Shelby County Indiana History & Genealogy, Estate papers, James Davis, inventory

Estate of

James Davis, dec'd

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Letters of Administration

State of Indiana
Shelby County
The undersigned petitioner represents and shows to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Shelby County in vacation of said Court that James Davis late of said county departed this life on the ninth day of June 1860 intestate that said decedent left a widow who has renounced her right to letters of administration upon the estate of said decedent and request that your petitioner may be appointed administrator of said estate. That said decedent left a personal estate to be administered of the probable value of about five hundred dollars. Your petitioner therefore in consideration of the premises prays that letters of administration upon said estate be applied to him.

Signed: Varner Davis

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7^th day of July 1860.

Signed: A. Blair, Clerk

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Inventory

Filed Oct. 16^th 1860
A. Blair, Clerk

An Inventory of the personal Estate of James Davis, deceased, taken by Varner Davis, Administrator, William Smith and and appraised by Nathan More.

No.	Description of Property	Valuation of Property	No.	Property Taken by the Widow	Valuation of Property Taken by the Widow
1	Lot of Barrels	2.00	1	Lot of Barrels	2.00
2	Basket Maul	.50	2	Basket & maul	.50
3	Lot of Irons	1.00
4	Kettle & Tub	.75	4	Kettle & Tub	.75
5	Shove Mough	.75
6	Grind stone	.40
7	Fire Shovel	.25	7	Fire shovel	.25
8	Choping ax	.75
9	Mowing sythe	.75
10	Sythe & Cradle	2.50
11	Sythe & Cradle	.75
12	A Lot of gearing	7.00
13	Breaking Mough	5.00
14	A Lot of chickens	1.30	14	Lot of chickens	1.30
15	Two horse Waggon	22.50
16	Log Waggen	1.50
17	Lot of Hay 25 per ?	5.15			5.15
18	Lumber	.40
19	Stand of Bees	2.50	19	Stand of Bees	2.50
20	Jar & Crocks	.50	20	Jar & Crocks	.50
21	Churn & chairs	2.50	21	Churn & Chairs	2.50
22	One Clock	2.00	22	One Clock	2.00
23	Cupboard & Ware	2.75	23	Cupboard & Ware	2.75
24	Cooking Stove & Vessels	3.00	24	Cooking Stove & Vessels	3.00
25	Dining Table	2.00
26	Bureau	6.00	26	Bureau	6.00
27	2 Bedstead & Beding	20.00	27	Two Bedstead & Beding	20.00
28	Bed clothes	9.00	28	Bed clothes	9.00
29	Bed & Bedding	1.00	29	Bed & Bedding	1.00
30	Rifle gun	5.00	30	Rifle gun	5.00
31	Side saddle	5.00
32	Wheat 80 cts per Bush	188.39
33	Wheat 75 cts per Bush	57.00	33	76 Bushels of wheat	57.00
34	Corn in Crib 35 per Bus
35	Corn in Field $7 per A		35	Corn in field 4 A	28.00
36	Corn in field $7 per A
37	Money on hand	78.60
38	Money on hand	15.00	38	Money	15.00
39	4 hogs 13 pigs	29.00	39	4 hogs & 13 pigs	29.00
40	8 Hogs	40.00
41	Two year old heifer	9.00	41	Two year old heifer	9.00
42	Two year old bull	8.00
43	Yearling Calf	5.00
44	One Cow	16.00
45	Cow & Calf	15.00	45	Cow & Calf	15.00
46	8 Head of sheep	8.00	46	8 head of sheep	8.00
47	1 yellow mare	95.00
48	1 Bay mare	85.00
49	Lot of Boxes	1.50	49	Lot of Boxes	1.50
50	1 sow & pigs	5.00
51	13 Lbs of Wool	3.90	51	13 Lbs of Wool	3.90
52	Six dollars money	6.00
53	$16.00 account	16.00
54	$8.30 account	8.30
55	$4.44 acc.	4.44
56	$11.70 acc.	11.70
57	Bridle	.40
		620.45			230.70

Signed by us this 31^st day of July, 1860

William Smith
Nathan More, Appraisers

State of Indiana
Shelby County
I Varner Davis adm of the Estate of James Davis, deceased, swear that the foregoing is a full true and complete inventory of all the personal property of said decedent which has come to me knowledge, and also of the property taken by the widow.
Signed: Varner J. Davis
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16^th day of October 1860.

