| House hold furniture | |
| 1 Dining Set Liverpool china | $12.00 |
| 1 Set plated castors | 8.00 |
| 1 Set Salts and Silver Salt Spoons | 2.25 |
| ½ Dozn Silver Table Spoons | 12.50 |
| 6 Table mats, Crumb brush | 1.63 |
| ½ doz German Silver Table Tea Spoons | 3.25 |
| 1 Doz Liverpool dining plates | 1.00 |
| 1 " do do deep plates | 1.00 |
| 2 Covered Dishes | 1.50 |
| 2 Oyster Dishes | 1.00 |
| 5 Edged Dishes | 1.00 |
| 2 Bowles | .38 |
| 1 Doz Silver Tea Spoons | 10.00 |
| 1 Pair Silver Sugar Tongs | 3.00 |
| 1 Britannia Coffee and Cream pot | 6.00 |
| 1 Set Tea china and water | 5.00 |
| Glass ware on the side board in the dining room | 1.75 |
| 1 Set castors in Do. | 1.00 |
| 1 Glass Lamp | 1.00 |
| 1 Horse bell and Candle Stick | 1.00 |
| 2 Small pitchers and 2 do. waiters | .63 |
| 1 Large Tin Canister | .50 |
| 1 Liquor Case and Bottles | 1.50 |
| A parcel of knives and forks and waiters | 3.00 |
| 3 pictures and Small Looking Glass | .50 |
| 1 Shovel and Tonges in dining room | .50 |
| 1 pair and Irons in do. | 1.00 |
| 2 pairs and Irons in ditto | 1.00 |
| 8 Chairs in ditto | 3.00 |
| 1 Side board in dining room | 8.00 |
| 1 mahogany dining table in do | 5.00 |
| 1 Walnut Tea Table | 2.00 |
| 1 Linen Damask Tea Table clothes | 4.00 |
| 1 Cherry table | 1.50 |
| 1 Book case and Stand | 5.00 |
| 1 fine dining table and 2 benches | 2.50 |
| 2 Large waiters | 1.00 |
| 1 Small Gun | 8.00 |
| 1 Large | 3.00 |
| 1 Wine safe | 3.00 |
| Tin ware in the safe | 1.50 |
| 4 ps wood ware and butter pot | .75 |
| 1 old Desk | .50 |
| 1 set of old Books | .15 |
| 2 Large and 2 Small Demijohns | 2.50 |
| 1 parcel of empty bottles | 1.00 |
| 1 pr. seales and weights | .75 |
| 8 Stone Jars | 3.00 |
| 3 Stone Jugs | .75 |
| 1 Large chest | 1.00 |
| in the Setting room | |
| 1 mahogany Side Board | 30.00 |
| 1 ditto Dining Table | 9.00 |
| 1 ditto Tea Ditto | 6.00 |
| 1 ditto Candle Stand | 5.00 |
| 1 doz Winsor chairs | 8.00 |
| Glass ware on the side board | 10.25 |
| 2 flower vases | .31 |
| 1 Shovel and tons | 1.50 |
| 1 Small mantle glass | 2.50 |
| 1 hearth brush and bellows | .50 |
| 1 pr. And Irons | 1.00 |
| 1 carpet and Hearthing | 15.00 |
| inside Winder Blinds | 1.00 |
| In the chamber | |
| Bed, Bedstead and furniture | 45.00 |
| 1 Mahogany Bureau | 20.00 |
| 1 Dressing Glass | 2.00 |
| 1 Westley & Seamonds and Glermis reflections | 2.00 |
| 1 pair And Irons and fender | 2.50 |
| 1 carpet | 1.50 |
| 7 windsor chairs | 3.50 |
| wash stand bowl and pitcher | 2.00 |
| Inside winder blinds | .25 |
| In the passage | |
| 1 Side Table | 1.00 |
| Passage carpetting | 3.00 |
| Stairs carpetting | 5.00 |
| in the drawing room | |
| 1 mahogany sopha | 20.00 |
| 1 pair of pair tables | 15.00 |
| 1 Doz Cain bottom chairs | 20.00 |
| 1 Rocking chair with cushings | 8.00 |
| 1 mantle Glass | 10.00 |
| 1 pair candles stick and snuffers and 2 flower vases | 3.50 |
| Fender. And Irons Shovel and Tonge | 10.00 |
| 4 window curtains | 10.00 |
| 1 carpet and hearthing | 30.00 |
| on the Stair Steps | |
| 1 wood clock | 5.00 |
| In the passage up Stairs | |
