Friday, August 19, 2016

Personal Estate of Peter Johnston, Jr. (1832): Interior Artifacts

From Inventory and Appraisement of the Personal Estate of Peter Johnston, Jr. (1763-1831). Peter Carr Johnston (1793-1877), administrator. Washington County, Virginia, Will Book No. 6, page 261, recorded August 27, 1832. Appraisers: George V. Litchfield (ca. 1797-1875), Valentine Baugh (1775-1851) and Robert R. Preston (probably 1793-1866, Abingdon banker. Note that his son attended VMI and that Peter Carr Johnston was on VMI's first Board of Visitors in 1839).

Note: $1 in 1832 = about $27.00 in 2016

1 patent coffee mill = $4.00
7 one gallon pans and coffee pot = $2.25
1 brass mortar = $2.50
1 pair of brass scales and weights = $2.00
1 bell metal kettle = $3.00
4 large ovens and lids = $4.00
1 small oven and lid and small pot = $1.00
1 frying pan and grid iron = $1.00
1 waffle iron = .75
1 ladle and skimmer = .375
1 large bell = .95
2 pots racks, hooks, etc. = $2.00
1 tea kettle and crock = $2.00
2 pots and kettles = $4.00
3 sad irons (aka sadirons) = $1.75
5 pairs of andirons (fireplace log holders) = $3.00
3 buckets, piggin and bowl = $2.50
1 ground augur = .25
1 reel = .50
2 barrels = $1.50
1 chair = $5.00
4 China dishes - $8.00
10 large Liverpool dishes = $12.00
14 small Liverpool dishes = $7.00
1 large edged dish = .50
3.5 dozen Liverpool plates = $5.25
1 dozen Liverpool twifflers (9.5" plates) = $1.25
10 China plates = $3.00
2 cut decanters = $1.50
4 plain decanters = $1.25
2 white pitchers = .75
1 Britannia tea pot = .50
10 puff pans = .25
2 decanter stands = $1.00
1 stew pan and cheese toaster = $1.50
1 cake pan = .50
2 stone pitcher and jar = $2.00
1.5 dozen ivory handled knives and one pair of carvers = $5.50
1 dozen buck-handled knives and forks = $1.25
1 China soup tureen and stand = $2.00
21 China cups and saucers = $7.00[?]
5 cup plates, bowl and cream = $3.50
10 silver spoons = $20.00
12 teaspoons = $9.00
1 sugar tongs and 2 salt = $1.25
1 soup ladle = $5.00
1 Liverpool pitcher and creamer = .375
12 punch cans = $2.00
23 glass custards = $3.00
15 cut wine glasses = $3.25
7 plain wine glasses = .625
4 glass salts = .625
1 butter boat and stand = .375
3 fancy pitchers = $2.00
1 white pitcher and knife sharpener = $1.00

9 waiters = $5.00
2 dining tables = $12.00
1 large table = $5.00
1 small cherry table = $1.00
1 side board = $15.00
1 pair of card tables = $6.00
2 sets of drawers = $50.00
1 mahogany secretary = $25.00
1 poplar press = $5.00
1 dressing glass (mirror) = $1.50

1 trundle bedstead with bed and clothing = $8.00
1 bedstead, straw bed and clothing = $5.00
1 bedstead, bed, straw bed and 1 pair of sheets = $10.00
1 small table = .25
8 Rose blankets = $14.00
1 Demijohn, jug, and 16 blk. bottles = $4.25
4 barrels = $3.00
1 large chest = .50
1 keg = .50
2 beds and bedsteads = $32.00
1 wool mattress = $5.00
1 high post bedstead, bed, mattress and clothing = $30.00
1 gold detached lever watch = $100.00
16 cotton sheets = $16.00
8 linen sheets = $14.00
3 Calico counterpanes = $7.50
16 diaper and linen towels = $2.50
7 Damask tablecloths = $20
4 white jeans bed covers = $20.00
3 homespun counterpanes = $13.00
1 Marseilles Quilt = $5.00
8 pairs of pillowcases = $4.00

1 crowbar = $1.00
1 lightning rod = $3.00
5 green split window blinds = $2.50
2 painted tables = $1.00
1 glass stand and bowl = $2.50
1 set Backgammon tables = $1.50
1 game of chess = .0625
Library of books (to be considered in a later post).

Note that Mary Valentine Wood Johnston (1769-1825) had died in 1825. Peter's second wife, Ann Bernard (1775-1865), lived to be ninety and is buried in Richmond, Virginia. She was probably living at Panecillo when Peter died. They had married on December 13, 1828. In 1850 and 1860 she was living in the large household of Richmond merchant "Colonel" Walter Dabney Blair (1797-1878), whose son was a judge in Salem, Virginia (another son was a professor at William & Mary). Ann Bernard Johnston is buried next to Walter Dabney Blair and other family members in Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Range 10, Section 5. Ann Bernard was the daughter of John Bernard (1736-1799) and Henningham Carrington (1746-1810) and sister of Elizabeth Ann Bernard (1778-1862), who was also living in the Blair household in 1860. Elizabeth had married Willis Wills (1770-1834) of Amelia County, Virginia, in 1797, and together they had at least nine children. In addition, Elizabeth seems to have had twin sons via John Allan (1779-1834) on or about July 1, 1830, when she was about age 51. John Allan was also the guardian of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Elizabeth is buried in the same section of Shockoe Hill Cemetery as Ann. 

At Panecillo in the 1830 census, 41 people resided as listed in this order: 6 white males, 6 white females, 14 black males, 15 black females. 

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