John Eager Howard Estate Inventory 1827-1828, MS. 2450

Descriptive Summary

Baltimore County Will Book (1827), Liber 12, ff. 408-409. Maryland Hall of Records, Annapolis.

The will directed that “my personal estate and so much of my real estate as may be necessary should be sold by my Executors...at public or private sale...for the payment of my debts.” The will records Howard's intention to have made “a more particular distribution” of his estate, had he survived his last illness. Choosing, however, to make some will rather than die intestate, Howard named his sons George and Benjamin Chew Howard as executors and granted them full powers over the handling of the estate.

Howard's six surviving children (George, Benjamin Chew, William, James, Sophia Howard Read, and Charles) and two grandchildren (John Eager Howard, son of John Howard, and James Howard McHenry, son of Juliana Howard McHenry) were granted specific bequests of real property, and many of their names turn up on the list of purchasers from the auctions. Howard's wife, the former Peggy Oswald Chew, had died earlier in the year.

The detailed “Day Book of the Executors of J. E. Howard”

Howard Record and Account Books (MS.469.1). Manuscripts Division, Maryland Historical Society.

gives evidence of the way in which George and Benjamin Chew Howard carried out their responsibilities as executors, and sheds additional light on the circumstances of the sale. Recorded in the daybook are receipts from advance and private sales (including the sale of the contents of Howard's liberary, to one H. W. Bool), as well as various payments out for services rendered. Three bailiffs were hired to watch over the property at “Belvidere” for eight days and nights preceding the sale. Also recorded are payments made for the printing of a catalog (two copies of which are in MHS library collections)

Catalogue of the Furniture, Plate, &c. of the Late Col. Howard.... (Baltimore: Printed by J. Robinson, 1827). Charles Howard's annotated copy of the catalog is in the Library collections (MHF 5476.H81.F9); Benjamin Chew Howard's annotated copy is in Box 19 of the Howard Papers (MS.469), Manuscripts Division, Maryland Historical Society.

and for a

“Belvidere” -- Baltimore, Md., 1827-28

Ceramics, 1827-28

Farm implements, 1827-28

Farma and farming, 1827-28

Furniture -- prices, etc., 1827-28

Glassware, 1827-28

Interior decoration, 1827-28

Livestock, 1827-28

“Lodge Farm” -- Patapsco Neck, Md., 1827-28

Patapsco Neck, Md., 1827-28

Portraits, 1827-28

Silver, 1827-28

Slaves, 1827-28

Tools, 1827-28

Wine, 1827-28

Antebellum Southern Plantations microfilm Reel 11.

ARMOUR, James

2,

8,

24

BACON, _____

2,

8,

24

BAILEY, _____

8,

24

BARLING, Joseph

1-3,

5-7,

11,

13-24,

31

BARNEY, John

2,

24

BARRY, _____

15,

24

BOHN, Charles

5,

24

BOYD, William

15,

24

BRIDGES, _____

22,

24

BUSH, James

1,

16-19,

21,

24

CALDWELL, Samuel

8,

24

CARROLL, H[enry] D[orsey] G[ough]

4,

24

CAUGHERY, P_____

13,

15,

17-18,

24

CHESBOROUGH, _____

19,

24

COOKE, Col. William

18,

20,

24

CREAMER, _____

18,

23-24

CRONE, _____

9,

20,

24

DAWES, _____

1,

3-5,

7,

12-13,

15-16,

18-22,

24

DENNISON, Marcus

1,

24

DOLIN, _____

22,

24

DORSEY, Tho[ma]s B.

4,

24

DOWLING, _____

9,

24

FINLAY, John

13-14,

16,

24

FOSSIT, John

20,

24

FOWLER, Mrs. _____

22,

24

FREEMAN, _____

20,

24

GARDENER, _____

19,

21-24

GIBSON, _____

7,

24

GILMOR, Robert, Jr.

