Colonel John Blair’s Estate Sale Inventory, 1793
The following document was found filed with the estate inventory/sale for Dr. John Blair, who died in 1820. Colonel John Blair died in 1793. Portions of this document were difficult to decipher during transcription.
A List of the Sale of the Estate of Colo John Blear [sic] Decd who died Intestate July 24th [?] 1797
| Purchaser | Dollars/Cents | Item |
| Sarah Blear | 371 0 | Negro Jack [?] |
| do do | 246 50 | Negro Dice |
| James Blear Sr [?] | 327 50 | Negro Molley [?] |
| Sarah Blear | 146 50 | Negro Jim |
| James Blear Jr | 158 0 | Negro Cayse [?] |
| Saml Blear | 20 50 | 1 gray horse |
| Sarah Blear | 69 75 | 1 bay horse |
| Martin Ashtinson [?] | 21 0 | 1 cow calf & bull |
| Sarah Blear | 20 07-1/2 | 1 red cow & calf |
| do do | 20 37-1/2 | 1 white cow & calf |
| Bond Jesse Cheak | 9 0 | 1 bl____ star___ [?] |
| Bond Jesse Cheak | 9 50 | 1 red stear |
| Sarah Blear | 2 12-1/2 | 1 Table |
| do do | 2 51 | Chair [?] |
| do do | 2 1 | Ax [?] |
| do do | 4 26 | 1 Large poth |
| do do | 2 1 | 1 small poth |
| do do | 1 51 | 1 Dutche Oven |
| do do | 0 63 | 1 hoe |
| Ambrose Yancey | 1 0 | 1 Wheel |
| Sarah Blear | 1 70 | 1 Chest |
| do do | 2 52 | pewter [?] |
| Wm Blear | 1 0 | 1 ___ & coffey poth |
| Sarah Blear | 25 1 | 1 Bed furniture & sted |
| do do | 30 1 | |
| do do | 1 51 | 1 plough |
| do do | 1 13 | 1 Looking Glass |
| do do | 0 76 | 1 Sad Iron |
| Martin Ashtinson [?] | 0 51 | Bible |
| Bartley Marshall | 2 65 | Martin’s Justice [?] |
| Jesse James | 0 0 1 | Laws of Riss [?] |
| Sarah Blear | 0 1 4 | Narrows [?] |
| Jesse James | 0 50 | 1 Sow [?] 6 pigs |
| Wm Blear | 3 0 | 1 Sawe [?] |
| Jesse James | 7 0- | C. Stoke [?] |
Transcribed from the original document by Billie McNamara.
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