Estate of James Keepers (Group 13)

Inventory taken September 8, 1847

General Inventory of all the property, real, personal & mixed & of Books, papers, moneys, & Evidences of debts, of money due or to become &c, of James Keepers deceased, made by Administratrix on the premises, Sept. 8, 1847.

Real Estate – none

Personal property: one Sorrel horse, one dun mare, one sorrel colt, one cow & calf, 3 head of hog, one stove, one plough, one cote of geering [gearing], one desk, ½ doz. chairs & one hoe.

Money: four Dollars - $4. 5 [$4 is crossed out and 5 written next to it.]

Books, papers & Evidences of debts &c: one note on George A. Smith for $65 at ten per cent int. due, one note on James Winn for $30.69 ½ cents due Nov. 1841 at 6 per cent int., one note on Joseph Boyer for $6 at ten per cent interest, one note on Jacob Headspeth for $1.50, an acct. on Jourden (sic) Foster $1.02.

State of Missouri

Jefferson County

This day personally appeared before me the undersigned, one of the Justices of the County Court of Jefferson County, Mary Keepers, Administratrix of the Estate of James Keepers, deceased, who swears that the foregoing is a full Inventory and description, of all the money, Goods, chattel and Estate, real, personal and mixed – Books, papers and Evidences of debt and of title of the deceased, the names of the debtor and of all the debts due and becoming due, as far as She can ascertain them (Except the property reserved as the absolute property of the widow).

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8^th day of September 1847. C. J. Johnston, C.C.J.J. Coty [County Court Justice, Jefferson County]

Signed: Mary Keepers

Est. Jas. Keepers

Appraisement

Filed Sept. 29, 1847

Inventory and Appraisement of the personal Estate of James Keepers, deceased, taken & made Sept. 8, 1847.

Property Valuation amount

1 Sorrel Horse 20 years old appraised to $ 1.00

one dun mare appraised to 15.00

one Sorrel colt Do Do 25.00

one cow & calf Do Do 9.00

three head of hogs Do Do 4.00

one Stove Do do 1.00

one plough do do 1.00

one cote of geering at [blank]

one desk valued at 4.00

one half doz. chairs at 1.50

one hoe at 0.10

one Set Stretchers at 0.50

1 Swingle tree & Clovis at 0.50

2 Sithes 0.10

2 Iron Weges at 0.50

2 Hogsheads at 0.50

1 pack saddle at 0.25

5 Hand axes at 1.00

1 Mallock at 0.25

1 Broad axe at 0.25

2 augurs one chisel & Gimblet at 1.00

1 drawnighf & sickel at 0.25

5 plains at 0.50

1 of old Irons at 0.50

1 one Woman’s Saddle at 1.50

1 pair Gears and Bichane at 0.75

2 pair Gears at 1.50

1 Doubletree & swingle tree at 0.50

1 Yeager & shot pouch at 2.00

one Lot of Books &c at 1.00

2 Sieves at 0.50

1 Bell at 0.50

Total $77.20

Signed: Adam Harneys, George W. Freeman

A separate listing of the moneys, notes due, etc., for a total of $119.15 is shown below, including Mary Keepers signature.