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View Transcribed Record [PDF] Mason, Thompson 1 Stafford County, Virginia Stafford County Will Book Liber S p 351-355 Entered: Court, 1786 MASON86 Mason's Inveny. & Aprt. in Stafford County Slaves Catena £35 = Priss £50 = Nanny [£30] = Charlotte [£70] James £25 = Jenny £10 = Bett £50 = Milly £35 = John £25 = Symon £10 = Madam £50 = Esther £35 = Pegg £70 = Sam £90. Nace £40 = Jacob £25 = Tony £25 = Silvia £35 £710. -- Horses The larger bl Chart Mare £15 = the Smaller do £15 - Gilbert £3 = Eclipse Colt £20 = Tamerlane Colt £10 = Betsy £6 Fancy £10= Bay Spring Horse Colt £2 = black Do Do £2 = Old Mare 000 A brown Colt £8 --- £ 91. 0. 0 Cattle, Sheep and Hoggs 6 Steers £22 = Cows £36 = 2 Yearlings £1.16/ = 8 Calves £6.8/ 34 Old Hogs £17 = Shoats 000 - 9 Pigs 9/. = 21 Sheep £10.10.0 £ 103. 3. 0 Plantation Utensils 1 Chariot £25 = 1 Waggon £8 = 1 Cart £5 = 4 bar Share 1 Dutch Plow 18/. = 6 Hoes 21/ = 4 Axes 12/ = 4 Mattocks 20/ = 4 Wedges 10/. = 3 Pr. Iron Traces 3 Pr. Hames 12/. = 1 Whip Saw 45/. = Set Carptent. tools 45/. 2 Pr. Steelyards 20/ = 1 Cutting Knife &c 5/ = 1 pr Scales & Wts 20/ = [8] Heckles 20/ = 2 Riddles 11/ = 5 Scythes 0 1 Waterg. pot 3/ 1 Loom wth Geers 50/. - 23 Casks £3.9.0 = 1 Still £8. 6 files [ 3/] = Currying Knife & Shears 12/. Amt. £ 65.16. 0 Household Furniture &c 6 Beds & Bolsters - 2 Spare Bolsters & 10 pillows £42 2 Pr Do Curtains (bed) 2 Pr Window do £10 = 2 pr old Ditto 4/ 3 White Counterpanes £4.10 = 1 Chintz do 50/ = 2 Cotton do £1.10/ 1 Bed Quilt 30/ = 8 pr. Blankets £8.16 = 5 Dutch Blankets 30/ 10 pr. White Sheets £8 = 2 Pr. Brown Sheets £1.2/ = 10 Diaper Towells 12/= 2 Brown Towels 1/4 = 12 Napkins £1.16/ = 15 pillow Cases £1.2/ 4 Damask Table Cloths £4 = 3 old white Do 18/. = 2 brown Do 8/. 1 Mattress £2. = 3 Carpets £5 = 1 Desk & book Case £6 A Clock £5 = 1 Cupboard 40/. = 1 Skreen 5/. = 1 Toilet Cloth 6/ = 6 pictures 30/. 2 Wax ditto 40/. Carrd Over Amt £ 114.10. 4 (Page 352) Mason's Inveny. & Aprt. in Stafford County Amt Household furniture &c £ 114.10. 4 1 Large looking Glass £3.0.0 = 2 Dressing Do 19/. = 1 Candle Stand 10/. 2 large Maho: Tables £6 = 2 Do. tea Tables £3.10/ = 1 Card Do 45/ = 14 Do Chairs £15 = 6 Cherry Tree Do 55/ = 1 large Walnut Table 20/ 1 Small Do 15/ = = 2 Dressing Do. £3.10/ = 7 Windsor Chairs 42/ = 4 Curtain Bedsteads £5.15 = 4 plain do 40/ = 3 Chests 15/ = 3 Trunks 15/ = 1 Spy Glass 12/ = 1 pr Physic Scales 3/ = 142 bottles 35/. = 6 Pewter Basons 36/ = 3 Milk Pans 3/. = 10 Stone potts 15/ = 3 Dutch Ovens 30/ = 6 Iron Potts 36/ = 1 Copper Kettle 48/ = 1 Dripping pan 3/ = 1 Cullender 5/ = 1 Chopping Knife 1/3. = 1 flesh fork 1/3 = 1 Ladle /6d = 1 Skimmer /6d = 1 Spit 5/ = 2 frying pans 9/ = 1 Iron Skillet (broken) 1/ = 1 pr Hand Irons 10/ = 3 Trivets 4/ 1 Bell Metal Skillet 10/ = 1 Spice Mortar/ broke 1/ = George Mason's Gunston Hall Plantation - Mason Neck, Virginia 22079 http://GunstonHall.org Mason, Thompson 2 Stafford County, Virginia Stafford County Will Book Liber S p 351-355 Entered: Court, 1786 1 Iron Pestle 1/6 = 1 pr flat Irons. 