An Inventory of the personal property of William Harper late of Hancock County die

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An Inventory of the personal property of William Harper late of Hancock County die. Sold at public sale on the 28th of March 1823. On credit until the 25th. December next.


To Wyatt Harper 1 chest 2.75-
Mary Harper 1 Bible 1.-
Benjamin I. Harper 1 Dutch oven 1 3 3/9 1 pair handloom 68 ¾ 1.62 1/2 " " 1 gun 2.06 ¼ 1 pot of hooks & ladle 1.00 3.06 4/9 
" " 1 Grind Stone 1.56 ¼
Mary Harper 2 beds , bedstead & furniture 15.-
Wyatt Harper 1 safe 6.-
Mary Harper 1 Do Do .50-
Benjamin I. Harper 1 Spinning Wheel .62 ½
Wyatt Harper 6 Sitting Chair 1.31 ¼
Benjamin I. Harper 1Jug & Plough Hoc 56 ¼c. 1 Handsaw .50 c. 1.86 ¼
Mary Harper 1Loom 1.00 . 1 Chest 50. C 1.50
Wyatt Harper 1 Table .50 c. .50c 
Benjamin I. Harper 1 pail 34 ½ c. 1 Bull yearling $5.18 ¾ c. $5.56 ¼ c
" " 1 Boy mare $25.25
Mary Harper 1 Boy mare $30.-
Benjamin I. Harper 1 Boy Colt $24.-
John Barksdale 2 Steers $36.25
James Godwin 1Cow & Yearling $12.50
Samuel Foster 1Sow & pig 5.31 ¼. 2 young steers $5. $10.31 ¼
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Amt. $50.43 ¾

Negro boy Isaac Hired to Benjamin I. Harper $15.31 ¼
" " Jamison " " Do $30.06 ¼
" girl Winny " " Micajah Youding $5.00
" girl Sarah " " Benjamin I. Harper .06 ¼
------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Amt. of Sales $50.43 ¾

Negro girl Betty to Benjamin I. Harper at the lower biddin $21. 93 ¾ 28.50
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Amt. of Sales $208.84 ½
Georgia Benjamin I. Harper
Hancock County Benjamin I. Harper admin . of the estates of William Harper die.being duly sworn says the witness of sales of the personal estate. Of said die true. Sworn to Subservience before me this 2nd May 1823. 
Benjamin I. Harper
James H. Jones C.C.O 

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