one pr. cart wheels, one pair sad Irons, three pots, one dutch oven,
one frying pan, one Iron pot Rack, one Cross cut saw, one hand saw,
one Table, parcel of Cooper's tools, two saddles, one bridle, parcel
of feathers, one pair steelyards, one shot Gunn, three butter pots,
six pewter dishes, four Basons, eleven plates, six spoons, two cases
of knives and forks, parcl of earthen ware, nine Chairs, five tin
vessels, one mold and stick, one pepper box, parcel of Working tools,
parcel of Corn, parcel Meat, parcel of Wheat, one hogshd, parcel of 
Barrels, one Coffee pot, parcel of Water Vessels, Case of Razors,
four bed steds, one Jug, parcel of Leather, one Meal sifter, one pair
of Iron wedges, one Box Iron, parcel of books, one looking Glass, ten
shillings in Cash and sundry little debts, two pair of Cotton Cards,
one Ink stand, two pair pot hooks, two plough frames, parcel of Geese,
and Chickens and Ducks, one howe, one small lock, parcel of salt, parcel
of lard, parcel of Cotton and flax, and Baskets, and other things
of little or no value.
                                              his
                                         EDW.  X  DORUM
                                    )         mark
Wake County May Term                )         her
                                    )  BETSY   X  HOLLINGSWORTH
                1803                )         mark

    The foregoing Inventory was by the Execrs. returned into Court
and orered to be recorded.
Wake County Will Book F or 6, pp. 116,106.  S. TURNER, Cl.

NOTE: We are not aware of the ancestry of Thomas Hollingsworth of
Wake County, North Carolina. His son Henry was still living there in
1850, and his birthplace given as Virginia. From this, we must advance
the theory that Thomas may have been one of the men bearing the name,
to be found in early Patrick or Henry County, Virginia, records, some
of whom served in the American Revolution.

    Many of the records of Buncombe Cunty have perished by fire.
In 1966 we were pleased to find that the deed books have evidently
been preserved complete from the beginning of the county. Buncombe
County was erected in 1791 from Burke and Rutherford Counties. Since
nearly all Burke County records have been lost, it is fortunate, indeed
that we have the following HOLLINGSWORTH records, because these people
lived in the section which was Burke prior to 1791.

(1) Book 1, page 73. ABRAHAM HOLLINGSWORTH, witness to Deed, Oct. 26,
    1791, between JAMES DAVIDSON, Jr., of Burke County, to JAMES
    DUNSMORE, of same place.

(2) Book 3, page 65. JACOB HOLLINSWORTH, "of Frankland" County, State
    of Georgia, to JOHN WEBB, Buncombe County. Sum. £200. Parcel of 
    320 acres lying on Ivy Creek above WILLIAM WHITSON'S land, including
    round hill bottom. Signed April 20, 1796. Witnesses: JOSEPH
    HUGHEY, STEPHEN HAMLEN(?) Registered by JACOB HOLLINSWORTH
    July 13, 1796.

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