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Transcription of Probate Book D 1845-1847
Pages 461 - 466
The Estate of John Goar [Gore]
May Term AD 1847
John M. Coleman
Administrator
of the Estate of John Goar deceased. Be it remembered that on the fourth ___________ day of _____________ ____________
eighteen hundred and forty two of the Probate Court of Shelby County _____________ and held at the Court house
in Shelbyville in and for the County of Shelby in the State of Indiana before the Honorable William H. ___________
then Judge of said Court to sort out on thursday the seventeenth day of November in the year last aforesaid.
Comes now John M. Coleman and asks the Court for Letter of Administration on the Estate of the said John Goar deceased
late of the County of Shelby aforesaid who died intestate and the premises being seen. It is considered by the
Court now hear that the said John M. Coleman is hereby appointed Administrator of all and ____________ the goods
chattles rights credits monies and effects which were of said John Gore deceased. ~ And the said John
M. Coleman have now in his own proper person files bond in the penal (?) sum of four hundred dollars with David
Leach as security and takes the oath required by law as administrator as aforesaid, and this cause is continued.
And afterwards to wit on the twenty first day of November in the year eighteen hundred and forty two the said Administrator
filed in the office of the clerk of the court aforesaid an inventory which reads in the words and figures following
to wit.
An inventory of the goods chattles and effects of John
Gore last of Shelby County and State of Indiana deceased taken by John Coleman Administrator of the Estate of the
said deceased with the assistance of George Cougar and William E. Bone Appraisers called and duly named for that
purpose.
$ Cts
1 half bushel and one set of gear 21
3 ___ one basket one barrel of soap 1 63
1 set of doubletrace and singletrace
one hand saw 1
13
1 crosscut saw and drawing knife and
cythe and _______ 1
94
1 scythe and cradle two old barrels
and box 2 tar cans 2
25
1 iron wedge one pickle keg and pickles 1 00
1 Lot of bacon 1 keg and three old
horse shoes 1 augur 3 sickles 1 63
1 meat tub two bags 1 kettle one new
sadle one common saddle 9
87
3 hoes tow old riding bridles 3 buckets
one coffee mill and hammer 1 98
2 oven skillet and tea kettle shovel
_________ and __________ iron 2 56
1 old side saddle one _______ _______
and
hammer 1 94
1 old barrel __________ and chissel
one gun and one pouch 7
60
Lot of cupboard and ______ ______
one slate and looking glass 2 25
1 square table one fall leaf table
chest and _____ _____ 2
87
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$ Cts
Lot of chairs one bedstead and bed
and
bedding 10 75
1 bedstead bed and bedding and one
_____ bedstead bed and bedding 10 25
1 pair of ____ 1 tub 1 churn 1 _____
one wash board 1
38
1 Lot of plank and one pare of sled
runners 1 Lot of inch boards 3 50
1 Four horse waggon and one feed
trough one pare of stretchers 26 87
log chains one pattent plough
2 shovel ploughs 1 hogshead 5 07
2 Sets of horse gears one set of gears
______ one stack of wheat 14 75
1 pair of _____ one pair breast chains
and saddle
and whip 1 00
1 black sow and 8 shoats 5 hogs in the
_____ _____ cow calf and bell 19 50
3 Sows nineteen shoats 19 fat hogs
1 red cow and bull 1 brindle heifer 81 00
1 ______ stear calf 1 red bull 2 red
stear calves 1 yellow calf 14 75
1 Gray yearling colt 1 Brown mare
1 Bay horse 1 Sorrel horse 65 00
1 Yallow mare 6-3/4 lbs hams at 33-1/3
1 Lot of potatoes 40
75
2 Lots of turnips one _____ and box 2 24
200 bushels corn at Leach’s 2d Lot of
corn 350 bushels
49 25
22 acres of wheat in field two hay
stacks at Winterowds 29
00
1 for three years from the first of
March
next 33 00
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Given under our hande this 19th day of November 1842.
