Daniel Root

Item		Value £ s d

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Daniel Root Bill of Sale
In 1792 Daniel Root was in financial trouble, even though he owned 233 acres of land with grist and saw mills. To obtain extra cash he sold his household goods to his father for £400. This sale did not save Daniel’s property which was sold in a Sheriff’s sale in 1801. The inventory of Daniel’s goods are as follows:
Two hundred dozen of wheat and three hundred dozen of rye		£65
One black horse, Two black mares, & one sorrel mare and colt		£65
Three cows, one black, the other brindled, the third spotted with red and white		£15
Four sheep		£2
Eight shots		£6
One waggon with bed and gears for four horses		£27
Two ploughs and one harrow		£3
Ten tons of Hay		£30
Three beds with a compleat se tof bed cloathes for each		£12
Three chairs		18s
One table mad eof wild cherry tree		£1 5s
One doughtroft		7s 6d
One kitchen dresser		£1 10s
One large iron kittle		£1 5s
Two iron pots		10s
One saddle & saddlebags, one bridle		£3
One cutting box		15s
One ten plate stove and pipe		£5 10s
One walnut chest		£2 10s
Two wheels		£1 5s
Twenty two and a half acres of Indian corn in the ground growing		£22 10s
One gun		15s
A compleat set of blacksmiths tools		£20

Total		£307 6d

Daniel Root Bill of Sale