NOTES FOR RACHEL LONGSHORE BURDETT
According to papers in the Davis County Court House, Box 7,Thomas Cohagan requested that the County Court of Davis County appoint a suitable person to preserve and account for the state of Rachel Burdett who died on the 13th day of April 1861.
According to the probate records of Joseph Burdett, Rachelreceived $23.67 from Jonathan Cohagan, administrator, on January 7, 1860 after the estate was settled.
An inventory of the personal property of Rachel Burdett,deceased; written by Jonathan Cohagen and recorded in the probate records of Davis County, Bloomfield Iowa Court House, Box 7: 1 yoke of oxen, 1 cow and calf, 1 cow, 3 yearling claves, 7 sheep, 8 hogs, 16 chickens, 2 stands of bees, 1 small lot of meat, 2 bushels of buck wheat, 1 barrel and salt, 1 barrel and molasses, 1 loom, 1 old wagon, 1 mattock, 1 brush scythe, 1 hoe, 1 big wheel, 1 little wheel, 1 rell, 1 clock, 1 cupboard, 1 table, 1 stove, 1 looking glass, 3 bed steads, 1 cradle, 4 chairs, 1 meal seive, 1 ax, 1 hatchet, 1 fire shovel, 1 steel yard, 2 auaagers, 1 coffee mill, 1 tub, 1 wash board, 1 lot of crocks, jars, jugs, 1 drawing knife, 1 big kettle, 12 oven, 1 tea kettle, 1 soap trough, soap and soap grease, 1 lot of dishes, a lot of lard, 2 jars and honey.
On April 5, 1875, William S Burdett and Mary E. Burdett (presumedto include other children) received $175.00 each from the estate of Rachel Burdett, deceased, according to copies of receipts in the possession of Jacqueline
Rachel died after a long illness as sev3ral doctors bills are inher probate records.
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