Blannie's Dower
April 1, 1904
OFFICE OF J. T. BENTHALL
Mapleton, N.C.
Petition for year's support: Report of Commissioners.
North Caroliner, Hertford County, Murfreesboro Township
In the mater of Blanie Parker, widow. Report of commissioners:
The undersigned, J. T. Benthall, justice of the (peace?), and J. L. Story & T. M. Forbes, commissioners, duly summoned and sworn, do hereby assign and allot to Blanie Parker, widow of Waler S. Parker, deceased, the following articles of personal property of the value annexed, to-wit:
1 bed sted & matress 5.00
1 singol sted & mares 2.00
1 wardrobe 4.00
1 wash stand 1.50
1 clock .50
10 chairs 4.00
2 rocking chairs 1.00
1 cradol & contence 1.00
1 bole & pitcher .50
1 beauro & fixturs 3.00
1 center tabol .50
1 side tabol .20
2 lamps .50
1 famly Bibol 1.00
9 picturs & frams 1.00
1 eazel .25
1 dinning tabol & chairths .50
1 ice crème freezer 1.00
2 rugs .40
4 far (?) stone jars .60
10 fruit jars .50
1 wel wheal .20
All crockery and glas ware owned by Waler S. Parker and wife 2.00
1 set knives and falks .50
2 water buckets .25
1 cook stove and contece 2.00
1 side tabol .25
2 benches .25
1 bred tray .25
2 washing tubs .25
1 was pot .25
480 lbs bacon 38.40
75 lbs lard 7.50
1 empty lard stand .10
1 black mare 100.00
1 top buggy and harns 35.00
1 cart wheals and harns 15.00
17 barells corn 42.50
14 lbs foder 14.00
300 lbs peanuts 13.50
1 Cox peanut planter 3.00
1 dimnd tooth harow 2.00
10 bushels cotton seed 1.50
2 coton plows 1.00
1 turning plow 1.00
2 weed hoes 1 sovel 1 grub hoe 1 spad 1.00
50 lbs flower 1.50
1 cow and calf 8.00
3 head catol 15.00
2 shots 3.00
1 sow and 8 pigs 10.00
20 head of chickens 4.00
TOTAL 352.15 We also find upon examination that the number of the family of the said widow exclusive of herself is Grace R. Parker, Waler Gary Parker; there being a deficiency of articols on hand to make up the year's support, we assess such deficiency at $147.85 to be paid by the personal representive
This 1 day of April 1904.
J. T. Benthall, J.P.
J. L. Story
T. M. Forbes
(Compiler's note: Spellings faithful to original)
The original of this document is the property of Rebecca Parker Pearce,
granddaughter of Blannie Sewell Parker.~~~
The widow Blannie
c. 1948
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