Colonial Williamsburg Digital Library

Inventory of the Estate of Mr. Samuel Reade decd. taken the 8th day of January 1759.

4 Draft Steers, 31 Head of Cattle, 5 Yearlings & 1 Calf, 18 Head of Hogs, 11 Head of Sheep, 2 Horses & 1 Mare, 1 Chair & Harness, 1 Cart Wheels Yokes & Ox Chain 40 Barrels long sound Corn 1 ½ barrel Short & Rotten Corn 18 Bushells Wheat 1 ½ Bushells Pease 20 bushells Oats, A Parcel Fodder Wheat straw & Oat straw 1 large Walnut Oval Table 1 larger Maple Table 6 Good Chests 3 old Chests 2 large Trunks 3 good feather Beds bolsters & pillows, 3 old feather Beds 5 pr. good fine Linnen Sheets, 4 ½ pr. Coarser Sheets, 3 pr. Blankets 4 Ruggs, 1 Suit Curtains 6 Pillow Cases, 2 white Cotton Counterpanes 1 Bed Quilt 4 Bedsteads & a Trussell 2 new large Damask Table Cloths, 7 old Table Cloths 6 Towells 27 Yards Irish Linnen Cost 2/ Sterl. p yd. 26 Yds. Do. Cost 2/6 Sterl p Yd. 119 lb. Indico, 1 Gun a Sword & Cartouch box 8 Wine Glasses, 2 Glass Tumblers 5 Delf Coffee Cups 10 Earthen Plates 6 small Delf Bowls 1 pint China Bowl 1 Quart China Bowl 1 Pottle China Bowl 6 Table Matts 4 brass Candlesticks 12 Silver Table Spoons, 6 Silver Tea Spoons, 1 Pint Silver Tankard, 6 China Cups & Saucers 1 Silver Watch 1 pr. Hand Irons 1 large old Bible, 2 Common Prayer Books 1 Sermon Book 1 old Case with one Bottle 1 Handboard or Waiter 1 large Hone 1 pr. Stilyards 1 Coopers Froe 12 good leather Chairs 6 old Leather Chairs 1 Arm'd flag Chair 1 old Desk 1 large Pair Glass 1 large old Do. 1 small Oval Walnut Table 1 Bottle & 1 Quart brown Stone Muggs, 1 Copper Tea Kettle and Trivet, 1 tin Coffee Pott, 1 Box Iron and Heaters, 2 Earthen Dishes, 6 Reap hooks, 2 pr Cotton Cards, 17 Ells good brown Rolls, 7 Cyder Hhds & a Barrell, 4 Stone Butter Potts, 4 Stone fat potts, 2 Spinning Wheels, 5 doz Bottles, 1 doz Pewter Dishes, 2 doz Pewter Plates, 1 old Pewter Gallon Pott, 2 Bell Metal Skillets, 2 Bushells of Salt, 7 new Pewter Basons, 1 doz pr Knives & forks, 4 Iron Potts, 1 Copper Kettle abt 25 Gallons, 3 Powdering Tubbs, 108 lb old Iron, 5 Bushells Indico Seed, ½ bushell Beans, 30 lb Cotton in the Seed, 6 sides Leather, 1 Claw Hammer, 1 old Carpenters Adz, 1 Link & Staple, 1 Snaffle Bridle Bit, 2 Caulking Irons, 1 hilling hoe, 1 old Saddle Bridle & housing, 2 Wheat Seives, 1 pr Tongs & Shovel, 1 pr money Scales & Weights, 1 pr Grocery Scales, 1 Iron Spit, 1 Spice Morter & Pestle, 1 large Iron Pestle, 2 Washing Tubs, 6 Pails & Piggins, 1 Grid Iron, 1 Cullender & a Skimmer, 1 Ladle & a Flesh fork, 2 Earthen Pans, 120 Gallons hard Cyder, 2 Gallons wine, 7 ½ Gallons Brandy, 2 Gallons Molasses, 50 lb brown Sugar, 5 lb Single Sugar, 8 Fatted Hogs, 700 lb Pork Salted, 1 old Poplar Table, 1 large water Jugg, 1 two gallon Stone Bottle, 4 old Reap hooks, 2 mill bags, 1 Crocus Sheet, 1 Cyder Bag & 5 Indigo Baggs, 28 lb hogs lard, 10 lb Soap, 8 lb Tallow, 2 Earthen Chamber Potts, 2 Glass Salt Cellars, 1 pr old Garden Shears, 1 half Curb Bridle Bitt, 1 Grindstone, 2 Potracks, 1 Frying Pan, 1 old Square Poplar Table, 7 old Casks, 3 Harrow hoes, 1 Fluke hoe, 3 Iron Wedges, 4 Raw hides and a Skin, 4 hides & 3 Skins in Tan, 1000 Clap boards, 4 Narrow Axes, 7 old broad hoes, 1 large Kitchen hand Iron.

Negros
Ned, Tom, Sawney, Grace, Sarah, Betty, Phill, Lewey, Cate, Old Frank, Young Frank, Patrick, Nell, Nanny, Mary, Little Cate, Quash, Little Grace, Nannys Child Billy, Mulatto Dick, Hannah, Wilson, Alice, Little Billy, Harry, Jacob, Easter, Nells Child Sarah, Hannahs Child Sarah, Paul, Patt, Arguile, Lettice, Will, York, Dick, Jack, Old Sarah, Joan, Old Dick

On King & Queen Plantation
7 fatted Hogs, 2 Sows & 6 Shoat, 24 head Cattle, 1 large Stock Corn tops, a Parcel Corn husks, 2350 bundles Blades, 2 Tobacco hogsheads, 60 Barrels Corn, 4 Axes, 7 Broad hoes, 11 old hoes, 3 narrow & 1 Fluke Hoes, 2 Grubbing Hoes, 1 Fatt Pott, 2 Iron Wedges, a small parcel Leather, a Small Parcel Salt, 1 Bushell Beans, 1 old frying Pan, 1 old Pot, 787 lb nett Tobaccco and Cask.

Mary (M) Reade

Returned into York County Court the 19th day of March 1759 and Ordered to be recorded
Examd.
Teste
Thos. Everard Cl. Cur.