Richard Charlton estate appraisal, 1780 January 17

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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Date

1780-01-17

Description

Appraisal, January 17, 1780, of the estate, of Richard Charlton, barber and tavernkeeper of Williamsburg, Virginia for his property in York County. The appraisal was conducted by Humphrey Harwood, James Craig and William Nicolson and recorded in the York County Court by Thomas Everard. The estate was valued at £14,419..14. Seven enslaved African Americans accounted for £10,464 of the value of the estate. The remainder of the estate consisted of a large amount of household items, a stage wagon, several horses and a valuable collection of books worth over £150s. Included amongst the books are Voltaire's Works, Ferguson's Astronomy, Cicero's Orations, Goldsmith's Roman History, A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Robertson's History of Charles V and Smollett's History of England.

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1 doz Mahogany Chairs	450		Brought forward	£ 1395	12
2 Elbow Chairs	60		1 doz Walnut Chairs	90
1 Spinning Wheel	7	10	2 Mahogany Tables	45
1 Punch Ladle	6		1 Desk & bookcase	200
6 Silver Table Spoons	120		1 Lot Books	9
1 Soup Spoon	60		Blower, Fender, Pokes &c	4	10
1 Mahogany Teaboard	3		1 Easy Chair & 1 Card Table	35
20 Silver Tea Spoons	100		1 Candle Stand	9
1 p Sugar Tongs	20		1 Bed & Furniture	250
6 China Tart moulds	6		7 Chairs & 1 Table	25
4 dozⁿ Earthen Plates	24		2 Beds & Furniture	300
6 Earthen Dishes	9		2 Small Looking Glasses	10
2 China Bowls	3		1 Table	6
1 Fruit Dish & Plate	1	10	1 Bed & Furniture	150
[torn, illegible]0 Cups & Saucers	6		3 D^o. & D^o.	400
[torn, illegible] Tea pot, Milk pot & c	4	10	3 ditto & ditto	450
a Set of China & Japan Tea board	100		1 Bed Chair & 2 Tables	18
Tureen	1	10	2 doz Candle Moulds & Stand	20
2 Decanters & 4 Glass plates	15		3 Butter pots	9
3 pewter Bason & 4 Dishes	30		1 Jack & Furniture	20
1 Lot Tin Ware	1	10	1 Copper Dutch Oven	3
1 Small Tin Kettle	1		3 Iron pots	30
2 Tea Kettles	15		1 Lot Wooden Ware	3
2 Scrubbing Brushs & Broom	4	10	2 Kitchen Tables	6
1 Show Glass	9		2 Horses	100
1 Coffee pot & brass Kettle	6		1 Cow	70
1 p Looking Glasses	80		1 p Kitchen Dogs Shovel &c	6
6 Large Table Cloths	60		1 Riding Chair & Harness	150
3 Small ditto	18		1 Cart & Harness	150
4 brown Linnen ditto	12		Negroes
3 p Sheets	90		Belinda	600
5 Napkins	7	10	Fanny & Child	1200
4 Pillowbiers	6		Eatons Jack	1200
3 Counter panes & 2 Candlesticks	50		Yellow Jack	1000
2 Candlesticks	3		Black Jack	1500
4 p Snuffers		12	Hannah	1000
1 p Steelyards	4	10		10464	2
	1395	12

Verso

Brought forward	£10464	2	Brought forward	£12309	14
16 black Walnut Chairs	100		1 Lot of Buttons Twist &c	100
8 Windsor Chairs	96		1 Lot Needles	30
6 Beds with pillows & bolsters	500		1 ditto Hooks & Eyes	15
9 Bedsteads	27		2 p Stays	12
1 Mahogany Table	30		40 p Childrens Shoes	12
4 Walnut Tables	72		20 p Snuffers & 20 p Hinges	12	12
1 Eight day Clock & Case	250		3 p Shears 3 p Tongs & Machine	6
2 Coolers & 3 Tubs	11	8	7 Beer Cocks & Dog Collar	10
1 p Kitchen dogs	40		2 Chaffing Dishes & Ladle	3	6
1 Stew pan	10		1 Japan Basket & House bell	15
1 Corner Cupboard	35		1 Lot Tin Ware	12
2 p Money Scales	9		1 Chimney Glass & Sconces	100
1 Chessboard	1	10	4 Fables	50	10
1 Large Copper Kettle	200		1 Spinning Wheel & Carpet rods	4	10
1 Grid Iron & Tongs	15		1 Japan'd Teaboard & Waiter	6	6
19 oz^s. Plate at 5£ p oz	95		1 Saddle £25 10 prints £20	45
29 Earthen Plates	60		1 Warming pan, Toastes &c.	9
1 p Copper Scales	20		1 Coffee pot & 2 Kettles	19
2 Pewter Basons	18		2 Copper Saucepans & Skillet	13	10
2 Milk Pans	3		1 Marble Mortar	12
25 Jelly Glasses	15		1 Copper boiler & Fish Kettle1 Crown 1 Iron Ladle & 2 pots	70
4 Decanters	12		1 Crown 1 Iron Ladle & 2 pots	27	10
3 ^ll Chocolate	18		2 Frying pans 1 Spit 1 Fender	22	10
3 Teapots	12		1 Groce bottles & Leather	39
6 Tart Moulds	9		3 doz Sour Claret	15
1^li Allspice & 2 Cannisters	3		51 pint bo^s & 1 Old Case	11	10
1 Body Belt	6		7 Hogsheads & 3 Horses &c	30	6
2 China Bowls	39		1 Barrel Bounce	17
4 Pickle leaves	1	4	1 Portable Dairy	6
2 Fruit Baskets & 3 plates	6		1 Stone Trough	9
p Candle Sticks	7	10	2 Sorrel Horses	600
2 Basons & 7 Dishes	23		2 pine Tables	12
2 Glass Salvers 1 Tureen &c	33		1 press & 1 book Case	90
4 Water Jugs & p Lime Squeezers	21	10	1 Beaufet	50
5 Stone pots & 2 Jugs	39		1 looking Glass	30
2 Tobacco box's & 6 bottles	7	10	11 Blankets	250
	£12309	14		£14076	14

Page 3

Dicty Arts & Sciences

Brought forward	£14076	14
1 Bed Quilt	30
Voltaires Works	30
Dict^y Arts & Sciences	60
Robertsons His^ty Ch^s. V	15
Rolts Hist^y Gen War	6
Smollets Hist^y England	30
Goldsmiths Rom Hist	6
1 Lot books	10
Fergusons Astrony	3
Cicero's Orations	3
1 Stage Waggon	150
	£14419	14

In Obedience to an Order of the Worshipfull Court of York
County, we have Appraised the Slaves & Personal Estate of
Richard Charlton deceased, & find it amount to fourteen
Thousand four hundred and nineteen Pounds fourteen Shillings
Hum, Harwood
James Craig
Wiliam Nicolson

Returned into York County Court the 17^th day of January 1780
and Ordered to be recorded
Teste
Tho^s. Everard Cl Court

Original Format

Ink on paper

Collection

Manuscripts and Documents

Citation

“Richard Charlton estate appraisal, 1780 January 17,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 23, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/176.