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MARION COUNTY ESTATE RECORDS Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, Returns, Vouchers. |
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Inventory, appraisement and sale
of Estate of McKinney Melton
Marion County, Georgia
1840 (pages 82-89, Book A)
An inventory and appraisement of the real and personal estate of McKiney Melton, deceased, this 22 Dec 1840.
| Negro man named Dick | $1,000.00 |
| Negro man named Bob | $ 1,000.00 |
| Boy Jerry | $ 800.00 |
| Woman Beulah and her two children Antony and Tony | $ 1,000.00 |
| Woman Anny | $ 500.00 |
| Giel Ann | $ 450.00 |
| Woman Beck | $ 300.00 |
| Bay horse | $ 100.00 |
| sorrell mare and colt | $ 77.00 |
| gray horse | $ 55.00 |
| road horse | $ 75.00 |
| 16 head pork hogs | $ 55.00 |
| beadstead, bed and furnature | $ 25.00 |
| beadstead, bed and furnature | $ 25.00 |
| beadstead, bed and furnature | $ 25.00 |
| small beadstead | $ 8.00 |
| lot of counterpaines | $ 10.00 |
| 1/2 doz winder (sic) chairs | $ 3.00 |
| slab and furnature | $ 20.00 |
| wooden clock | $ 12.00 |
| lott sundries | $ 13.00 |
| shot gun, shot pouch, shot bag | $ 12.00 |
| pair saddle bags | $ 0.75 |
| 7 head geese | $ 4.50 |
| 62 head of stock cattle | $ 248.00 |
| 3 cow hides | $ 1.00 |
| mans saddle and bridle | $ 2.00 |
| cross cut saw | $ 2.00 |
| 2 pair steelyards | $ 1.50 |
| lott of pott weare | $ 12.00 |
| pair of smoothing irons | $ 0.75 |
| loom and gear | $ 4.00 |
| sythe | $ 3.00 |
| lott of coopers weare | $ 8.00 |
| lott of barrells | $ 5.50 |
| clock real | $ 0.25 |
| 3 spinning wheels and 2 pair cards | $ 5.00 |
| bee gum | $ 1.00 |
| large chest | $ 5.00 |
| dyning table | $ 2.00 |
| lott of axes | $ 5.00 |
| lott of tools | $ 6.50 |
| hoes and log chain | $ 2.00 |
| lott of grubing hoes | $ 2.00 |
| lott of weeding hoes | $ 2.00 |
| 12 iron wedges and frow | $ 2.00 |
| lot of plow hains | $ 2.00 |
| 3 paid chain traces | $ 2.00 |
| lott of iron trymphry | $ 2.00 |
| Jerry waggon | $ 15.00 |
| side saddle | $ 1.50 |
| pair cart tyre | $ 1.50 |
| 2 pair cart wheels | $ 12.00 |
| yoke work steets | $ 30.00 |
| crib corn on lot of fodder | $ 35.00 |
| 25 head sheep | blank |
| 300 acres of land | $ 800.00 |
| 1 note of Ambrose Jones | $ 600.00 |
| 1 note on Ambrose Jones | $ 700.00 |
| 1 note on Charles Beaufield | $ 30.00 |
| 1 note on Jesey Beaufield | $ 27.00 |
| 1 note on Elizabeth Driver | $ 63.00 |
We do certify upon oath that as far as was produced to us by the Admr the above and four going contains a true appraisment of the
estate of McKinny Melton deceased to the best of our judgment and understanding this 22 day of Dec 1840.
Thomas Brady, R Peacock, John Cox, appraisers.
I do hereby certify that the above appraisers were sworn to perform their duty as appraisers according to law this 22 day of Dec 1840.
Simeon Hutchens JP.
