This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GayleLonderee Surnames: Howard, Spalding, Bailey Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.stmarys/4514/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I would like to thank Linda Reno for posting the link to the new (at least to me) digital records on the Maryland Archives site. Let's hope they add more digital records in the future. I'm posting a transcription I did of the inventory of Gabriel Howard. From the record we can tell that he died a bit earlier than I had on my tree - before the 3rd of March, 1801, when the appraisal of the estate was ordered.Gabriel was the son of Clement Howard & Elinor Bailey, and was married to Susanna Spalding. From his tax lists he lived in Newtown Hundred. It's interesting how these old inventories give you a picture of the lives of these people. Gayle Howard Londeree [email protected] Book Name: JJ 1800-1803 MSA Citation: MSA CE443-1 http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/coagsere/ce400/ce443/000000/000002/pdf/ce443-000002.pdf Gabriel Howard Inventory page 70 An Inventory of the Goods and Chattels of Gabriel Howard, late of Saint Marys County deceased. Appraised in Current money by us the subscribers this 28th Day of March 1801_ __________________________________________________ 1 Bay horse...ages 12...16.00 1 sorrill Do...8...16.00 1 Bay Mare...8...20.00 1 sorrill Do...3...30.00 1 Horse colt...1...16.00 3 Cows and Yearlings @ 12...36.0 2 Do & [email protected] 1 Do with Calf...11.0 1 Yoke oxen....30.0 3 [email protected] 1 Do...5.0 2 Ewes and [email protected] 8 [email protected]&50...12.0 1 Ram...1.50 16 [email protected] Doll & 75 Cents...28.0 4 [email protected] Cents...2.0 11 [email protected] Cents...5.50 20 Dunghill fowles @ 12 1/2 Cents...2.50 1 Bed and furniture...16.0 1 Do...16.0 1 Do...12.0 2 Bedsteads & Cords...2.0 1 Do...Cord and hide...1.50 1 Chest...1.0 1 Do...1.0 1 Do...0.50 1 Do...0.25 1/2 1 Desk...3.0 1 Linen wheel...2.0 1 Cotton Do...0.75 1 Small Table...1.50 1 large Iron Kettle...2.0 1 large Iron pott...2.0 1 Broken pott...0.50 1 small Kettle...0.50 1 Duch oven...1.0 1 Iron skillet...0.50 page 71 1 old Frying pan...0.50 7 Earthen plates...0.25 4 Tea saucers and 3 cups...0.12 1/2 1 Tin coffee pott...0.50 1 Cream pott and pepper box...0.12 1/2 1 small Jug...0.25 3 Quart Bottles...0.25 2 Butter [email protected] 2 Sifters...0.25 4 [email protected] 1 pr. wool cards...0.50 1 Do cotton Do...0.50 100 weight seed cotton...6.50 1 1/4 pounds spun cotton...0.50 3 pounds Flax unbroke...1.0 3 pounds wool...1.0 1 Churn...0.50 1 water Tub.1 pail and 1 piggin...0.50 1 half bushell measure...0.25 1 salt sell & Butter Boat...0.25 1 Barrel Tub...0.25 3 old ditto...0.25 1 Slate...0.25 1 small Looking Glafs...0.50 41 pounds old pewter @25 cents...10.25 1 Mans saddle...4.0 1 Do..Do...4.0 1 Womans Saddle...4.0 3 Bridles...1.50 5 old reap hooks...0.25 1 Drawing Knife...0.25 1 Spade...0.50 4 axes...2.0 3 Broad hoes...2.0 3 old hoes...0.50 3 old Harrsis hoes...0.50 3 plows and stocks...6.0 2 pair rope Traces and harnes...1.50 page 72 1 pr. old Do. Do...0.25 1 Hammer...0.12 1 small keg...0.25 1 pr.Iron wedges...1.0 1 Grubbing hoe...0.25 1 Tin Cullinder...0.50 2 pr. Leading Lines...0.25 1 old Cart...5.0 1 Tobo. note...883 net} unprised Tobo. supposed. 400}1st quality Tobo. 2d. Quality suposed 800... 20 Barrels corn supposed @ 3$&25 Cents...65.0 300 weight [email protected] 1/2 Cents...37.50 50..Dried Beef...3.0 money in the house...70.0 25. Hogslard...3.12 5 old books...1.0 wearing apparel...20.0 2. Two Bushell Baskets @ 25 Cents...0.50 1 Ox Yoke. Irons xc...0.50 Witnefs our hands & seals Dollars..605.49 Jno. G. Ford ((seal)) Edw Smith ((seal)) Annexed to the foregoing was the following warrant certificate thereon to wit The State of Maryland To John G Ford & Edward Smith. Greeting. This is to authorise you Jointly to appraise the Goods Chattels & personal Estate of Gabriel Howard late of Saint Marys County deceased. so far as they shall come to your sight and knowledge. each of you having first taken the oath or affirmation hereunto annexed. a Certificate whereof you are to return annexed to an Inventory of the said Goods Chattels & personal Estate b you appraised in Dollars & Cents, and in the said Inventory you are to set down in a Colume or Columns, opposite to cash Article the Value thereof Witnefs Willm. Somervall Esq. Chief Justices of the orphans Court in St. Marys County this 3d day March anno Domini 1801_ Test Jeremiah Jordan regt. page 73 [unknown symbol, may be a fancy "I"] do swear or solemnly sincerely and truly affirm that I will well & truly without partiality or prejudice Value & appraise the Goods Chattels & personal Estate of Gabriel Howard deceased. so far as the same shall come to my sight and knowledge and will in all respects perform my duty as appraiser to the best of my Skill and Judgment. So help me God Saint Marys County to wit the 24th March 1801__ personally appearedbefore me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid. John Gerrard Ford & Edward Smith and severally made oath on the holy Evangels of almighty God that they would well and truly without favour or prejudice Value & appraise the Goods Chattels & personal Estate of Gabriel Howard deceased so far as the same should come to my sight and knowledge. and would in all piety perform their duty as appraisers to the best of their skill & Judgment E. J. Millard Saint Marys County fs. the 2d day of June 1801__ Then came Susanna Howard administratrix of Gabriel Howard late of Saint Marys County deceased and made oath on the holy Evangels of almighty God. that the aforegoing is a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels and personal Estate of the said deceased that have come to her hands or pofsefsion. at the time of the making thereof. and that what hath sonis[?] or shall here after com to her hands or pofsefsion she will return in an additional Inventory; that she knows of no Concealment of any part or parcel of the deceaseds Estate by any person whatsoever, and that if she shall hereafter discover any Concealment, or suspect any to be. she will acquaint the Justices for the time being of the orphans Court in Saint Marys County or the register of wills for said County with such Concealment or cause of suspecion tht it may be enquired into according to Law. Certified by. Jeremiah Jordan reg wills for Saint Marys County Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.