Estate Inventory of Dr. John Humes Steele
Inventory and Sales Book 1 Pages 319-330
Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky September 4th 1906
We the undersigned having been appointed appraisers of the Estate of Dr. J. H. Steele deceased wit this day and proceeded to appraise the same as follows after being duly sworn.
2 Roan cows @ 22.50 each 45.00
1 White calf 7.00
1 White calf 2.50
1 Bed Bureau and lounge 12.50
1 Cook Stove safe and table 1.50
1 Safe Sewing machine and table 2.00
1 Book case and wash stand 2.50
1 Organ dresser and stand 17.50
2 Clocks 3.50
2 Rockers .50
1 Rake and three wagon wheels 1.00
1 Roan steer 14.00
1 Lot of chickens 4.00
1 Black horse 25.35
1 Second hand Buggy 22.50
1 Set of Second handed Harness 2.85
1 Iron Safe 55.00
1 Lot of drugs 18.00
1 Stove in office 2.50
1 Office table .50
Wit pursuant to adjournment September 5, 1906 and proceeded to appraise the store of J. H. Steele as follows
700# mill feed @ .85 5.95
200# chop 2.20
18 sax flour @ .62 1\2 11.25
1 Lot of meal 2.00
150# Beans @ 1.85 per hundred 2.77
30 gallons of coal oil @ .10 3.00
5 gallons of Vinegar @ .14 .70
49 sax salt @ .03 1.47
1 case of axlegrease 3.50
1 box strays .12
10 dinner baskets @ .10 1.00
1 Spool of rope 2.76
1 Spool of Barbed wire 2.45
4 Garden Rakes .67
1 Garden hoe .25
43 6 lbs nails 9.15
1 Keg of Horseshoes 3.65
4 Brooms .60
11 Breast chains @ .30 each 3.30
14 Laplinks .70
2 Coffee pots .24
7 Coffee pots .52
3 Cow bells .50
5 Oil cans .75
10 files .62
6 Mill files .80
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18 3/4 lbs Horse Shoe nails 3.00
11 Files 1.46
5 Files .50
12 Pr Six inch hinges .85
3 Pr Six inch hinges .40
3 Hasps .09
5 Butcher Knives .80
2 Axes 1.50
4 Door locks .65
7 Thumb Latches .45
4 But hinges .16
5 Saw sets 2.50
4 Two inch augers 11.00
3 one half inch augers .60
3 Hatchetts .60
1 Grindstone 1.60
4 Night Latches .33
3 Boxes Shot gun Shells .90
2 Bottles Shoe polish .07
6 Wooden Sieves .45
6 Boxes Tacks .15
1 Cross cut saw 1.50
8 Lamps .90
1 set of spoons .45
7 Molasses stands 1.20
10 Lantern globes .65
10 Lamp Chimneys .25
25 Glass Tumblers .50
1 Set plates .26
4 Sets plates 1.20
7 Meat dishes .70
2 Sets Cups and Saucers .52
10 Fruit dishes 1.12
111 pkgs coffee @ .12 1/2 13.87
9 Boxes of Oats .55
3 Cans Syrup .42
1 Can Sorgum .90
3 lbs sole Leather .90
7 Cans Oysters .30
7# ground ginger .91
11 Cans Peaches 1.65
7 Cans Peaches .52
39 Cans Tomatoes 2.43
13 Cans of Tomatoes .71
79 Cans Sardines 2.76
8 Cans Apple Butter .50
45 pkgs Uneeda Biscuits 1.85
Candy 1.12
6# Stick Candy .32
71# Rice 3.50
9 Bars Toilet soap .30
1 Box California fruit chewing gum 1.35
4 lbs Sulphur .12 6 Bottles Cordial .18 .30
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12 Bottles Paregoric .75
12 Boxes Assafoetida .25
4 Bottles Turpentine .25
1 Lot of Pattent medicines 8.26
2 2/3 Dozen Pattent medicines 1.20
23 Boxes salts .69
6 Bottles sweet oil .37
15 Browned Coffee 1.87
8# Tobacco 2.80
7# Liberty Bell Tobacco 2.24
5# Browns Mule Tobacco 1.65
4# Grangers Twist 1.20
1 Pr Counter Scales 15.00
169 lbs Sugar 7.44
1 Cheese case 1.50
8 lbs Tea 2.66
14 lbs spikes 1.60
9 Jars and their contents .75
1 Bushel onions .60
6 Hats 6.00
4 Hats 3.00
4 Hats 3.00
6 Hats 6.00
38 Cans of Baking Powder .75
