Jacob Brumbaugh, deceased: Inventory of Personal Property

Liber B, Folio 307, 4 pages (images 253-56), Maryland Archives

[Author’s transcription of manuscript appraisal filed in Washington County court, but now kept in the Hall of Records in Annapolis.]

Inventory of the Goods and Chattels of Jacob Brumbaugh late of Washington County Deceased appraised in Dollars and Cents by the Subscribers being lawfully authorized and Sworn this Twenty-first day of May 1799.

To wearing apparel                                                                            $        8.00

To 1 Bed and Bedstid the old womans                                                      18.00

To 1 Bed Do.                                                                                             12.00

To 2 Beds and Bedstids upstairs                                                                24.00

To Womans Saddle 5.  1 Table 4                                                                 9.00

To 8 Windsor Chairs 6.  1 old Clock 32                                                    38.00

To 3 old chairs .45  1 ten plate Stove & pipe & port Mantau 25               26.45

To 1 old Stove Do. 5.  1 old chest  12 old Books 3.60                                9.50

To 1 flower Chest and Dough Trough                                                         6.50

To 1 Table & 16 Benches up Stairs                                                             4.00

To 1 Cross Cut Saw 5.   1 spinning wheel .50                                             5.50

To 1 Copper Kittle                                                                                     20.00

To 1 old Chest & 13 old flower Barrels                                                      4.00

To 1 pickling tub 1.  2 Brass Kittles 12                                                     13.00  

To 1 Butter Tub .50  3 old Back & pan 3 old spinning wheels                  4.60

To 1 Check reel old .30. dry apples @ .50 p. Bushel                                  .30

To Salt & Pepper Leather 3.  9-½ B. Buckweat 4.75                                7.75

To 1 Woollen Cloth @ 50 Cents per yard                                                 9.50

To 295 lb. of Bacon @ 12 Cents per                                                       35.52

To 1 old Chest & 1 old Bell .50  1 pt of hackels 4                                    4.60

To 88 Bushels of Oats                                                                              25.40

To hemp Tod [sic?] & flax Yarn 6. m. of Wool 3.50                                9.60

                                                                                             [Subtotal  $ 295.22 ]

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To 16 old Bea? Scabs 1.   2 Big Spinning wheels 1.50                             2.50

To 2 Bed Stids 2.50  2 old Chairs and 4 old Baskets .50                           3.00

To 1 washing tub & 2 riddles 2. 1 Cleaner 1 rope 1.60                             3.60

To 1 Shovel Plough, tub & Branding Irons                                                 .90

To 1 Gusting? how & 2 Choppers 2.50  5 Iron Forks 1.                            3.50

To 2 Shovels & 1 Spade 1. Mouth rings & Wedges .60                            1.60

To Plough Irons & Crow Bar 2. 4 halter Chains & 

            Neck Bands 3.60                                                                         5.60

To Cow Chains 8. old Scythes & Cuting Knife .50                                8.50

To Augers 1 saw square & Chizels                                                         3.20

To allo pinchers tongs & Tar box                                                            1.10

To 2 old Stan?s Ditto 3 Ra??                                                                   5.00

To 1 old Plough 1. 1 new Plough Irons & hinges 6.                               7.00

To 2 pr. Steelyards & harrow Teeth                                                        6.00

To 1 new Plough & Irons 7.  2 pr. Door hinges1.40                               8.40

To 6 shoes & 2 spaids 2.50  old Iron 2 hamer & 

            Iron chains 2                                                                                6.50

To Iron rings & chains 1.60 Iron hoops & scrapers 2.50                        4.50

To 2 old scythes & Chadle? and Oxen yoak                                           1.40

To old Sickels rakes and forks 8.50 1 old hand screw 4.                        4.85

To 1 Aps? & 1 hemp Brake 1.20 1 Gridstone 4.                                     5.20

To 1 Cow harrow 1 pr. Sheep Shears 2.25  3 old Aprs. 1.50                  3.75

To 15 Barrels for Cyder & Whiskey                                                      11.00

To 1 old Double Do. 1.30  4 Cyder Hhds* 5                                           6.30

To 24 Still Do. 24.  2 Stills & utensils 160.                                         184.00

To 450 Shingles 2.25  1 apple Mill  & Slop Trough 7.                           9.25

To 1 Shearing How & Drawing knife                                                      .50

To 1 funel 1 hogg. & 2 old tubs $1.                                                        1.00

To 1 Copper Gallon, half Gallon and funel                                            2.00

To 8 Gallons apple Brandy & hegg.                                                       4.50

To 115 Gallons Whiskey & Hhds.*                                                      58.00

To 66 Gallons Whiskey & 2 Barrels @ 50 Cents                                 33.00

To 1 Barrel Do. 32 Gallons @ 50 Cents                                               16.00

To 1 Churn & 2 small tubs 1.60                                                              1.60

To 1 Iron Griddle .60 old milk crocks 1.00                                             1.60

To 11 pewter Dishes and plates and Spoons                                           6.00

To Coffee pott. Sugar Box. Strainer and Cups 1.                                   1.00

To 1 Kitchen Drapes                                                                               6.00

To 1 Tea Kettle 1.30 Flesh fork & Ladle .50                                         1.80

To knives & forks 1 frying pan                                                              2.50

To 1 tin Bucket and watering Can                                                          1.20

To 1 Conk Shell Pott rack, and Chair                                                     1.80

To fire Irons 1 Pott & Lid 1.80  2 Duch Ovens

            & 2 Potts 2.80                                                                             4.60

To Candle Sticks 2 Lamps and xxx knife                                                .50

To Bottles, Jugs, and Tea ware 1.                                                           1.00

To 1 Sett Gold weights and looking Glass                                             100.

