Inventory of personal property belonging the to the personal estate of Josiah Boothby of the Cty of Brown, Ohio which was sold on the 2nd and 4th days of September 1834.
to whom sold        articles     sold         amount sold for
                                                  $ C
Thomas Gilmore         5 Barrels salt            13 13
Omega Young            5        do do            11 11
Sanford B Allen        25       do do            56 90
Wm Davidson            13       do do 	         31 35
Wm Doudney            12        do do 	         25 38
Vincent Grubb         14        do do 	         30 82
James Cochran          8        do do            18 19
Herman Hanna	      10        do do            23 45
Kyte & Thrasher       14        do do 	         34 12
Daniel Moon            1        do do             2 49
James Norris           1        do do             2 00
George Richardson      1        do do             1 68 3/4
Robert Hamilton        1 empty barrel             0 06 1/4
Wm Holden              1 flat boat               45 00
Joshua Musgrove        3 barrels                 00 43 3/4
Joshua Musgrove        4 barrels                 00 37 1/2
Deliverance Boothby    1 Spinning Wheel          00 25
George Landon          1  do do                  00 25
Joshua Musgrove        1 box iron                00 50
Alexr Hanna            1 brass kettle             2 26
Deliverance Boothby    1 kettle & lid             0 80
Deliverance Boothby    1 kettle                   0 20
James Land             1 salt kettle              2 62 1/2
Wm Hight               1 kettle                   1 75
Mr ?                   1 pair of steelyards       1 25
Thomas Taylor          1 bridle                   1 00
James Martin           1 lot of shoemaster's tools 1 44 3/4
James McFadden         1 lot of tools              0 65
Joshua Musgrove        1 Box & Half bushel         0 15
James Young            1 waggon                   35 50
James Young            1 pair of break hands       0 45
Thomas Taylor          1 pair of check lines      00 50
David Hanna            1 lot of chains            18 3/4
Willis Bent            1 lot of utensals          62 1/2
Alx Hanna              1 pitch-fork                  50
Thomas Taylor          1 table                     4 00
Deliverance Boothby    1 table                     1 12 1/2
James Mc Fadden        1 Bureau                    5 50
John Fiscus senior?    1 waggon                   18 3/4
Lemuel Rounds*         1 cupboard                  1 37 1/2
Deliverance Boothby    1 bookcase                    37 1/2
Milton Ross            2 pair of gears          2 12 1/2
Everet D Smith         1 red calf               1 62 1/2
Everet D Smith         2 white calves           2 06 1/4
Joseph Barns           1 cow                   12 62 1/2
Samuel D Price         1 cow                   12 43 3/4
Thomas Taylor          1 plow                   2 62 1/2
William Hight          3 Barrels                  43 3/4
Deliverance Boothby    6 sheep                  3 53 1/2
Milton Ross            1 lot of corn            3 00
Robert Hamilton        1 pair of steelyards    1 25
                                    true    $ 443 82 1/2

James Boothby
Robert Hamilton Administrators	

Notes on names in Bold:
*Lemuel Rounds, probably the brother in law through Josiah's first marriage
Herman, Alexander, & David Hanna, probably relatives of the widow, her maiden name was Hanna
and of course, Deliverance is the widow of Josiah, but not the mother of all of the children.

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Partial Glossary of Archaic Tool Terms

trammel - an iron hook used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire

steelyard - a balance scale, in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterweight slides along the longer arm to produce equilibrium. Its place on this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight. Commonly used in the plural "steelyards"

Clevis - a U-shaped piece of iron, with a pin passing through holes in the two ends, as a means of connecting a plow or cart to a draft animal

Doubletree - a crossbar on a wagon, carriage or plow to each end of which the singletrees are attached when two horses are harnessed abreast

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