18 pkgs matches 1.12
3 Hats 3.00
5 Prs Shoes 5.50
6 Prs Shoes 7.20
6 Prs Shoes 6.60
12 Prs Shoes 12.00
12 Prs Shoes 13.80
5 Prs Shoes 6.25
6 Prs Shoes 5.10
6 Prs Shoes 4.50
4 Prs Shoes 7.40
8 Prs Children Shoes 12.00
Adjourned until September 6th 1906
Wit pursuant to adjournment September 6th 1906
1 Dozen Shirts 4.50
19 Prs Woolen hose 3.61
2 Prs Woolen Drawers .75
20 Prs Overalls 7.88
1 box Starch 2.08
8 Prs waists 3.00
12 yds calico @ 4 1/2 .54
8 yds Columbia Blue .32
22 yds Calico .99
94 yds Gingham 5.64
760 yds Calico 30.40
2 yds Flannel .25
41 yds Flannel 1.64
50 yds Flannel 9.00
30 yds Flannel 5.40
27 yds Flannel 1.08
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4 yds Flannel 1.71
22 yds Flannel 4.18
9 prs Shoes 16.65
9 prs Shoes 9.00
6 prs Shoes 6.60
10 prs Shoes 12.50
4 prs Shoes 4.00
2 prs Shoes 2.30
3 prs Shoes 4.50
10 prs Shoes 15.00
9 prs Shoes 11.25
11 prs Shoes 12.10
5 prs Shoes 5.00
3 prs Shoes 4.50
10 prs Shoes 8.00
9 prs Shoes 7.65
10 prs Shoes 8.00
9 prs Shoes 7.65
10 prs Shoes 10.20
8 prs Shoes 7.20
7 prs Shoes 3.85
5 prs Shoes 2.50
7 prs Shoes 3.50
7 prs Shoes 5.95
4 prs Shoes 6.00
3 prs Shoes 4.50
2 prs Shoes 4.00
4 prs Shoes 5.00
1 prs Shoes .80
1 prs Shoes 2.25
1 prs Shoes 1.00
1 prs Shoes 1.65
1 Lot of Infants Shoes 3.00
5 Caps 1.85
7 Caps 1.19
6 Caps 1.92
2 Prs Hose .21
1 Prs Hose .18
7 Prs Hose .65
6 Prs Hose .65
4 Prs Hose .37
8 Prs Hose .72
1 Prs Hose .10
6 Prs Hose .60
7 Prs Hose .45
3 Prs Hose .42
5 Prs Hose .33
7 Prs Hose .95
6 Prs Hose 1.26
5 Prs Hose 1.02
4 Prs Hose .85
12 Prs Hose .64
6 Prs Hose 1.20
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6 Prs Hose .50
6 Prs Hose .60
6 Prs Hose . 60
4 Prs Hose .64
10 Prs Hose .55
11 Prs Hose .68
1 Prs Hose .19
2 Prs Hose .15
27 Mens Hose 1.69
18 Mens Hose 1.12
7 Prs Mens Hose .45
6 Prs Mens Hose .37
11 Prs Mens Hose .66
15 Prs Mitts 1.05
3 Doz Mitts 2.25
8 Neck ties 1.52
7 Fine Combs .43
5 Lead pencils .12
8 Doz spools thread 3.84
5 Combs .40
11 Combs .67
6 Combs .37
12 Paper Safety pins .30
4 Boxes paper .25
1 Lot of buttons .30
1 Lot of ribbon .25
4 Prs Drawers 1.28
1 Shirt .18
2 Shirts .64
5 Prs Drawers 1.70
4 Shirts 1.36
1 Shirt .70
1 Shirt .37
4 Shirt 1.36
3 Shirt 1.11
8 Shirt 3.00
4 Shirt 1.36
2 Shirt .74
5 Shirt 1.85
40 yds Bed Ticking 6.00
30 yds Toweling 1.95
1 Heating stove in store 2.00
50 lbs manila rope 6.25
1 Oil tank 2.50
1 Oil Bbl .00
Adjourned until September 7th 1906
Wit pursuant to adjournment September 7th 1906
Adjourned until September 17 1906 By order of John D. Steele
Wit pursuant to adjournment September 17 1906 and proceeded
as follows
1 Lot of poplar Lumber #1 and #2 estimated 20229 feet 505.62
15572 feet common @ 15.00 per M 233.58
6521 feet shipping culls @ !0.00 per M 65.21
1700 feet common @ 8.00 per M 13.60
4200 feet culls @ 7.50 per M 31.50
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One portable engine boiler and saw-mill fixtures
including two extra circular saws one cut of saw one
edgen three cant hooks one pair trucks one wheel-
Barrow one set of Burs one belt for same and all saw
mill belts on hands one tool box and contents including
$600.00 worth of machine oil amounting in the whole
to the sum of 450.00
Adjourned until October 13 1906 by order of John D.
