Robert Mays Estate

At a Court held for Amherst County the 19th day of September 1808 This Bond was acknowledged in open Court by the subscribers and ordered to be recorded. In obedience to the above order, we the subscribers being sworn have proceeded to appraise the slaves and personal Estate of Robert Mays deceased as follows:

One woman slave, Sylvia```````85 pounds
1 boy John````````````````````````L65
1 Warwick`````````````````````````125 pounds
1 girl Mary````````````````````````` 85
1 woman & child 110?`````````175 pounds
Two beds & furniture````````````18 pounds
1 smooth ?````````````````````````` L3
1 pair of hand irons 15/0``````````3.15
a parcel of pewter ```````````````2.8.6
a parcel of earthen ware````````````.6
2 jugs & 2 crocks`````````````````````.8
a parcel of tin ware```````````````````.6
2 pairs of shears```````````````````````.3
1 pair of sad irons```````````````````.7.6
2 linen wheels``````````````````````````.12
2 sickles 4/ &
1 cupboard 12/`````````````````````````.16
1 Table 12/ 1 Trunk and Chest```````````````````L1.4 `````1.14
5 Chairs 7/6 4 pair of Cords 12/``14.6
2 Cotton Wheels L1/14 �
1 ? Saw L1.10`````````````````````````2.16
1 pair of steelgards````````````````````1.2
1 auger 1 chisel`````````````````````````.3
1 pair of wedges 1 Bell ```````````````.13
1 Drawing Knife and fro```````````````.8
1 parcel of old iron``````````````````````.18
1 piece of new iron```````````````````````.9. 6
2 pair of iron traces``````````````````````.18
3 pole axes`````````````````````````````````.12
1 hemp hackle`````````````````````````````.7 . 6
7 hoes``````````````````````````````````````1.1
8 head of cattle`````````````````````````15.15. 4
1 yoke oxen```````````````````````````````9.12
29 head hogs````````````````````````````17.8
1 grey horse`````````````````````````````18
1 sorrel mare`````````````````````````````12
1 black horse````````````````````````````12
1 small grey horse``````````````````````12
14 geese````````````````````````````````````1.15 .6
8 sheep`````````````````````````````````````4
1 large pot, hooks, ladle & skimmer````````````````````1.4
1 ditto`````````````````````````````````````````.18
1 small ditto``````````````````````````````````.6
1 large oven `````````````````````````````````.18
1 small ditto with hooks```````````````````.7
1 skillet`````````````````````````````````````````.4
1 log chain`````````````````````````````````````.6
1 loom```````````````````````````````````````````.18
4 weaving heads``````````````````````````````.9
2 old Books & candlestick``````````````````.3

At a Court held for Amherst County the 19th day of September 1808 This Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Robert Mays deceased, was this day returned and ordered to be recorded. Teste Bartlett Cash William Sandidge John Ball.