I just got around to transcribing this, but here is the estate settlement for James Calvin Donald. If anyone wants a photocopy of the original, drop me a note.
He died in July of 1899. This was done on 20 Nov 1900.

Side Note:  James C Donald's
	    Appraisement
	    Ex'd

An Inventory and Appraisment of the Personal Estate of James C
Donald dec'd made November 20th 1900 by John T L Preston, L M Leibig
and Greenlee Farrow in pursuance of an order ofRockbridge
County Court, Virginia, of date November 7th 1900, having been
first duly sworn for the purpose

Property						Value
1 two-horse wagon and hay ladders			$9.33
1 wagon bed						  .50
1 log chain						  .50
1 log chain						  .50
1 tool box in barn and contents				  .83
1 meal chest						  .43
1 goods box					          .07
1 goods box						  .07
1 cutting box						 1.33
1 set of two-horse harness				 4.33
1 single set of buggy harness				 5.31
2 four-prong forks					  .28
1 old big plow				                  .23
1 grind-stone						  .83
4 old buggy wheels					  .62
2 old grain cradles					  .50
1 old buggy rake					 1.50
1 pair double trees					  .70
1 spring tooth harrow					 7.83
1 wooden frame harrow				  	 1.33
1 double-shovel plow without handles			  .33
1 cultivator						  .33
1 stay chain and 1 single-tree & front & rear of
  running gear of old one-horse wagon			  .50
1 old hill-side plow					  .67
1 black 2 year old colt					50.00
1 black 6 months old colt			  	24.50
1 bay mare						53.33
1 old hand saw						  .13
1 square						  .27
2 drawing knives					  .22
1 old plane						  .10
1 crow bar						  .10
1 old grind-stone					  .20
1 bureau						 1.83
1 clock							 2.00
1 small table						  .83
1 single bedstead without bedding			  .58
1 double bedstead and springs without bedding   	 1.33
1 wardrobe						  .92
1 rocking chair						  .58
2 chairs					          .43
1 smooth-bore gun 					  .75

		amt. car'd forward		      $177.55
		amt brot forward		      $177.55
1 rifle gun						 2.16
1 brass kettle					 	  .47
1 buggy						        27.33
1 bee scap(?)						 2.50
one-half interest in fence machine			  .50
1 double barrel shot gun				 5.00
1 watch 						 8.00
						      $223.50

Appraisement of Property claimed by the widow of James
C. Donld dec'd as exempt from sale under sections 3650 and
3653 of the Code of Virginia and set set asside to her

Property						Value
1 roan mare					        $56.66
6 chairs						  1.30
1 sow and two pigs					 11.00
1 sewing machine					  6.33

Given ounder our hands the day and year first hereinbefore
written.

J L Brger, D S for Thos A		Greenlee Farrow
Sterrett S R C a as such		L M Leibig       Appraisers
adms of James C Donald Decd		J T L Preston  

Examined and approved for recordation
					W. S. Hopkins Coms of accts

Sate of Virginia

In Rockbridge County Court Clerk's Office, December 11th 1901.
This Appraisement of the Personal estate of James
C Donald decesed was this day presented in this office
and admitted to record.

					Teste: A J Shields Clerk

Side Note:
	James C Donald's Sale Bill
	(Ex'd)

	Sale Bill of Personal Property of James C Donald, decd made by
	his administrator Dec 27th 1900.

	Article				Purchaser		Price
	One harrow frame		Nothing bid for it
	One cultivator			J C Falls		  .15
	Spring tooth harrow		James H Donald		 4.70
	Plow (without handles) 		D. H. Gillespie		  .10
	Double-tree			J. C. Falls		  .25
	Meal chest			J Scott Moore		  .25
	Tool box and contents		James H Donald		  .55
	Cutting box			James H Donald		 1.75
	One set wagon harness		J M Lewis		 2.50
	Two four-pronged forks		James E Brogran		  .25
	Plow and beam			W P Gillespie		  .25
	One buggy			W P Gillespie		18.25
	One set buggy harness		W P Gillespie		 3.85
	One grind stone			J Scott Moore		  .45
	Two grain cradles		J H Donald		  .05
	One set buggy wheels		J C Falls		  .05
	One-half interest in cane mill	Will Hays		 8.00
	One buggy rake			J C Falls		  .10
	Rear part of buggy		J C Falls		  .05
	One plow			D H Gillespie		  .20
	One mare			R H Moddispaw		27.00
	One two year old blck colt	J F Falls	 	56.25
	1 double barrel shot gun	W P Gillespie		 6.35
	One rifle			J L Barger		 1.30
	One smooth bore gun		James H Donald		  .25
	Two drawing knives		James E Brogram 	  .10
	One square			J G Wills		  .15
	One plane			J L Barger		  .05
	One grindstone			James E Brogran		  .10
	One brass kettle		W T Dod			  .30
	One crow bar			J G Wills		  .25
	One short crow bar and saw	James E Brogran		  .05
	One bee scaf 			James P Amole		  .60
	One wagon			James H Donald		 4.25
	Set of breast chains		William Hys		  .35
	One log chain			J Scott Moore		  .60
	One wagon bed			Earl Carter		  .15
	One single bedstead		Earl Carter		  .05
	One double bed and springs	D H Gillespie		  .90
	One table			W P Gillespie		  .50
	One wardrobe			John Donald		  .15
	One bureau			James H Donald		 1.05
	One Clock			John Eaton		 1.20
	One rocking chair		James E Brogran	          .70
	One split botton chair		James E Brogran		  .05
	One half interest in fencing machine	W.P. Gillespie	  .50

		Amount car'd for'd			       162.45
		Amt brot for'd				       162.45
	One watch			James H Donald		 3.00
							       165.45

				J. L. Barger  D. S for
				Thos A Sterrett, S R C and as such Adm
				of James C Donald dec'd
	J Scott Moore
		Clerk of Sale

	Examined & approved for recordation
				W. S. Hopkins, Com of Accts

	State of Virginia:
	In Rockbridge County Court Clerk's Office, December 11th 1901.
		This Sale Bill of the Personal Estate of James
	C. Donald deceased was this day presented in this office
	and admitted to record.

				Test: A T Shields Clerk

I’ve been working on my Granny Laura’s side of the family. I’ve updated the index pages for every family name, the most names have been added to:

Cash Index

Donald Index

and the newly created : Matchett Index

I got tired of building all of these pages by hand, so I geeked out, and built some backend scripts to generate pages. I’m going to rebuild the Gillespie index, and update the Donald index, so that you can easily find people. Also, I’ve added a few new people pages to the Wallace index.

My great great grandparents, James Calvin Donald and Elizabeth Jane Wallace are such an interesting pair to me. They married before the Civil War, and Elizabeth was only 16. Then James went and fought for the Confederacy, which must have been a very long 4 years for both of them. They did manage to spend some time together as evidenced by their son James born in 1864. He was born after James, the elder, had been captured by Yankees and put into Camp Chase, an Ohio Yankee prisoner of war camp. I can’t even begin to imagine what my g-g-grandmother must of gone through at that point. Fortunately, James came back, and other children were born, including my great-grandmother, Laura Cecile.

I have yet to document much about their lives after that; I have yet to find the 1870 census for them. But I’ll find it.