INVENTORY
&
APPRAISEMENT
ESTATE OF JOHN GEORGE SMITHPETER
Compiled by: Brenda Helen Keck Reed,
7th great-grandaughter of Johann George Schmidpeter
(John George Smithpeter)
Charleston PRV, Vol V, pp 71-72, 7 November 1761
South Carolina the Inventory & Appraisement of the Goods & Chattels of John George SmithPeter Late of this Province decd' may by the underwritten Sworn Appraisers by Appointment of his Honor William Bull Esq. Lieut. Governor & Commander in Chief of this Province, hereunto _____ & Shown pruduced by Catharine Smithpeter Administratrix of the Estate of the said Deceased Vis/
One Gray Horse worth 
35 pounds
35 pounds Two brown ditto @ 25 50
50 One Yellow Bay ditto 20 & Mare 15 50
50Thirty Six head of Cattle @ 15 per head 180
Twelve Hogs at 2 per head 24
24One Waggon with Tacklings 80
80One Negro Girl 180, One plough 188
188Three Hoes and two grubbing hoes 3
3One Spade, three old axes and a broad ax 1 17 6
Four Iron Chizels, one grindstone 1 15
1 15One old Iron Pott, Three ____2 15
2 15One copper kettle 1
1Two Saddles old, one old Peper mill 3 10
3 10One Tea kettle, one pewter dish 2 10
2 10Two kettle, three large Pewter plates 5 10
One dozen Plates, one Pewtern Tankard 6
One fring pan, one Iron Tongs, a hammer,
& one ____ 2
2One Inch Auger, one Gouge and 25 files1 10
1 10One Brass kettle, Some Shoe Leather 1 10
1 10One Tea pot, Two Chairs, one ____ bag 3 10
One ditto,, one Butter Churn, Two pails 7
One Little pan, one Book of Sermons
German Tongue 3 5
3 5One Little Bible 30, one Dutch Psalm book 2 10
An English Grammer, one English New
Testament 1
1Two Catechisms 7
7 -------------------(current money) 636 12 6We do Certify the within & above to be a Just & due Appraisement of the Goods & Chattels of John George Smithpeter amounting in the whole to the Sun of Six hundred and Thirty Six pounds, Twelve Shillings, & Six pence current money.
Given under our hands this Seventh Day of November 1761
Signed in presence
Stephen Corelly
George Shram
Peter Erhard
Christian Leibrand
