====== Estate Inventory of Joseph Norman, SC, 18 Jan 1765 ======

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A True Inventory of all the Goods and Chattles ''[sic]'' belonging to the Estate of **Joseph Norman** Deceased Apprais'd the Eighteenth of January 1765 ''[18 Jan 1765]''.

^                                                    ^     ''[£]'' ^  ''[s]'' ^  ''[d]'' ^
| 1 Large Oval Table £5 1 Small Do. 30/                          |       6 |   10 |   -- |
| 1 Small squar ''[sic]'' Do. 10/ 1 Square Ditto 5/              |      -- |   15 |   -- |
| 1 Cot frame bed and Quilt £3 20 Chairs £8                      |      11 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Bedstead mattrass ''[sic]'' 2 Blankets Bolster\\ and 2 Pillow Cases 1 Pr Sheets & Curtains                            |      30 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Bed & furniture                                              |      10 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Bed and furniture &c                                         |      35 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Small Case £3 1 Large Do. £5                                 |       8 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Desk 50/ 1 Chest 15/ a Box 2/6                               |       3 |    7 |    6 |
| 1 Broken Gun Bayonett &c                                       |       5 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Gun and Coutraments &c                                       |       5 |   -- |   -- |
| 2 Old Guns Cutlash and Cartouch ''[sic]'' Box                  |       1 |   -- |   -- |
| 11 Wedges 70/ a Lott Shoemakers Tools 20/                      |       4 |   10 |   -- |
| 1 Lott Carpenters Ditto                                        |       5 |   -- |   -- |
| 4 Sett mall rings 20/ 1 Lott Axes 60/                          |       4 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Ditto Old Iron 20/ 1 Do. Old Brass 15/                       |       1 |   15 |   -- |
| 1 Lott Coopers Tools 60/ 1 parcel old hoes 40/                 |       5 |   -- |   -- |
| 4 Iron potts 90/ 1 X Cut saw 60/                               |       7 |   10 |   -- |
| 2 pitt Saws 20/ 1 Lott of Books 30/                            |       2 |   10 |   -- |
| 2 Pr Iron Dogs £6 2 pair Iron tongs 15/                        |       6 |   15 |   -- |
| 1 Tea Kettle & Trivet 20/ 3 Sad Irons 20/                      |       2 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Spit and Frying pan 30/ 1 Case pistoles ''[sic]'' £5         |       6 |   10 |   -- |
| 1 Old Do. 15/ 1 Lott of Crocary ''[sic]'' ware & servers       |       3 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Ditto Knives and forks                                       |       1 |    5 |   -- |
| 1 Do. pewter Spoons 25/ 2 Pr Gold Buttons @ £6                 |       7 |    5 |   -- |
| 1 Pr Silver shoe Buckles & Stock Do.                           |       4 |   -- |   -- |
| 5 Silver spoons £4 1 Silver Watch £25                          |      29 |   -- |   -- |
| 10 Old Pewter Plates and one dish                              |       1 |   -- |   -- |
| 4 Tin pans £2 6 pewter plates, 1 Dish £2                       |       4 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Lott old Bottles 10/ 4 Cannisters ''[sic]'' & sugar Box 10/  |       1 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Pr Spectacles 5/ 3 Raisors ''[sic]'' & hone &c £2            |       2 |    5 |   -- |
| 9 Juggs £6 3 fatt Potts 20/ 2 Chamber pott 5/                  |       7 |    5 |   -- |
| 1 Lott woollen ''[sic]'' wearing apparel                       |      50 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Do. Old Ditto 30/ Old Linen Ditto £12                        |      13 |   10 |   -- |
| 1 Lott Table Linen 30/ 12 Rice hooks 30/                       |       3 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Feather bed £5 1 Mattrass 10/                                |       5 |   10 |   -- |