George Cougar William E. Bone Appraisers
To the above list of personal property may be added the following accounts found in favor of Estate viz —
account on Elisha Hogue balance of $ 1.45
account on Daniel Oblems
$13.66
To which said inventory is amended the following affidavit to wit State of Indiana Shelby County to wit — Formally
approve before me Thomas ________ Thompson a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. John M. Coleman Administrator
of the Estate of John Gore deceased and George Cougar and William E. Bone say that the within inventory and appraisement
a signed by them is a just and true inventory and valuation to the best of their judgments, and the said John Coleman
say that the above is a true inventory of the personal estate of the said John Gore so far as the same has come
to his hands to be administered ~ Thomas Thomson seal a Justice of the Peace
And afterwards to wit on the first day of March in the year
eighteen hundred and forty three the said Administrator filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court aforesaid
a sale bill which reads in the words and figures following to wit
An amount of the sale of the personal property
of John Gore late of the County of Shelby and the State of Indiana deceased at a public auction held at the late
dwelling house of the said deceased on the fourteenth day of December 1842.
$ Cts
Nancy Gore To 1 half bushel 12 1/2
James Bone " horse traces & bridle 62 1/2
George McMahan " double trace and
singletrace 1 __ 1/2
David Maple " old crosscut saw 50
David Maple To one hand saw 43 3/4
David Maple To scythe and _______ 1 56 1/4
William Bone " scythe and cradle 1 50
Nancy Gore " drawing knife
25
Anderson Winterowd To tow barr and box 25
James Bone " tar buckets 06
1/4
Nancy Gore " pickles and pickle keg 25
Nancy Gore " old bacon 12
1/2
George McMahan " keg & three horse shoes 12 1/2
Nancy Gore " one mans saddle 2 00
" " " side saddle
1 50
" " " side saddle 31
1/4
" " " two bridles
25
David Maple " meat tub 48
3/4
" " " Augurs
43
David Leach " Lantern
37 1/2
David Maple " hammer
25
Nancy Gore " barrel 12
1/2
" " " soap 20
" " " one kettle
75
" " " three sickles
25
" " " one hot rack
25
" " " _____________
25
Stephen Ridlin " gun and shot pouch 6 06 1/4
Nancy Gore " square table
12 1/2
" " " andiron
25
George Cougar " one lot of plank 93 3/4
James Bone " sled runners and plank 44
Aden Ridlin " a waggon 33
00
James Bone " stretchers 1
12 1/2
George Cougar " feed trough 68
Nancy Gore " one plough 25
" " " one shovel plow
& ___ 37
" " " two sets of horse
gears 4 00
David Maple " one set of horse
gears
and bridle 1 58
" " " collar 1
00
Matthias Floyd " old mans saddle 18 3/4
David Maple " breast chains 25
Stephen Ridlin " brick bands 1 12 1/2
Nancy Gore " one wheat stack 5 00
" " " cow 5
25
" " " " 4
50
Fountain Boger " one brindle heifer 2 12 1/2
Augusta ______ To one calf 1 43
Matthias Floyd To " bull calf 3 81
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$ Cts
James Hendrickson To 9 stock hogs 11 00
" " "
8 stock hogs 6 50
Washington Burns " two sows and
pigs
2 62 1/2
John Winterowd " one dun colt 11 50
Charles Thompson " yearling
gray
colt 18 75
Nancy Gore To brown mare 1
00
David Maple " one sorrel horse 40 00
Alfred Campbell " 19 fat hogs 52 37 1/2
Nancy Gore " Dun mare 20
00
Stephen Ridlin " Harness leather 10
Elisha Hogue " turnips & potatoes 1 20
Nancy Gore " potatoes 50
" " " double trace and
box 25
" " " 2 singletraces
50
David Leach " 50 bushels of corn
at 12 1/2 cts per bushel 6
25
Nancy Gore " 200 bushels of corn
in the field at cts per bushel 16 00
John McGraw " 50 bushels of corn
in the field at 12 1/2 cts per bushel 6 25
Elisha Hogue " 60 bushels of corn
in the field at 12 1/2 cts per bushel 7 50
Aden McGraw " 5 acres of wheat in
the
ground 6 00
Joseph Fadly " 5 acres of wheat
on
the ground 9 50
Nancy Gore " 5 acres of wheat
on
the ground 8 00
" " " Hay stack
3 00
" " " Large tub 12
1/2
William McGraw " shovel plow 37 1/2
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whole amount of sale bill
errors
excepted 316 78
John A. Mow Clerk ~ John M. Coleman Administrator
To which said sale bill is amended the following affidavit to wit — State of Indiana Shelby County _______ — The above John A. Mow makes oath that the above is a just and true amount of the sale of the personal estate of John Gore late of said County deceased ~ Sworn before me a Justice of Peace of said County this 27th day of February 1843.
