Conway Edwin Estate Inventory

This inventory of the estate of Edwin Conway of Virginia, shows how wealthy he was. Very interesting glimpse into the life of a large plantation owner.

Conway, Col. Edwin
Lancaster County, Virginia Deeds and Wills 17, 1763-64, p 30-32 Taken:October 7, 1763; Recorded: January 20, 1764

An Inventory of the Estate of Colo. Edwin Conway taken this 7th Day of October 1763:

In the Hall
20 Leather Chairs 2 Large Looking Glasses, 2 Walnut Tables, 1 Desk with papers, 1 pail Sconces, 1 Case with Bottles, In and on the Corner cupboard Vizt – 4 pieces of China ware,8 Glass Tumblers, 6 Drinking Glasses, a parcel of Books, a paper box with wigs, a small box with old papers, 6 new Butcher knives, 4 Gimblets, 1 pair Fleams &cr 3 pail
Hinges, 1 Silver watch, 1 pair Gold Studs, 1 Cork screw, 1 Hoan & Case with 2 Rasors & pen Knives

In the Parlor
1 Large Looking Glass, 12 Leather Chairs, 5 Glass Canters, 2 Large Walnut Tables, 1 Chest with drawers, 3 Large Beer Glasses, 2 Sugar Boxes, 4 Glass Cans, 6 Coffee Cups, and
milk pot, 2 Brushes 1 Large Silver Tankard, 1 Corner Cupboard, 1 Sealskin trunk, a Box with some Triffles, 1 Silver tea pot, 2 sets China, 1 silver tea tongs, 1 sugar Box, 4 Salt sellers, 1 Comb Case, 3 Large Punch Bowls, 1 Sugar pot, 1 Dozn Large Silver Spoons and Silver pepper Box – (second column) 1 pair Silver Neck Clasps, 4 Cannisters, a Parcel of Physick, some salt, 1 pair Fire tongs, Shovel and Poker, 14 case Knives, and forks, Vinegar cruet, 5 Large Table Clothes, 2 small Ditto, 1 Large Diaper Do, a parcel of shoe thread and sewing Do. & Napkins, 4 Towels and some Remnants of white Linen

In the Passage
1 case with Bottles, 1 Box, 3 leather Chairs

In the Chamber
1 Bed and furniture, 6 flag chairs, 1 old Leather Do, 1 pair fire tongs, & shovel, 2 Large Chests with Sugar and Tallow, 1 Tub with salt, 3 pair Snuffers, 1 square
Table, 1 pair old And Irons, 1 Candle box,5 Candlesticks —

In the Closet
7 Butter pots, 13 patta pans, 1 Box & white mugs, Tea pots Cups and Saucers & 1 Coffy Mill, 6 quart mugs, 7 Porringers, 1 Earthon Cullander and Parcel of Earthon Dishes and plates, 1 Tub with salt 1 Warming pan, 6 Reap hooks, 1 bung borer, 1 Log Head, 1 safe, 1 Lanthorn, 1 Chaffin Dish, 1 Cabnet, 1 pair of money Scales and waits, 3 pair Candle Moulds

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Up the Chamber Loft
19 Black Earthen plates 3 Do Dishes, 1 Barrell with Beans

In the Dairy
2 Butter pots, 1 old spice Mortar, 1 tea Pot and some Earthenware, 1 Large Chest, 2 flower pots, 2 Sifters and one Sarch, 6 old tubs, 2 Largest Trays, 12 Milk pans.

In the Kitchen
1 Dozn. and half of new pewter plates, 1 Dozn. Deep pewter plates, 2 Dozn. and Eight Shallow Ditto, 13 pewter Dishes, 2 new pewter Do. 4 Large pewter Basons, 3 small Do
1 pewter porringer, a parcel of spoons, 1 pair spoon Moulds, 3 pair Sheep Shears, 1 spice Mortar and pestle, 1 tea Kittle, 1 Coffee pot, 1 flower box, 1 pepper Ditto
and a parcel of pepper, 1 plate Stand, 1 Iron spit, 2 Small Axes, 1 Large Copper Kittle and 2 small brass Ditto, 2 Bell Mettle Skillets, 1 Grid Iron, 9 Iron pots, and seven pot hooks, two frying pans, 1 pair fire tongs and Shovel, 10 pieces of wooden ware, 18 hoes, 7 Axes, and a parcel of old Iron, 1 Cross Cut saw, 1 Whip Saw, 2 Hand Ditto, 1 Large Copper Still, 1 small Ditto

In Colo. Conway’s Room Loft
2 pieces of oxnabrigs, 5 Bags of nails, 2 Barrells Lamp Black, 1 Bed Cord, 8 new hoes, 1 new broad Ax, 6 Cart Wheel Boxes, some Drest Leather, 1 Ring and bolt, 1 small trunk with Papers, 1 Box with Ditto

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In the Room
1 Bed and furniture, 6 flag Chairs, 2 Looking Glass, 1 Press, 1 Square Table, 1 pair Stillards, 1 Close Stool, 1 Gun, 1 Tea Table, 1 pair fire tongs and Shovel, 1 pair of And Irons, 1 Bedstead and Cord, 2 Cups, 1 Comb Case, 1 quart mug, 1 silk Rug, 2 worsted Ditto, 2 Blankets, and some Books, a parcel of Coopers and Shoemakers Tools, one Glass Globe.

In the New Room
1 Tub with salt, 2 half Bushels, one pair of Hedge Shares

In the Room up Stairs over the Hall
2 Standing Beds and furniture, 9 Cain Chairs, 1 Tea Table, 1 Looking Glass, 1 Silk Rug, 2 Worsted Ditto.

In the Room over the Parlor
1 Large Trunk with 1 loaf of Sugar and some Coffee, 1 Standing Bed and Furniture, 5 Cain Chairs, 1 Cott, 1 Sheat, 1 Box, 1 Tea table, 3 Earthen plates, 1 Canter, 2 pair Hollan Sheets, 2 pair white Linen Ditto, 1 Punch Bowl –

In the Seller
4 Bottle Jugs, 3 Dozn. and Nine Bottles, 1 Jar with Hogs Lard and 8 small Casks with about 150 Gallons of Brandy, 1 New Rundlet, 14 Gamons of Bacon and 2 Middlens

In the Corn House
about 220 Barrels of Corn

In the Tobacco House
3 Casks with about 164 of Peach Mobby, 10 Cyder Casks, 2 Tubs,
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1 Large pair Stillards

In the Cyder House
1 hhd. half full of old wheat, 1 Ditto half full of new Do, 6 Casks with about 372 Gallons of Cyder, 3 old Casks, 5 tubs 1 tub with salt, 2 Sides and 3 pieces of Sole Leather, 2 pairs Cart Wheels and Carts, 1 Yoke Ring and Bolt

44Head of Cattle, 58 Head of Hogs, 33 Head of Sheep –

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Negroes
Stephen, Abraham, Daniel, Ned, Harry, George, Argil, Cats, Will, Moll, Nell, Kate, Betty, and Mary and old Betty –

Cash in the House
£37. 1. 2
Cash in Col Gordon’s hand
60. 0. 10 3/4
6 Crop Notes
Net
6458

At a Court held for Lancaster County on the 20th of January 1764. This inventory of the Estate of Edwin Conway decd was Returned and Ordered to be Recorded
Test.
Thos Edwards
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