Will of Matthew Williams
Montgomery Township
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Matthew Williams A.R. v.2 pp. 351-357 11 Mar 1836
Estate of Matthew Williams, Deceased
Be it remembered that heretofore to wit on the 11th day of March AD 1836, John Williams & James Williams, Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Matthew Williams late of Montgomery Township, Richland County & State of Ohio, Deceased, filed in the Clerks office of the Court of common Pleas, Richland County aforesaid [anilmentary] of the appraisement & sale [Piall] of the goods & chattels of said estate which are in the words and figures following, to wit:
The State of Ohio, Richland County
Before me, Wm W Irwin, a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came Paul Sherraden, John King & Abraham Sheraden, appraisers of the estate of Matthew Williams, late of Montgomery Township in said County Deceased, and were sworn well & truly to appraise all the goods & chattels of said Estate which shall be presented to them for appraisement. And also, to set off to the widow of said Deceased such provisions or other property as they shall think reasonable for the support of herself and children twelve months from the time of the death of said Deceased. Given under my hand this 25th day of Nov 1835. Wm W. Irwin, Justice of the peace.
A true and accurate inventory of the goods & chattels of Matthew Williams late of the Township of Montgomery in the County of Richland. Deceased as presented to the undersigned Paul Sherraden, Abraham Sherraden & John King, appraisers, appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of said County by John Williams & James Williams, Executors of said Estate, this twenty-fifth day of Nov AD 1835.
| One cupboard | $5.00 |
One Drawing knife & auger | 0.50 |
2 Salt barrels & half bushel | 0.50 |
| " clock | 15.00 |
" Iron Wedge & axe | 0.62 |
One Brown 2 year old Steer | 6.00 |
| One table | 1.00 |
" Large Iron Kettle | 2.50 |
One Yearling, red & white | 5.00 |
| 2 chairs | 1.00 |
" Western Saddle | 3.50 |
One Calf, red & white | 3.00 |
| 1 churn | 0.50 |
[ ?? Wooden Cases] | 5.50 |
One ditto | 2.75 |
| 1 coffee mill & tea cannister | 7.00 |
One Sythe & Cradle | 2.25 |
One Do | 2.50 |
| 1 pr Steel Yards | 1.50 |
Five [Bet. Soaps] | 2.00 |
Six Sheep, second choice | 6.00 |
| One Large Bible | 3.00 |
Three Barrels | 0.25 |
3 Shoats | 3.75 |
| " Hymn Book | 0.37 |
Ten Can & auger | 0.25 |
3 Hogs | 18.00 |
| " Stove | 12.00 |
Five Bee Hives | 4.00 |
2 Shoats | 2.50 |
| " Stove pipe | 5.00 |
[Mattock & Shovel] | 1.62 |
13 Harrow teeth | 2.50 |
| " [slovid] | 1.00 |
Double tree, single tree & clevis | 1.12 |
1 Plough | 6.50 |
| " Bed Stead & [Cord] | 11.50? |
2 [Floes] & Long Chain | 1.12 |
1 Stack Hay | 6.00 |
| " Trunnel Bed | 1.25 |
One one-horse wagon | 30.00 |
One Ditto | 6.00 |
| " Wool Wheel | 1.50 |
" two-horse wagon | 25.00 |
One Sythe & Hangings | 0.37 |
| " Spinning Wheel | 0.50 |
One Sorel Colt | 35.00 |
35 Bushels of Wheat | 26.25 |
| " Tray | 0.18 |
" Black Mare | 35.00 |
40 Bushels Corn | 13.33 1/3 |
| " Leather | 0.50 |
One Wind Mill | 14.00 |
100 Bushels Oats | 25.00 |
| " Basket | 0.12 |
2 Blind Bridles & Line | 1.50 |
30 Bushels Potatoes | 7.50 |
| " Empty Barrel | 0.06 |
1 Pitch Fork | 0.31 |
20 Bushels Apples | 5.00 |
| 2 Bags | 0.57 |
One Black Cow | 10.00 |
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| One Wooden Can | 0.37 |
" Brown Ditto | 11.00 |
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| " Sugar Tub | 0.13 |
" White Ditto | 13.00 |
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| Total amt of appraisement | $397.58 |
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Paul Sherraden
Abraham Sherraden Appraisers
John King
A schedule of Property set off by us the appraisers aforesaid for the Support of the widow & children one year from the death of the Intestate estimated at One hundred & twenty seven Dollars and twenty one cents.