To 1 pr. Saddle Bags. 1 paper Mill                                                       2.00

To 1 Iron Kittle 3.00 1 Ditto Broken .50                                               3.50

To 1 half Bushel 2. Buckets 1.  2 Tubs 1 Bucket 1.50                          3.50

To 7 Barrels Whiskey Containing 227 Gallons @ 50 Cents             113.50

To 2 Shovel Ploughs 3. 1 Cart 10. 1 Beyrs Sythe .50                         13.50

To 1 pr. Wood Lathers 1.30 1 Open Waggon 25.                               27.30

To 1 old Waggon 20. 11 old harrow teeth 1.25                                       21.25

                                                                                          [ Subtotal      626.80 ]

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To 1 road Waggon                                                                                $ 50.00

To 1 pr. hay Lathers 1.30  Sheep racks 1.                                                2.30

To 1 Waggon Cloth 1.  1 Cating Box 1. Chop rye box 2.                        4.00

To 1 pan 10.   1 Wheel Barrow 1.  2 pr. Gears 7.                                   18.00

To 1 old Saddle & Brick Band 1.50  1 mans Saddle 6.                           7.50

To 1 old Scythe 1 Sett Plough Irons & hangars 4.                                   4.12

To 1 pr. Gears 3.50  1 pr. Do. 3.                                                              5.50

To 32 Bushels Wheat @ 1.30 Cents                                                       41.60

To 70 Bushels rye @ 50 Cents                                                               44.40

To 5 head hoggs. 30.  1 Corn Barrel .50                                                30.50

To 18 head Sheep 15.  Iron Lumber 1.50                                               16.50

To 1 Waggon Whip .50  1 yoke Oxen 50.                                              60.50

To 1 Yoke Do. 50. 1 Big Bull 20. 1 Brindle Stear 18.                            98.00

To 12 spotted Steer 17. 1 Brindle Steer 14. 1 Ditto 14.                          45.00

To 1 red Steer 14.  1 spotted Do. 13.  1 red heifer 13.                            40.00

To 1 black Do. 12.   2 heiffer Calfs 12.  1 heiffer 11.                             35.00

To 4 yearling Bull Calfs $12.  1 Cow & Calf 15.                                   27.00

To 1 Cow & Bull 15.  1 Small red Cow 10.  1 red Ditto 1                      48.00

To 1 Big red Cow 18.  1 red Spotted Cow 18.                                        36.00

To 1 Cow white faced 14.  1 Brindle Cow 16.                                        30.00

To 3 Spring Calfs 4.50  2 small Calfs in the Stable 3.                              7.50

To 2 old Studs 5.  2 hoos & old Iron .40                                                   5.40

To 1 old Brown Mare & colt                                                                   52.00

To 1 Gray Mare 5 years old                                                                   120.00

To 1 Bay Mare 5 years old                                                                      90.00

To 1 young Mare 50.  1 yearling Colt 30.                                               80.00

To 1 yearling Do. 22.  1 old Bay Horse 45.                                             67.00

To 1 Gray Horse 5 years old                                                                 100.00

To 1 young Mare 4 years old                                                                 100.00

To 1 old Hemp Brake .25  3 Box hendo? 3.00                                          3.25

To 21 old Bags 10.50.  2 Acres Wheat by the House 16.                        24.50

15 acres Wheat on the Big field                                                             195.00

To 3-½ acres rye by the corn field                                                           14.00

To 4-¼ acres rye in the Big field                                                              21.00

To 2 acres rye Ditto 5.  14 lbs Tallow 1.75                                                7.75

To 62 Locust Posts 7.44.   1 lock & old Iron .60                                       8.40

To 100 feet Oak & Walnut planks                                                             1.00

To 250 Bundles rye Straw 3.75  1000 Shingles 5.                                      8.75

To 4 small trunks with old papers                                                               2.00

To 3 old Blankot & 1 Chaf Bag                                                                  2.00

To 1 Wedge  1 saw & heckel .50  1 Masher & Spade 1.                             1.50

To 2 old hogsheads 1.50  1 hog chain 2.50                                                  4.00

To 2 Brass Casks 2.  1 Barrel with Chop rye .60                                         2.60

To 1 hammer                                                                                                    .50

                                                                                            [ Subtotal     $ 1563.07]

 [Total  $ 2485.09 + 16.04]                                                                                                                $2501.13

John Schnebely, Ludwick Young, appraisers

Daniel Brumbaugh, David Brumbaugh, Henry Brumbaugh, 

Washington County : On the 3 day of August 1799 came Jacob Brumbaugh, [Jr.] one of the admrs. of Jacob Brumbaugh Deceased and made Oath* on the holy Evangels of Almighty God that the foregoing is a true and just Inventory of all and singular of the Good and chattels of the said Deceased, that hath come to his hands and Possession at the time of the making thereof and that what hath been or shall hereafter come to his hands or possession he will return an additional Inventory that he knows of no concealment being part of parcel of the Deceased Estate by any person whatsoever, and that if he shall hereafter discover any Concealment or suspect any to his he will acquaint the Judges of the Orphans’ Court with such concealment or cause of suspicion that it may be inquired into according to Law. 

                                           Certified by Thomas Belt, Register 

[Editor’s note: *If Jacob Brumbaugh Jr. “made oath” by swearing to the truth of this Inventory so publicly, he surely was making a statement that he was no Brethren.]