At a Court held for Amherst
County the 19th day of September 1808 This Bond was acknowledged in
open Court by the subscribers and ordered to be recorded.
In
obedience to the above order, we the subscribers being sworn have proceeded to
appraise the slaves and personal Estate of Robert Mays deceased as follows:
One woman slave, Sylvia```````85
pounds
1 boy
John````````````````````````L65
1 Warwick`````````````````````````125
pounds
1 girl
Mary````````````````````````` 85
1 woman & child
110?`````````175 pounds
Two beds &
furniture````````````18 pounds
1 smooth
?````````````````````````` L3
1 pair of hand irons
15/0``````````3.15
a parcel of pewter ```````````````2.8.6
a parcel of earthen
ware````````````.6
2 jugs & 2
crocks`````````````````````.8
a parcel of tin
ware```````````````````.6
2 pairs of
shears```````````````````````.3
1 pair of sad
irons```````````````````.7.6
2 linen
wheels``````````````````````````.12
2 sickles 4/ &
1 cupboard
12/`````````````````````````.16
1 Table 12/ 1 Trunk
and Chest```````````````````L1.4
`````1.14
5 Chairs 7/6 4 pair of Cords
12/``14.6
2 Cotton Wheels L1/14 –
1 ? Saw
L1.10`````````````````````````2.16
1 pair of steelgards````````````````````1.2
1 auger 1
chisel`````````````````````````.3
1 pair of wedges 1 Bell
```````````````.13
1 Drawing Knife and
fro```````````````.8
1 parcel of old
iron``````````````````````.18
1 piece of new
iron```````````````````````.9. 6
2 pair of iron
traces``````````````````````.18
3 pole
axes`````````````````````````````````.12
1 hemp
hackle`````````````````````````````.7 . 6
7
hoes``````````````````````````````````````1.1
8 head of
cattle`````````````````````````15.15. 4
1 yoke oxen```````````````````````````````9.12
29 head
hogs````````````````````````````17.8
1 grey
horse`````````````````````````````18
1 sorrel
mare`````````````````````````````12
1 black
horse````````````````````````````12
1 small grey
horse``````````````````````12
14
geese````````````````````````````````````1.15 .6
8
sheep`````````````````````````````````````4
1 large pot, hooks, ladle &
skimmer````````````````````1.4
1
ditto`````````````````````````````````````````.18
1 small
ditto``````````````````````````````````.6
1 large oven
`````````````````````````````````.18
1 small ditto with
hooks```````````````````.7
1
skillet`````````````````````````````````````````.4
1 log
chain`````````````````````````````````````.6
1
loom```````````````````````````````````````````.18
4 weaving
heads``````````````````````````````.9
2 old Books &
candlestick``````````````````.3
At a Court held for Amherst
County the 19th day of September 1808 This Inventory and
appraisement of the Estate of Robert Mays deceased, was this day returned and
ordered to be recorded. Teste Bartlett Cash William Sandidge John Ball