Bill of sale of articles sold at the sale of McKiney Melton:
| Mrs Melton | 3 sles? | $ 2.25 |
| William Jackson | lott axes | $ 4.31 |
| Mrs Melton | lott plow tools | $ 1.25 |
| Thomas Brady | 2 iron wedges & frow | $ 2.50 |
| Thomas Brady | 2 iron wedges & frow | $ 2.50 |
| Elbert melton | lott of --- | $ 2.00 |
| John S Brooks | 3 gubling hoes | $ 2.37 |
| Thomas Brady | lott sundries | $ 1.75 |
| Peter McBryde | lott tools | $ 3.00 |
| Elbert Melton | adds (sic) | $ 0.50 |
| William Bearfield | large pair stylards | $ 1.75 |
| William Bearfield | small pair stylards | $ 0.87 |
| Mrs Melton | Jerry Waggon | blank |
| Mrs Melton | side saddle | $ 3.00 |
| William Bearfield | saddle and bridle | $ 2.50 |
| Cullen Cox | bridle martingell | $ 0.75 |
| Nathan Mott | lot horse shoes | $ 0.27 |
| Levi Bearifield | lot of leather | $ 6.06 |
| Mathew Melton | 2 pr hanes and traces | $ 2.00 |
| Nimrod Busby | beads, bedstead, furnature | $ 40.60 |
| Mrs Melton | beads, bedstead, furnature | $ 10.00 |
| Mrs Melton | beads, bedstead, furnature | $ 48.00 |
| Mrs Melton | beads, bedstead, furnature | $ 41.00 |
| Henry Milton | bedstead | $ 3.00 |
| Mrs Melton | 8 counterpains | $ 14.00 |
| Ezekiel Hughs | lot of windsor chairs | $ 3.75 |
| Jesse Tanner | blow horn | $ 0.50 |
| Mrs Melton | lot of chairs | $ 2.00 |
| Philip Thomas | cross cut saws | $ 1.50 |
| Mrs Melton | sideboard and furnature | $ 21.00 |
| Mrs Melton | lot smoothing iron | $ 0.75 |
| Mrs Melton | clock | $ 7.00 |
| Morgan Kemp | shotgun bag and pouch | $ 10.62 |
| Mrs Melton | chest | $ 3.50 |
| Mrs Melton | wheel and pr cards | $ 1.00 |
| John Pitman | wheel and pr cards | $ 1.50 |
| John Rushin | wheels | $ 1.12 |
| Mrs Melton | lot milk vessels | $ 1.00 |
| Mrs Melton | lot of tubs | $ 1.75 |
| Mrs Melton | 2 potts | $ 3.25 |
| Mrs Melton | lot of sundries | $ 0.50 |
| Mrs Melton | oven fry pan | $ 1.10 |
| Mrs Melton | loom and gear | $ 2.50 |
| Mrs Melton | 3 water pails lot pans | $ 0.75 |
| Jesse Tarver | pair sheer shears | $ 0.12 |
| Mrs Melton | lot sundries | $ 5.50 |
| Mrs Melton | crockety and bee stand | $ 3.36 |
| William B Stewart | lot hides | $ 1.31 |
| Henry Murphy | hogg | $ 1.25 |
| Joseph Robinson | 5 sheep | $ 11.25 |
| Mrs Melton | 5 sheep | $ 10.00 |
| Cullen Cox | 5 sheep | $ 10.00 |
| Cullen Cox | 5 sheep | $ 9.06 |
| Hugh Hall | 5 sheep | $ 6.18 |
| Mrs Melton | 9 head geese | $ 5.20 |
| Mrs Melton | 18 head cattle | $ 126.00 |
| Matthew Melton | 7 head cattle | $ 43.00 |
| James Garr or Goss | 8 head cattle | $ 34.00 |
| Andrew Shely | 9 head cattle | $ 35.93 |
| P J Pemberton | 6 head cattle | $ 24.37 |
| John S Brooks | 12 head cattle | $ 48.75 |
| William Sheely | 2 steer | $ 10.12 |
| Mrs Melton | 1 table | $ 2.00 |
| Patrick Brady | negro man Bob for hire | $ 166.00 |
| James Grover | negro man Dick for hire | $ 180.00 |
