Franklin County
July Term AD 1856
Pages 8-9 (NS3)
An inventory of the personal estate of William Ferguson, dec'd, taken by Joseph Welsh, executor and appraised by John Faucett and Henry D. Wehr.
| 1 Bed & bedstead | 12.00 |
| 1 Bed & bedstead | 12.00 |
| 1 Bed & bedstead | 11.00 |
| 1 red and blue coverlet | 8.00 |
| 2 white & blue coverlets | 8.00 |
| 2 woolen blankets | 5.00 |
| 4 blankets, ½ wool | 7.00 |
| 4 bed quilts | 2.00 |
| 1 bed quilt | 2.50 |
| 1 sheet | .35 |
| 1 bed spread | .50 |
| 3 harrows | 18.00 |
| 1 sow & 6 pigs | 6.00 |
| 1 open sow | 5.00 |
| 5 shoats | 6.25 |
| 2 shoats | 1.00 |
| 1 milk cow 7 years old | 18.00 |
| 1 cow 5 years old | 18.00 |
| 1 cow 2 years old | 12.00 |
| 1 heifer, 2 years old | 15.00 |
| 2 red heifers | 18.00 |
| 3 spring calves | 9.00 |
| 1 mare and colt | 65.00 |
| 1 2 year old colt | 100.00 |
| 7 sheets | 2.80 |
| 4 figured table clothes | 2.00 |
| 3 white table clothes | 3.00 |
| 1 quilt not quilted | 1.50 |
| 20 pillow slips | 2.00 |
| 1 lot of books | 4.00 |
| 1 lot of dishes | 2.50 |
| 3 glass preserve vessels | 1.50 |
| 1 pitcher | .50 |
| 1 bureau | 6.00 |
| 1 table & oil cloth | 4.00 |
| 1 stand | 1.50 |
| 1 mantle clock | 3.00 |
| 3 candle sticks | 1.25 |
| 1 tea canister | .25 |
| 1 large looking glass | 3.00 |
| 1 pair of window shades | 1.00 |
| 1 settee | 1.50 |
| 1 large rocking chair | 2.50 |
| 1 set green chairs | 3.00 |
| 1 set red chairs | 2.50 |
| 1 set odd chairs | 2.00 |
| 1 new carpet | 10.00 |
| 1 lot of old carpeting | 5.00 |
| 1 stand & cover | .25 |
| 1 small looking glass | .30 |
| 4 window shades | .45 |
| 1 bureau | 2.00 |
| 1 stand & cover | .75 |
| 1 table & cover | .75 |
| 1 cooking stove & vessels | 3.00 |
| 1 kitchen table | .25 |
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| 1 lot of dishes & bottles | 2.00 |
| 1 lot of pots and skillets | 2.00 |
| 1 candlestick and waiter | .25 |
| 1 set of knives & forks | 1.25 |
| 1 lot of old knifs & forks | .50 |
| 1 lot of razors, straps & hones | 1.00 |
| 2 looking glasses | .40 |
| 2 pitchers | .40 |
| 1 slate | .30 |
| 1 lot of brass ladles & flesh fork | .75 |
| 3 brass and 1 copper kettle | 4.00 |
| 1 lot of old crocks | 1.50 |
| 1 churn | .65 |
| 1 lot of old tubs | .60 |
| 1 lot of tinware | 1.50 |
| 1 large iron kettle | 1.00 |
| 1 pr small steelyards | .25 |
| 1 pr small steelyards | .25 |
| 1 garden hoe & large hoe | .50 |
| 1 pair of hames | .62 |
| 1 pr of trace chains | 1.10 |
| 1 saddle & bridle | 2.50 |
| 1 lot of old harness | 1.50 |
| 1 grub hoe | 1.25 |
| 1 grub hoe | .50 |
| 1 cross cut saw | 1.00 |
| 1 hand saw | .50 |
| 2 augers | .40 |
| 1 wood saw | .50 |
| 2 squares | .45 |
| 3 drawing knives | .90 |
| 1 gauge & 3 plains | .85 |
| 1 foot adds | .75 |
| 2 axes | .75 |
| 1 work bench | .50 |
| 1 froe & iron wedge | .50 |
| 2 chisels | .40 |
| 1 tar can | .15 |
| 1 log chain & waggon boxing | .50 |
| 1 barrel & vinegar | 1.50 |
| 2 keggs | .50 |
| 1 lot of old barrels, 10 in number | .50 |
| 1 meal barrel | .25 |
| 1 reel & wheel | .15 |
| 8 bags | 1.50 |
| 1 molasses barrel | .25 |
| 1 pair of viz & pinches | .20 |
| supposed 85 bus wheat | 55.25 |
| 1 carrige | 25.00 |
| 1 lot of hay | 28.00 |
| 4 doz of oats | 1.00 |
| ½ interest in fanning mill | 9.00 |
| supposed 60 bu corn | 22.20 |
| 1 fanning mill | .37½ |
| 3 pitcher forks | .50 |
| 1 large box | .87½ |
| 1 bag of shelled corn | .65 |
| 1 curry comb | .15 |
| 5 1/3 acres of oats to be threshed | 30.00 |
| 13½ acres of corn to be cribed | 102.00 |
| cash on hand | 34.60 |
| 1 note of hand drawn on William F. Furgason to the amount of $150.00 dated April 1, 1850, due one day after date, interest up to this date $29.75 | 119.75 |
| Account against M. J. Furgason | 19.75 |
| Account against Joseph Welsh | 2.45 |
| account against Henry D. Wehr | 3.47 |
| total | $240.02 |
An inventory of the real estate of William Furgason deceased taken by said executor and appraised by said appraisers
| the southwest quarter of Section 1, Town 9, Range 1 West, Situate[d] in Franklin Indiana containing about 158 acres | $5,000.00 |