| Provisions on hand | $4.87 |
8 Bushels green apples | $2.50 |
| 25 Bushels wheat | 18.75 |
For pepper, Alspice, &c | 1.00 |
| 10 Bushels corn | 5.33 1/3 |
For Butter & Milk | 10.00 |
| 8 hundred lb Pork | 32.00 |
One Bed & Bedding | 20.00 |
| 10 Bushels Potatoes | 2.50 |
Household & Kitchen furniture | 15.00 |
| For Coffee, Tea & Sugar | 15.00 |
¾ Barrel Salt | 2.25 |
76.46 |
50.85 |
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| Amo’t brought over | 76.46 |
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$127.31 |
A schedule of property, taken by the widow at the appraisement:
| 1 Bureau & netting | $10.00 |
One large Basket | 0.75 |
| One Table | 3.00 |
Three Barrels | 0.25 |
| One Bed Stead & Bedding | 12.00 |
One Tea Kettle | 0.18 |
| One Reel | 0.25 |
One Red & white cow | 11.00 |
| One Small Kegg | 0.31 ¼ |
" White 2 year old heifer | 11.00 |
| One Small Kettle | 1.50 |
5 Sheep first choice | 7.00 |
| Two washing tubs | 0.68 |
12 head of Geese | 1.50 |
29.74 |
32.18 |
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| 61.92 ¼ |
Paul Sherraden
Abraham Sherraden Appraisers
John King
List of the Sales of the goods & chattels belonging to the Estate of Matthew Williams, late of Montgomery Township, Richland County, Deceased. Sold at Public Vendors on the eighth day of December AD 1835. By John Williams & James Williams, Executors of said Estate:
| Purchasers Names | Property | $/cts |
|
| Martin Beghtle | 1 |
Can with lid | 0.10 |
| Lewis Latta | 1 |
Do | 0.44 |
| Isaac Linn | 1 |
Basket | 0.11 |
| Thos. H. Brown | 1 |
Iron Wedge | 0.25 |
| James Gibson | 1 |
Axe | 0.40 |
| Samuel Watson | 1 |
Piece Leather | 0.12 |
| Cyrus Whitelock | 13 |
Harrow teeth | 8.60? |
| Samuel Ritchey | 1 |
Large Tub | 0.37 ½ |
| Isaac Lynn | 3 |
Barrels | 0.12 ½ |
| Peter McPurdy | 1 |
Cradle & Sythe | 1.10 |
| James Williams | 2 |
Hoes | 0.25 |
| Martin Beghtle | 1 |
Log Chain | 0.26 |
| Cyrus Whitelock | 1 |
Double Tree & Single Tree | 0.72 |
| I. P. [Singer] | 1 |
Kettle | 1.85 |
| Gabrael Moore | 1 |
Wheel (small) | 0.52 |
| Adis Linn | 1 |
Large Wheel | 1.05 |
| James Williams | 1 |
Collar [Haims] & chains | 2.00 |
| Same | 1 |
Bridle | 0.80 |
| Thos. McGuire | 1 |
Ditto | 0.12 ½ |
| Richard Jackman | [Haims] & Chains | 0.60 |
|
| James Dawney | 1 |
Collar | 0.25 |
| [Harry] Gribben | 1 |
Breech Band | 1.12 ½ |
| Thos. H. Brown | 1 |
Ditto Do | 1.18 |
| Martin Beghtle | 1 |
Saddle | 2.40 |
| Thos. Selby | 2 |
Bee Soaps | 0.56 |
| Paul Sherraden | 2 |
Ditto Do | 0.56 |
| Thos Selby | 1 |
Ditto Do | 0.25 |
| James Williams | 1 |
Coffee Mill & Canister | 0.62 ½ |
| Isaac Linn | 1 |
Square Table | 0.40 |
| Nancy Williams | 1 |
Clock | 11.00 |
| Adis Linn | 1 |
Stove | 12.37 |
| Q. M. Hanglin | 1 |
Mattock | 1.00 |
| Isaac Linn | 1 |
Bee hive | 2.62 |
| John McNabb | 1 |
Ditto Do | 2.00 |
| Lewis Latta | 2 |
Sheep 1st Chain | 3.00 |
| Thos H. Brown | 2 |
Ditto 2nd Do | 3.00 |
| Lewis Latta | 2 |
Ditto 3rd Do | 2.25 |
| Alex’r Finley | 1 |
Plough | 4.37 |
| George King | 6 |
Bushels Green apples | 1.86 |
| Isaac Clossen | 6 |
Ditto Ditto | 1.86 |
| James Williams | 1 |
Waggon | 25.50 |
| Thos. H. Brown | 1 |
3-horse wagon | 20.50 |
| William H. Irwin | 10 |