| 1 Table | .50 |
| a parcel of Books | 3.00 |
| 1 wash basin | .25 |
| In the Girls room | |
| 1 mahogany Bureau | 13.00 |
| 1 Dressing Glass | .50 |
| 1 Bed, Bedstead and furniture 1st choice | 35.00 |
| 1 ditto ditto 2 choice | 30.00 |
| 1 Carpet | .75 |
| window blinds | .25 |
| 1 pr. And Irons Shovel and tonges | 1.00 |
| 3 chairs | 1.50 |
| In the Boys room | |
| 1 Bed, Bedstead and furniture | 20.00 |
| 1 Carpet | 2.00 |
| 1 old pine table | .25 |
| inside winder blinds | .25 |
| In the Large chamber up stairs | |
| 1 Curtain Bedding and furniture | 45.00 |
| 1 Bedsted Bed and furniture | 20.00 |
| 1 Toilet table and Cover | 2.00 |
| 1 dressing Glass | .75 |
| ½ doz Green windsor chairs | 3.00 |
| 3 Small fenders | 3.00 |
| 1 pair And Irons | 1.50 |
| 1 Carpet and rug | 2.50 |
| window blinds | .50 |
| In the wing upstairs | |
| 1 Bedstead, Bed and furniture | 30.00 |
| 1 Toilet Table | 2.00 |
| 1 dressing Glass | .75 |
| 1 wash stand bowl and pitcher | 2.00 |
| Shovel and Tonges and Old And Irons | .50 |
| 1 childs crib Bed and Beding | 5.00 |
| winder curtains | .50 |
| 1 pitcher | .25 |
| Carpet (Old) | .50 |
| Crops | |
| 38 barrels Long Corn @ 3$ | 114.00 |
| 4½ Barrels Short Corn @ $150/100 | 6.75 |
| 61 feet Top fodder @ ? | 10.17 |
| 950 Bundles blade fodder @ .05 | 4.75 |
| 4 Loads Shucks @ 1$ | 4.00 |
| 1½ Bushels Wheat @ $1 | 1.50 |
| wheat in the straw | .80 |
| Stock | |
| 18 Sheep @ $2 | 36.00 |
| 1 Blue Horse | 20.00 |
| 1 Bay Horse (Baltimore) | 40.00 |
| 1 Bay Filly | 50.00 |
| 2 Yak Oxen @ $30 | 60.00 |
| 1 ditto ditto | 20.00 |
| 1 White bull | 12.00 |
| 1 Cow (Baltimore) | 10.00 |
| 1 Cow (Whiteback) | 8.00 |
| 3 Cows @ $8 | 24.00 |
| 1 Cow @ $6 | 6.00 |
| 1 Bull yearling | 3.00 |
| 2 calves @ $2 | 4.00 |
| 2 Sows @ $4 | 8.00 |
| 1 Hog @ | 4.00 |
| 1 ditto | 3.00 |
| Kitchen furniture | |
| 3 Water Tubs | 1.50 |
| 2 large Iron pots and Hooks | 2.50 |
| 3 Tea Kettles (old | .50 |
| 1 Grd Iron and Spider | .75 |
| Frying pan mortar and pestle | 1.00 |
| Flesh forks and Ladle | .38 |
| 1 pair Tonges and poker | .38 |
| 1 Set candle moulds and tin ware | 1.50 |
| 2 coffee pots | .50 |
| 1 Bell metal Kettle and wine serve | 1.50 |
| 1 pair old Irons (Say And Irons) | .25 |
| 2 pot racks | .50 |
| Plantation Utensils | |
| 1 Carriage and Harness | 300.00 |
| 1 Gig and Harness | 40.00 |
| 1 Wagon and Harness | 45.00 |
| 1 Hh.o Brake and wheels | 15.00 |
| 1 Ox Cart and wheels | 10.00 |
| Plantation utensils and c | |
| 1 Wood Gilt Tumbril tray and wheels | 18.00 |
| 1 pair Tumbril wheels | 8.00 |
| Horse cart gear | 4.00 |
| 1 Saddle and c | 1.50 |
| 1 Saddle and c | .50 |
| 1 Set plough gear | 2.00 |
| 1 Set plough gear @ ? | 1.00 |
| 2 Single Ox Yokes and cart saddle | .50 |
| 1 pit saw | 2.00 |
| 1 Grind Stone | .75 |
| Carpenters tools and tool chest | 15.00 |
| 1 Broad axe | 2.50 |
| 1 ditto ditto | .50 |
| 6 Reap hooks | 1.50 |
| A parcel of white pine plank under the barn shed | 1.50 |
| A parcel of Yellow pine ditto under ditto | 1.25 |
| 1 Lot plank | 2.95 |
| 1 Barrel Stone line | .50 |
