Frost Pollitt’s Personal Property viewed from his Estate
It is not until the Rev. Frost Pollitt passed away that we get a glimpse of his personal possessions in the Inventory of his Personal Estate.
1872 Inventory of Personal Estate of Frost Pollitt
Reference: Inventory 29 Mar 1872 Wicomico County, Maryland, Liber W.B. No. 62, folios 408, 409 & 410.
NOTE: Thomas C. Morris, listed below is the youngest son of James Morris and his second wife, Sarah Disharoon and my second great grandfather.
Folio 408
Frost Pollitt Inventory John Robinson Executor
The State of Maryland To J. H.A. Dulaney and Thos. C. Morris Greetings:
This is to authorize you jointly to appraise the personal property and estate of Frost Pollitt, late of Wicomico County, deceased, so far as the same shall come to your sight and knowledge, each of you first having taken the oath or affirmation hereto annexed, a certificate where you are to return, annexed to an Inventory of the said personal property and estate, by you appraised, in dollars and cents, and in the said inventory you are to set down in a column or columns opposite to each piece of property the price thereof.
Witness. George L. H. Woolford Esq., Chief Judge of the Orphans’ Court for Wicomico County, this 29th day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
Test.
W. Birkhead, R.of W., W.C.
We J. H. A. Dulaney & Thomas C. Morris do swear that we will well and truly without partiality or prejudice, value and appraise the personal property and estate of Frost Pollitt deceased, so far as the same shall come to our sight and knowledge, and will in all respects perform our duty as appraisers, to the best of our skill and judgement, so help us God.
Signed.
J. H.A. Dulaney
Appraisers
Thomas C. Morris
I hereby certify that the foregoing oath was taken and subscribed to by the said J. H. A. Dulaney & Thomas C. Morris before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for Wicomico County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, this first day of April 1872.
Wm J. Riggin
Justice of the Peace for Wicomico Co.Folio 409
Column 1 Column 2 1 Chest No. 1 $ 0.30 1 Book Rack $ 0.10 1 Chest No. 2 0.75 1 Office Chair 0.25 1 Chest No. 3 0.40 1 Pork Barrel 0.25 1 Valise 1.00 1 Meal Salter 0.25 1 Pocket Book 0.20 1 Buggy Box 0.03 1 Travling sack 0.15 1 Goods Box 0.15 1 Sheet 0.75 2 Beef Tongues 0.10 1 Quilt unfinished 2.00 2 ½ Hogs head 0.80 1 Quilt old 0.75 1 Trow 0.25 1 Pillow 0.50 2 Jugs & Contents 0.10 1 Pillow 0.50 2 Jugs & Contents 0.10 1 Bolsters 0.75 1 Weeding hoe 0.15 1 Feather Bed 5.00 1 Grubbing hoe 0.15 1 Straw bed 1.00 1 Long H. Shovel 0.10 1 Silver Watch 5.00 1 Inch Auger 0.25 1 Pine Table 0.25 1 ¾ Inch Auger 0.15 1 Bread tray 0.10 1 Hand Saw 0.06 1 Stone Jar 0.25 1 Haletret 0.05 1 Milk strainer 0.30 1 Box & Contents 0.40 1 Coffee Box 0.12 1 Pad lock 0.10 2 Lip Bowls 0.50 1 Peck measure 0.15 1 Oil Can 0.20 1 Half peck measure 0.15 1 Ladle 0.05 1 Leather Collar 0.30 1 Gimlet 0.03 1 Buggy Cushion 0.40 1 Commentator on New Testament 0.50 1 Barrel 0.10 1 Clark’s Commentator on New Testament No. 1 0.25 1 pr Iron Hames 0.15 1 Clark’s Commentator on New Testament No. 2 0.25 1 Iron Wedge 0.05 1 Methodist Magazine 0.10 1 Riding saddle 0.50 1 Pocket Bible 0.15 1 Cart Saddle & Girth 0.25 1 Hymn Book No. 1 0.20 1 Leather Bridle 0.10 1 Hymn Book No. 2 0.10 1 Adze 0.15 1 Wesleys Sermons 0.25 1 pr Hames & single tree 0.20 1 Pocket Testament 0.10 1 Horsecart 6.00 1 Lot Books No. 1 to 8 0.30 1 Buggy 5.00 $ 22.55 $ 16.69
* NOTE: Calculation off low by $0.50 in Column 2
Folio 410
Column 3 Recapitulation 40 Bu Corn in car $10.80 & Box.05$ 10.80 1 Box 0.25 Footing of Column 1 $ 22.55 1 Slack Fodder 5.00 Footing of Column 2 $ 16.69 1 Horse 40.00 Footing of Column 3 $ 56.05 $ 56.05 $ 95.29 We hereby certify that the following is a true and correct inventory of the goods and chattels of Frost Pollitt deceased, late of Wicomico County, as appraised this second day of April 1872 under the authority of the Orphans’ Court of Wicomico County and being duly sworn thereto.
J. H. A. Dulaney
Thomas C. MorrisWicomico County, to wit: April 9th 1872
Then came John Robinson Executor of Frost Pollitt late of Wicomico County, deceased, and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that the foregoing is a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels of the said deceased, that have come to his hands or possession at the time of the making of the same; that what hath since or shall hereafter come to his hands or possession he will return in an additional inventory; that he knows of no concealment of any part or parcel of the deceased estate by any person, whomsoever: and that if he shall hereafter discover any concealment or suspect any to be he will acquaint the Judges of the Orphans’ Court for Wicomico County or the Register of Wills for the time being with such concealment or cause of suspicion that it may be inquired into according to law.Before.
W. Birkhead, R.of W., W.C.
Recorded in Liber W.B. No. 62, folios 408, 409 & 410.Test.
W. Birkhead, R.of W., W.C.
Levin Huston
Elijah Pinkett
Frost’s personal estate was modest and fitting for a man called to the ministry. His most expensive possessions were valued as a horse, 40 bu. of corn, horse cart, a buggy, a feather bed, a sack of fodder, and a silver watch. Many books were listed by name and the majority were Methodist of course. The total value of his personal possessions was less than $96.00.