Signed: A. Blair Clerk

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Sale Bill

Box 49

March 24, 1863
Filed Oct. 16^th 1860
A. Blair, Clerk

Account of the Sale of the Personal Property of James Davis, deceased at the late
residence of the decedent, at Public Sale, on the Twentyfourth day of August, 1860.

No. as on the Inventory	Name of Articles	Amt. Sold for Dollars Cts.	To Whom Sold
1	One Lot of Irons	.75	Lucius Walten
2	Double tree	.05	Amos Ashcraft
3	Plough & singletree	.75	Jackson Decker
4	1/3 of grind stone	.10	James Lucus
5	1 ax	1.30	John Trese
6	Sythe & cradle	.25	Jackson Decker
7	Sythe & cradle	4.15	Ambrose Trimble
8	Mowing sythe	.25	H. W. Larch
9	1 pair Harness	2.15	Jackson Decker
10	1 pair Harness	3.25	John Stagdale
11	Harness	1.10	Varner Davis
12	1 Blind Bridle	.65	John Hairgrove
13	Blind Bridle	.85	George Hairgrove
14	1 Pair Cheek Lines	1.20	Hopkins McDougall
15	Breaking Plough	5.00	Varner Davis
16	1 Waggon	28.25	W. B. Kitchel
17	1/2 of Log waggon	1.25	Robert Willis
18	Lot of Hay	5.15	Uriah Copeland
19	A Lot of Lumber	2.16	John Stagdale
20	Breakfast Table	1.15	Maria Davis
21	Side Sadelle	7.50	George Burk
22	25 Bushel Wheat	25.00	William Smith
23	25 Bushels Wheat	26.00	William Smith
24	50 Bushels Wheat	50.00	William Smith
25	48 Bushels Wheat	49.92	William Smith
26	[illegible] Bushels Corn	17.50	John D. Lucus
27	3 048 pct Bushels Corn	9.90	George Rafferty
28	5 acres of corn [illegible] 8.05 p A	46.60	James Gillispie
29	5 acres of corn [illegible] 810 A	40.50	James Gillispie
30	Lot of corn in field $10.00 A	55.00	George Rafferty
31	Sow & pigs	12.55	Jacob Miller
32	1 Sow & pigs	8.05	Caleb Miller
33	Seven Hogs	55.65	James Gillispie
34	Two year old Bull	10.00	John Trece
35	Yearling Heifer	7.05	John Trece
36	One Cow	19.65	Garret Gillispie
37	Yellow mare	75.00	Enoch Oldham
38	1 Bay mare	97.00	John Hairgrave
39	1 Bridle	.40	Samuel Corwine
		673.03

             State of Indiana
             Shelby County
             I Varner Davis Administrator of the Estate of James Davis, deceased, swear that the foregoing sale bill is a true account of the sale of the personal property of the decedent.

Signed: Varner J. Davis

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16^th day of October 1860.

Signed: A Blair, Clerk

State of Indiana
Shelby County
I Lewis I. Reeves, Clerk of the Sale of the Personal Property of James Davis deceased, swear that the foregoing Sale Bill is a true account thereof.

Signed: Lewis I. Reeves

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21^st day of September 1860.

Signed: H. B. Kitchell, J.P.

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Report & Receipts

The following are the accounts of Varner Davis as administrator of the Estate of said decedent to date.

Amount of sale bill	$673.03
Cash on hand and accounts	140.04
Account of charges to date	$813.07

Said Administrator has paid out on account of said Estate to this day the following sums, to wit.

