Franklin County
March Term AD 1861
Pages 429-431
An inventory of the personal estate of James Ardery deceased taken by Judah Hinckely executor and appraised by James F. Smith and John Port.
| No. | Description of Property | Valuation |
| 1 | iron shaft for grindstone | .50 |
| 2 | 3 axes | 1.25 |
| 3 | 1 grubing hoe | 1.12 |
| 4 | wheel barrow | 1.50 |
| 5 | 2 hoes & iron rake | .75 |
| 6 | 2 shovels | .75 |
| 7 | a lot of old irons | .18 |
| 8 | small harrow | .25 |
| 9 | cultivator | 1.75 |
| 10 | 1 set of harrow teeth | 2.00 |
| 11 | a lot of wick? | 2.00 |
| 12 | 250 ft of lumber | 2.50 |
| 13 | 1 lot of carpenter tools | 3.50 |
| 14 | log chain | 2.25 |
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| 15 | 1 rifle gun & horn | 5.00 |
| 16 | 1 wagon & bows | 62.50 |
| 17 | 1 white year old heifer | 6.50 |
| 18 | 1 brindle heifer | 10.00 |
| 19 | 1 roan heifer | 12.50 |
| 20 | 1 cow & calf | 21.00 |
| 21 | 1 dun cow | 22.50 |
| 22 | 1 black cow | 20.00 |
| 23 | 1 red cow | 19.00 |
| 24 | 1 bull | 15.00 |
| 25 | 2 calves | 10.00 |
| 26 | spreaders & singletrees | 1.00 |
| [Carried forward] | $225.30 | |
| 27 | Doubletree & singletree | .25 |
| 28 | briar hook | .25 |
| 29 | 3 forks | 1.00 |
| 30 | 1 halter, bridle & whip | 2.12 |
| 31 | 2 mowing scyths | 1.00 |
| 32 | 2 iron wedges | .50 |
| 33 | mans saddle | 3.00 |
| 34 | 1 hoe die | .25 |
| 35 | a lot of hay | 5.00 |
| 36 | a lot of old geers | 3.00 |
| 37 | a lot of gees & hens | 6.85 |
| 38 | 2 measures | .50 |
| 39 | a lot of old bags | 1.00 |
| 40 | 1 fanning mill | 10.00 |
| 41 | 1 lot of oats 166½ bushels at 30¢ per bushel | 49.95 |
| 42 | 1 lot of wheat 164 bushels at 85¢ per bushel | 139.47 |
| 43 | 1 spade | .75 |
| 44 | a lot of 2 inch lumber at Barbours Mill 1230 feet | 9.22 |
| 45 | 797 feet of inch at $1.00 per hundred | 7.97 |
| 46 | 450 feet of scantlin | 3.00 |
| 47 | 565 feet of inch plank at $1.00 per hundred | 5.63 |
| 48 | 10 bushel of potatoes at 25¢ per bushel | 2.50 |
| 49 | a lot of stone | 2.00 |
| 50 | Ameican Boy Stallion | 250.00 |
| 51 | 1 bay colt | 60.00 |
| 52 | 1 blood mare | 70.00 |
| 53 | 1 field of corn support to be 6 acrs | 63.00 |
| 54 | north field supposed to be 5 acres | 55.00 |
| 55 | west field supposed to be 2½ acres | 25.00 |
| 56 | 16 head of hogs | 70.00 |
| 57 | roler frame | .75 |
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| 58 | clevis & cutter | .50 |
| [Carried forward] | $349.46 | |
| 59 | 1 note of hand on Garnet Vannausdall | 109.00 |
| 60 | an account on James Lough for $5 worth nothing | 00 |
| 61 | an account on James Knect $5 | 5.00 |
| 62 | an account on Abraham Larch $5 | 5.00 |
| 63 | an account on Samuel Spencer for $5 worth nothing | 00 |
| 64 | an account on Samuel Beard for $5 | 5.00 |
| 65 | 21 accounts on sundry person supposed to be worth | 100.00 |
| 66 | Household & kitchen furniture consisting of the necessary articles for keeping house | 100.00 |
| [Carried forward] | $324.00 | |
| Total | $1398.76 |
Signed by us the 5th day of November A.D. 1859
James Smith
John Port, appraisers