Button Gwinnett’s Inventory, 1777

Inventory of the Goods and Chattels belonging to the

Estate of the Honble Button Gwinnett Esquire deceased

appraised by us the Subscribers.

Item Unit cost £ s d
8 pair Sheets @ 70/- per pair 28 0 0
4 old Huckabuck Table Cloths @ 20/- 4 0 0
8 old Huckabuck Towels @ 2/6 1 0 0
3 old Damask Table Cloths @ 40/- 6 0 0
3 new super fine Table Cloths @ 100/- 15 0 0
12 new super fine Napkins @ 15/- 9 0 0
5 half worn damask Napkins @ 5/- 1 5 0
Sub Total 64 5 0
2 Pillow Cases @ 5/- 0 10 0
1 old Feather Bed 5 0 0
1 Feather Bed almost new & 2 Bolsters 12 0 0
24 yards Sheeting Linen @ 10/- 12 0 0
1 Teaster, 7 Vallants & a Pavillion 3 0 0
10 old Blankets @10/- 5 0 0
1 Counterpane 0 10 0
Sub Total 38 0 0
1 small Sword 10 0 0
1 large Cutteau 15 0 0
1 pair Pistols and Holsters 8 0 0
1 brass Rifle 5 0 0
Sub Total 38 0 0
2 pint Decanters @ 3/6 0 7 0
2 quart Decanters @ 7/- 0 14 0
1 very large Water Decanter 0 12 6
6 Wine Glasses 6/-. 1 Tumbler 2/- 0 8 0
1 Earthen Coffee Pot 0 5 0
1 Earthen Cups & Saucers 0 6 0
2 small Earthen Basons @ 1/6 0 3 0
2 Milk Pots. 3 Tea Pots & 2 Coffee Cups 0 10 0
2 small Wash Hand Basons @ 3/6 0 7 0
2 Mustard Pots & 2 Glass Candlesticks 0 8 0
3 Sad Irons & a Grate 0 10 0
Sub Total 4 10 6
1 Iron Candlestick. 4 brass Candlesticks }
2 Candle Moulds & 1 pair of Snuffers     } 2 0 0
1 pair Iron Dogs 1 0 0
1 blue and white Stone Pot 0 8 0
Several pieces oznabrigs … 15 yards @ 3/- 2 5 0
1 Tea Chest & Cannisters 0 10 0
1 Lanthorn & 6 Tin Pans 0 15 0
2 Pewter dishes & 4 Plates 0 8 0
14 old Knives and Forks 0 5 0
2 Copper Tea Kettles @ 12/6 1 5 0
2 Iron Pots, 12/- & 20/- 1 12 0
1 Box Castile Soap 2 10 0
1 Gin Case & Bottles 0 10 0
4 Silver Tea Spoons 0 10 0
1 Chest & 2 Old Trunks 1 0 0
Sub Total 14 18 0
Carried Over: 159 13 6
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Brought over: 159 13 6
A Mulatto Wench named Moll 120 0 0
A Negro Girl named Charlotte 60 0 0
A Negro Boy named Stafford 80 0 0
Savannah 6th June 1777.
Wm. Belcher
Negro Fellow Cato 90 0 0
Negro Fellow Will 80 0 0
Negro Fellow John 85 0 0
Negro Fellow Quako 90 0 0
Negro Fellow Frank 80 0 0
Negro Fellow Sam 45 0 0
Negro Fellow Fyon 50 0 0
Negro Fellow Ceasar 85 0 0
Negro Fellow Joe 85 0 0
Negro Fellow Jemmy 75 0 0
Negro Fellow Start 80 0 0
Negro Fellow Ned 50 0 0
Negro Fellow Jack 40 0 0
Negro Fellow Zingo 80 0 0
Negro Fellow Bob 50 0 0
Negro Fellow George 55 0 0
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Negro Fellow Congo 55 0 0
Boy, by name, Captain 60 0 0
Boy, by name,Tuesday 55 0 0
Boy, by name, Daniel 55 0 0
Boy, by name, Job 50 0 0
Boy, by name, Cupit 50 0 0
Boy, by name, Pansau 50 0 0
Boy, by name, Scipio 55 0 0
Boy, by name, Friday 45 0 0
Boy, by name, Jack 55 0 0
Boy, by name, Frank 50 0 0
Boy, by name, Lazarus 45 0 0
Boy, by name, Mingo 50 0 0
Boy, by name, Bijou 40 0 0
Boy, by name, Wednesday 50 0 0
Boy, by name, Paul 50 0 0
Boy, by name, Dick 50 0 0
Boy, by name, Tom 70 0 0
Boy, by name, Prince 50 0 0
Boy, by name, Monday 50 0 0
Mulatto, by name, Jack 30 0 0
Mulatto, by name, Bacon 30 0 0
Wench, Sylvia & two Children 100 0 0
Wench, Bettey & Son 80 0 0
Wench, Lora & Son 75 0 0
Wench, Fortymore & Child 80 0 0
Wench, Celia 65 0 0
Wench, Phillis 50 0 0
