Estate Sale of Solomon Rainwater, Sr., ca 1765-1814, Pendleton District, SC Anderson County Estate Papers, Box 16, #578, Roll C1133. The estate administration file of Solomon Rainwater, Sr. consists of 17 documents, many of which

are receipts scrawled on tiny scraps of paper. This inventory of the results of an auction appears to

be the most genealogically significant. That the estate's contents were disposed of in this way

suggests unpaid debts or back taxes were a problem. The dollar values in this record appear to be

given in dollars, cents, and fractions of cents.

The estate's administrator, John Harris, was appointed on 14 Nov 1814, so it is reasonable to

assume that Solomon died shortly before that date.

A true and perfect inventory of all the goods, chattels and personal estate of Solomon Rainwater,

late of the State of So. Carolina, Pendleton District, yeoman deceased, made by us whose names are

hereunder subscribed the 3rd day of December in the year of our Lord 1814.

Crop of wheat, rye, corn & potatoes …………………… Horses ……………………………………………………………… Horned cattle, sheep & hogs ……………………………… Forrage …………………………………………………………….. Cotton, wool & flax ……………………………………………. Ploughs & other implements of farming ……………… Household furniture ………………………………………….. Cooper ware ……………………………………………………… Poultry ……………………………………………………………… Kitchen furniture ………………………………………………. Tanned leather & raw hides ………………………………. Rifle gun …………………………………………………………… Wearing (sic) apparel ………………………………………… Saddles and saddle bags …………………………………….. Bees caps ………………………………………………………….. Shoe tools …………………………………………………………. Debts ………………………………………………………………… Total ……………………………………………………………… 4 hogs ………………………………………………………………..

$202.50.0 95.00.0

177.00.0 19.00.0 23.00.0 59.12.5

121.12.5 26.25.0

9.00.0 52.75.0

9.25.0 15.00.0 10.50.0 11.00.0 4.00.00

3.50.0 41.25.0

------------- $79.25.0

6.00.0 ------------- $85.25.0

Appraised by us this day and year above written. Alex. Moorhead, James Moorhead, Abraham Eldridge

Widow Rainwater Widow " Widow " John Fretwell " Widow Rainwater " Robert Gordon Aaron Oliphant Tarlton Hall Widow Rainwater " John Rainwater Widow Rainwater Job Hammond Benjamin Griffin John Hunnicutt Job Hammond Huly Roberts William Heaton Richard Adams Bennett W. Hall George Vandavier Charles Richy Job Rainwater Richard Phillips Widow Rainwater James Hillwee or Millwee Elisha Lewis Widow Rainwater Richard Phillips Tarlton Hall Caleb Smith Widow Rainwater Joseph Taylor Richard Phillips Caleb Smith Joseph Richy Luton Brady Widow Rainwater Aaron Oliphant William Brunter Seth Dildy Hugh Gaston (name unclear) Amariah Felton John Hollis (name unclear) [unreadable] Richardson [unreadable] Bennett Hall [unreadable]

Household furniture " " 1 Walnut chest 1 Walnut table " " 1 gun 1 wheel 1 lot pots 1 stack of rye 21 bushels wheat 3 barrels wheat 3 barrels wheat 3 barrels wheat 3 barrels " 3 " 3 hogshead " 3 " 4 " 1 hogshead " 1 sythe & cradle 1 cutting box 1 lot hogs 1 spade 1 lock chain 1 set gears & swingletree " 1 lot tools 2 mattocks " 1 lot of tools 1 draw knife 1 lot tools " " 1 lot leather 1 bed stead 1 hide tan leather 1 lot tools " 1 raw cowhide 1 born steer 1 [--] and jointer 1 fat hog " "

5.50.0 3.50.0 5.25.0 6.00.0 5.00.0 2.25.0 1.25.0

15.00.0 1.00.0 3.62.5

55.00.0 3.00.0

11.50.0 4.00.0

15.75.0 6.75.0 6.50.0 6.62.5 6.25.0 6.12.5

12.25.0 6.00.0 8.25.0

13.62.5 6.25.0 2.00.0

30.00.0 0.75.0 4.75.0 1.00.0 3.13.5 3.12.5 2.50.0 1.50.0 1.62.0 0.43.5 1.12.5 2.50.0 1.87.5

10.12.5 1.00.0 3.12.5 1.37.5 1.25.0 1.50.0 2.37.5 1.75.0 5.87.5 5.00.0 4.25.0

William Hall Widow Rainwater John Grimes John Mills Nathan Horne Nicholas Welch Elisha Lewis Tarlton Hall William Hall Walter C. Dickson Thomas Davis John C. Anderson John Mills John Lolly John Anderson Widow Rainwater Joshua Rainwater John Grimes Widow Rainwater Widow Rainwater Widow Rainwater Widow Rainwater Amariah Felton Nicholas Welch Widow Rainwater Widow Rainwater Widow Rainwater Solomon Rainwater

7 geese 1 lot cattle 1 cow & calf 3 yearlings 1 cow 2 sheep " " " " 1 pair stelyards 1 lot teaware 1 lot tinware " 1 teaware 1 sorrel mare 1 sorrel horse 1 bay colt 1 lot kitchen furniture 2 axes 1 jug 1 lot fodder 1 jug 1 pair free dogs 1 lot bells & guns 1 beer seap 1 half bushel [unclear] 1 broad ax and hammer

2.50.0 40.25.0 11.00.0 15.00.0 11.75.0

5.50.0 5.25.0 4.62.5 4.62.5 3.00.0 4.50.0 5.37.5 2.12.5 2.25.0 5.37.5

35.00.0 31.12.5 24.75.0

5.50.0 3.00.0 1.25.0

10.00.0 3.12.5 3.00.0 0.50.0 2.25.0 0.12.5 2.81.3

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December 16th, 1814, A. Moorhead, clerk List of the second sale on the 30th December 1814.

Mary Thomas John Rainwater Widow Rainwater " Richard Phillips John Rainwater Widow Rainwater Solomon Rainwater Widow Rainwater " " John Rainwater George Vandiver Widow Rainwater

One plow Two plows One Coulter plow Two [unreadable] One looking glass One pair saddle bags One lot potatoes One lot potatoes One lot chairs One lot potatoes One lot flax One lot cooper ware One lot straw One lot wearing apparel

1.50.0 1.25.0 0.50.0 1.50.0 1.00.0 4.50.0 1.61.4 3.25.6 1.00.0 1.00.0 0.31.5 0.31.4 0.25.0 0.12.5

17.62.2 + 245.56.3 ---------------

263.18.5 Photocopy of the microfilmed original contributed by William Rainwater. therainwatercollection document #1445