Inventory of the Estate of John Weber

I almost missed finding the estate papers of my fourth great-grandfather, John Weber, because I was looking for John Weaver. It was fascinating to find the family still alternating between Weber and Weaver in 1877. 

A few years before John died, he deeded his real estate in Rapho Township, Pennsylvania, to his son and daughter-in-law, Frederick and Catherine Weaver, with whom he lived until his death. Here's the inventory of his personal property.

A true and perfect inventory and just appraisement of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits, which were of John Weber late of Rapho Township Lancaster County, Penna, deceased.

1 Scythe, oilcloth, basket, and sundries 1.25

1 Chest, box, chain, double and single trees & sundries 2.00

1 Plough and Dung Hook 1.00

1 Scythe, broom machine, box and Sundries 1.50

1 Trunk, 3 Chests 4.00

Shoemaker tools, knives, and Sundries 2.00

1/2 doz. spoons, 2 chairs, 1 Saddle and sundries 1.00

2 Iron Wedges, Augurs, 1 Gun, 2 Saws, & Sundries 5.00

10 Bags, 1 Clothing Cupboard, 1 Bed, Bedstead 6.00

1 Watch, Spectacles and Sundries 8.00

1 Promissory note against George Halman with interest 15.70

Books and wearing apparel 18.00

                                           65.55

Dower int recd from Uriah Carpenter 29.64

                                                         95.19 

Taken and appraised by us this 15th day of January A.D. 1877

John G. Kopp                   Levi Young

A shoemaker's tool kit

John McCloud, War of 1812 Veteran

John McCloud was my fourth great-grandfather. He was 5 feet, 11 inches, had blue eyes and black hair, and was 34 years old and a farmer from Vermont when he enlisted on June 5, 1812.

His pension file has only a handful of documents, one of which tells how John's service to his country ended. I've transcribed it here.

Fort Erie 28 August 1814

It is hereby certified that John McCloud a Private soldier in Capt Horace Hales company 11 Regt. U.S. Infantry is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier by reason of a wound inflicted while he was actually in the service aforesaid and in the line of his duty Viz. in action. By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination, it appears that on the fifth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen being engaged near a place called Chipawa in the province of Upper Canada he received a wound in his leg by reason of which he lost his right leg and he is thereby not only incapacitated for military duty, but in the opinion of the undersigned is totally disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor and is entitled to a pension of eight dollars per month.

Gordon A. Spencer

Surgeon 11 Inft.