John MARJORIBANKS' Estate
 in York County, SC
1790
 Under Construction
Inventory
Click Here to see the 100 dpi jpeg of John Banks' Inventory at its original 800 pixel width before reducing to 650 pixel width, sometimes rotating 1º to 2º, & cropping, below.
12 pence (d)=1 shilling (/ or s)
20 shillings (/ or s)=1 pound (£).
For example in the first item (below): "4 Fine shirts at 4/6" means "4 shirts at 4 shillings & 6 pence each".  Since there are 12 pence in a shilling (per table above), 6 pence is half a shilling so 4/6 is 4.5 shillings.  Four shirts times 4.5 shillings/shirt = 18 shillings & is written here with 18 in the shillings column, as 0"18"0.  I think the quotation marks (") are being used as separators & to stand for s & d (shillings & pence), since £ precedes the first number when used below, I figure s & d preceed their numbers but are represented by " which dittos the s & d in the column headings.  These computations give us a back check on reading the values given and thus give us the sense that we can read this manuscript.  If you find any errors, report the error to me, the webmaster, James Green III.
Wm. Chambers
£  S  d
4Fine shirtsat4/6 Pr
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0"18"0
9Fine Dittoat4s Pr
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"1"16"0
5Fine Dittoat 2/6 Pr
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0"12"6
7Course Dittoat4/6 P
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1"11"6

7Course Ditto
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0"6"0

2Fine Dittoat1/ P
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0"2"0

3pair of Overallsat
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0"5"0

2 Linnen jackets and one pair of Linnen Britches   ----------------------
[Linen]		 0"7"0

4Handtoals
[Hand towels?]		at6d Pr
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0"2"0

3Muslian Handcheifs
[Muslin Handkerchiefs?]
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0"5"0

2Cravatsat
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0"2"6
9pair Wooling stockings
[pair Woolen or Woollen stockings] 		at 9d Pr pair
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 0"6"9

1Blue Cloath Coat and Jacket
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0"12"0

1Black Coat and Jacket
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0"12"0

1Blue Coat & Jacket
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0"12"0

1Blue Ship Coat & jacket
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0"4"0

3pair of Britches and a night Cape
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0"0"9

1pair of Boots
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0"4"0

1Trunk
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0"1"0

£8"10"8

1Seek
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0"1"6

Error in Carrying out 7 Course Shirts
£8"12"2
    10"2
£9" 2" 2		 
These are to Certify that the above artikils
which hath been preduced by Mr. Hugh White
                                       appraised
belonging to John Banks Decessed are Justly & truly
by us to the best of our knowleg
   Certified & subscribed ---------------
   this 10 Day of July 1790 ---------Hugh Drennan
                                          Mc
   by -------------------------------Hugh Cleland
                                     Wm. Chambers
From James Green III's email to Allen Long via the MbanksPerth list 6 Sep 2002,
this is my comparison of the above inventory to
the inventory of John Peat, upholsterer of Edinburgh, who died in 1776,
from Scottish clothes for persons of various social standing.

John PeatJohn Marjorybanks
2 suits of Brown Cloths £2 2s 3 pairs of Overalls 5s
A black Cloak 10s 6d
[cape?]		 3 pairs of Britches &
a night Cape 9d
A Duffle Big Coat 7s 6d
(duffel bag?) & big coat		 1 trunk 1s
3 Coats & Jackets 36s
1 Ship Coat & jacket 4s
2 Linen jackets &
1 pair of Linen
Britches 7s
36 Shirts £3 34 shirts £5 6s
6 pairs of Thread &
worsted Stockings 7s 6d		 9 pairs of Wooling
stockings 6s 9d
A Silver watch --- £2
4 Hand (towels?) 2s
3 Muslian Handcheifs
[Muslin Handkerchiefs?] 5s
2 Cravats 2s 6d
1 pair of Boots 4s
1 seek 1s 6d

    Some Questions
  • Do John Marjorybanks' overhauls look like today's overhauls?
  • Why is the ship coat & jacket only 4s while
    the 1 Blue Cloath Coat & Jacket,
    the 1 Black Coat & Jacket, and
    the 1 Blue Coat & Jacket are each 12s?
    That is, why is a Coat & Jacket 3 times the cost of a ship coat & jacket?
  • What is the difference between a cloath[sic, cloth?] coat & a [plain] coat?
  • What is a seek?
    • Part of Robert Mills' Map of Chester County SC from his 1825 Atlas
    Click here or on map to see whole map.
    Click to see whole map

    This is part of Robert Mills' 1825 map of Chester County SC showing Upper Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church & Lower Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church (also called Richardson's & Burnt Meeting House).  Usually it is said that John Marjorybanks is buried at Upper Fishing Creek Presbyterian.  Nina W. Barrett found a reference to his being buried at Lower Fishing Creek.  His grave has not been found at either place.  N.B. that John's estate is probated in York County & not Chester County.

    I slid the parts of title block tighter together & moved title block, scale & "YORK" over the part of map that is of interest, slid bearing south of the county line, & cropped to the selection shown above.  This map was a 450K jpg that I copied from http://www.scroots.org/1825chester3.html.

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