The Genealogy of Walter Gilbert

Estate Appraisal of Peter DeMoss

The following inventory and appraisal of the estate of Peter DeMoss was taken from the Complete Probate 1826-1845 of Hendricks County, Indiana, Vol. 1, pp. 26-34.

1 Sorrel Mare       appraised to $65.00cts.
1 Sorrel Colt 25.00.
1 Red Cow 7.00.
8 head of Sheep 9.00.
1 Red Heifer 5.50.
1 Bull Calf 2.00.
1 felling Axe 2.00.
1 Hackney1 Plough 7.00.
1 Grindstone 75.
1 Box & Sundries 50.
1 Set Doubletree irons2 1.00.
1 Clevis3 18¾.
1 Barshare4 3.00.
1 set cross Hackle5 teeth 25.
1 hayfork 50.
1 Large Clevis3 37½.
1 Stretcher 75.
1 Hoe 1.00.
1 do. 25.
1 Dung fork 1.00.
15 Harrow6 Teeth 3.00.
1 Iron wedge 1.00.
1 Flesh fork 25.
1 Log chain 3.00.
1 Barrel & Sundries 25.
1 Can of Soap 20.
1 Fifteen gallon Kettle 3.00.
1 Saddle 6.00.
1 Kip Skin7 2.25.
9½ct. Sole Leather 3.00.
1 Breakfast Table 4.00.
1 Keg of Vinegar 1.12½.
1 Flax Wheel 3.00.
1 Flax Hackle 2.00.
1 Steelyards 1.15.
1 Set Plough Gard 4.00.
1 Snaffle Bridle 1.00.
1 Barrel of salt 5.00.
1 Set Plough Gears 4.00.
1 Blind Bridle 75.
1 Washing Tub 1.25.
1 Basket 25.
1 bushel 12½.
1 Kettle 1.25.
1 pair hooks 50.
1 Tea Kettle 3.00.
1 Oven & Lid 1.15.
1 Skillet & lid 75.
1 Oven & lid 75.
1 Pot 75.
3 pair Pot hooks 75.
1 Pot trammel 1.00.
1 Bell collar 50.
1 Half bushel 75.
1 Keg 50.
1 Mattock 1.50.
1 Sickle 62½.
2 Bells & 1 collar 1.12½.
1 Hogshead 1.25.
1 Bell 75.
1 Cupboard 12.00.
1 Churn 1.00.
1 Bucket 75.
1 Bed & bedding 12.00.
1 Quilt 3.00.
1 Coverlet 2.50.
1 Quilt 2.50.
1 Meal Sieve 50.
1 Tin Bucket 75.
1 Cheese hoop 37½.
1 Lot Crockery ware 75.
1  do       do       do 56¼.
3 Tin pans 75.
5 Tin cups 31¼.
1 Coffee pot 50.
1     do     do 3¼.
1 Funnel 12½.
1 Trumpet 25.
1 Sausage stuffer 37½.
1 Wooden bowl 37½.
1 Lot Shoe tools 2.50.
1 Ring & Stirrup iron 25.
1 Foot adze 1.00.
1 Hand saw 1.50.
1 Lot of Chisels 1.00.
1 Drawing knife 87¼.
3 Augers 1.12½.
1 Burning Iron 18¾.
1 Whetstone 25.
1 Hone 1.00.
5 knives & 10 forks 1.00.
5 knives & 6 forks 1.00.
Sheep shears 75.
1 Set of Spoons 37½.
3 Delft plates 37½.
1 Set Pewter Plates 2.25.
1 Pewter dish 1.00.
1 pair shears 50.
1 Mug 25.
1 Tea pot 25.
1 Set cups & saucers & cream mug 50.
1 Tumbler 12½.
1 Half gallon bottle 25.
1 Smoothing Iron 75.
1 Tin bucket 75.
1 Book & Map 1.25.
3 volumes Wesley's Sermons 1.50.
1 Volume Dialogue of Devils 37½.
1     do     Frys Poems 37½.
2 Razors 75.
Compass & File 18¾.
2 yards Flannel 1.00.
5¼ yards Linsey 5.00.
1 Set Andirons 3.00.
6 Sacks 2.00.
1 Shovel 50.
1 Chest 2.00.
8 Chairs 2.50.
1 Lamp 75.
1 Waggon Whip 75.
103 bushels Corn 20.62½.
  Quantity of cornhusks 1.00.
6 bushels Turnips 50.
  Part of a Hay Stack 4.62½.
1 Bond on Jacob Corey of the State of Ohio for Six hundred dollars with a penalty of $12.00, payable April 1st 1831, 600.00.
1 Note on Jacob Corey $50.00 due April 1st 1831 50.00.
1 Note on John Demoss, due April 1st 1831, 77.00.
1 Note on Samuel Jessup for $52.00, due Dec. 25th 1830, 53.00.
1 Note on Samuel Reynolds for $25.00, due Sept. 7th 1830. 25.00.
1 Note on Joseph Douglas for $10.38, due 19th Aug. 1830. 10.38.
  David Demoss Dr. To Cash $17.00, 17.00.
  James Demoss Dr. To Cash $100.00, 100.00.
Cash on hand $6.97½.
  Amounting in all to $1249.35½.


  1. hackney plough: horsedrawn plow
  2. doubletree irons: devices for attaching two horses to pull a load
  3. clevis: a U-shaped piece of metal with holes for passing a bolt through to attach one device (e.g., a bar share) with another (e.g., a plow)
  4. bar share: a cross bar to which a horse is attached to each end and the load to the center
  5. hackle: a toothed comb or board for separating flax fibers
  6. harrow: a heavy frame with tines or teeth drawn over plowed ground to break up clods
  7. kip skin: an untanned hide of a young cow or sheep