CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE Will Book, Volume 1

Year’s Provisions to SARAH SMITH, Widow of SPARKMAN SMITH, deceased All the bacon and lard on hand, 7 shoats, 2 yearlings 60 barrels of corn, what tallow is on hand, 200 lbs flour $30.50 for pepper, spice and ginger All potatoes and cabbage on hand, and all dried fruit on hand All nice onions on hand, and all the soap on hand $7.00 in leather out of any money or debt on hand

Given under our hands and seals this 25th day of September 1850.

George Shultz, Comm. Wiley Sanders, Comm. James Ritter, Comm.

Inventory of the Estate of SPARKMAN SMITH, deceased Personal property includes: One set of blacksmith tools, crout tub, five chairs, dutch oven, hogshead, rifle gun, scythe and cradle, pair hames and chains, axe, plow, three weeding hoes, barrel and vinegar, fat stand, handsaw, two augurs, drawing knife, pot, oven, skillet, table, two crocks, four bowls, coffee mill, five plates, pail, pair sheep shears, seven books, cupboard, flax wheel, reel, ten gallon pot, five head of sheep, three still tubs, flake stand, lot of shingles, flat iron, half bushel, remainder of corn if there be any, note on John Sanders for $9.05 with a credit of $4.60; account against Weston McKeehan for $4.66 2/3; account against George Shultz for $.12 ½; account against James Carpenter, White and Ritter $2.25

True account of all the property that has come into my hands as Administrator, this 5th day of December 1850. Sarah (X) Smith, Administratrix

Sale of the Estate of SPARKMAN SMITH, deceased Buyers were: Christopher Dean – set of blacksmith tools $9.00

George Fletcher – crout tub $.35; hogshead $.55

John Smith – rifle gun $4.11; scythe and cradle $1.68; grubbing hoe and axe $.86

George R. Ward – set harness and chains $.90

Christopher Dean – five chairs $.50

Henry Nunn – dutch oven $.25; plow and three weeding hoes $.45; barrel and vinegar $.30; fat stand $.12 ½; handsaw, two augurs, drawing knife $1.50; pot, oven and skillet $.25; Bible $.10; two crocks, two bowls, coffee mill, five plates, pail, pair sheep shears, seven books and corner cupboard $.25; flax wheel and sieve $.25; ten gallon pot, three head of sheep $.50; three still tubs, stack tub $.65; lot of shingles $1.50; flat iron and half bushel $.25; remainder of corn

True account of the sale that was held in December 1850.

Sarah (X) Smith, Administratrix

Settlement with SARAH SMITH, Administrator of the Estate of SPARKMAN SMITH, deceased Amount returned in the inventory $12.34 Amount of the sales returned $24.32 Yet due from Jacob Shultz $31.32 Note given to Elijah Hodges $59.33 Proven account to Elijah Hodges $22.89 Proven account to R. F. Stone $2.50 Bill of costs $33.36 Paid tax receipt $.87 ½ Paid J. C. Lane $1.05 Paid Z. Hodges $3.90 Paid clerk’s fee $5.50 Amount of uncollected accounts $1.66 Paid on a note executed to Elijah Hodges with Jacob Shultz $50.00 Amount of allowance to the Admnistratrix $5.00

Leaves a balance of $149.40 remaining in the hands of the Administratrix, this 6th day of September 1852.

Thomas J. Johnson, Clerk