Shenandoah County Virginia Will Book V Pages 273-27420
February 1840
Appraisal of Estate of John Bushong

RESEARCHED BY GLORIA AND RUSSELL BUSHONG



The appraisers Inventory of the personal property belonging to the estate of John Bushong deceased as appraised February 20. 1840

"Ploughs and sundries- 5.00
Gray horse, Charley - 75.00
Gray horse, Rock- 35.00
Cow. calf and heifer- 22.00
22 Sheep- 38.50
Brindle cow and small heifer- 15.00
Wheat fan- 10.00
Rakes. forks and etc.- 1.50
Horse geers- 18.00
Halter chains and fork- 1.25
Hay and Straw- 12.00
Second crop hay and corn fodder- 2.30
1 Bag. barrel and cow chains- 2.49
Fodder house and husks- 1.25
Harrow. flax brake and plough- 4. 12
Log chain and sled- 2.25
Wagon- 40.00
Flax and hay ladders-40.62
25 bushels of corn- 10.00
Blacksmiths tools- 15.00
Grind stone and scythes- 2.50
Beef hide- 2.75
Coal- 2.12
11 Hogs- 20.00
2 Bee Hives- 6.00
Stove plates and sundries- 1.75
Hogs Head and sundries- 1.75
Mowing scythe and sundries- 2.50
Rifle and shot pouch- 10.00
Shoemakers tools. Tugs and pots-1.20
2 Bells. pots and sundries- .75
Steelyards, augers, saws and etc.-4.75
2 hatchels-2.50
Linen flax and sundries- 5.62
Table. chest and sundries- 3.00
Stove and Pipe- 16.00
Clock and cupboard - 17.00
Ware in cupboard- 6.41
Books, razors and knives- 5.25
Chairs- 2.00
2 Beds- 19.00
Cask ets- 19.30
Saddles and bridles- 9.00
Axes, churn, Barrels, and sundries- 3.25
Iron kettles, pots and buckets- 7.62
Table, pots, pan and sundries- 3.50
Woolwheel and spools- 3.00
Copper Kettle- 13.00
Grain cradle, ? and bags- 3.50
Spinning wheels and reel- 3.50
Sifter, gigs and sundries- 1.00
Bags, salt. gums and sundries- 2.00
Sheep shears and sundries- 3.75
Side saddle - 11.00
Chest- 11.50
Loom and geers- 10.00
2 beds and 2 Coverlets- 17.75
Tight barrel and chaff bag- 17.75
29 Bushels oats- 7.25
9 1/2 Bushels Rye- 3.80
Leather, timothy and flax seed- 4 .00
Buckwheat and sundries- 1.00
Bedstead and cradle- 1.50
Tubs and forkers- 1.00
2 Pocket book and trunk- 1.30
Cash- 18.15
12 Bushels potatoes- 3.00
2 small bells- 3.50
Grain in the ground- 5.00
2 Notes on Jn. McInturff- 89.10
{TOTAL}- $707.15
"Pursuant to an order of the County Court of Shenandoah dated February term 1840 we the subscribers being first duly sworn as the law directs, have appraised the personal property of John Bushong decd into current money as stated in the foregoing inventory. Feby 20 1840."
David McInturff Jr., David Cullers, John McInturff"
At a Court held for the County of Shenandoah on Monday the 7th day of Sept. 1840. This inventory and appraisement of the personal estate of John Bushong decd. was returned examined by the Court and ordered to be recorded."
TesteP. Williams CSC
Shenandoah County Virginia Will Book V Pages 274-279 Account of Estate Sale of John Bushong , decd.7 September 1840 Account of Sale of the Personal Property belonging to the estate of John Bushong deceaced

