Updated November 24, 2022
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William Drake, is the son of Robert Drake, Jeffry Gilliam sells land to Robert Drake.
21 Jan 1803
An Inventory and Appraisement of the estate of William Drake, decd taken by us, the 21st day of January 1803.
| 1 sorrel mare, 20£, 1 bay colt 12£, 1 riding chair and harness 12£ | £44.0.0 |
| 1 bed and furniture £6, 1 ditto £1, 1 writing desk £2.10, 1 burow £1.10 | 14.0.0 |
| 1 cow with calf________________, 1 painted chest 12/, 1 hair trunk 12/ | 12.4.0 |
| 1 sow and six pigs 24/, 4 young hogs 36/, 1 painted table 3/, 1 walnut do 18/ | 4.1.0 |
| 1 loom, 3 stays and harness 40/ 2 iron pots and dutch oven 24/ | 3.4.0 |
| 1 tea kettle and spiden [?] 6/, 7 rush chairs 14/ | 1.0.0 |
| 1 horse cart and harness £4, 1 wheel land cards 14/ | 4.14.0 |
| 3 pewter dishes, 6 plates, 4 basons, and one tin pan | 1.4.0 |
| lott queaus chinea 12/ coffee pot &c 3/ | 1.15.0 |
| 1 pair wedges, 2 harrow teeth, 10/, carpenters tools 15/ | 1.5.0 |
| 2 hides 15/, 1/2 dozen brick molds 24/ | 1.19.0 |
| 2 axes and 3 hoes 18 shoe makers tools &c 1/6 | 1.19.6 |
| Clivy [?] and pin 2/, 1 iron pestle 1/, 1 X cut saw 7/6 | 1.10.6 |
| 1 new loom 15/ 50 bl cotton 16/8 | 1.11.8 |
| saddle and bridle 15/ 1 stone pot 3/ 1 woman saddle 12/ | 1.12.0 |
| 2 heffers, in New Kent, £6, 4 hogsheads 12/ | 6.12.0 |
| rule do 1/6, on chain & half bushel 10/ | 0.11.6 |
| 2 jugs and 1 tin kettles 4/, 2 barrels, 2 pails and 1 piggin 6/ | 0.10.0 |
| 1 gun 18/ 1 pair saddle bags 6/ | 1.4.0 |
| 1 silver watch 48/, 8 books 8/, looking glass 3/ | 2.19.0 |
| 1 tea board 12/, 1 T glass 6d, 2 bottles 1/ | 0..13.6 |
| fodder 20/, 1 pair flat irons 4/6, 1 jugg and two reep hooks 3/ | 1.7.6 |
| 5 snuff bottles 1/, 1 small trunk 2/ | 0.8.0 |
| 2 razor bases and box 3/, 1 cradle 2/, 1 plough 2/ | 0.7.0 |
| 1 well rope 6/, 1 auger 3/ | 0.9.0 |
We the subscribers agreeable to order of Charles City Court have appraised the estate of William Drake deceased agreeable to the above statement, given under our hands the day and year above.
Sig: John Bowry, Charls Christian, J. Christian
At a monthly court held for Charles City County at the Courthouse on Thursday, the sixteenth day of June 1803. The above Inventory and appraisement of William Drake’s estate was returned and ordered to bed recorded.
Teste: W. Walker CC
Sources
- Charles City County, VA Will Book 1, page 576.