Thomas Thompson JP {{ seal}}
And afterwards to wit on the eight Judicial day of the March term eighteen hundred and forty seven of the Probate
Court of Shelby County begun and held at the Court house at Shelbyville in and for the County of Shelby in the
State of Indiana before the Honorable ___________ Wright Judge of said court to wit on Tuesday the sixteenth day
of March in the year last aforesaid.
Now comes the said administrator and files an Exhibit
of his administration herein and the vouchers for money by him expended in the settlement of said Estate, which
said Exhibit reads in the words and figures following to wit.
The account of John M. Coleman Administrator of the
Estate of John Goar deceased The said administrator charges himself with the inventory of the goods chattles rights
credits monies and effects of said estate on file in the clerks office
$
Cts
462
03
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The said Administrator claims credit for the following disbursements made out of said to wit
$ Cts
To paid David Leach for coffin
as
her receipt No 1 5 00
" " Elisha Hogue his account
as
her receipt No 2 2 00
" " Moses Billinsley
as
her receipt No 3 1 00
" " Isaac Drakes estate account
as
her receipt No 4 9 56
" " Thomas Wooley
as
her receipt No 5 2 00
" " " "
note
as
her receipt No 6 25 23
" " Dr. S. D. Day account
as
her receipt No 8 13 00
" " Henry W. A. Smith
as
her receipt No 9 1 70
" " David Maple note & Interest
as her receipt
No 10 9 58
" " Joseph Winterowd
as her receipt
No 11 11 87
" " John W. Robinson
as her receipt
No 12 4 00
" " John P. Lewis account
as her receipt
No 13 3 00
" " Washington Burns note
as her receipt
No 14 5 00
" " William E. Bone account
as her receipt
No 15 50
" " G. C. Parawire note
as her receipt
No 16 3 87
" " " " "
account
as her receipt
No 17 2 50
" " John A. Mow account
as her receipt
No 18 1 00
" " Job Tindall account
as her receipt
No 19 1 05
" " George Cougar account
as her receipt
No 20 1 87
" " Andrew Guile account
as her receipt
No 21 2 00
" " David Leach account
as her receipt
No 22 4 20
" " Joseph Winterowd account
as her receipt
No 23 2 68
" " Daniel Oblems account
as her receipt
No 24 1 00
" " Daniel Oblems account
as her receipt
No 25 15 96
" " Elijah Barrat note & interest
as her receipt
No 26 3 25
" " _______ Clerks & Staffs fees
as her receipt
No 27 13 10
" " widow her allowance
as her receipt
No 28 100 00
" " Deficit of sale bill under
appraisement
50 65
" " allowance to Administrator
for
his services 10 00
" " paid James ________ Attorney
fee as her receipt No 29
1 00
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57
leaving in the hands of said
Administrator 154 46
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J
M Coleman 462 03
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court before me May 13th 1847
J Vernon ______
and thereupon the Court __________ and set apart the second day of the next term of this court for a final examination
and settlement of the account of said Administrator herein of which the Clerk of the Court will cause public notice
to be given, and this cause is continued
And
afterwards to sort on the fourth Judicial day of the May term eighteen hundred and forty seven of the Court aforesaid
begun and held as aforesaid before the Honorable the Judge aforesaid to wit on thursday the thirteenth day of May
in the year last aforesaid.
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Now at this time comes the said Administrator and moves the Court to take up his said Exhibit and vouchers and
decree a final settlement of his said Administration, and upon an inspection of the premises it appears to the
satisfaction of the Court that said estate has been fully administered and all legal claims and demands against
the same having been fully paid and satisfied. And the said Exhibit and the vouchers therein enumerated being severally
examined and compared are in all things approved and allowed by the court. And upon a full inspection of the premises it appearing that there is, yet in the hands of said Administrator an unexpended balance of the monies belonging to said estate the sum of one hundred and fifty four dollars and forty six cents for distribution among the widow and heirs of said decedent, of which said sum the Court now here orders to be distributed as follows to wit. To
the widow of said decedent the sum of fifty one dollars and forty eight and one third cents and to the legal heirs
at law of said decedent (to be equally divided among them) the sum of one hundred and two dollars and ninety seven
and one third cents and said Administrator is ordered to pay to said widow and heirs respectively the above names
sums of money and file the receipts therefore in the office of the Clerk of this Court which when done will constitute
a final settlement of said estate ~ all of which is finally ordered adjudged and decreed.
Submitted by Karen Decker
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