Isaac Coverstone - Axe heloes .02
Isaac Funk - Axe heloes .06
Sila s Munch - Rocking Cradle .06
Jonas Lichliter - Basket and lumber .19
Widow - Firkin .31
Michael Fogle - Bee Gum .17
Jacob Bushong - Gum and Salt .45
Adam Lichliter - Quilt wheel .25
Wido w - Reel .80
Widow - Flax wheel 1.95
Isaac Coverstone - Wool wheel 2.05
Michael Fogle - Barrel and buckwheat .66
Daniel Cullers - Gum and Leather .50
Isaac Coverstone - Gum and Leather . 12 1/2
Jacob Bushong - Meat tub 1.12
Adam Peters - Gum and casts .15
Adam Peters - Gum and lumber .03
Isaac Coverstone - Fight barrel .17
Isaac Coverstone - Meat tub .35
David Cullers - Chopping block .04
Henry Cullers - Tub and dipper .10
William Bushong - Stove plates .31
Jacob Bushong - Basket and casts .17
Jacob Bushong - Mattock .17
Jacob Bushong - Hoes .29
William Boyer - Axes .17
Isaac Coverstone - Axe .99
Henry Ridenour - Harness leather 1.57
Daniel Sibert - Coffee pot and spools 1.58
Susan Bushong - Basket and spools 1.51
William Boyer - Iron and Iron wedge 1.21
William Boyer - Hammer and trowel 1.12
Isaac Coverstone - Side Saddle 1.10
Daniel Strickler - Bridle 1.25
Jonas Lichliter - Bridle 1.28
Isaac Coverstone - Saddle 5.90
William Bushong - Shovel and basket .95
John Kneisly - Mowing scythe .69
Jacob Bushong - Lot of bags .11
Jacob Bushong - Lot of bags .42
Isaac Coverstone - Lot of bags .64
Reuben Clem - Bell .15
John Smith - Bell and apron .47
Jacob Bushong - Shoemaker tools .77
Isaac Coverstone - Hand saw .10
Michael Fogle - Hand saw 1.19
Charles W. Lovell - Coarse hatchet 2.00
Charles W. Lovell - Fine hatchet 2.40
Solomon Veach - Sole leather 1.50
Michael Fogle - Drawing knife and auger 1.07
John McInturff - Drawing knife and auger .50
Isaac Coverstone - Jug .20
Isaac Coverstone - Pitcher and Jar .33
Solomon McInturff - Hammer and anvil .35
Jacob Bushong - Candle mould .22
Charles W. Lovell - Half bushel .75
George Bowman - Steelyard 1.50
David Kneisley - Water pot .08
Adam Peter - 2 chairs .39
Jacob Bushong - Gears .05
William Boyer - Rifle and shot pouch 8.25
Abraham Kneisley - Lures .25
David Cullers - Sheet .97
Eliza O Ferrel - Sheet 1.00
Eliza O Ferrel - Sheet 1.11
Jacob Bushong - Sheet .24
Michael Fogle - Sheet .25
Jacob Bushong - Sheet .32
Michael Fogle - Trunk .75
David Kneisley bee No. 1 2.81
David Kneisley bee No . 2 3.00
Silas Munch - Trundle bedstead . 26
Isaac Coverstone - Bedstead .23
John Ridenour - grain cradle 2.25
Widow - Side saddle 6.10
Solomon McInturff - Wagon 50.00
Jacob Bushong 25 Bushels corn @ .42 10.50
Isaac Coverstone - Log chain 2.00
Isaac Coverstone - Log sled and stretcher .18
Isaac Cover stone - Stretcher chains .55
Daniel Cullers - 2 shovel ploughs .37
David McInturff - McCormick plow 3.55
William Bushong - McCormick plow 2.50
Henry Cullers - Hay ladders .05
Jacob Bushong - Horse gears 4.00
Isaac Coverstone - Horse gears 5.00
Isaac Coverstone - Horse gears 5.00
Jacob Bushong - Horse gears 5.99
Jacob Bushong - Fraces and backband .12
Isaac Coverstone - Rake and fork .11
William Bushong - Fork and shovel .58
William Bushong - Fork and rakes .25
David Kneisley - Fork and rakes .10
Jacob Bushong - Forks and broom .17
William Bushong - Halter chains .30
Jacob Bushong - Fodder house 1.25
David McInturff - Short straw 1.75
Isaac Coverstone - 75 bundles of straw 2.20
Jacob Bushong - Hay in mow 9.99
Jacob Bushong - Sec ond crop of hay 1.99
Isaac Coverstone - Corn fodder .10
Daniel Strickler - Gray horse (Charley) 81.00
Jacob Bushong - Gray colt 41.00
William Bushong - Gray horse (Rock) 45.00
Michael Fogle - Five first choice sheep 10.80
Jacob Bushong - Five second choice sheep 7.95
Jacob Bushong - Five third choice sheep 7.50
Henry Cullers - 7 last choice sheep 8.45
Jacob Burner - spotted heifer 6.25
Jacob Bushong - Black heifer 7.40
George Rye - Brindle cow - 8.75
Widow - Cow and calf14.50
Jacob Bushong - 9 1/2 Rye @ .50 4.75
Daniel Lichliter - 29 oats @ 27 7.83
