Virginia Merchantile Inventories
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Ball, Jesse of Lancaster, VA   3/11/1747   Elite
Contains a spinnet, violin & flute. Has billiard balls & sticks. 14 old K & F. No bedsteads- "beds" detailed as furniture
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Cellar; Closets; Dairy; Kitchen; Livestock; Merchant; Quarters; Room by room; Slaves; Tools;

Hornby, Daniel of Richmond, VA   4/11/1750   Aspiring
Articles in store not included. Inventory not valued.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Cellar; Dairy; Kitchen; Livestock; Merchant; Out buildings; Quarters; Room by room; Slaves; Tools;

Hornsby, Thomas of York, VA   8/17/1772   Aspiring
Inventory for town house= Brick house & red house included in detail. Plantations not detailed. "Goods on Hand" not itemized in inventoroy.
Important features are: Urban; Books noted; Cellar; Kitchen; Livestock; Merchant; Out buildings; Quarters; Room by room; Slaves;

Hunter, George of Fairfax, VA   3/1/1798   Aspiring
Merchant in Alexandria, livestock & house(?) at "RED HILL." Inventory ordered by March term 1798 court. Cupboards.
Important features are: Rural; Books titled; Cellar; Dairy; Livestock; Merchant; Out buildings; County borders Potomac River; Slaves; Tools;

Stewart, James of Fairfax, VA   6/17/1782   Decent
Inventory contains items from store. HH inventory begins middle of page 433 with large gun. Furnishings sparce, musical instruments, 1 slave, 1 horse, 1 cow.
Important features are: Urban; Books noted; Livestock; Merchant; County borders Potomac River; Slaves;

Tucker, Robert of Norfolk, VA   9/5/1768   Elite
Apparent inventory of shipping and store items not included in detail. Musketo curtains. Ships bakery? Has ships.
Important features are: Urban; Books noted; Kitchen; Merchant; Room by room; Slaves; Tools;


George Mason's Gunston Hall Plantation - Mason Neck, Virginia 22079-3901 http://gunstonhall.org