Title

Dippell, Henry - Order of appraisal for the estate of Henry Dippell, deceased, including appraisal information

Creator

Chancery Court of Adams County

Contributor(s)

Henry Dippell

Files

Description

Includes enslaved women Sarah and Amy and Amy's child William

Transcription

The State of Mississippi To Samuel Martin Richard Hretwen and A P Cobh This is to authorize you jointly, to appraise the goods, chattles and personal estate of Henry Dippell late of Adams County, deceased; so far as they shall come to your sight and knowledge, each of you having first taken the oath or affirmation hereto annexed; a certificate whereof you are to return, annexed to an inventory of the said goods, chattels and personal estate by you appraised, in dollars and cents–and in the said inventory you are to set down in a column or columns, opposite to each article, the value thereof. Witness H T-? Esquire, Judge of Probate, of the County of Adams, this 24th day of July in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and twenty six Woodson Mew? Re-? WE do solemnly Swear that we will well and truly, without partiality or prejudice, value and appraise, the goods, chattels and personal estate of Henry Dippell deceased, so far as the same shall come to our sight and knowledge, and will, in all respects, perform our duty as appraisers, to the best of our skill and judgment, so help us God. Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 25th July 1826 Samuel Matin Richard [illegible] A.P. Cabler George Newman Probate $- 75-   Page 2 An appraisement of the Goods Chattles and personal Estate of Henry Dippell Late of Adams County decd made this 23th day of July 1826 1 Negro Woman Sarah valued at $400 00 1 Negro woman & child (Amy & William) 500 00 3 head of horses (Mare & 2 colts 150 00 10 head of Cattle (Cows & Calves) @ 8$ each 80 00 5 head of Hogs 8 00 26 stands of Bees @ $3.00 78 00 1 Sideboard 125 00 1 Bureau 40 00 13 W-? Chairs 30 1 Mahogany Dining Table 30 1 Cherry Table 10 1 Pine ditto 1 50 3 Looking Glasses 40 00 2 Fenders 2 Setts Andirons Shovels & Tongs & pair bellows brush 46 00 5 Candle Sticks 11 00 1 4/12 dry Tumblers (1 doz cut glass & 4 plain?) 3 00 11 wine glasses 4 00 5 waiters 8 00 1 Bedstead ^Feather Bed and Bedding 50 00 1 Bedstead 2 matrass and Bedding 75 00 1 Sett of Castors 20 00 1 Tea pot Sugar and cream pot, silver plate 50 00 1 do Silver Table spoons & soup ladle 40 00 1 ,, silver tea spoon 12 00 2 Decanters but glass 2 00 Lot of crocking? ware 16 00 1 doz Table knives & forks 5 00 2 Carpets and hearth rugs 25 00 $1859 50 Carried Over   Page 3 Amt brought forward 1859.50 1 Lot of Kitchen Furniture $20 00 3 hoes 1 spade 1 shovel 1 axe? & garden rake 1 50 1 Grind stone 3 00 1 Hatchet 1 pr compass 2 gunbelts 1 00 1 Handsaw 1 25 2 Demijohns (1 full of honey) 4 00 1 Large crock 1 00 6 Bars of Soap 1 00 1 Bll whisky 28 Gall _ @ 27 cents Gall 7 56 ½ Bll molasses 15. Gll @ 3/? Gll 5 62 ½ ½ Bll Sugar 150 @ 9 cents 13 50 1 Bll flour 4 00 1 auger & 2 bells 50 1 Sett Scale & weights 3 00 1 Sett of Baking Utensils 16 30 00 his wearing apparel 75 00 Lot of Tobacco 1 00 1/3 Keg ground ginger 2 00 1 Silver watch 15 00 1 ShotGun & Powder horn 3 00 1 Saddle (old) Saddle bags 7 00 Amt $2059 43 ½ Samuel Martine [Circled] Seal Richard Fretwell [Circled] Seal A.P. Callum [Circled] Seal   Page 4 John Branch the administrator for the Estate of said Henry Dippell decd [2 illegible] these and sixty-eight Dollars [illegible] in cash belonging to said Estate that he has not found any? debts [illegible] to said Estate. [illegible] To & subscribed before me this 27th July 1826. H. Townsend Judge Pook? John Branch

Approximate Creation Date

1826-07-24

Time Period

1820-1829

Subjects

Slaveholders ; Slavery -- Mississippi ; Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources ; Slaveholders; Legal Documents

Keywords

slavery; enslaved persons; Mississippi; estate files; probate files; Adams County; Henry Dippell; Estate Inventory

Disciplines

African American Studies | Cultural History | United States History

Geographic Location

Adams County (Miss.)

Object Type

Text

Physical Format

Document

Digital Format

TIFF

Physical ID

Henry Dippell Estate File, Box 10, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Digital ID

HNF_Box10_DippellHenry_07251826_c_1_u, HNF_Box10_DippellHenry_07251826_c_2_u, HNF_Box10_DippellHenry_07251826_c_3_u and HNF_Box10_DippellHenry_07251826_c_4_u

Source

Henry Dippell Estate File, Box 10, Probate and Estate Files Collection, Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

Repository

Historic Natchez Foundation

Publisher

Historic Natchez Foundation

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

Rights

Copyright protected by Historic Natchez Foundation. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Recommended Citation

Estate appraisal and inventory, Henry Dippell Probate File, Box 10, Adams County Probate Records, Historic Natchez Foundation

Contact Information

hnf@natchez.org