INVENTORY OF EDWARD JOHNSON, SR.'S WILL (The original document is in the Hempstead Co. Courthouse. This is not a complete record but gives the research an idea of his property.) An Inventory of all and singular the Estate of Edward Johnson Sen . dec made by Sinkler Johnson XXXX as administrator of said Estate on the 11th day of February A.D. 1846. ____________________________________________________________________ 1 NegroMan Ralph aged 70 years " " " Ben Forty years " " " George Thirty five years " " " Harrison Twenty three years " " " Brown Twenty three years " " " Bill Twenty three years " " " Ezekiel Twenty one years " " " F? Twenty one years " " " Dempsey Twenty one years " " " Bylack Thirteen years " " " Stephen Ten years " " " Eli Eight years " " " Elijah Nine years " " " Richard Seven years " " " Amos Ten years " " " Davey Ten years " " Woman Snokey Seventy years " " " Patsey Forty three years " " " Mona Forty one years " " " Priscilla Twenty five years " " " Mary Twenty two years " " Girl Martha Ann Sixteen years " " " Hanah Eleven years " " " Sarah Ten years " " " Prin(?) Three years " " " Emline Three years " " " Jam Three years " " " Clarissa Two years A List of Horses 1 Gray Mare age Fourteen years " Sorrel Horse " Twelve years " Bay Horse " Fifteen years " Sorrel Horse " Ten years " Sorrel Horse " Fourteen years " Black Horse " Eleven years " Bay Horse " Ten years " Bay Horse " Eighteen years " Light Bay Mare " Nine years " Bay Colt " one year " Light Bay Colt " one year " Bay Colt " Two years Farming Utensils 8 Cam(?) Ploughs 10 Weaving St(?) 1 Cam(?) Plough 2 Iron Wedges 6 Churnes Currying Combs 1 Log Chain 1 Cam(?) Ploughs 9 Single T(?) 3 Spronting (?) Horn(?) 1 Single T(?) 1 C(?) 2 Spades 1 Bar Shan plough 1 Grind Stone 1 ? ? 1 Sh? Plough 1 1/2 Inch Auger 1 Drawing Knife 1 Cotton Scraper 1 pr. Stretchers 1 Branding Iron 2 Ball Tongue Plough 1 F? Horse Waggon 1 Cl? ? ? 2 Cotton Scrapers 1 Inch Auger 4 pr. ? 5 Shuck Collars 4 Iron Rods 1 R? & C? 1 F? A? 1 Bell, Backh(?) & Collar 4 St? 4 Axes 3 Small Iron Brands 1 Hand Saw 1 pr. Stretchers 2 Fr? 2 Sap Rings 2 Single T? 1 Collar ? 1 share & bar to same 1 Rifle Gun 1 Bell 2 Small Iron bands 1 Scythe 1 Tar Bucket 2 Hammer Tuth(?) 5 Screws 2 Sides ripper & one side and a J? Sole Leather 1 Brier Scythe 1 Chinel 1 Hammer tooth 1 Cord Bailing Rope 84 lbs. / Cotton P? ? ? 1 Cotton Scraper 9 Bales Cotton Cattle & Hogs 35 Head Cattle in ? C? C? 100 head Hogs including Sows & Pigs Cash in Specic(?) $164.62 In Notes in the Banks of Arkansas $285.00 appraised to Forty Cents on the Dollar $114.00 On Note now on ? Executor by Simon Baird to Edward Johnson on the 4th D? 1846 due twelve months after date On N? Executed by W D Gr? & James D. Caldwell and J? ? Cont. (to next page-missing the beginning line(s) And due on date to be paid in Arkansas paper One Judgment in Hempstead Circuit Court against James M. Skaggs and S? R? for $390.93 with 1 per cent interest on $352.26 from Wm, Ja? ? On ? obligatory Executed by James Johnson for the sum of One Thousand Dollars in Arkansas Bank Bills payable on the 11th day of March 1841. The State of Arkansas County of Hempstead I Sinkler Johnson as administrator of all singular the estate of Edward Johnson Sr. d? being first duly sworn, do and pay .that the foregoing Inventory, is a full Inventory and descriptions all the moneys, good, chattels books, papers and issuances of debt . and debts due or becoming cm. Belonging to said estate, as far as I have able to ascertain them. Except the property known as the absolute property(?) for the widow, and that I was not ??????, or know in any contract said deceased at the time of his death. Except as stakes in the ??? Sworn to and Subscribed by the said Sinkler Johnson before me the ???????? Justice of the Peace of Hempstead County Arkansas this 13th February 1846. R. L. Phillips, JP Filed and recorded February 14th A.D. 1846 ???th S. T. Sanders Clerk The State of Arkansas County of Hempstead Be it know that on this the 12th day of February A. D. 18846 personally came and appeared Tyra Hill, John Henderson and Robert Bakn(?), ? ? ? shareholders of the County of Hempstead in the State of Arkansas, before me the ? Justice of the Peace in and for the County ? ?. who before entering in their duties as appraisers of the Estate of Edward Johnson Sen. dec. made and subscribed the following affadavit to wit: that ? an not intester(?) nor of kin to any person intested in the Estate of Edward Johnson Sen dec. as heirs or ligater, and that they will according to the ? of their abilities, v? and appraise the shares and this personal property them(?) provance(?). Tyra Hill, John Henderson Robert Baln Sworn to and Subscribed by the said Tyra Hill, John Henderson & Robert Baln before me this 12th February A. D. H? R. D. Gibson JP Appraisement Bill of the property belonging to the Estate of Edward Johnson Sr. deceased made on this 12th February A. D. ?