| 1 Cross cut saw | 3.00 |
| 4 Door frames @ $1 | 4.00 |
| 95 feet Walnut plank @ 4cts | 3.80 |
| a parcel of tubs in the barn | .25 |
| a parcel of laths | .50 |
| Cotton gin and Flax wheel | .25 |
| 4 carry and other ploughs @ $2 | 8.00 |
| 1 Cultivator | 2.00 |
| 1 Iron Rake | .35 |
| a parcel of old ploughes under the corn house shed | .50 |
| 2 Barrels containing some Tart Glass Oil | .50 |
| 2 Axes 1st choice | 4.00 |
| 2 ditto 2 choice of | 1.00 |
| 5 Old Axes | 1.00 |
| 2 mauls and 3 wedges | 1.50 |
| Framed Scantling | 5.00 |
| 46g feet oak scantling | 5.00 |
| 7 oak stock @ $1 | 5.00 |
| 5 poplar stock @ $1 | 5.00 |
| 1 Bedstead in the accounting room | 2.00 |
| 1 pair Steel yards | .50 |
| 2 Iron bound Kegs | 1.50 |
| 8 Sack bags @ | .75 |
| 2 Hives bees | 3.00 |
| cords pine wood in the woods @ .75 | .nv |
| Plantation Utensils and c | |
| 2050 Cypress Shingles @ $3½ | 7.17 |
| 1090 Chesnut Shingles @ $4 | 4.36 |
| a parcel paint Kegs and brushes | .50 |
| a parcel cans containing some oil | 1.50 |
| 1 Keg white Lead | 2.50 |
| 2 Ox chains | 1.50 |
| 1 Work and Screw | 1.00 |
| 1 Wheat fan | 12.00 |
| 2 Scythes an dCradles | 1.50 |
| 1 mat axe | .25 |
| 2 Fodder ropes | .25 |
| a parcel of Old Iron in the barn | 1.00 |
| 1 Hamper Basket and Lime Serve | .25 |
| 3 Cast Iron ploughes | 3.00 |
| a parcel of old Single ties | .75 |
| a Lot of old hoes Shovels and c | 1.00 |
| a parcel of lumber in the Smoke House | .50 |
| Oil jugs and c | .50 |
| 2 Large Kettles @ $2 | 4.00 |
| 1 peck measure and 4 trays and milk piggin | 1.00 |
| a parcel of empty barrels in the diary an sthd. | .75 |
| 2 Kegs containing some vinegar | .50 |
| 3 Baskets and Hammer | .25 |
| 5 Ox Yokes | 2.50 |
| Slaves | |
| (Willed to Emiline Betts now the wife of Richard H Payne) | |
| Samuel Turk | 500.00 |
| Hulda Turk | 350. |
| Addison Turk | 325. |
| Lucinda (Laura) | 200. |
| ------- | 1375.00 |
| (Willed to Virginia Betts) | |
| Richard Cralle | 600.00 |
| Eliza | 500.00 |
| Richard | 350.00 |
| Ann | 300.00 |
| Ann was at the death of the Testator and is still in the possession of Royston Betts of | |
| Baltimore | |
| ------- | 1750.00 |
| (Willed to Caroline Betts) | |
| John Craney | 500.00 |
| Levinia | 400.00 |
| Esther | 100.00 |
| ------- | 1000.00 |
| Griffin | 550.00 |
| John Nelms | 600.00 |
| George House Servant | 450.00 |
| Isaac | 600. |
| Boy Alfred | 275. |
| James | 275. |
| George | 150. |
| Hiram | 200. |
| William | 350. |
| Henry | 100. |
| ------- | 3550.00 |
| Woman Ninney Old | 50. |
| Polly and child Davy | 300. |
| Felicia | 450.00 |
| Lucinda and child margareth | 350.00 |
| Fenor | 300. |
| Girl Maria | 350. |
| Mary Ann | 250. |
| Isabella | 250. |
| Roberta | 200. |
| Polly | 100. |
| ------- | 2600.00 |
| Martha | 125.00 |
| Carried forward | $10,400.00 |
| Slaves | |
| Girl Eliza Small | 80.00 |
| Boy Charles | 100.00 |
| ------ | 180.00 |
| $10,580.00 |
Thomas Sydown and John D. Betts
administrators wish the will annexed of Royston Betts Jr decd.
Last Update 3 January 2011
Name: Gary Stanton
Email: gstanton@umw.edu