No.	Date	Paid To:	For:	Amount
1	Oct. 10, 1861	R. Spicer, Publisher	Notices	$3.50
2	August 13, 1860	W. W. Rigdon		$11.00
3	December 6, 1861	W. W. Rigdon		$6.50
4	September 30, 1860	R. B. Roan		$4.20
5	August 24, 1860	John Ames		$2.00
6	August 10, 1860	V. J. Davis	Labor done	$6.50
7	August 15, 1860	Mariah Davis		$.75
8	August 25, 1860	Joseph Johnson		$1.50
9	September 10, 1860	Mariah Cole	Teaching	$.50
10	September 10, 1860	Sarah Ames		$.75
11	August 15, 1860	Percy Kitchel		$1.50
12	July 21, 1860	Asa Forsie		$1.00
13	July 15, 1860	George Walter Robeson	Labor	$2.25
14	January 3, 1862	Vather More		$1.00
15	December 24, 1861	William Smith		$1.50
16	January 15, 1862	Filkan & Burt	Stone	$9.00
17	January 5, 1862	James M. Adams		$.60
18	October 30, 1860	W. W. Rigdon		$15.00
19	July 11, 1860	William Ames	Labor	$2.25
20	September 25, 1860	G. W. Pateson		$1.00
21	September 25, 1860	John D. Cross		$1.50
22	September 17, 1861	Ezra Fountain	Stone and all acts to date	$2.81
23	March 26	John M. Snider	Thrashing of wheat	$13.45
24	April 19, 1861	Shelby Co.	Taxes for 1860	$9.28
25	November 19, 1860	Elijah Tynes		$5.75
26	February 17^th, 1862	H.B. Kitchell JP	[illegible] appraisers of personal property	$.50
27	December 19, 1860	Henderson Warner		$14.01
28	December 28, 1860	Robinson & Aynes	Making coffin	$8.00
29	March 9, 1862	V. J. Davis	[illegible] of ground	$22.00
30	September 2, 1862	Shelby Co.	Delinquent Taxes for 1860	$4.37
31	September 2, 1862	Shelby Co.	Delinquent Taxes for 1861	$8.73
32	February 11, 1862	Shelby Co.	Taxes for 1862	$7.44
33	February 19, 1863	H. Snow		$2.60
34	February 21, 1863	C. D. Reeves		$.50
38	January 3, 1862	Nathan More		$1.00
35	No date	Ezra Fountain, Guardian	Goods furnished Jas. Davis children 1860/61	$18.50
36	September 18, 1862	Ezra Fountain	Schooling	$7.10
37	No date	Ezra Fountain, Guardian	Boots and Shoes for Davis Children 1861 and 1862	$10.40
38	January 3, 1862	A. Moore	Appraising property	$1.00
39	January 15, 1862	J. D. Reaves	Clerking of sale	$1.00
40	March 11, 1863	Mariah Robins	Pmt. In full of the residue of the $300 allowance due the widow (who took $225 in property at the appraised value)	$74.45
41	No date	Ezra Fountain, Guardian	Part of shares of heirs	$13.14
42	March 14, 1863	Alonzo Blair, Clk.	Court cost	$14.32
43	March 14, 1863	Davis, Wright & Green	Attorney fees	$10.00
44	No date	Varner Davis	Administator�s fee	$25.00

45	March 14, 1863	Mariah Robins	Final distribution to widow	$155.87
46	March 14, 1863	G. W. Davis, Guardian	Distribution shares to heirs	$311.75
			Amount of credits	$845.22

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Settlement

Filed in open court March 14, 1831

In the Estate of James Davis, Dec.

The following are the accounts of Varner Davis Administrator of said Estate on settlement to wit.

Amount of former report filed July 14, 1862	$813.07
Interest collected	$ 32.15
Amount of charges	$845.22

He asks for a credit for the following [illegible] paid out on account of said estate. Account of 29 vouchers filed in former report $179.05.
And said administrator shows that all claims known against said estate are paid and he asks to be discharged from said trust.

Signed: Varner Davis

Subscribed sworn to in open court March 14 1863

Signed: A. Blair, Clerk

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Transcribed from originals of the estate papers of James Davis, dec'd, filebox 49, Shelby Co
Courthouse, Shelbyville, IN, by Karen Stoll

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