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30 feet deep with a meat house attached under the same roof 10 feet long by 16 feet deep with a cellar under the whole all in good order. A chicken house 16 feet long by 8 feet wide in bad repair A Granary 16 feet long by 13 feet wide in tolerable condition a corn house 16 feet long 8 feet wide and 10 feet high in tolerable condition. A Granary 16 feet long by 12 feet wide with shed stables on either side one stable 16 feet long by 13 feet wide the other stable 16 feet long by 16 feet wide all in a Delapidated condition one other Corn house 16 feet long 6 feet wide and 10 feet high in bad condition There is no Garden enclosed on this farm but there is a necessary in good order. There is a Grave Yard front of the House 48 feet square enclosed with a plank fence in good order after taking a general view of the property and the manner of cultivation We arrived at the conclusion that it should be farmed under the five field Viz one field or 35 acres in with corn one field or 35 acres in with oats one field or 35 acres in with wheat and 4½ bushels of Clover seed sowed in one of the (small Grain) fields each and year and be estimate the annual value or rent of said farm formed as aforesaid (the Tenant furnishing all the seeds clover be included) at Eleven hundred Dollars ($1100) each and every year for three years Viz 1864 1865 & 1866 The Peach Orchard is to be ploughed and cultivated well each and every year and the broken and Dead limbs and branches cut off. Three hundred and Sixty six ⅔ Dollars (366⅔ or ⅓ of the rent we have set apart as the Widows portion or Dower and the balance seven hundred and Thirty three ⅓ dollars ($733⅓) belonging to the heirs as follows (Viz Mary E Kirkman Sophia H. Wright John W Hyrons James M. Hyrons Georgie H Caulk Charles T Hyrons and Sallie R. Hyrons adults each seventy three and ⅓ (73⅓) Dollars and William P Hyrons agnis Hyrons and Margaret Hyrons minors each seventy three and ⅓ dollars. We found 3 slaves on the premises but they were appraised with the personal property. In testimony thereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year above mentioned Geo W. Spencer (seal) Tho.s J. Shallcross (seal) |
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Kent County Register of Wills, Valuations and Distribution of Slaves, 1860-1895
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