| A parcel of wool 40/ 5 Old Boxes 5                             |       2 |    5 |   -- |
| 3 pair shoes 40/ 1 Cloak £5 1 pair stocking 7/6                |       7 |    7 |    6 |
| 3 hats 35/ 1 warming pan 10/ tobaco ''[sic]'' knife 2/6        |       2 |    7 |    6 |
| 2 Sadles ''[sic]'' and howsing                                 |      10 |   10 |   -- |
| 1 Chest 30/ 17 Yds Irish Linen @ 15/ Pr Yd                     |      14 |    5 |   -- |
| 24 Yds Osnabrigs @ £5 1 Stone mill £5                          |      10 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Pr Rice Sives 30/ 1 half Bushel 10/                          |       2 |   -- |   -- |
| A part of Rice unsold                                          |     660 |   -- |   -- |
| A parcel potatoes 30/ Crop of pease £10                        |      11 |   10 |   -- |
| A Crop of Corn                                                 |     108 |   15 |   -- |
| 1 Conk ''[sic: Conch]'' Shell 5/ To a stock hogs £66           |      66 |    5 |   -- |
| Horse, Rainbow £2 Buck £30 Cradle £12                          |      44 |   -- |   -- |
| Sparrow £12 merrigold £10 sprightly £10                        |      32 |   -- |   -- |
| Strawberry £6 3 head Young Do. £13                             |      19 |   -- |   -- |
| Riding horse Roman                                             |      30 |   -- |   -- |
| 17 head Sheep @50/ Pr head                                     |      42 |   10 |   -- |
| 1 Pr Stiliards £3 1 Horse Cart £3                              |       6 |   -- |   -- |
| 1 Ox Cart Yoks ''[sic]'' and Chains                            |      20 |   -- |   -- |
| 17 head working Oxen @ £14 Pr head                             |     238 |   -- |   -- |
| 54 head Cattle £4..10 Pr head                                  |     243 |   -- |   -- |
| 12 Bee hives £6 1 Comb & Glass 20/                             |       6 |   10 |   -- |
| Negroe Men **Harry**                                               |     400 |   -- |   -- |
| **Samson** £250 **Jack** £300 **Frank** £280                               |     830 |   -- |   -- |
| **Jemmy** £350                                                     |     350 |   -- |   -- |
| Wenches & Children, **Phillis** & her Child **Cate**                   |     300 |   -- |   -- |
| **Flora** and her Child **Creasher**                                   |     320 |   -- |   -- |
| **Bella** and Child **Patty**                                          |     250 |   -- |   -- |
| **Dinah** £300 **Old flora** £120                                      |     420 |   -- |   -- |
| **Fryall** £200 **Mall** £120                                          |     380 |   -- |   -- |
| **John** mend streight ''[sic]''                                   |     220 |   -- |   -- |
| **Doll** £150 **Jane** £130 **Prince** £100                                |     380 |   -- |   -- |
| **Sam** £80 **Plymouth** £60                                           |     140 |   -- |   -- |
^                                          ''[Total:]''[(note1)] ^  £ 5860 ^    2 ^    6 ^

To Cash £38.15

By us\\
**Francis Lamon**.\\
**Jonathan Bacon**.\\
**John Gelzer**.

The Appraisement of the Two Negroes belonging to the Estate of **Joseph Norman** Deceas'd Omitted in the appraisement Already returned.\\
**Simon** Two hundred and Ten pounds ''[£210]''\\
**Sharper** Two hundred and Fifty pounds ''[£250]''

**Francis Lamon**.\\
**Jonathan Bacon**.\\
**John Gelzer**.[(note2)]

[(note1>The given total is incorrect. It should be 15 shillings less (i.e., **£5859-7-6d**).)]
[(note2>"Gelzer" is likely an incorrect transcription of "Boyd". John Boyd is likely the father-in-law of Joseph Norman's son, William.)]

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===== Source =====

  * South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Microfilm ST0486. Inventories of Estates (WPA transcripts). Series S213215, Volume 88A, Pages 187–188.

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