Steele to give him time to post books.
Wit pursuant to adjournment October 13, 1906 and
proceeded as follows
Appraised 82 first class crossties @ .30 24.00
7 second class crossties @ .20 1.40
5500 feet scrap lumber and culls 1000 feet of
which has already been measured and sold by J. D.
Steele a 5.00 per M 27.50
one single barrel shot gun 2.50
one cot and two comforts 1.00
one hundred bushels corn 35.00
one old saddle .50
Adjourned until October 15th 1906
Wit pursuant to adjournment October 15th 1906 and
proceeded as follows
To invoice one lot of Doctor Bills and accounts
M. J. Keaton 24.50
Eliza Buckner 1.00
Adam Wallace 18.70
Joe Duncan 7.01
Jim Bradshaw 18.10
James Harper 13.80
John Smith 13.75
Eli Bryant 24.00
J. N. Hubbard 23.20
John Waugh 9.65
Robert Workman 39.05
Ann Mocabee 3.10
Henry Rodgers 12.00
William Sammons 4.25
George B. Henderson 66.40
J. M. Tyree 28.35
James W. Henderson 4.50
F. P. Alexander 22.70
Burrell Lambert 5.00
James Wilburn 2.00
John Fults 1.25
James Jesse 6.25
Milt Ison 14.00
John Maddix 17.50
Luddy? Stone 6.35
James H. and John Deboard 2.00
Abe Maddix 7.50
James Noland .80
Burrell Jordan at Wesleyville 10.00
Jasper Tabor 3.50
Hiram Fisher 21.25
Wash Bond 11.10
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John Tackett 5.80
Johnson Garvin 4.70
James Clay 4.50
Elias Garvin 5.75
James Fults 15.20
W. B. Faughn at Aden 2.00
James Hayes 2.90
Noah Kiser 5.00
W.C. Foster 10.90
John Sammons 1.00
Widow Parsons 8.40
Isaac Gillem 3.75
Charley Duncan 4.00
Oliver Miller 2.00
Henry Broomfield 6.00
Green Clark 49.55
W. P. Elam 15.50
Wash Elliott 4.00
William Kiser 3.50
Tom Lowe 3.50
Jeff Kiser 8.15
Chris Gilbert 6.50
Eliza Hall 8.25
John Swearingin 7.50
Frank Tabor .75
Malinda Pierce 2.75
Bill Littleton 8.75
Ike Broomfield 3.00
Sarah Nolan 22.00
Reese Patton 8.85
Albert Burchett 2.30
Nathan Workman 4.50
Laura McFarlan 2.00
G. W. Blevins 3.00
John Bloomfield 12.00
Arthur McGlone 10.00
David Branson 4.00
Nancy Rice 90.00
Bill Phillips 3.50
Albert Ellison 2.50
James Tackett 8.40
Lafe Gearheart 17.00
Bill King 9.00
Sam Ruley 5.00
Will Smith 29.00
Cowan Workman 11.00
Bill Tackett 2.75
Lafe Zorns 25.25
Griden Cox 36.00
James Psimer 1.50
Jack Patton 4.00
Brack Hastings 25.50
Gus Jarvis 3.25
Will Stone 1.25
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Joe Fields 5.00
Jake Rice 2.75
J. E. Thompson 28.50
Jack Stone 28.00
Eddie S. Lisles 2.75
Roy Bays 29.95
Wm. Watson 15.20
Tom Stone 16.00
Vade Reynolds 13.25
Coon Stafford 1.00