John McInturff - Box old iron .35
Henry Cullers - 3 scythes .30
William Bushong - Basket and Iron .17
William Bushong - Grind stone .80
Solomon Veach - Raw hide 2.20
William Bushong - Blacksmith's tools 10.00
William Bushong - Coal .15
Philip Kibler - 1 Hog 3.70
Henry Lichliter - 1 Hog 3.90
Jacob Bushong - 3 pigs 3.05
Jacob Bushong - 2 pigs 6.05
William Boyer - 2 pigs 5.80
Isaac Coverstone - 2 pigs 5.07
Isaac Coverstone - 6 bushel potatoes 1.32
Solomon Veach - 6 bushel potatoes 1.20
Widow - Iron Kettle 1.20
George Bowman - Copper kettle 10.00
Jacob Bushong - Iron kettle 1.25
George Bowman - Chest .25
Susan Bushong - Loom 9.25
Susan Bushong - Rake and temples .50
Susan Bushong - Reed and gears .51
Susan Bushong - Reed and gears 1. 40
Susan Bushong - Reed and gears .51
Susan Bushong - Reed and gears 1.95
Solomon McInturff - Brushes .35
Susan Bushong - Basket and shuttles .27
Isaac Coverstone - Quilt .15
Isaac Co verstone - Coverlet .50
Michael Fogle - 1 Bed 5.50
Michael Funk - Looking glass .12
Charles W . Lovell - rocking chair .29
Jacob Bushong - 1 Bed 12.99
Jacob Bushong - Stove and pipe 15.75
David Kneisley - Yankee clock 12.00
Isaac Coverstone - Corner Cupboard 9.99
Isaac Coverstone - Table 1.00
Widow - 1 Bed 5.00
Widow - 1 Bed 6.00
Widow - Chest 2.30
Widow - plates and bowl .68
Widow - Cups and saucers .23
Widow - Tumblers .12 1/2
Isaac Coverstone - Cups and saucers .62
Michael Barr - Tea pot .01
Isaac Coverstone - Cups and saucers .10
Adam Peters - Spoons .30
Widow - Tumblers .12 1/2
Widow - Tea pot .12 1/2
Michael Fogle - 2 Tea cannisters .11
Widow - Basket .03
Widow - Basket .30
Abraham Kneisley - Knives and forks .25
Widow - Knives and forks .23
Isaac Coverstone - Pewter plates .05
Abraham Kneisley - Books .15
George Bowman - 2 Books .76
George Bowman - 2 Books .16
Tobias Clem - Testament .25
George Bowman - Hymn Book .25
Frederick MCInturff - BIBLE 3.75
Isaac Coverstone - Knives 1.00
Widow - Plates .12
Widow - Carpets 2.20
Susan Bushong - Warping bars and rack .61
Widow - Churn .50
Adam Peters - 2 glass bottles .22
Widow - 2 Chairs .34
Widow - 2 Chairs .37
Widow - 2 Chairs .50
George Bowman - Rocking chair .06
Widow - Table .03
Widow - Meal sifter .34
Widow - Frying pan .12 1/2
Widow - Dutch oven .30
George Bowman - Fire bucket .06 1/4
Widow - Shovel and tongs .27
Abraham Kneisley - Flat iron .30
Adam Peter s - Bread basket .78
Widow - Bread basket 1.00
John Lichliter - Iron pot .17
Adam Peters - Bread baskets .?
Widow - Grid Iron .89
John Lichliter - Iron pot .17
Michael Fogle - Sheep shears .12 1/2
Daniel Cullers - Sheep shears .26
Widow - Coffee mill .03
Reuben Burner - Cotton cards .12 1/2
Daniel Cullers - Ladle .06
Adam Peters - Pudding stuffer .16
Adam Peters - Fire bucket .23
Widow - Cedar bucket .57
Widow - Wash bowl .13
Widow - Barrel .01
Adam Lichliter - Coffee mill .02
Widow - Tea cups .03
Widow - Tea kettle .16
Jacob Bushong - Iron Pot .19
Widow - Dutch oven .56
Widow - Iron pot .57
Widow - Coffee pot .13
Widow - pot racks .12 1/2
Isaac Coverstone - Hemp tow .90
Jacob Bushong - 2 Bags .70
Widow - Wash tub .22
Widow - Firkin .06
Widow - Crout tubs .22
Widow - Flax 1.32
Widow - Crocks .25
Widow - Crocks .25
Widow - Vinegar barrel .06
Abraham Kneisley - Flax brake, flap and chain 1.45
George Bowman - 2 Pocket books and trunk .40
Isaac Coverstone - Saddle .02
Widow - Tray .03
Widow - Tray .12 1/2
George Bowman - Casket ? .17
William Bushong - Tar can .10
Widow - ? yarn .21

Total: $611.44
George Bowman, Administrator of John Bushong decd.
At a Court held for the County of Shenandoah on Monday the 7th day of Sept 1840
This inventory of sales of the personal estate of John Bushong decd. was returned, examined by the Court and ordered to be recorded.
Teste P. W. Williams CSCEND OF ACCOUNT OF SALE OF PERSONAL ESTATE OF JOHN BUSHONG, DECD.
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