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Estate Inventory of John Holloway


[From photocopy of Natchez Court Records Book A, Jul 21, 1781 - Nov 1787, p. 304, provided by Mary Lois Ragland, Oct 1990]

Natchez District
Oct 24, 1781

On the twenty fourth day of the month of October the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one Charles De Grand Pré, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment Louisiana, Civil and Military Commandant of the Port and District of Natchez, on notice received of the death of John Holloway killed at his Plantation, by the Indians, distant five leagues from the Fort, have proceeded to the description and Inventory of all the Estate belonging to him and his ----wife, appointed guardian to his children, minors, having preparatively appointed Isaac Johnson and Daniel Perry, for the appraisement thereof, who have promised on oath to discharge faithfully same; to which said Inventory we have proceeded in [presence] of the said Widow Elizabeth Holloway, Cady Raby, her son in law, Francois Farrell and Silas Crane, in manner for
    First.     Two feather - Beds, appraised to thirty Dollars.. . . . . .
    Item.     One pair of sheets, of Beaufort Linen, appraised to Eleven Dollars.
    Item.     One Blanket and one Bedspread, appraised to ten Dollars...
    Item.     Two blankets appraised to twenty Dollars.
    Item.     One chest and one small trunk appraised together to two Dollars...
    Item      Six chairs, appraised to six Dollars....
    Item.     Two old Pots, appraised to two Dollars...
    Item.     One Pot, of the capacity of five gallons, appraised to eight Dollars ...
    Item.     One old Skillet, appraised to one Dollar....
    Item.     Five Pewter Plates, and two Dishes, appraised to five Dollars and four rials....
    Item.     Four pewter Basons, appaised to four Dollars ...
    Item.     Three plates, two dishes and one small Pot, of Earthen ware, and the whole appraised to two Dollars...

$ 102 " "

Carpenter's tools.

One Cross-cut Saw, appraised to twelve Dollars...
    Item.     One Cross-cut saw; appraised to twelve Dollars ...
    Item.     One Hand-saw; appraised to two Dollars and four Rials...
    Item.     One small Joiner's saw, appraised to three Dollars ...
    Item.     Three inch augers, three chisels, and two dividers; the whole appraised to six Dollars ...
    Item.     One smoothing-plane, and three jacks = ditto amounts of four dollars ---
    Item.     One grindstone, appraised to two Dollars
    Item.     One Drawing knife, appraised to four Dollars..
    Item.     One gun, appraised to ten Dollars...

$ 55 " "

Plantation Tools.

    Item.     Five axes, one of them a Broad-axe, appraised eight Dollars....
    Item.     Five hoes, appraised to four Dollars .....
    Item.     One Horse-Plough, appraised to twelve Dollars...
    Item.     One small horse-Harrow, appraised to two Dollars...

$ 26 " "

Animals.

    Item.     Five Sows, appraised to twelve dollars

$ 12 " "

Slaves.

    One Negro man, named "Samuel", of the Angola nation, aged about fifty years, appraised to fifty Dolls.

$ 50 " "

    Item.     A negro wench, named "Sarah" native of Barbadoes, aged about thirty years, appraised to two hundred Dollars....

$ 200 " "

    Item.     A negro girl named "Dorinda", native of South Carolina, aged eight years, appraised to two hundred Dollars ....

$ 200 " "

    Item.     a negro girl, named "Bella", native of South Carolina, aged about ten years, appraised to two-hundred Dollars....

$ 200 " "

_________

$ 833 " "

    Item.     The said Widow declares that there are two cows, two calves, and one heifer belonging to her eldest son George Holloway, given to him by James Gragg.     Mem.
    Item.     The said Widow declares that there are two cows, two calves, belonging to her eldest Daughter Elizabeth, given to her on her marriage with Cady Raby.    Mem.
    Item.     And as respects the Plantation, it belongs to Joshua Howard, who is absent from this District: and nothing more being found, neither Titles nor Papers, we have closed the present Inventory, amounting to the sum of Eight hundred and thirty three Dollars, and the said effects, tools, slaves and animals, have been left in the charge and care of the said Widow Elizabeth Holloway...... ?(unreadable)

Appraisers and Witnesses, and we the Commandant of the day and year written. (Daniel Perry has declared
that he cannot write)      = Elizabeth Holloway =
    = Isaac Johnson =            ; = William Vousdan =
    = Cady + Rabey =       Francois Farrell
        = Charles De Grand Pré =

Charges.

                                                                           Rials
One sitting for appointment of a guardian ....        22
Process - verbal for ditto ............................         8
Signature in full ............................................        4

Inventory.

Two sittings ...........................................             44
Process - verbal of item ..............................         8
Signature in full ............................................        4

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Rials 90

$ 11

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