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Schedule of Personal Property of Jacob Monroe
2 head of stock cattle valued at $20.00
1 ox valued at $15.00
5 head of Turkey valued at 1.50 each 7.50
5 head of ducks valued at 2.50
12 head of fowls valued at 3.00
Household furniture valued at 5.00
Kitchen furniture valued at 3.00
10 head stock hogs valued at 20.00
Farming tools valued at 2.00
Recorded [in Liberty County Superior Court] on January 27th 1872.
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[NOTE: Presumbly recorded because he had requested exemption for his personal property under the Homestead Act.]
On September 27, 1872, Jacob Monroe’s petition for exemption of personal property was approved, with the following schedule of property attached.
-One ox valued at $20 dols and of a brown color
-one cow & calf valued at $25 dols, red & white spotted
-Ten hens and a few chickens valued at $5 dol
-Eight head of ducks valued at 5 dols
-six head of Turkeys, valued at $5 dols
Ten head of stock hogs marked in one ear smooth crop and underbit and in the other a split
-Household and kitchen furniture bed and bedding and plantation tools valued at $5
-Growing crop of rice, corn & cotton partially gathered and fodder, peas & potatoes valued at $150 dols.
Recorded September 27, 1872.
Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 107; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-593Y-L: accessed 20 Mar 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 73 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.
Liberty County, Georgia, Deeds & Mortgages, 1870-1874, Book Q, page 178; digitized microfilm accessed through catalog, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-59MK-J : accessed 4 Apr 2024), Family History Library microfilm 008564334, “Deeds & Mortgages, v. Q-R, 1870-1877,” image 119 of 607, item 1 of 2; citing original records of Liberty County Superior Court, Georgia.