13,

24

HAMILTON, _____

21,

25

HARDEN, S_____

15-16,

19,

25

HARDISTY, Henry

7,

19,

24

HEIDELBACK, J_____ H_____

14,

22,

25

HILLEN, Thomas

5,

24

HOFFMAN, Jeremiah

7,

24

HOWARD, Benjamin Chew

1-11,

13,

16,

21-23,

25,

28

HOWARD, Charles

1-4,

6-20,

22,

25,

29

HOWARD, Mrs. Cornelia

17,

25,

30

HOWARD, George

1-3,

5-7,

9-14,

17-18,

21-23,

25,

28

HOWARD, James

1,

4-12,

14,

16-18,

22-23,

25,

29

HOWARD, Dr. William

5-6,

8,

12,

20,

25,

31

HUSSEY, Ashel

1,

3,

5,

13-14,

17,

24

KELLY, N_____

3,

8,

25

KEYS, _____

16,

25

LAWLESS, _____

3,

25

LOGAN, _____

16,

18,

25

LONEY, _____

7,

25

LYON, Major

10,

20,

25

McCLATCHY, _____

11,

15-16,

18-19,

25

McCOBB, _____

19,

25

McCORMICK, James

15-17,

20-22,

25

McDONALD, Gen. William

5,

25

McELLEAS, _____

16,

25

McGUIRE, Mrs. _____

11-12

McGUIRE, _____

13,

16,

18-19,

21,

25

MERRYMAN, _____

18,

25

MILLER, William

2-4,

13-14,

17,

20,

25

MONTEITH, John

2-3,

25

MUMMA, John

23,

25

NAFF, J_____ H_____

1-2,

25

NEAL & BROWN

1-3,

10,

18-20,

22,

25

OSEL, _____

22-23,

25

PEARSON, _____

10-12,

16,

18,

20-23,

25

PENNINGTON, Josiah

5,

8,

11,

13,

25

READ, Mrs. Sophia

30

REILLY, _____

14,

25

RHODES, _____

21,

26

RICHARDS, Timothy

2,

16,

18,

25

RIDGELY, Charles, of H[ampton]

3-5,

8-10,

26

RIGGS, George

21,

23,

26

RISTON, George

5-9,

26

ROBINS, _____

8-9,

26

ROGERS, Lloyd N.

4-7,

26

SAUERWINE, _____

7,

26

SCHROEDER, Henry, Jr.

6,

26

SCOTT, Mrs. _____

8,

13,

17,

19,

26

SHAY, William

21,

26

SIMINGTON, _____

16,

26

SIMPSON & Co.

6,

26

SLACK, _____

15,

19,

26

SMITH, J_____ L_____ M_____

5-6,

9,

26

SMITH, John Spear

19-20,

26

SMITH, Samuel R.

4,

23,

26

SNYDER, Dr. Peter

2,

26

SOLOMON, Mrs. _____

17,

26

SOLOMON, Benjamin

21,

26

STANSBURY, Dixon B.

5,

26

STERETT, Samuel

9,

14,

26

STERLING, _____

2,

26

STEWART, John

2,

23,

26

SUMWALT, _____

16,

21,

26

SWEENY, _____

18,

20,

26

TAYLOR, Robert

1-3,

8-9,

12,

14,

20,

26

TOWSON, Thomas

20,

26

TROOP, _____

3,

26

TYSON, _____

9,

26

VALENTINE, _____

20,

26

WALLACE, Samuel

21-22,

27

WARING, George W.

17,

27

WATSON, _____

18,

27

WHELAN, Thomas

1,

26

WILKINS, Joseph

13-14,

27

WILSON, _____

1,

3-4,

13,

26

WINCHESTER, George

6,

26

WINTKLE, Mrs. Elizabeth

15,

21,

27

WINTZ, Charles

16,

27

WOOD, Nicholas L.

18,

21-23,

27,

31

INDEX

PURCHASERS - PROPERTY AT LODGE FARM, PATAPSCO NECK

ADAMS, John

35

ANDERSON, _____

32,

35

BARLING, J[oseph]

33,

35

BOWEN, E_____

34-35

BRYAN, A_____ R_____

35

CODD, P_____

32

CURTAIN, Thomas

35

GARRISH, F_____

32-33,

35

GATCH, _____

35

GOODING, C_____ D_____

35

GORSUCH, J_____ M_____

32

HARRYMAN, A_____

35

HARRYMAN, E_____

35

HARRYMAN, J_____

34-35

HOWARD, Benjamin Chew

35

HOWARD, George

32-25

HOWARD, James

33,

35

HOWARD, R[obert?]

35

JONES, Henry

35

JONES, Thomas

34-35

LYNCH, John

32-33,

35

PORTER, James

35

PORTER, Robert

34-35

READ, W[illia]m G.

32-24

RISTER, T_____

35

SCHUNK, Jacob

33,

35

SHAW, J_____

32,

34

SHAW, Thomas

34-35

WEATHERBY, Col. _____

35

WILSON, Thomas

32,

35

WORKING, J_____

35