CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE Will Book, Volume 1

Sale of the Estate of THOMAS HAMBLETON, deceased Buyers were: E. H. C. Dickinson – four large chairs $1.25; pail and two piggins and keeler $1.00; lot of window curtains $.95; lot of bolster and pillow slips $.80; tablecloth $.70; tablecloth $.50; lot checked window curtains $2.62 ½; white counterpane $2.75; tablecloth $1.10; tablecloth $1.56 ¼; domestic blanket $2.50; domestic blanket $2.75; red bed quilt $3.62 ½; pair scales $.20; spice mortar $.60; four lbs raw cotton, handspun $.75; 1 ¾ lbs shoe thread $.58

William Bullard – four large chairs $1.00; six large chairs $1.50; two small chairs $.25; large table $1.00; spade $.70; bedstead $1.06 ¼; pair steelyards $.50; three pair pot hooks $.40; single tree $.62 ½; shovel and tongs $.90; brow coverlid $4.25; seven knives and eleven forks $.65; small box $.12 ½; red bed quilt $1.62 ½

D. C. Bullard – pair saddle bags $1.50

William Houston – high chair $.62 ½; cutting knife and box $5.00; plow $.50; patent plow $5.50; kettle $2.80; large oven and lid $1.75; large oven $1.75; four blind bridles $6.00; pair front gears $4.10; pair hames, hipstraps and two halter chains, backband $2.15; shotgun and pouch $12.00; sorrel horse $65.50; ; bed cord $.35; bed cord $.45; large axe $.70; baring stick $.15; rolling pin $.12 ½; iron square and ¾ augur $.37 ½; clevis pin or screw wrench $.12 ½; large wooden bowl $.30; cow bell and collar $1.00; small kettle $1.75; 1 ¾ lbs wool $3.65 ½; canister and powder $.75; reap hook $.25; brass kettle $2.00; tin canister $.06 ¼; swat pad for big coat $.25; water bucket $.28; bridle, curry comb, belly band and irons $.15; tea canister and basket $.20; small Luster pitcher $.50; teapot and lid $.37 ½; pepper box and vinegar cruit $.15; two brass candlesticks and one tall one $.50; six large spoons $1.25; six teaspoons $.62 ½

G. W. Beale – small chair $.25; pair cotton cards $.55

Solomon Fulps – trunk $.10

John W. Roberts – under bed tick $.59; lard stand $.04; large dirt jar $.02; crock $.15; ½ lb wool rolls $.13; pocketknife $.10; box $.05; 650 bundles fodder $33.66

Andrew Brooks – 15 sheep $8.62 ½

William Kincaid – punch, two awl blades, screwdriver $.21

Rial Leabow – gun lock $1.00

William Fugate – trunk $1.00

William Epps – table $.50; 108 lbs bar iron $7.56; cow and calf $12.41; smaller dish $.90; smaller dish $.30; five saucers and four cups $.40

M. Carriger – smaller dish $.25; pan, four cups, pepper box $.26; large box $.25; box of vials $.25

James Ritter – bunch of wool and piece domestic $.31 ¼

J. H. Graham – wash board $.06

Dickinson’s Alf – lot of broom corn $.05

Alexander Collins – little cow and calf $10.0

Abel Kesterson – table $.50

Matthew Buchanan – small table $.50; skillet and lid $.65; wagon and bed $54.00; six pair stretchers $3.55; seven wagon bows $.50; 8 ¼ lbs unpicked wool $2.23; box with some wheat in it $1.00

G. B. Cloud – sugar box $.25; large bottle $.21

John Hurst – eight day clock $6.15; iron hooped keg $.87; small box $.12 ½; chair $.37 ½

James Hurst – sorrel colt $13.00; man’s saddle $.62 ½; cream pitcher $.14; 5 lbs 10 oz hackled flax and cloth $.41

R. J. Poor – four bladed knife $1.13; bunch of thread $.37 ½

William Venable – rope $.10

Harmon Hurst – broken looking glass $.56 ¼; flax wheel $5.16; baker and lid $1.50; meat barrel $.10

Neil Southern – reel $.89

David Star – fine looking glass $1.70

Elihum King – fine man’s saddle $18.00

Hamilton Evans – two dozen spools $1.50

John Burchfield – chain $.25; spinning wheel $2.00

Jeremiah Burchfield – tablecloth $1.50; two glass tumblers $.37 ½; 400 bundles fodder $3.00; bull $5.25