Bushels Corn 38 ½ | 3.85 |
| Jacob [Prabb] | 10 |
Ditto Do 38 | 3.80 |
| Same | 10 |
Ditto Do 38 ½ | 3.85 |
| William McNeely | 10 |
Ditto Potatoes 25 | 2.50 |
| William Green | 10 |
Ditto Do 19 | 1.90 |
| George W. Murphy | 1 |
Sorrel Mare | 37.12 |
| George Ellison | 1 |
Black Ditto | 33.00 |
| [Isaac Linn] | 1 |
Steer 2 yrs old | 7.05 |
| James Williams | 1 |
Black Cow | 14.62 |
| William Woods | 1 |
Heifer | 5.00 |
| Q. W. Lake | 1 |
Black Cow | 11.50 |
| John Williams | 1 |
White Ditto | 18.00 |
| Jas. Strickland Jr. | 1 |
Wind Mill | 11.50 |
| Jas. Smith | 20 |
Bushels Oats @29 | 5.80 |
| Samuel Johnston | 20 |
Ditto Do @26 | 5.20 |
| Abraham Johnston | 20 |
Ditto Do @29 | 5.80 |
| Samuel Johnston | 20 |
Ditto Do @29 | 5.80 |
| Isaac Linn | 2 |
Barrels | 0.20 |
| S. N. Simon | 1 |
Measure ( ½ bushel) | 0.46 |
| Isaac Linn | 1 |
Shovel | 0.14 |
| John Williams | 16 |
Bushels Oats 25 | 4.00 |
| Wm. Criswell | 1 |
Fork | 0.50 |
| Abraham Johnson | 1 |
Black Shoat | 1.64 |
| Wm. McNeely | 1 |
Shoat | 2.00 |
| Alexander Finley | 1 |
Shoat | 1.66 |
| Jennet Purdy | 1 |
Ditto | 2.06 |
| James Williams | 1 |
Drawing Knife | 0.77 |
| Same | 1 |
Auger | 0.19 |
| Peter Draggoo | 1 |
Heifer Calf | 3.05 |
| Paul Sherraden | 1 |
Steer Ditto | 3.22 |
| Lewis Latta | 1 |
Heifer Ditto | 3.70 |
| Finley Carr | 1 |
Stack of Hay | 6.00 |
| [Roundle] Mitchel | 1 |
Ditto Do | 5.20 |
| Q. M. Hoaglin | 1 |
Pr Steelyards | 1.19 |
| James Williams | 1 |
Stand | 1.00 |
| Same | 1 |
Chain | 0.50 |
| Same | 1 |
Barrel | 0.12 |
| Same | 1 |
Leather Line | 0.50 |
| Same | 1 |
Pig | 1.25 |
| Same | 2 |
Chairs | 1.00 |
| Thos. H. Brown | 1 |
Cupboard | 6.00 |
| Thos. Stringer | 12 ½ |
Bush. Wheat @75 | 9.37½ |
| John Williams | 2 |
Bags | 0.37½ |
| Same | 1 |
Large Bible | 3.00 |
| Widow Nancy Williams | 1 |
Bureau & netting | 10.00 |
1 |
Table | 3.00 |
|
1 |
Bedstead & Bedding | 12.00 |
|
4 |
Chairs | 2.00 |
|
1 |
Reel | 0.25 |
|
1 |
Small [Kig] | 0.50 |
|
1 |
Ditto [Rittle] | 1.50 |
|
2 |
Washing tubs | 0.68 |
|
1 |
Large Basket | 0.75 |
|
3 |
Barrels | 0.25 |
|
1 |
Tea Kettle | 0.50 |
|
2 |
Slop Buckets | 0.15 |
|
1 |
Red & White Cow | 11.00 |
|
5 |
Sheep | 7.00 |
|
12 |
Geese | 1.50 |
|
1 |
White 2 year old heifer | 11.00 |
And afterwards to wit at the March Term A. D 1837, of our said Court This day came the said John Williams & James Williams, Executors of the Last Will & Testament of Matthew Williams, Deceased, and filed their final Settlement account with the Court which said final Settlement account is by the Court ordered to be continued until the next Term for publication examination and inspection of all persons interested therein which said final Settlement account is in the words & figures following, to wit:
[Dr] John Williams & James Williams, Executors of the Last Will & Testament of Matthew Williams, Deceased, in account with the Estate of said Deceased:
| Dec 8th 1835 | To Amount of Sales of Personal
property sold On credit of 9 months & amt to the widow ……… |
$501.26 |
|
| Oct 6th 1836 | To the Amt of the sale of the real Estate as per Will … | 1500.00 |
|
| Dec 20 " | Cash on hand at the death of Deceased …………… | 5.00 |
|
| Cash rec’d on James Williams on account ………… | 0.92 |
