John Mason Estate Inventory, 1756

 

Copied from the original in the State Archives in Raleigh, NC  and transcribed by Melanie Willis on February 12, 2005.

 

About the documents

  • There were two smallish papers in the estate folder of John Mason.  One is an estate inventory and the other is another sort of inventory, written on two sides of a small piece of paper, labeled “Acct. of Jo. Mason Estate in possession of Nath Tuley”.
  • An odd note on the main estate inventory—It’s dated November 4th, 1756, but was “proved in court and allowed June 4th, 1756”
  • The actual listing of items in the main estate inventory is written in three columns, sometimes with more than one item in the same space. 

 

I have retained as closely as possible the spelling, grammar and punctuation of the original, making small corrections only for the sake of clarity.  I put the inventory in table form, similar to the original.

 

November 14th, 1756  a true accoumpt of all the Estate that’s left of John Mason Deceast Besides the legacys……………………

 

1 loom 1 Case of bottles

1 Cittle and bail--

1 hachet 1 ax 1 bell

1 handmill 1 bedsted

1 old wolling wheal

1 fish gigg 6 spoons

and bolster 1 high bed

1 old Chist 1 reaphook

1 butter pot

1 lining sheal

1 vinigar Cruet

1 washing tub

2 sb[?] irons 1 pots

1 Salt Sillar 1 Earthen Cup

1 Cork Screw

1 pair of pot hooks

5 knives and 6 forks

4 old Chears

2 puter basons

1 pair flesh forks

1 Candle Stick

4 puter plats

1 Church bible 1 Sermon book

1 Squar table

4 old sheets and blankets

1 duty of man 2 old book

 

 

                                                                        [Signed] Thomas Mason, Exct. [Executor]

 

The above Acct. Proved in Court and Allowed

            June 4th, 1756 

                        [Signed]           Test. Stepn Denning CLC  [clerk of court]