T. P. Coopers--son 2.00
J. B. Collier 6.00
Cal Young 12.25
F. R. Abbott 1.50
Tom James 31.00
C. C. Brooks 7.50
A. B. McGlone 5.33
James King 7.00
Seth Jones 1.50
George Armstrong 6.70
Bong Ross 1.50
Lewis Counts 2.00
Robert Brooks 1.25
Amos Fults 4.50
John L Stamper 14.00
Elizah Tackett 25.50
D. P. Qualls & J. A. Gillum 10.50
Ezekiel Stone 18.00
James Paynten .50
Henry Dehart .50
Jeff Canifax 1.00
William Lemasters 13.00
A. M. Johnson 20.60
Theodore Phillips 25.00
J. L. Stone 2.00
Bill Eifort 11.00
Tom Cooper 2.15
John Armstrong 3.50
Lafe Maddix 2.25
Robert Henderson 10.75
Samuel Roe 21.25
Henry Mauk 8.50
Bill Mullins 17.75
Dick Mullins 8.00
Dick Kiser 2.25
William Gearheart 4.50
Ben Gearheart 1.75
George Pierce 30.75
James Dehart 11.00
Jack Locker 15.25
C. B. Jarvis 8.00
Andrew Galliger 40.20
Capt. Tabor 4.50
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George PSimer 13.50
George Lowe 11.70
Susan Broomfield 10.00
George Dean 4.32
J. J. Perry 4.75
Henry Bailey 9.00
Charles Dailey 2.50
John Tabor 11.10
Henry Henderson 4.00
Tom Sammons 25.25
Barney Qualls 7.40
James Justice 1.00
James Eddington 21.80
Leon Music 5.25
Belden Wallace 2.00
M. D. Jordan 29.00
Squire Knipp Bryant 12.75
Jerry Hall 7.50
John Parker 25.50
Clint Dean 10.75
Bill Workman 8.50
Willie Deheart 7.25
Della Deheart 2.00
J. H. M. Dean 2.50
Peter Gearheart 1.00
G. C. Castle and Perry Henderson 3.50
Amos Stamper 7.00
John Tomlin 28.25
Jesse Davis 2.00
W. S. Dean 4.50
James Garvin 16.00
Noble Grills 10.75
James Harris 35.35
James Robison 5.65
` Lafe Maddix 8.00
William Blankinship 14.85
Lewis Gearheart 4.00
E. W. Scott 6.30
Hugh Kiser 3.10
Riley Mullins 16.90
John Jameison 3.50
Leander Sparks 6.70
Ned James 1.75
Ben Lambert 7.00
Hall at Lady Justices 7.00
Vince Carpenter 53.15
William Sparks 3.50
Bob Perry 1.00
Willis Jarvis 4.00
Dick Duncan 6.00
Hezekiah Hackney 6.35
Will E. Carpenter 15.25
George Edington 1.75
James Harris 2.25
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Jack Fields 5.50
Bill Applegate 8.35
Bill Hedge 2.50
Claude Wingfield 2.25
E. A. Ross 5.10
Lucy Roe 19.75
James Fields 26.75
Bill Bunzo 13.25
J. H. Brickles 3.25
Alfred Hall 9.25
Sherman Bond 37.70
George Ross 4.25
Mag Clay 18.20
A. J. Clay 4.20
Labe Tabor 3.00
Lefis Jordan 4.00
Burrell Jordan 2.00
Burrell Easterling 4.50
Albert Ellis 11.20
Dick Tackett 17.00
Tom Cooper 1.70
Dr. Chas McCleese 3.70
S. M. Wylie (Total) 423.37
The appraised value of Doctor Bill Beginning on page six and ending on page nine is $427.73.