Martin Burchfield – loom $6.25; lot weaver’s gears $3.05; three slays $1.80; blind mare $12.00

Madison Burchfield – white faced cow $7.50; grubbing hoe $.15; tea kettle $1.75; old cutting knife $.50; tray and rolling board $.25; sack with some salt in it $.35; old side saddle $2.00; small lard stand $.15; small can, lid and round box $.25; two small pails $.66 ¼; strap and two brushes $.20 ½; Knight glass $.18 ¾; seven saucers and two cups $.12 ½ ; three large and five teaspoons $.05

Mathias Burchfield – smoothing iron $.60

Hampton Burchfield – two pair hind gears, breast chains $11.75; small heifer $3.12 ½; shaving cup $.13

William Marcum – two pigs $1.12 ½; cream pitcher $.50; drawing knife and gimblet $.40; box with old irons $.66; crock and small jar $.16; large blanket $.25; wagon cover $3.00; large basket $.50; small can $.16; coffee pot and small articles $.14; large tea tray $1.50; two inkstands, wafers box, key and comb $.30; smaller dish $.50; smaller dish $.40; deep plate $.10; pitcher $.75; tea pot and bowl $.12 ½; sugar dish $.19 ½; three bowls $.30; broken and two butter plates $.16 ¼; tea kettle $.50; seven small patty pans, pair scissors, pair snuffers $.08; lamb $.20; two clevises and pin $.33

Isaac Miller – eleven cup plates $.27; blacking brushes, cloth brush $.25

Robert Glenn – pickling tub $1.00; pickling stand $.87 ½

A. A. McAmis – hand saw $1.30; cutting box, steel and two screws $.75; small garden hoe $.55

James Blancett – two weeding hoes $.45

T. L. W. Sawyers – heifer $6.06 ¼

J. M. Sawyers – box, inkstand, and sand box $.50

Vincent Sweet – pair lancets $.26

Simpson Parks – bay horse $56.00

Thomas J. Johnson – feather bed, bolster and under bed $8.50; bedstead $1.50

C. C. Smith – candle stand $1.50

Samuel Moore – pot rack $1.16 ¼; three old umbrellas $.35

Willis Harper – pot rack $1.50

Isaac Townsley – coffee mill $1.00; bottle of spirits of turpentine $.12 ½; powder keg $.30; two pans, strainer and tea waiter $.66; box sundries $.62 ½; box sundry articles $.25; two razors and case $1.81 ¼; large coffee pot $.50; large coffee pot $.25; six Liverpool plates $.80; three Liverpool plates $.30; large dish $.90; small deep dish or baker $.30; small deep dish $.31 ¼; pint bottle and ½ pint bottle $.15; butter stamp salt cellar $.25; two black bottles $.27; pair candle molds $.36; pepper, spice, salt, coffee and starch $.25; smaller dish $.62 ½; pitcher $.06 ¼

David Fullington – small coffee pot $.16 ¼

John M. Sawyers – worsted sircingle $.75

John Shadwick – small dirt jar $.10

F. S. White – quilt $1.00; rose blanket $2.37 ½; rose blanket $2.25

Hugh White – meal sieve $.30

J. S. Goforth – checked bedspread $1.10; white counterpane $2.93; brown coverlid $4.50; counterpane $2.50

B. Fuller – feather bed and two pillows $7.00; skillet and gridiron $1.50; pair large fire dogs $2.00; pair large fire dogs $.90; smoothing iron $.60; roan horse $40.00; short pot rack $1.12 ½; two kegs, tin pan, soap and grease $.50 ; small dirt jar $.45; small wooden bowl $.25; lard stand $.75; small pot with soap in it $1.50; tablecloth $.80; tablecloth $1.55; pair pot hooks $.45; barrel and keg of soap $1.25; tin candle box $.15; basket $.12; seven plates $.30; six plates $.37 ½

William Spillers – skillet, pot and lid $1.75

Major Wallace – black colt $26.00

True account of the sale that was held on the 7th day of December 1847.

J. W. Graham, Administrator J. S. M. Dickinson, Administrator