28 slaves recorded in Holcomb G. Moore’s estate inventory

This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records. 

Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Holcomb G. Moore, late of Greene Co., Ga., dec’d.

37 hogs $200.00, 20 pigs $40.00, 16 head cattle $200.00 - $440.00
1 bay horse 75.00, 1 bay mule 150.00, 1 sorrel mule 150.00 – 375.00
1 black mule 125.00, 1 bay mule 140.00, 1 bay mule 150.00 – 415.00
300 bushels corn 375.00, 6 stacks fodder 24.00, 5 bushels wheat 8.75 – 407.75
1 lot plow stocks and gear 20.00, 1 lot hoes, spades, wedges and axes 5.00 – 25.00
1 buggy and harness 50.00 – 50.00
1 negro man Tom $1000.00, 1 negro man Lewis $500.00 - $1500.00
1 negro man Haynes 400.00, 1 negro man Henry 800.00 – 1200.00
1 negro man Henry 700.00 – 700.00
1 negro woman Carmilla and 3 children (Green, Charles and Evalina) – 1400.00
1 negro boy Jack 500.00, 1 negro man Edmond 100.00 – 600.00
1 negro boy Daniel 400.00, 1 negro woman Harriet and child Ann 900.00 – 1300.00
1 negro woman Clara and 2 children (Charles and Horace) – 1100.00
1 negro girl Mary 700.00, 1 negro girl Sophia 500.00 – 1200.00
1 negro boy Henry 400.00, 1 girl Lou 200.00 – 600.00
1 negro woman Sarah and 2 children (Butler and Nancy) – 1000.00
1 negro girl Parilee 350.00, 1 girl Emma 600.00 – 950.00
1 negro girl Dora 300.00, 1 boy Jackson 300.00 – 600.00
1 saddle 1.00, 3 sacks salt 48.00, 5 jars lard 50.00 – 99.00
27 bu. peas 27.00, 1600 lbs. bacon 400.00 – 427.00
1 lot plow hoes 16.00, 3 smoothing irons 1.50 – 17.50
1 wagon and britching 125.00, 1 cotton gin 60.00 – 185.00
1 pr. steelyards 2.00, 2 plow stocks and plow hoes 5.00 – 7.00
1 wagon 10.00, 1 pr. Andirons shovel and tongs 2.00 – 12.00
4 flower vases 2.00, 3 window curtains and shades 10.00 – 12.00
1 lot books 20.00, 1 table and cover 5.00 – 25.00
1 tea stand 2.00, 1 lot parlor chairs 15.00 – 17.00
1 lot cottage chairs 6.00, 1 rocking chair 6.00 – 12.00
1 sofa 20.00, 1 parlor carpet 15.00 – 35.00
1 gold watch and chain 140.00, 1 bedstead and furniture 40.00 – 180.00
1 washstand and furniture 2.50, 5 plain chairs5.00 – 7.50
1 carpet 10.00, 1 bureau 25.00, 1 pr. Andirons. 50 – 35.50
1 safe 8.00, 4 candle sticks and 1 small bell 2.00 – 10.00
1 egg stand 10.00, 1 castor 30.00 – 40.00
1 lot tin ware 6.00, 1 lot table ware 80.00 – 86.00
2 buckets and dippers 2.00, 1 pine table 2.00 – 4.00
1 dining table 20.00, 1 lot table linen 10.00 – 30.00
1 bedstead and furniture 40.00, 1 table and cover and glass 4.00 – 44.00
1 washstand 2.00, 1 bedstead and furniture 25.00 – 27.00

Carried Forward 15,175.25

1 dressing table and glass $2.00, 1 washstand 2.00 – 4.00
1 lot bed clothing 80.00, 1 small bedstead and furniture 6.00 – 86.00
1 bedstead and furniture 12.00, 1 shot gun 5.00 – 17.00
2 small tubs .75, 1 spinning wheel 2.00 – 2.75
1 lot kitchen furniture 25.00, 1 wash tub and churn 1.50 – 26.50
15 bales cotton badly injured by high water –

$15,311.50

We do certify upon oath, having first qualified each other as the law directs, that so far as was produced to us by Green Moore, Administrator of Holcomb G. Moore, dec’d, the above and foregoing contains a true inventory and appraisement of the goods and chattels of said Holcomb G. Moore dec’d to the best of our judgement and understanding.

Given under our hands and official signatures this 24th day of March 1862.
Jas. B. Park
James N. Armor, Appraisers
William Armor
J. J. Zachry

Inventory of the Rights and Credits of Holcomb G. Moore
1 tract of land in Greene County containing about 420 acres
13 23/100 8/9 shares in the Eatonton Mfg. Co. worthless

The above and foregoing contains a true statement of all the property of Holcomb G. Moore, dec’d required by law to be inventoried, embracing all his estate of which as his Administrator I have been possessed or could control or that has come to my knowledge.

March 24th 1862
Green Moore, Adm. of Holcomb G. Moore
Filed in Office March 28th 1862.
May 5th 1862. Examined and ordered to be recorded.

Recorded May 7th 1862.
Eugenius L. King, Ordinary

Reference

Holcomb G. Moore Inventory and Appraisement, Appraisements: Greene County, Georgia, Appraisal Records 1852–1865, images 170–171, FamilySearch (access requires free registration); https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93L-DHQ8?view=explore&groupId=M9KL-K4G.