Carried Over 3084 13 6
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Brought Over 3084 13 6
Wench, Molley & Child 75 0 0
Wench, Joanna & Child 65 0 0
Wench, Bela 60 0 0
Wench, Cumbo 55 0 0
Wench, Bella 55 0 0
Girl, Fanny 50 0 0
Girl, Caroline 35 0 0
Sub Total 3479 13 6
12 Head of Cattle 25 0 0
50 Head of Sheep @ …. 25/- 62 10 0
Small Stock of Hogs 10 0 0
Horse Chekesaw 15 0 0
Phaeton & a pair of Horses 200 …. 312 0 0
Schooner. Beggar’s (Binonian?)}
(furniture. tackle & guns)          } 250 0 0
A Yawl & Sales 10 0 0
An Old Boat 8 0 0
Sub Total 268 0 0
To 1 Feather Bed. Bolster. etc. 8 0 0
1 Mohogany Bedstead 2 0 0
Part of another Bedstead 1 0 0
1 Couch 0 5 0
1 Warming Pan 0 5 0
Sub Total 11 10 0
1 Mahogany Table 1 10 0
1 Side Table 1 10 0
1 Tea Table 1 0 0
1 Tea Table 0 10 0
1 Large Looking Class 1 5 0
Ladies Dressing Box 1 0 0
1 Old Desk 3 0 0
1 Old Desk 0 15 0
16 Old Pictures 0 16 0
2 large Mahog Elbow Chairs 1 10 0
4 small Mahog Elbow Chairs 1 10 0
5 Old Chairs 0 10 0
2 Gin Cases 0 15 0
Box of Window Glass 3 0 0
A Shade Glass 0 7 6
120 Quart Bottles 1 0 0
Wool 1 10 0
2 Old Chests 0 10 0
1 Large Old Trunk 0 5 0
Crokery Ware 5 0 0
Old Table 0 2 6
Sub Total 26 16 0
1/2 dozen Whip Saws 6 0 0
1 pair Hand Mill Stones 2 0 0
Chest of Carpenter’s Tools 3 0 0
2 pair of Steelyards 1 10 0
4 Wedges 1 0 0
Old Iron 1 0 0
3 Grubing Hoes 0 9 0
1 Sell Nett 2 10 0
Spitt & Turn Spitt Jack 3 0 0
1 Box of Old Iron 0 15 0
Hooper’s Ax 0 6 0
Sub Total 21 10 0
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4121 19 6
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Brought Over 4121 19 6
Jacobs Law Dictionary 2 0 0
2 Family Dictionaries 1 10 0
1 General Dictionary 0 10 0
Blackstone 4 Vols & Appendix 4 0 0
Horseshoing & Husbandry 0 10 0
1 Vol. On Life. Death & Immortality 0 7 0
Thomsons On the Seasons 0 4 0
2 Vol. on Agriculture 0 10 0
2 Bibles. 1 large & 1 smaller 0 17 6
1 Spelling Book. 1/-.  1 English Grammar. 3/- 0 4 0
Jesuits Travells 0 2 0
Junius’s Letters 0 3 0
1 Psalter. 1/- & some Cartridge Paper. 2/- 0 3 0
Sub Total 11 0 6
1 pair Sheets & a Fawnskin Blanket 1 0 0
1 Linnen Cover. 15/-.  2 Pieces Carpet. 4/- 0 19 0
2 Pott Racks. 6/-.  4 Sad Irons & Stand 12/6 0 18 6
1 Spie Glass. 20/-.  1 pair Scales & Weights. 20/- 2 0 0
1 small Medicine Mortar & Pestle 0 5 0
1 Salt Celler & Pepper Box 0 2 0
4 old Cannisters. 2/6.  1 Duck Oven. 7/6 0 10 0
Old Pewter Dishes. Plates. etc. 0 12 0
1 Old Desk. 30/-.  1 Funnell. 5/- 1 15 0
1 small Looking Glass 0 5 0
1 Spice Mortar & Pestle 0 12 0
3 Old Candle Moulds 0 3 0
2 Iron Potts, 18/-.  3 Cooks for Drawg Liquor, 7/6 1 5 6
1 Grid Iron, 5/-.  1 Cooper’s Ax. 5/- 0 10 0
1 Case for Knives & Forks 0 2 0
1 sett neat China Cups & Saucers 0 15 0
1 old Table, 10/-.  2 Frying Pans, 6/- 0 16 0
4 old Whip Saws 4 0 0
1 pair large Scales & Weights 2 0 0
2 Spades, 10/-.  1 House Bell, 5/- 0 15 0
3 pair Door Hinges, £1.  1 Chamber Pott, 3/- 1 3 0
1 box of Tallow … @ 2/- per …
1 box of Soap @2/6 per …
2 Jugs, 12/-.  1 Sugar Craker, 1/- 0 13 0
5 Frows, 20/-.  1 Baking Iron, 3/- 1 3 0
1 Bay Horse 15 0 0
1 Old Grey Horse 5 0 0
Sub Total 42 4 0
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£4,175 4 0
Samuel Salten
James Maxwell
John Elliott