Additional Inventory and Account of Sale of the Estate of Henry
R. Dusenbery: Electronic Edition.
Author: Dusenbery, James Lawrence and Stimson, J. P.
Editor: Erika Lindemann
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Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2011
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Collection: Davidson County Estates, 1817–1948
(CR.032.508.47), The North Carolina State Archives
Title: Additional Inventory and Account of Sale of the
Estate of Henry R. Dusenbery
Author: James Lawrence Dusenbery and J. P. Stimson
Extent: 2 pages, 2 page images
Published: 1856
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August Term 1856
[1]
Addition Inventory and
Account of Sale of
the Estate of Henry R.
Dusenberry
[2] Decd
By
Jas L.
Dusenberry & J. P.
Stimson Exrs.
| To | Tanyard & Lot $680.00 33 ¾ Cords Tan Bark $35.43 | 715 | 43 |
| " | Lot of Steels $1.51 1 Currying knife $1.55 | 3 | 06 |
| " | 1 Currying knife $2.45 1 Lot of Rubbing Stones $1.90 | 4 | 35 |
| " | 1 Lot of Tools $1.10 1 Glass Set 06¢ | 1 | 16 |
| " | 1 Currying knife 55¢ 1 Do [3] $1.50 1 Stove $4.25 | 6 | 30 |
| " | 1 Dry Hide 6 ¼¢ 1 Curriers Beam 26 ¢ 1 Do 12 ½¢ | " | 44 ¾ |
| " | 1 Scouring Stone 30¢ 1 Curriers Beam 06 ¼¢ | " | 36 ¼ |
| " | 2 Blades pr pair 46¢ 92¢ 1 vat unfinished Leather $35.84 | 36 | 76 |
| " | 1 Blacking Bucket & brush 6 ¼¢ 2 Fleshing knives $3.40 | 3 | 46¼ |
| " | 2 Do $1.00 1 Old Stove 40¢ 1 Lot leather apron 50¢ | 1 | 90 |
| " | 2 Lime Hooks 4¢ 2 Brushes 05¢ 1 Wheel Barrow $2.32 | 2 | 41 |
| " | 1 Shovel 95¢ 1 fork & Skimmer 32 ¼¢ | 1 | 27 ¼ |
| " | 1 Pump & 2 Bark Boxes 53¢ Lot Tools & Desk 57¢ | 1 | 10 |
| " | 4 Oil Cans $1.20 1 Lot of Aprons 45¢ | 1 | 65 |
| " | 1 Vat unfinished Leather $57.60- 9 Sheep Skins 72¢ | 58 | 32 |
| " | 10 Calf skins $5.00 1 Vat unfinished Leather $44.44 | 49 | 44 |
| " | 1 Vat Do $51.84 1 Vat Do $65.28 1 Vat Do $60.06 | 177 | 18 |
| " | 1 Vat Do $62.00 1 Vat Do $50.00 1 Vat Do $53. 81 | 165 | 81 |
| " | 100 lbs Sole Leather $20.00 100 lbs Do $21.00 -200 lbs Do $39.00 | 80 | 00 |
| " | 42 Sheep skins $6.93 2 hand hammers $3.00 | 9 | 93 |
| " | 1 hand hammer $1.00 1 Spalding [4] $2.00 | 3 | 00 |
| " | 10 ¼ lbs Steel $2.05 1 Cast Pack Saddle &c $15.00 | 17 | 05 |
| 32 ½ lbs Steel $6.50 Old Tom Horse $20.00 | 26 | 50 | |
| 50 Bushels Wheat $30.00 15 Bushels Do $9.00 | 39 | 00 | |
| " | Rent of R. R. Shanty $10.00 Jude Mare $18.00 | 28 | 00 |
| " | Cooking Stove $25.00 McCrary Mare $77.00 | 102 | 00 |
| " | Mike Horse $39.00 Grey Mare $72.00 | 111 | 00 |
| " | Bill Horse $90.00 John Horse $55.00 | 145 | 00 |
| 2 ½ Bu Lime $1.87½ R. R. Cart & gears $15.00 | 16 | 87 ½ | |
| " | 1 Set double Gears $19.00 1 Cow and Calf $15.00 | 34 | 00 |
