Wills: and Inventory, John Whiteline, 1850: Napier Twp, Bedford County, PA

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In the name of God amen. I, John Whiteline of Napier Township, Bedford County, State
of Pennsylvania, farmer, being sick and weak in body but of sound mind, memory, and
understanding, praise be to God for it, and considering the certainty of Death and
the uncertainty of the time thereof and to the end, I may be the  better prepared to
leave the world whenever it shall please God to call me hence, do therefore make
and declare this my last will and testament in manner following: this is to say,
first and principally, I commend  my soul into the hands of almighty God my Creator,
hoping for free pardon and remission of all my sins and to enjoy everlasting
happiness in the heavenly kindom through Jesus Christ my Savior, my body I commit
to  the Earth at the discretion of my Executors herein after named.  I will and
bequeath to my beloved wife  Cevillah one good bed, one ___, three chairs, one
table, one German Chest, Cooking Stove and pipe and the necessary cooking
implements belonging to the stove and the necessary quantity of Cubards (sic) ware
such as plated dishes, cups, and saucers, knifes,& forks, my will is that my
beloved wife shall have two rooms upstairs, one large and the small rooms adjoining
during her natural lifetime and the balance of my personal property shall be sold
after being duly appraised and the proceeds thereof shall be divided among my 
children as will be hereafter named. That is to say, my son John, my son John H., 
my son Nicholas, & my  daughter Savinah, share and share alike, and my book accounts
against my sons & daughter shall be included as personal property.  I will and
bequeath to my daughter Margaret, intermarried to Philip Emmert, ten dollars as her
share in full (she having received her share hertofore equal to all my children) as
well of the real Estate as of the personal property.  My will is that my Daughter
Savinah shall have six sheep, one cow, and one heiffer, two hogs, six chairs, one
good bedstead and the necessary bedding, or in other words, one good bed, one good
barrow, one dining table, goods, one dough tray, and my corner cubboard and she
shall house and keep her dishes and plates that she now has.  All the above decribed
articles I bequest to her as extra. My will is that my Real Estate shall be rented
or Leased out to the best advantage so long as my beloved wife shall live during
her natual life time.  My wife Cevillah shall have pasture for one cow or two  during
the summer and sufficient hay for one cow during the winter and she shall have
sufficient grain for to  bread her, and her stocks such as three or four hogs and
such chickens as she wants to raise and she shall have the half of the garden
during her lifetime and the amount of the income of my farm (that is after the 
support of my wife and my daughter Savinah so long as she will stay with her mother.
Shall be sold as my executors hereafter named shall think best.  If my executors
think best to sel my farm before the death of my  wife, they can do so, first
attaining her consent.  And after the death of my beloved wife Cervillah, my farm 
may be sold after due notice given to the highest and best bidder and the proceeds
of said sale shall be divided equal among my three sons and my daughter savinah,
sahre and share alike. And I make and ordain my son John Whiteline Jr. and my son
John H. Whiteline, my lawful Executors fo this my last will and  testament. In
____whereof, I, the said John Whiteline, to this my last will and testament set my
hands and  seal declaring this is to be my last will and testament dated the 12 day
of August A.D. 1850 



An inventory taken of the good and chattles of John Whiteline deceased this 
14th day of September A.D. 1850 

one Stove & pipe 
one Bureau 
one Doublebarel shotgun 
one Eight day Clock 
one Breakfast table 
Five Chairs 
one lunch 
one looking glass 
one pair stilyards 
one Dough tray 
one Bed 
one German Chest 
one riding bridle 
one Stand 
Two bedstids one Chard & chafftick 
two flax hackels 
one waggon Cover 
one picklestand & wheel one loom & tackling 
tso hatters 
one sett Sleigh bells 
one lot of Shoemaker tools & bench one Still kettle 
one copper kittle & feefs lan 
one wood saw & square 
one lot of augers 
one hand ax 
one lot of shissels 
one half bushel 
one spinning wheel 
two flour Carls two bowls & sole leather 
one Cockle Seave 
one lot of Crocks & jugs 
one watering can 
Six Rakes 
one lot of window glass 
one lot of old iron 
on Sett of bread baskets 
one log chain 
one Rocking Cradle 
one iron kettle 
one iron pot & tuckoven 
one copper pan & griddle 
one skillet & teakittle 
one grind Stone 
one mans Saddle 
one Side Saddle 
one Riding bridle 
one Ditto 
two Ditto 
two plains pinchers & saw 
two drawing knife & guague 
one pair of Sled runners 
one trowel & hook 
one Syth & knead 
one lot of Boards 
one ax & Clever 
one vinegar barl & mead tub 
one lockmachine on waggon 
one lot of tubs & Cask 
one glass lantern 
two pans & skillet 
one lot of tinware 
one Sett of blacksmith tools 
one pair of Waggonladder & harrow 
one waggon 
one Collar Chains & strap 
one baldface mare 
Six hogs 
Cutting box barl & pick 
Four Stacks of hay 
one spotted heiffer 
two youngs Steers 
one Med Cow 
one Spring Calf 
two Sheep 
Ten geese 
Cash on hand 18.50 
Bookaccount 295.34


Bedford County


Personly appeared before the Subscriber one of our Justices of the Peace in 
and for Said County Nicholas Kegg & Solomon Egolf the two appraisors of the
goods and Chattles of John Whiteline deceased, and after being duly sworn
according to law, do depose & say that they did appraise all the goods and
Chattles of John Whiteline des what had been presented to them by the 
Executors of Said deceased.


Sworn & subscribed before me this 21 day of September 1850


John Lindsay