Claiborne County, Tennessee
Wills & Estates

Widow Owsley

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE Will Book, Volume 1

Sale of the Estate of WIDOW OWSLEY, deceased Buyers were: Mathew Owsley – two pails $.25; Bible $2.01; cupboard $9.00

Charles R. Day – two piggins $.15; bottle $.14; bottle $.04; crock $.10; bunch of yarn $1.56

Mathew Keck – two piggins $.12 ½; sieve $.15; plow $.29; fat stand $.33; patent clock $5.15

Marquis Flemmings – pail $.20; circingle $.26; 1 ½ bushel $.50; set of plates $3.30; box $1.26

Levi Goin – set of shoe tools $.37 ½; small axe $.36; bottle $.25; screw plate $1.15

Samuel Wilson – iron rod $1.55; 6 lbs iron $.16 ¼; barrel $.05

Spencer Owsley – shoe hammer $.31 ¼; pair of saddle bags $1.06; pot trammel $1.10; four bowls $.30; heifer $5.05

Ransom Cupp – axe $1.03; cag $.28

John D. Green – grindstone $.52; circingle $.05; smoothing iron $.25; oven $1.00; bottle and two funnels $.12 ½; cow $9.02

Joseph M. Yaden – halter chain $.27; table $2.00

Daniel Cupp – 1 ¾ inch augur $.31 ¼; smoothing iron $.32; 7 ¾ lbs of sugar $.75; four tin cups and candle molds $.40; candle stand $.27; pair bridle reins and bucket $.31; large tin cup $.25; bottle $.25; two crocks $.35; foils $.41; tub and baker $.10

Nancy Robinson – bell $.43

James M. Carr – bell and collar $.50

Sterling Goin – bell, collar and buckle $.51; pair pot hooks $.20; pitcher $.12 ½; knives and forks $.71; razor $.26; dish $1.40

Isam Myers – two sets of plow screws and coulter $.40; cag $.37 ½; churn $.36; six glasses $.31 ¼

John Keck – jar $.10; plow $.38; three books $.40

Levingston Hopper – pot and hooks $1.12 ½; half bushel and basket $.57; bottle $.13

Thomas Eads – pot and hooks $1.65; blanket $.60; barrel $.16 ¼

Joseph Edwards – set of gearing $2.40

Houston Hopper – plow $1.95

Charles L. Cupp – blow hammer $.26; small chair $.12 ½; bell $.26; slay $.60; three slays $.36; set of plates $.25; fire shovel $.80; 20 bushels of corn $7.60; lot of corn $9.30 ½

John Keck, Sr. – bread tray $.13; tin bucket $.52; pair bricking $1.65; trumpet and lamp $.15; three plates $1.20; basin $1.10; basin $1.55; three bowls $.37 ½; bowl $.10; looking glass $.37 ½; table $.70; dresser $.75; bureau $16.00; bunch of thread $.45; bed and stead $2.00; bed and stead $2.37 ½; window lights $.05

Calvin Sparks – coffee mill $.46; three chairs $.51; skillet and lid $1.03; coffee pot $.56

Elijah Goins – four chairs $.60; bridle $.30; hoe $.22; churn of soap $.69; set of cups and saucers and spoons $.56; set of plates $.50

William P. Ford – armchair $.27; wagon hammer $.20; swag and chisels $.46; barrel and other things $.39; churn $.37; cream pitcher and pepper box $.65; jar $.40; four books $.33; three books $.07; set of dog irons $1.31 1/3; pair scissors $.23

Jacob Myers – small axe $.70; cag $.60; bottle $.20

Isaac Goin – pair steelyards $1.60

Colbert Day – set plates $3.01

John Collins – basin $.30; 325 bundles fodder $2.43

William P. Yaden – basin $.30; bed $5.95; smoothing iron and padlock $1.05; tar bucket $.01

Tabitha Drummonds – two tubs $.37; 30 dozen oats $3.45

Thomas Forgerson – pot $.50; pot hooks $.28; pair cards $.12 ½

John A. Goin – dish $1.00; two dippers and six spoons $.63 ½; claim of sheep $4.64

Phebe Sparks – plate and salt cellar $.40

Elihu E. Jones – castor oil bottle $.18 ¾

Abner Cloud – three locks $.05; glass and razor $.68

Stephen Drummonds – side saddle $2.38 ½

N. H. Moore – cag $.96; tub of soap $3.47 ½

John Owsley – shaving box $.27; flax hackle $1.75

Thomas Collins – knives and forks $.17; little wheel $2.00; 20 bushels of corn $7.80

William Drummonds – big wheel $.60; bed and stead $6.49; six chairs $.50; kettle $1.07, pair pot hooks $.26

Daniel Drummonds – oven $1.51; pair pot hooks $.33 ½

Martin Goin – bed and stead $10.00 ½

Henry Myers – 20 bushels of corn $7.80

William Owsley – ten head of hogs $10.00

Cash on hand $113.63; note on Noah and Culbert Day $59.00; note on Curtis Childers $4.50; note on Hezekiah Brock $20.00; account on Jesse Eads for $1.00; account on Polly Messer for $1.00 in labor; balance of judgment on Hardy Powell and Joseph Powell $2.00

John Keck, Administrator