| " | Patent Balance $5.00 House rent, horse hire &c $87.93 | 92 | 93 |
| " | Hawling $35.00 Beef Butchered & sold $44.04 | 79 | 04 |
| " | Hides sold $20.29 One Keg Powder $4.00 | 24 | 29 |
| $2039 | 03 |
August Term 1856
| Amount brought over | $2039 | 03 |
| Rent of [5] Black Smith Shop $30.00 | 30 | 00 |
| amt unfinished Leather in Vats at the time of my fathers death worked out & retailed at full Prices | 1958 | 26 |
| 1 Cart $3 3 Forks 30¢ 2 Spades 30¢ 4 forks 60¢ | 4 | 20 |
| 2 Shovels 20¢ 2 Mattocks 30¢ 1 Crobar 25- 1 Harrow $1.50 | 2 | 25 |
| 1 Two horse plough 25¢ 1 Do 65¢ 1 Do $1.05 1 lot old plough, 05¢ | 2 | 00 |
| 1 Sythe 25¢ 1 Do 40¢ 1 Sythe & Cradle $1.00 1 Do $1.00 | 2 | 65 |
| 1 Sythe & Cradle $1.00 1 Do 75¢ 1 Do 75 1 Do 10¢ | 2 | 60 |
| 1 Cotton Basket 45¢ Box & Contents 10¢ 3 Cotton Harrows 40¢ | 95 | |
| 2 Cotton Do 40¢ 1 Do 20¢ 1 Corn Sheller $7.25 | 7 | 85 |
| 1 Loom .75¢ 1 Lot of Double & single Trees 10¢ | " | 85 |
| Lot of Old Iron 12¢ 1 Cross Cut Saw $1.16 1 old Sythe 05 | 1 | 33 |
| 6 old axes 94¢ Steelyards & old Plane 10¢ | 1 | 04 |
| 5 Augers & Chisel 50, 1 Foot adds 25, 1 Saw & Broad ax 125 | 2 | 00 |
| 2 Wheel barrows 1.00, 155 lbs Iron $8.52 ½, 1 lot Rakes 10. | 9 | 62½ |
| 2 Ploughs 05, 1 Harrow & log chain 2.00, 1 Do 75, 3 Shovels 07. | 2 | 87 |
| 3 lots Shovels 30, 2 lots Picks &c 95, 1 Harrow 1.55, | 2 | 80 |
| 1 lot hoes & frow 05, 26 lbs Steel $3.64, 4 Harrows $1.60 | 5 | 29 |
| 1 Waggon $16.25, 1 lot old Ploughs 15, 1 lot baskets 05. | 16 | 45 |
| 1 Fan & Straw Cutter $8.00, 1 Cutting Box 25, 1 Cart & Harness $9.25 | 17 | 50 |
| 1 Do Do $8.00, 1 Do Do $5.50, 1 Do Do $6.75, 1 Do Do $6.50 | 26 | 75 |
| 1 Buggy $35.00, 1 Do $15.25, 1 Hammer 13. | 50 | 38 |
| Bridle, Coller & Gears 56, Bridle & Collars 37 ½ | " | 93½ |
| Gears 50, 16 Sheep 75¢ $12.00 1 Mare Kit $40.00 | 52 | 50 |
| Horse Bob $15.75 Do Dave $45.00 Do Pete $53.00 | 113 | 75 |
| Do Duncan $10.00, Black Smith tools $22.85, 1 Grind Stone 25. | 33 | 10 |
| 1855 April 3 one tract Land 50 acres $365.00 1 Do Do 100 acres $501.50 | 866 | 50 |
| Old Military Grant. | 100 | 00 |
| Receipts from N. C. R. R Co for work done by us on Section 48 | 7781 | 30 |
| Five per cent on three thousand dollars of Stock taken by H. R. Dusenberry Decd. Paid by him and refunded on Settlement to his executors | 150 | 00 |
| $13,284 | 75 |
Notes
1. The document is housed in the Davidson County Estates Records, North Carolina State Archives. It appears on pages 494 and 495 of a ledger in a two-page spread.
2. Dusenbery died on August 11, 1852. Executors of his estate were his son James Lawrence Dusenbery and J. P. Stimson, a Lexington, NC, merchant.
3. "Do": ditto; the same.
4. "Spalding": a knife, usually used for splitting fish.
5. "Rent of" written on top of unrecovered characters.
