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MOOC8 Estate Inventory

MOOC8/44.31 — JAMES GOODIN, SLAVE LODGE

18200623

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Inventory details

MOOC reference
MOOC8/44.31
Date
18200623
Names
James Goodin, Slave Lodge

Transcription

MOOC8/44.31 {18200623} 23 June 1820 James Goodin Inventory of all such property as have been relinquished by the death ab intestato of James Goodin on the twenty third day of the month of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven for the benefit of his unknown foreign heirs. The aforesaid property having been taken under the administration of the Board of Orphan Masters of this Colony in behalf of the aforesaid unknown foreign heirs and been inventoried by the undersigned was found to consist in the following, viz:t At the Slave Lodge where the deceased died. Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope in the house aforesaid on the twenty third day of the month of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty according to a statement made by Thomas Story who declared to have acted herein bonafide and that to the best of his knowledge he has not withheld or secreted any thing that belonged to the aforesaid estate and the said appearer further declared that he is and will at all times be ready and willing to confirm his statement by solemn oath if required, promising at the same that if after the date of these presents any property of this estate might be discovered shall faithfully communicate it to the Orphan Chamber in order to amplify this inventory with the property so discovered. Tho: Storey In my presence: Tho: Readwelch
three chairs
one looking glass
one floor mat
one cupboard containing
a tin tureen
a plate
two washhand basons
a chamber pot
a blue bowl
three cups and saucers
a tin skimmer
three salt cellars
two tumblers
a milk jug defective
a pie dish
three jugs
a tin pot
two sugar pots
a breast pin defective
six cornelian buttons
a book rack
a table
a frying pan
a gridiron
an iron pot
two sauce pans
a p:r bellows defective
a coffee mill
tree graters
a cannister and drudging box
a pair snuffers and stand
three candle sticks
a knife tray containing
a skewer
four knive and forks (steel)
a salt box
a bread basket
a box containing some rubbish
a pail
a paper hat box
two straw hats, 1 covered [hats]
a close stool
a small stool
a chest containing
thirteen p:rs stockings
three p:rs shoes
two clothes brushes
four p:r steets
three pillow cases
three towels
three shirts
three cloth waistcoats
four waistcoats
a p:r duck trowsers
two p:r cloth trowsers
a coat
two p:r braces
a remnant new linen
a green table cloth
a p:r gloves
eight books
a silver snuff box
a gold ring
a quantity of bottles and flasks
a sword
a counterpane
a palempore
a table cloth
two pillow cases
a shirt
a p:r trowsers

Cash

ten rd:s paper money

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