| Matthew Melton | hire of boy Jery | blank |
| Matthew Melton | hire of woman and two childs | $ 38.12 |
| Matthew Melton | black horse | 90 |
| Mrs Melton | roan horse | 80 |
| Hugh Hall | sorrell mare and colt | 73 |
| Hugh Hall | gray horse | $ 36.50 |
| Mrs Melton | 4 hogs | $ 16.00 |
| Mrs Melton | 4 hogs | $ 15.50 |
| Levi Bearifield | 4 hogs | $ 12.50 |
| John Pellman | 4 hogs | $ 6.62 |
| Mrs Melton | 2 sows and eleven pigs | $ 11.00 |
| Patrick Brady | 2 sows and 6 pigs | $ 8.00 |
| Hugh Hall | 2 sows | $ 12.00 |
| Mrs Melton | 5 shoats | $ 7.00 |
| Jesse Tarver | 5 shoats | $ 7.25 |
| Jacob Kleckley | 5 shoats | $ 7.00 |
| Jacob Keckley | 5 shoats | $ 7.12 |
| Hugh Hall | 97 bushel corn | $ 67.90 |
| Tillman Hopkins | 45 bushel corn | $ 30.60 |
| Henry S Melton | 50 bushel corn | $ 35.50 |
| Mrs Melton | 100 bushel corn | $ 60.50 |
| Mrs Melton | 1 stack fodder | blank |
| Patrick Brady | 2 stack fodder | blank |
| Henry S Melton | 2 stack fodder | $ 4.56 |
| Hugh Hall | 2 stack fodder | blank |
| Patrick Brady | 1 stack fodder | |
| Hugh Hall | lot seed cotton | blank |
| Henry Murphy | pen pease | $ 1.87 |
| William Lockwood | pr cartwheels | $ 6.37 |
| Joel Heath | 1 pair cart wheels | $ 14.00 |
| William Moody | cast iron | $ 2.37 |
| Mrs Milton | woman hire | $ 35.00 |
| Henry S Melton | 1 girl hire | $ 50.12 |
| Matthew Melton | 1 woman hire | $ 32.12 |
| Mrs Melton | rent for house and plantation | blank |
| Mrs Melton for Hammack | 2 acres | blank |
| A Kirkland | 5 head cattle | $ 30.00 |
| $ 1,964.15 |
Amount of sale of the negros:
| John Rushin | Bob | $ 1,000.00 |
| John Rushin | Dick | $ 1,016.00 |
| Matthew Melton | Jury | $ 845.00 |
| Matthew Melton | Bellah | $ 1,005.00 |
| Henry Melton | Ann | $ 500.00 |
| John Rushin | Annie | $ 300.00 |
| Widow | Beckey | $ 30.00 |
| $ 4,697.00 |
Elbert Melton, Admr, Jan 4, 1842
A statement of the acts and doings of Elbert Melton for the years 1840, 1841 and 1842. The estate in account.
| Paid: | Voucher # | |
| Hotton and Junkins | #1 | $ 86.48 |
| John A Low | #2 | $ 3.12 |
| John A low | #3 | $ 3.00 |
| S Bose or Rose | #4 | $ 3.50 |
| Miles K Harman | #5 | $ 44.00 |
| Silas W Curtis | #6 | $ 19.50 |
| Nathan Busby | #7 | $ 32.72 |
| John Studivent | #8 | $ 42.59 |
| David Turner | #9 | $ 132.00 |
| John Harrell | #10 | $ 516.06 |
| L W Hammack | #11 | $ 5.30 |
| John Harrell | #12 | $ 580.00 |
| Jissup and Carmichel | #13 | $ 59.00 |
| David Turner | #14 | $ 110.00 |
| L D McMillon | #15 | $ 8.00 |
| David Counts | #16 | $ 25.00 |
| Marks and Ragland | #17 | $ 7.50 |
| Nimrod Busby | #18 | $ 20.00 |
| Patt Brady | #19 | $ 14.90 |
| Robt Brown | #20 | $ 2.75 |
| Kinchen Melton | #21 | $ 10.50 |
| Thomas Dixon | #22 | $ 1.00 |
| Gilbert Carmichael | #23 | $ 2.50 |
Sworn to in open court. 3 April 1843. B W Dowd

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