, 2 Grass Scythes, 7 Ox Chains, 11 Yoke Oxen (Old), 3 Yoke Oxen, 4 Mares & Colts, 4 Work Horses, 3 Mules, 1 Stallion, 100 Stock Hogs—68 Head Stock Cattle, 13 Stacks Fodder, all the corn belonging to the Nassau Farm, 1 Cross cut-Saw, 1 Whip Saw, 10 Old Axes, 2 Hand Axes, 6 Drawing Knives, 8 Augers (Apt), 4 Common Planes, 11 Chisels, 1 Broad Axe, 125 lbs. Iron, 25 lbs. Steel, 9 pr. Plough Gear, 1 League of land including the Nassau Farm. Twenty-four Negro Slaves, to whit—Jim, Patience, Martha, Amanda, Emily & two children, Rachael & two children, Charlotte & two children , Eliza & two children, Elizabeth & Two children, Dick, Henry, Butler, Hockley & Hannah, and Forty-four pounds (more or less) seed cotton this 21st December 1847.” ...

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