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| Feb’y 1st 1837 | Cash rec’d William Ewen on account ……………… | 2.56 ¼ |
|
| March 1st " | Cash Rec’d of James Williams for rent …………… | 60.00 |
|
| The full Amt that has come to the hands of the Executors …………… | $2069.74 ¼ |
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| [Cn] Executors give themselves credit as follows, to wit: | |||
| Rec’t No 1 | By Joseph McCombs | 11.80 ½ |
|
| " " 2 | " Andrew Newman | 8.87 ½ |
|
| " " 3 | " Mahlon Strickland | 3.50 |
|
| " " 4 | " W. W. Irvin, Esq | 3.00 |
|
| " " 5 | " D. Reichert | 4.50 |
|
| " " 6 | " Moses Owen | 10.37 |
|
| " " 7 | " Thos H. Brown | 5.57 |
|
| " " 8 | " T. Durham | 0.79 |
|
| " " 9 | " Graham & Stringer | 2.27 |
|
| " " 10 | " J. C. Naylor | 9.90 ½ |
|
| " " 11 | " Samuel Burns | 2.47 |
|
| " " 12 | " Y. P. [Perjnor] | 5.37 |
|
| " " 13 | " Westell Rigby | 2.27 |
|
| " " 14 | " H. Armstrong | 4.37 |
|
| " " 15 | " G. W. Barford | 2.00 |
|
| " " 16 | " Westall Barford | 2.00 |
|
| " " 17 | " Cyrus T. Whitelock | 0.18¾ |
|
| " " 18 | " William [Divsic] | 2.50 |
|
| " " 19 | " Abraham Sherraden | 0.50 |
|
| " " 20 | " Abraham Hough | 2.49 |
|
| " " 21 | " M. Owens | 1.05 |
|
| " " 22 | " John King | [2.00] |
|
| " " 23 | " Conrad [Egder] | 6.00 |
|
| " " 24 | " Paul Sheraden | 1.12½ |
|
| " " 25 | " Nancy Williams | 20.00 |
|
| " " 26 | " Nancy Williams | 200.00 |
|
| " " 27 | " Nancy Williams | 127.21¼ |
|
| " " 28 | " Nancy Williams | 500.00 |
|
| " " 29 | " S. Robbins | 5.00 |
|
| " " 30 | " J. Irvin, Clerk | 5.00 |
|
| By settling $2069.74 ¼ at 5 per cent | 103.48 |
1055.61 |
|
| Balance to be distributed | $1014.13¼ |
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$1014.13 ¼ on hand in Notes and Cash to be divided among the heirs (to wit) Rachel Vail, John Williams, Martha [H] Strickland, Nancy Draggoo, Thomas Williams, James Williams, Sarah Case, Malinda Murphy, Mary Murphy, Susanna Williams, William Williams and Matthew Williams, heirs at Law of said Deceased, March 30 1837.
$1014.13 ¼ divided as per Will among twelve heirs gives each heir, as above, the sum of $66.17.
John Williams and James Williams, Executors of the last Will of Matthew Williams, Dec’d, per S. Robbins, their atty.
And now to wit at the May
Term of our said Court AD 1837, the following Journal Entry was
made to wit:
John Williams & James Williams, Executors of the last Will
and Testament of Matthew Williams, Deceased, having at the last
Term of this Court filed their final Settlement account. And now
at the present Term the Court having proceeded to examine said
Account. And being fully satisfied that due notice has been given
at the filing of said account. And that no person has filed any
objections thereto or to any item thereof, the Court do therefore
approve the same. The Court also find in the hands of the said
Executors the Sum of One thousand & fourteen Dollars and
thirteen &one fourth cents, yet unexpended which is by the
Court ordered to be distributed according to Law. And said
account to be recorded all of which is done accordingly.
Last Updated on 4/2/00
By Jim Hutchinson
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