Dearborn County Inventories Kelso Township page 466 December Term 1855 An inventory and appraisement of the goods, chattles, rights, credits, monies, and effects which were of Stoltz Boltz late of Kelso Township Dearborn County Indiana, deceased, taken and made by Herman Benson, administrator of the estate of said deceased with the assistance of Albert Heuck and John Huber two reputable freeholders of the neighborhood of said deceased and of the township of Kelso who were first duly sworn as appraisers of said property as per affidavit hereto annexed. Description of articles 1 wagon for 1, or 2 horses 20.00 1 black horse 65.00 1 brown horse mare dec'd 5.00 1 buckey 15.00 1 cow 20.00 2 sows 8.00 3 hogs two shutes 10.00 1 wheelbarrow .25 1 pr wagon lanterns .10 garden stuff .15 1 plough to change furrow 1.00 1 No. 3 .50 doubletree, 2 singletrees .75 1 bos of old iron .75 1 size .50 1 hoe, dung fork, spate, dung lugs .40 sledge, pitchfork, hetchel 1.00 ox log chain 1.00 2 pr harness 4.00 1 bed & bedstead 5.00 1 table 1.00 kitchen seive, looking glass 2.50 2 flatirons, meat saw .30 1 saddle .50 1 binge .10 cash 20.95 1 box & tea .25 7 papers cinnamon .20 powder horns, gimlet lead, pencils, wheels .25 medicine, 6 combs, smoking tobacco .35 2 pr shoes 1.50 9 brushes & matches .27 1 hat & bonnet .10 woolen coat .40 16 bu barley 5.60 1 stove, oger & saw 1.25 1 wagon cover .45 1 cooking stove & apparatus 10.00 1 iron kettle, grindstone, grub hoe 1.20 1 krout stand .20 2 chests .50 bedstead, riddle .50 spinning wheel .50 2 tables .35 7 plates .30 tin dish, teapot, sugarbowl .75 4 tin plates, cup, saucers, pitcher, decanters .30 4 plates, 1 tin pan, 4 chairs .60 1 2 gal jug, 1 chest .60 1 gock (jug) .25 1 bedstead & bedding 2.00 1 bedstead 1.00 1 " 1.00 7 lbs feathers 1.75 1 chisel & sefler .15 krout knife .20 2 barrels & vinegar 1.20 1 " whiskey .90 1/6 barrel salt .25 1 barrel 6 gal molasses 1.80 1 " sugar 7.20 7 empty barrels .70 1 cask tobacco 32 lbs 4.48 7 lb tobacco .42 10 lb pepper 1.10 3 lbs alspice .40 4 lb ginger .32 6 lbs saleratus .36 4 1/2 lbs starch .25 2 shawls woolen, 4 linen .35 threets .75 button, tape, pr scissors .15 paper .50 window plints & collert paper .50 2 doz threads .25 tape & stockings, 8 pr gloves .76 7 yds ribbon, needle, silk thread, gimblets 1.50 13 combs & 5 reedmaticks .75 13 yds muslin, 1.5 yds linen 1.00 4 pocket handkerchiefs .20 33 yds calico 2.21 last and hair needles .20 31 yds calico 2.48 22 yds calico 2.20 7 yds calico .56 31 yds calico 3.72 7 yds calico .42 little articles .10 hickory 34 yds 3.06 9.5 yds flannel 2.09 2 yds pantaloon stuff .34 1.75 yds cassnet .80 cups, saucers, plates, teapots, s. bowl .50 bottles, chairs, tumblers, qt. measure 1.50 beer, cane, 2 skillets, salt selar, pepper 1.75 fish tin, pan, pound cook mold, gridle .75 1 pr boots 2.00 8 pr shoes 2.80 2 pr roins .20 2 doz brooms 1.68 50 bags 1.00 3 window papers .10 1 yoke, 3 boxes .30 1 coller, 2 hanges .20 20 bu barley & bags 8.20 60 bu barley in straw 21.00 1 ton clover hay damaged 4.00 1 field of corn in bad order .25 garden stuff .50 fanning mill 2.00 1 boiling tup .25 fowls on both places 1.00 the deceased's clothes 15.00 1 iron harrow 2.00 1 book accounts 60.00 19 yds calico 1.50 5 1/2 yds cassimer 3.75 1 cross cut saw 2.00 knives, forks, spoons .50 1 box contains 27 lbs candles 2.43 19 lights window glass, molasses faucet 1.00 3 kegs & butter sandt 1.00 3 kegs contains nails 3.00 1 gun & pistol 6.00 26 pieces potter ware .52 4 coffee mills .32 1 bridle, reins, 3 gears .25 beeswax,shaving soap,pipestems .10 1 ticking for bed 1.54 1 " " 1.54 2 ticking for pillows 1.40 2 coats 6.00 2 iron wedges, hetchel, poker .35 4 1/2 boxes, mustard, tallow, mops .35 17 pint bottles .34 (probably inventoried August 19th 1852, sale was on September 11, 1852)