1 box Iron & Stand 5/ = 2 Washing Tubs 6/ = 3 pails 6/ = 22 pewter plates 22/ = 1 Tureen 6/ = = 4 pewter Dishes 15/ = 2 Coffee potts 4/. = 1 Tea Kitchen 15/. 1 Mahogany box wth. 1 Dozn. Knives 18/ = 1 Dozn. Do in Shagreen Case 36/ 2 Pr. Candle Sticks 24/ = 4 CandleSticks 6/ = 3 pr. Snuffers 3/ 1 Hand Bell 3/ = 1 pewter Wash Bason 2/ = 1 Maho: Stand & bason 18/ = 1 Cleaver 3/ = 1 Iron Spoon 1/3 = 20 Qs. China Dishes 24/ = 72 ditto Plates 7/ = 22 Deep Ditto 5/ = To Old Do 6 Do. bfkast 1/6 10 Do Butter 1/3 = 3 Butter Boats 1/6 = 2 Dozn. Cust. Cups & Saucers 4/ = 3 Qns. China Pudding Dishes 5/ = 1 Cake pan 1/6 = 3 Old flower potts 1/3 = 1 Tea Chest 4/ = 1 Candle box 1/6 = 1 Carving Knife & fork 3/ = 4 Tobacco Knives 1/3 = 2 bread baskets 3/ = 1 [ ? ] plate 2/6 = 1 Lanthorn 1/3. = 8 snuff bottles 1/ = 38 W. Glasses 22/. = 2 Beer Glasses 10/ = 1 Bishop 12/ = 1 Glass bowl 1/ = 3 Queens Cha. Do. 2/6 = 4 Old Cha Do. 5/ = 1 Japan Tea pot &c 5/ = 1 Qs China Sugar Dish 4/ = 1 China Plate 2/ = 6. Do. Coffee Cups 9/ = 10 Do Cups & Saucers 15/ = 1 Qus. Do Cream pott 1/6 = 6 Delph tea Cups 1/6 = 9 Do. Saucers 2/ = 2 Slop Bowls 2/6 = a Silver Stand £6 = 1 Do tea pot £5.10/ 1 Do Cream pot 15/ Carrd Up Amt £ 209. 5. 1 (Page 353) Mason's Invy. Stafford cont. 1 Silver Soup Spoon = 12 Table do = 1 Marrow Do = 1 pr Sugar Tongs 10 Do tea Spoons £7.10.0 = 4 Do Salts 50/ = 1 woodn. pch. Strainer 4d 1 pr Candle Blinds 15/. = 2 Japan tea boards 30/ = 5 Do waiters 12/ = 1 Do Sugar Box [ / ] 4 Pr And Irons 30/. = 2 pr Tongs 2 old Shovels 8/ = 4 Earthen Chamber potts 6/ = 1 pewter Do 2/6 = 2 Stone Jugs 4/ = 4 Wooden Noggins 5/ = 1 Tin Sugar Box 3/ = 6 Tea Cannisters 3/ = 1 Cradle with Bed & pillow 20/ = 7 window Curtains omitted above 7/ = 1 Warming pan 10/ = 3 Decanters 18/ = 2 Brooms 2/ = 2 Cotton Wheels 20/ = 2 flax ditto 24/ = 1 Qn China Mugs 4d = 1 Gunn 28/ = 2 Earthen Butter Potts 4/ = 2 Chafing Dishes 6/ = Coarse Linen Bed &c 18/ = Amt. £ 232.14. 3 Books Jacobs Law Dictionary 18/ = Horseman's Conveyancing 22/ = Pigot Do 12/ = Bridgeman's Ditto 7/6 = Woods Do 1st Vol 30/ = Donats Civil law 40/ = Woods Institute 14/ = Registrum Brevium 3/ = Lex Mercatoria 3/ = Rolle's Abridgemt 5/ = Vinnis Institute 3/ = Clifts Entries 6/ = Brownlows Ditto 5/ = Vidians Ditto 4/ = West's [Lymbleographia] 3/ = Wentworth of Executors 7/ = Protest of House of Lords 2/ = Burn's Justice 10/ = Law of Bank-Rupts 3/ = Davies of Bankrupts 3/= Law of Uses &c 3/ = Rastels Entries 6/ = Atts. Practise (CB) 10/ = Year Books 4 Vols 12/= Cases Henry 4, 5, 6, & 7 & Edd. 4 o. 4 vols. No. 8 12/ = Plowden's Reports 30/= Dyer's Reports 6/ = Styles Do. 12/ = Saunders 25/ = Crookes Do 42/ = Ld. Raymonds Do 42/ = Ventris's Do 21/ = Jenkins Do 18/ = Littleton's Do 6/ = Carthew's Do 16/ = Strange's Do 42/ = Vaughn's Do 12/ = Cumberbacks Do 7/6 = Salkelds Do 36/ = Leonard's Do 21/ = Holts Do 12/ = [Jutroycties] Do 10/ = Hobarts Ditto 18/ = Bulstrodes Ditto 15/ = Hardress's Do 20/ = Noys Do 5/ = Alleyns Do 5/ = Cokes Do 6 Vols 21/ = Modern Entries 6 Vols 55/ = Reports Q. Anne's time 7/6 = Cases Lt. Talbots time 10/ = Doctrina Placitandi 7/6 = Godbolts Reports 6/ = Orphans Legacy 4/ = Termes of the Law 3/ = Cromptin of Courts 3/ Carrd. Over Amt. £ George Mason's Gunston Hall Plantation - Mason Neck, Virginia 22079 http://GunstonHall.org Mason, Thompson 3 Stafford County, Virginia Stafford County Will Book Liber S p 351-355 Entered: Court, 1786 (Page 354) Mason's Invy. in Stafford cont. Books: Perkins Treatise 3/ = Swinburne on Wills 21/ = Coke's 2d Inst. 9/ = Hales Pleas of the Crown 18/ = Acts of 5 Sessions of Assembly, in blue Books 10/ = Worral's Catalogue 6/ = Pyles paraphrase 3/ = Dispensatory 2/ = Prayer book 6/ = 8 Vols Manuscripts 8/ = 5 Small Do 5/ = Amt. total £ Agreable to the Order of the Worshipful the Court of Stafford County to Us directed, & hereunto annexed; We the Subscribers have appraised the Slaves, and personal Estate of the late Thomson Mason, Esqr. deceased in Stafford County & do upon Oath return the aforegoing Appraisemt. thereof to the said Court John Cooke AB. Mason Acting Ex. J. R. Peyton Wm. Eustace Staford Sct. Court 1786 Inventories and Appraisement of the Estate of Thomson Mason Esqr. deceased in the Counties of Stafford and Loudoun, as here outward being then returned by Abraham B. Thomson Mason, his Acting Executor, were ordered to be recorded and are so Attest H. Tyler C.S.C. (Page 355) Mason's Invy. &c IN LOUDOUN COUNTY Slaves Jack £40 = Ben £40 = Tom Cobler £60 = Valentine £80 = James £50 = George £45 = Moses £40 = David £50 = Will Aldridge £40 = Dorsey £65 = Joan £10 = Jenny £50 = Lydia £30 = Judy £35 = Janny £10 = Judy £15 = Lucy & Child £70 = Henny £60 = Sue £25 = Abram £100 = Nace £80 = Sambo £80 = Combo £ _____ Amt. £ 1075. 0. 0 Horses Sorrell Wagon horse £12 = Black Do £12 = Grey Do £12 = Sorrel plow horse £8 = Grey plow Mare £1.10.0 = £45.10. = Cattle and Hogs 1 Yoke Oxen £8 = 7 Old Hogs £2.4/ = 3 pigs 4/6 - £ 10. 8. 6 Plantation Utensils 1 Wagon & Geer £13.4 = An Ox Cart 40/ = One Coarse bed & bolster 4/ = 1 large Soap Jar 5/ = 1 Large Iron pot /8 = 1 Axes 3/ = 6 Hoes 12/ = 2 Mattocks 2/ = 1 Still £4.10. = Old Casks £4.10/ = 1 broken Set Smiths Tools £15 = One brass Sieve 6/ = 1 Loom 10/ Iron Barrs pick Axes &c &c 6/ = A pair of Blankets £1.4 Amt £ 27.
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