Household Goods with Values 1836

William Lower of Lawrenceville was married to Jane Spencer, daughter of Wm Spencer. The couple were living in Lawrenceville when William became sick. Dr. William G. Anderson visited the household on December 10, 1835, and attended William day and night. The doctor also provided sundry medicines including a vial of quinine and a vial of Nitric.  The bill he presented to William’s estate was $7.00; although it had originally been marked $8.50 with a notation that the doctor had ‘provided written instructions for a sick child.’

 Despite the care, William died December 12, 1835. No burial place has been located. A probate file was found at the Lawrence County courthouse. Judge WM Lean ordered John Fail, Aaron Wells, and Daniel Travis to appraise the goods, chattels and personal estate.

List of the property of William (Lower) Lowery Deceased, January 28, 1836:

One bed and bedding 15.00

One oven and skillet  1.00

One bed and bedding 12.00

One fire shovel .25

One bedding 4.00

One milk strainer .12

One Bureau 5.00

One table .50

One table 3.00

Two barrels and keg 1.00

One Loom 5.00

One crosscut saw 2.00

One clock 10.00

One scythe and sickle 1.00

One spinning wheel 2.00

One reel? 1.00

One pair of breeches and collars 4.00

One lot of dishes 1.50

Two bridles 1.50

One lot of place ware 1.00

Two axes 3.00

One set of knives 1.00

One Bee stand   1.00

One set of bottles .75

One log chain .75

One Bible

One wedge .50

Two volumes of Clark's Books 4.00

Three hoes .25

Three volumes of Wesley's Writings 3.00

One plow two stocks 1.50

Six chairs 1.00

One auger, knife and saw 1.00

One meal Sieve .25

One water bucket.75

One crock .25

One herd of geese 2.75

One bread tray .37

One cow and calf 15.00

One heifer 6.00

Hand tools 1.50

One mare 25.00

Hand irons 1.50

One filly 20.00

One plow  4.00

One kettle 3.00

One froe .50

One square .75

One pair of gears .56 1/4

Total 170.04

Jane then received her part of her dower share in the amount of $117.25 out of the above personal property from the administrator, Algernon S. Badollet. (Observe that everything in the household belonged to William, even the spinning wheel.) The remaining items were sold on March 21, 1836 at the door of JC Riley's store in Lawrenceville.

Buyers/  Items  purchased/  Price paid

A S Badollet One lot of bottles .12 1/2

GG Barton Two volumes of Clark's books 4. 00

John Buchanan Jr Three volumes of Wesley's writings 1.18 3/4

DC Travis One crosscut saw 1.06 1/4

John Cox One scythe and sickle .43 3/4

Lemuel Lower One pair of gears .56 1/4

Lemuel Lower Two pair of breeching and collar 2.62 1/2

John Buchanan Sr Two bridles 2.00

A S Badollet One ax .50

John Cox One log chain 1.87 1/2

A S Badollet One iron wedge .50

William Murphy Three hoes .06 1/4

R Marney One plow and stock 3.06 1/4

DD Marney One auger, drawing knife and saw .56 1/4

John Cox One plow 5.06 1/4

A S Badollet One froe .50

J Robinson One square .56 1/4

Bazil Evans One Mare 20.00

William Murphy One shoe bench and tools .561/4

Total 45.25