B S Lunsford Estate

B. S. LUNSFORD ESTATE

(Benjamin Stephen Lunsford, Sr.)

SALE BILL AND INVENTORY OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY CLOSED IN ACTION ACCOUNTS & BELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF B S LUNSFORD DECEASED WHICH HAVE COME TO OUR HANDS POSSESSION OR KNOWLEDGE OR TO THE HANDS OR POSSESSION OF ANY OTHER PERSON FOR US. AS THE ADMINISTRATORS OF SAID ESTATE ---- THE SALE WAS HAD AT THE LATE RESIDENCE OF THE SAID DECEASED ON THE 17^TH DAY OF APRIL 1869 AFTER HAVING ADVERTISED THE TIME AND PLACE OF SAID SALE ACCORDING TO LAW, WHERE THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY WAS SOLD ON A CREDIT UNTIL 25^TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1869 NOTE WITH 2 GOOD SECURITIES REQUIRED, TO WIT,

ARTICLES PURCHASING NAME PRICE

1 YOKE OF OXEN MRS H LUNSFORD 30.00

1 YOKE OF OXEN SMALL H C KELLER 39.50

2 STEER YEARLINGS H C KELLER 16.75

1 RED COW CULLEN LUNSFORD 19.00

1 WHITE YEARLING B F LACKEY 5.50

1 RED YEARLING CULLEN LUNSFORD 7.50

1 WHITE COW CULLEN LUNSFORD 22.00

1 LG JENNETT & COLT MRS HELLEN LUNSFORD 75.00

1 LG JENNETT & COLT J (?) T YOUNG 35.25

1 YOKE OF OXEN CULLEN LUNSFORD 43.00

1 PIDED HEIFER B F LACKEY 15.00

4 KILLING CULLEN LUNSFORD 26.00

1 BOAR CULLEN LUNSFORD 5.50

1 SANDY SOW & 2 PIGS MARK DAVENPORT 8.00

2 SOWS & 12 PIGS MRS HELLEN LUNSFORD 12.00

1 SOW & 4 SHOATS A E LUNSFORD 16.00

1 SOW & 4 SHOATS GEO LUNSFORD 20.00

1 SOW & 5 SHOATS B F LACKEY 20.00

1 BAY MARE MRS H LUNSFORD 90.00

1 DARK BAY HORSE CULLEN LUNSFORD 151.00

1 SOW & 10 PIGS B F LACKEY 18.00

1 BAY FILLY HARRISON LUNSFORD 100.00

1 BAY HORSE COLT A D LUNSFORD 71.00

1 DO JAMES LUNSFORD 61.25

1 BLACK MARE COLT A E LUNSFORD 80.00

1 OLD MARE E P STRICKLAND 71.25

1 LITTLE COLT A E LUNSFORD 52.50

1 MUSKET OLD WM LUNSFORD PAID .50

1 WATCH BRAP (?) WM LUNSFORD PAID 1.00

1 COLT THOMAS D RUFFIN 70.00

1 STUD BLACK HAWK CULLEN LUNSFORD 250.00

5 HEAD OF SHEEP MRS H LUNSFORD 9.00

1 HOG JOHN CHISM 6.50

1 SOW & 2 PIGS J E STEWART 15.00

TOTAL AMOUNT OF SALE BILL $1,463.00

B S LUNSFORD ESTATE (Page 2)

INVENTORY

2 YEARLINGS ONE OF WHICH IS DOWN ON THE RIVER AND WAS NOT UP AT THE DAY OF SALE AND ONE JACK.

WE FIND THE FOLLOWING ???? CHARGED ON BOOK FOR THE SEASONS OF MARES WHICH WERE PUT BY THE INSURANCE AND WHICH HAS WILL OR HAVE PROVED NOT TO BE WITH FOAL ---- OTHERS OF WHICH ARE DOUBTFUL, TO WIT,

ROBT ACUFF 1200

ROBT BLACKWELL 2500

THOS BAMES 6000

BENNETT 1250

JOHN BYRN 2500

BENJ BOYDSTON 2500

J B BRISENDINE (?) 1250

BENNETT 1250

JAMES BYRN 1250

M CHISM 1250

C CRAIG 1250

F CLARK 1250

COX 1250

NEWTON CUNNINGHAM 1850

JAMES CURTIS 1250

ROBERTSON DEVENPORT 1250

MARK DEVENPORT 2500

F FERGUSON 1250

GEO FERGUSON 1250

NAT FIELDS 1250

DR FAIN 1850

FREEMAN 1250

FERRELL 1250

JAMES FULKERSON 1250

R GAINES 1250

TOBE GAINES 1250

W GRIGGS 1250

WALLACE GLAP 1250

SEALEY GOODMAN 300

J HOLLEMAN 2250

HEWLET 1250

HARGAS 1250

T (F) HARGATE 1250

NEWTON J HIPP 1250

MARTHA HULEN 500

W H JACKSON 1250

S JENKIN JR 1250

J JENKINS 1250

R LUNSFORD 1250

(Bottom of page copy cut off) 1250

B S LUNSFORD ESTATE (Page 3)

INVENTORY (Continued)

C LOCKARD 1250

A LUNSFORD 1250

WM LUNSFORD 1250

A E LUNSFORD 1250

WIDOW LOCKARD 1250

NIEL MCLEOD 1250

G MEADOWS 1250

J MARTIN 1250

MAJ MARTIN 1250

W E MITCHELL 1250

CHARLES MARTIN 1250

B J NORRIS 2500

JACK NORRIS 1250

RILEY OSTEEN 1250

A PITTS 1250

JAMES PITTS 1250

JO PATERSON 1250

BIRD SMITH 1250

S STRICKLAND 1250

R SMITH 1250

JOHN STARNES 1250

B SMITH 1250

A W THOMPSON 1250

J M THOMPSON 1250

C WEBB 1250

R WEBB 1250

NOTES

ISAAC LEDBETTER NOTE DUE 29 JAN 1869 1250

NIEL MCLEOD NOTE DUE NOV 11 1868 1250

D S NEIGHBOURS W R NEIGHBOURS BIRD SMITH

& W A PRICE DUE 25 DECEMBER 1869 13000

AFFIDAVIT OF C R BELOAT OF LAST RECEIPT

FOR CLAIM ON ISAAC SMITH FOR 4125

THE ABOVE IS A TRUE SALE BILL AND INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE

OF B S LUNSFORD DECEASED JUNE 7^TH 1869

WM LUNSFORD

JO C MARLEY

SWORN TO & SUBSCRIBED

BEFORE ME JUNE 7^TH 1869

GEORGE JOHNSTON CLERK

EXAMINED AND APPROVED JUNE 7^TH 1869

S A THOMPSON JUDGE

Return to Wills & Estates Index

Return to Pages & Links Index

Return to Southern Roots Home Page

Source: Court House, Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, Wills & Estates, Page 35

Transcribed by Deborah Lunsford Yates

Last Updated Wednesday, August 07, 2002 9:31:37 PM CST