Estate records of John Cook, father of Jesse Cook
The State of Ohio, Highland county: On this 1st day of October 1825,
Amos Evans, Wm Manker & Robert Rogers, appraisers of the estate of JOHN
COOK, deceased, late of Liberty Township in said county, personally
appeared before me, Joseph Woodrow, a J. of P. in and for said co. and
were duly sworn according to law, will and truly to appraise all the
goods and chattels of the estate of the said JOHN COOK deceased, which
shall be presented to them for appraisement. Given under my hand and
seal the day and year above written.
Joseph Woodrow, J.P.
A true and correct inventory of the goods and chattels of JOHN COOK,
late of Liberty twp in Highland co., deceased, presented to ups the
undersigned appraisers of said estate, by BRADLEY COOK, administrator of
said estate this 1st day of Oct 1825.
To wit:
one horse 25.00
one two year old bull 3.50
one yearling bull 2.00
one calf .75
one cow brindle color 6.50
one cow, brindle color, 8 yrs old 7.50
one young cow 6.50
one oat stack 6.25
one set of gears 2.50
one set of gears 1.50
two hogsheads and one barrel 1.00
one coting box knife and hangings 1.50
one set of harrow hoes .75
old plow irons .40
one plow 6.00
one log chain 1.25
one belles vice and smith tools 10.00
one broad axe .75
one hand saw 1.50
old waggon tire and bands 3.00
three plains .75
one lot of old iron 1.00
sundry shop tools 1.50
three augers, drawing knife and 1.50
_____iron
one pair steelyards 1.00
one axe 1.25
one weeding hoe and grubbing hoe .50
four bee stands 4.00
one single tree .50
one saddle 2.00
one rifle gun and shot pouch 5.00
one hackle .75
one smoothing iron .37 1/2
six chairs 2.00
one slate .18 3/4
one lantern .25
one pair sheep shears .25
one pair pincers & two awls .25
cupboard ware 2.00
one cupboard 6.00
two jugs .25
one pair cotton cards .50
one bureau 6.00
one fallleaf table 3.00
one bed & bedding 6.00
one bed stead & bedding 5.50
two barrels .18 3/4
one chair frame .18 3/4
one small pot .50
one skillet .25
one teakettle .75
shovel & tongs .75
four ten gallon kettles 6.00
one table .50
one loom, three reeds & gears 3.50
one wheat siev 1.00
Due to the estate by BRADLEY 13.00
COOK
one shear in a crosscut saw 1.00
one pair dog irons .50
whole amount 169.58 3/4
Amos Evans, Win. Manker, Robert Rogers, appraisers.
BRADLEY COOK one plow shear & ____ cutter .37 1/2
John Ferguson one box of lumber .12 1/2
BRADLEY COOK one hand saw .75
BRADLEY COOK one drawing knife .31 1/4
John Foster one lathe ___ ___ .56 1/4
Robert Rogers 1 broad ax .75
BRADLEY COOK 1 six quaarter augur .75
John Hamilton 2 shisels, gauge & rounding knife .50
John Foster 1 gauge chisel & saw .25
Jonathan Sanders 1 jack plain & jointer .16 1/4
BRADLEY COOK 2 tire for two wheels 2.12 1/2
Jonathan Sanders one log chain 1.98 3/4
Shadrack Stafford __?bee hives, and ____ 1.00
John Ellison 1 hickory bed stead 1.06 1/4
Shadrack Stafford one vice 4.50
John Bevan one bellows hammer and tongs 3.00
John Ferguson one bee stand ___ .50
Thomas McCay 1 bed stead, __ __ 1.18 3/4
John Ferguson 1 bu_ _ 4.12 1/2
Thomas McCay 1 black bull 2.20
BRADLEY COOK 1 oats stack 3.06 1/4
BRADLEY COOK 1 sprowting bar .50
BRADLEY COOK one ____ chair .25
BRADLEY COOK one man saddle 2.75
BRADLEY COOK one cutting box and knife .56 1/4
BRADLEY COOK one barrel .16 1/4
BRADLEY COOK tubs .18 3/4
John Foster one frow .25
Widow COOK one cow 7.00
BRADLEY COOK one large cow 6.93 3/4
John Hamilton one small cow 7.25
BRADLEY COOK one ax 1.06 1/4
Nicholas Swadley one ten gallon kettle 1.50
BRADLEY COOK one grindstone .75
Robert Rogers one hammer .07 1/4
BRADLEY COOK one lantern .06 1/4
BRADLEY COOK one slate .25
widow COOK one cupboard 3.00
widow COOK one falling leaf table 1.37 1/2
HARRIET COOK one bed & furniture 3.31 1/4
THOMAS COOK one bed & furniture 5.56 1/4
Widow COOK 7 chairs 1.12 1/2
HARRIET COOK 1 sheller .25
BRADLEY COOK 1 pair of dog irons .62 1/2
THOMAS COOK 1 teakettle .31 1/4
THOMAS COOK 1 small pot .31 1/4
BRADLEY COOK shovel & tongs .43 3/4
BRADLEY COOK 1 iron hook .12 1/2
BRADLEY COOK 1 pair of g__ & b_____ 2.64 1/2
Joseph Morrow 1 pair of g ___ & b ___ 2.20
BRADLEY COOK 1 hoe harrow .31
Daniel McCay 1 ten gallon kettle 2.06 1/4
BRADLEY COOK 1 box shear plow 5.37 1/2
Samuel Hunt 1 small bull .78
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57.25 3/4
money paid out
two dollars
two dollars and half
seventy five cents
two dollars
John ?Hanson:
det to four bushels and a half _._
corn to 67 pounds of beef at___ _._
two bushels of meal 2.00
two bushels of corn 2.00
two days plowing _._
one half days plowing 5.00
sixteen pounds of salt 5.00
one half days plowing 5.00