Inventory
and sale of the George Cummings Estate
Marshall County, Tennessee
Inventories of Estates
Volume B, pages 55 & 56
Inventory & Sale of personal
property of George Cummings
Six head of horses, Five head of Cattle, one Yoke of Oxen,
thirty five head of hogs, fourteen head of sheep, fifty head of Geese, three feather beds and steads, one clock,
one cupboard, Six chairs, one Chest, one Table, one pair of fire irons, one
Shot Gun, one Log chain, one Broad axe, one foot adds (adz??), One Lot
of Books, one pair of Gears, one frow, one pair of stylards, One Wheat fan, One
Loom, one large kettle, one (???),
one Sythe & Cradle, One flax wheel, Old Cast irons, Six Bus(???), One
hammer, One wash tub, One Square, One Cutting knife & lot of hoes, One
Slave named Jacob, age fifty, one Slave named Solomon aged fifteen, One Slave
named Jack, age twenty, one slave named Rachel aged about thirteen, One slave
Mary, aged eight or nine, one Slave Agnes aged about thirty & infant child,
One lot of (???), Twenty barrels of Corn, One man's saddle--
The above is a
true and perfect inventory of all the goods and chattels, rights and credits of
the said George Cummings, Dec'd which have come to my hands, possession or
knowledge or the hands of any other person for me to the best of my knowledge
and belief this the 28th December 1842.
John Cummings, Administrator
Sworn to in
open Court Feb 6th 1843
M. W. Oakley, Clerk
An account of sales made of the personal property of the
Estate of George Cummings, Dec'd directed by Law to be Sold. Notes with good security due the 25th
of Dec 1843 ware taken from the purchasers this 6th February 1843.
John Cummings, Admr.
Mary Cummings
Two beds $ 4.00
Do One little
bed 1.00
Do One cupboard 1.00
Do Lot of
Books .50
Do Fire
irons .25
Do Kettle .25
Do Lot of
plates 1.00
Do Frow &
Saw .50
Do Sythe &
Cradle .50
Do Lot of
hoes .12 1/2
Do one tub .12 1/2
Do one foot
adz .68 3/4
Do One Sorrel Mare
10.00
Do Yoke of steers 5.00
Do One white heifer 1.00
Do One red
cow 1.00
Do One chest & flax wheel
.50
Do One
book .25
Do One
Loom 1.00
Do Six
Chairs .50
Do Thirteen
Hogs 2.00
Do Six
Sheep ______
Do one lot
Bee gums 1.00
Do one
Cutting knife .87
1/2
Do fifty
geese 2.00
Do four
sheep 2.28
Do eight
hogs
3.00
Thomas Short for (???)
1.00
G. W. Collins stilyards 1.00
Thos. H. Holland Bay Colt 6.12 1/2
Milton Cummings Colt
6.18 3/4
Thos. H. Holland Mare & colt 4.62 1/2
Geo. A. Armstrong White cow 1.93 3/4
Geo. Cummings Sorrel Colt 12.00
Geo. A. Armstrong two yearlings 3.00
Milton Cummings one Clock
1.00
G. W. Cummings bundle of straw .50
S. S. Rolston Books 1.37 1/2
H. D. Cummings one Book
.37 1/2
John Stinson two Books .50
George Cummings One Shot gun 1.87 1/2
Robert Elliott five barrels Corn 4.61
Jas. R. Neel one Book 1.00
John Cummings 15 Barrels Corn @ .81 1/4 13.82
Do one
saddle 3.00
Do one old
cart 2.00
Do one
Broad axe .93 3/4
Do
Sythe
.25
Do one red
heifer 3.00
Do A Lot
of Books 1.68
Do Eight
Hogs 8.50
Do fore
sheep
2,28
Do six
hogs 2.25
John
Cummings, Admr.
________________________________________________________________________
NOTE: See also the
deed of sale of the real estate property of George Cummings, dec'd at: Marshall County Deed Books, Volume H, pages
412, 413 & 414.
Contributed by Dick Wood, 2005
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