All Aspiring Inventories listing a Dairy or Milk House
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Addison, Col. John
of Pr Georges, MD 1/14/1765 Aspiring+
OXEN HILL? Spinning Room, Milk and Meel House. Items at Quarters and contents of meel* house
not detailed. Items on pg /7 questionable room. Food & meat stores not detailed.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Cellar; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; County borders Potomac River; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Addison, Mrs. Eleanor
of Pr Georges, MD 4/1/1761 Aspiring+
OXEN HILL? Incl's Garret & spinning room; great & little parlour; vehicles in store house
detl'd, ferry boat:not detl'd. Kulikoff:large land holder. Prbly E.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Cellar; Closets; Dairy;
Female; Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; County borders Potomac River; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Ashley, William
of Norfolk, VA 8/4/1753 Aspiring-
Barely enough equipage to enter aspiring category.
Important features are: Urban; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Bailey, Capt. John
of Lancaster, VA 4/16/1762 Aspiring
Closet, chambers, dairy noted as containing particular items. Kitchen assumed by placement of
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Closets; Dairy;
Livestock;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Ball, Sarah
of Lancaster, VA 10/8/1742 Aspiring
No bedsteads listed -- beds detailed as bedsteads in most cases.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Cellar; Dairy;
Female; Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Bertrand, William
of Lancaster, VA 6/19/1761 Aspiring
Designation "in store" not included in detailed report. Two cellars: 1 following store
(cellar,s) and the other following dairy (cellar, d)
Important features are: Rural; Books titled; Cellar; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Conway, Col. Edwin
of Lancaster, VA 10/7/1763 Aspiring
No values given.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Cellar; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Glascock, Gregory
of Richmond, VA 5/13/1752 Aspiring
Lists bed as furniture--in inventory "half standing beds" & "standing beds." Furniture
listed as textile-bedding. Kitching* listed as kitchen.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Cellar; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Glasscock, John
of Richmond, VA 7/5/1756 Aspiring
INDIAN FIELD. Meat stores not detailed. No bedsteads listed therefore: Beds=furniture;
furniture=textiles-bedding.
Important features are: Rural; Books titled; Cellar; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; 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;
Hunter, Capt. John
of Elizab City, VA 7/8/1795 Aspiring
Several closets.
Important features are: Urban; Books noted; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings;
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;
Keene, Mr. Richard
of Pr Georges, MD 9/30/1754 Aspiring+
Store inventory not detailed- Household detail begins on PAGE 4 with "inner room upstairs"
Important features are: Urban; Cellar; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Merchant; Out buildings; County borders Potomac River; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Lewis, Thomas
of Fairfax, VA 12/1/1749 Aspiring
Plantation on Doeg Creek & one called Difficult Plantation. Chaff beds in house & kitchen.
Difficult not detailed. Clothing.
Important features are: Rural; Books titled; Cellar; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; County borders Potomac River; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Magruder, Nathaniel
of Pr Georges, MD 1/10/1786 Aspiring
Includes smith's shop, barn, old milk house, meat house & store. Probably a taylor.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; County borders Potomac River; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Important features are: Rural; Books titled; Cellar; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings;
Room by room; Slaves;
Montague, William
of Middlesex, VA 7/2/1754 Aspiring+
Inventory lists the contents of 4 quarters: Piscataway, Dragon, Chaney's, & Cliff --
contents of these spaces have not been detailed.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Peachey, Samuel, Gent.
of Richmond, VA 1/1/1751 Aspiring
Minimal amount of cutlery - 1 dozn case knives. Lists quarters: Piscataway, Adocks, &
Phillips. List of books. Cubboard* is cupboard,
Important features are: Rural; Books titled; Cellar; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Singleton, Joshua
of Richmond, VA 11/18/1773 Aspiring
Items listed in buffat,* (detail as: buffet=) including ceramics, glassware, and tea pot.
No bedsteads: bed=furniture; furniture=bedding.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Cellar; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Sydnor, William
of Lancaster, VA 8/6/1751 Aspiring-
Kitchen listed as: "kitchen & other out places." bed=furniture & furniture=beds. Lists of
clothing. Long list of carpenters tools, not detailed. Barely aspiring.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Tarpley, Traverse
of Richmond, VA 6/6/1768 Aspiring
Outbuildings listed: spinning house, meat house, cyder house, dairy loft. Page 5 contains
misc. objects - mixture of hh & agricultural items.
Important features are: Rural; Books titled; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Wade, Zehpaniah
of Fairfax, VA 7/1/1746 Aspiring
Also contains a mill and shed which contains bedding.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; County borders Potomac River;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Webb, William
of Richmond, VA 1/1/1768 Aspiring
livestock listed but no tools other than carts & 1 plough.. Rural ?
Important features are: Rural; Books titled; Closets; Dairy;
Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings;
Room by room; Slaves;
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