One Lot of Store Accounts
Rufus Floyd $11.80 Crit Hall $2.35 Albert Hutchinson $.25 Ulyssess Hall $1.60 Lone Floyd $2.13 John Hankins $16.98 Jim Blain $4.45 William Hall $73.36 John Blain $5.30 Lizzie Blair $.61 C. J. Hinton $2.55 Jack Kegley $.85 H. H. Wilcox $2.06 John Sparks $.95 Morgan Griffie $3.30 James Hawkins $4.68 Ulyssus & Kenas Hall $5.24 George Wallace $1.35 Walter Stigall $1.60 Will Click $1.70 Lee Tackett $33.47 Bill Tackett $27.41 John Jameison $.41 William Jones $3.04 Harriet Clark $12.70
All of the above store accounts appraised at
The Following List of Notes
R. H. Paynter 46.00
Tom Tackett two notes 35.00
John Kiser 5.00
George Bailey, C. M. Clay & J. H. Knipp 170.00
John F. Sammons & C. P. Sammons 18.44
John M. Scott Jr 5.00
Overton Buckner 58.32
Nannie Wingfield, R. D. Sammons & E. J. Wallace 52.30
David Boggs $23.00
J. M. Boggs $12.50 35.50
H. C. Whitt, J. R. Whitt & S. L. Green 23.60
Bud Callahan $2.50 Morgan Collins $6.00 8.50
Abe Lowe $50.00 Jerry Skaggs $40.00 90.00
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John N Smith $6.90 F. P. Tabor $12.00 Tom P. Cooper $2.50 21.40
Henry Bailey $21.75 Rolan Hamilton $10.25 Cova Holbrooks $4.75 36.50
Tobias Fannin $6.00 B.F. Dickinson $6.90 12.90
John Baldridge $20.25 Hiram Fisher $20.25 40.50
James Mobley $6.25 Isom Henderson $8.00 14.75
John Cooper $2.50 Granville Mayberry $18.75 21.25
J. B. Collier and Henry Stevens $20.00 20.00
J. H. McGlone $33.75 Wesley Phillips $21.25 55.00
Susan Tabor $20.00 James Mullins $11.00 31.00
Samuel H. Roe $21.25 Bucky Mullins $8.00 29.25
William Kiser $4.25 Phillip Johnson $38.20 42.45
Thomas Carver $3.50 Samuel Gilbert $13.00 16.50
Peter Gearheart $3.25 A. L. Buckner $30.00 33.25
Charles Dailey $17.00 John Davis $27.70 44.70
James Erwin and William Stamper 60.00
The above lot of notes beginning at R. H. Paynter on page # 9 and ending with James Erwin and Wm Stamper on page # 10 is appraised at. in all at $102.40.
The following notes secured by land and mortgages
Samuel Mauk 540.00
Ben Hensley 15.00
Sherman Bond 40.00
John E. Sparks 30.00
Francis Hall 45.00
Sidney and Willie Jones 35.00
Cleave Sparks 70.00
Herb Haney 46.18
John Jamieson 100.00
Absalom McClurg 100.00
James Justice 2.00
The above lots of notes are appraised at $1023.48
Cash on hand 607.37
Cash deposited in Olive Hill National Bank 37.75
Bank Stock in Olive Hill National Bank 100.00
The following watches
one Premium watch $1.00 one Silver watch $12.00 One lot fodder $2.00 15.00
52 Bushels corn 18.20
Total appraisement $4,914.60
The above is a complete list of the person Estate of Dr. J. H. Steele as exhibited to us by
J. D. Steele Adm. The above is a fair appraisement in our best judgment.
OK John D. Steele C. M. Erwin
Admn. H. C. Dennes
State of Kentucky
County of Carter
I James Fults clerk of the Carter County Court do certify that the forgoing appraisment
bill of the personal estate of Dr. J. H. Steele was on the 20th day of October 1906 filed in
my office for record whereupon the same with this certificate have been duly recorded in
my office Given under my hand this the 12th day of September 1907.
James Fults Clerk
By A. W. Kozee D.C.
Submitted by: Greg Marquess