New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Allen, William
Date of Inventory: June 25, 1859
Appraisors: James L Devon & Joseph McCarmary
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| 2nd story furniture | front room | ||
| 1 sofa | 12.00 | 1 pair bedsteads | 1.25 |
| 6 cane seat chairs | 3.00 | 1 bedstead | 1.00 |
| 1 rocking chair | 1.25 | best bed & bedding | 4.00 |
| 1 walnut breakfast table | 1.50 | others in same room | 3.00 |
| carpet on parlor floor | 2.00 | drawers | 1.00 |
| gas fixture in parlor & adj room | 2.50 | stand & glass | 0.37 |
| looking glass | 2.00 | carpet | 1.25 |
| lounge & cover | 1.50 | looking glass in store | 0.75 |
| clock | 1.50 | parlor stove | 2.00 |
| walnut dining table | 1.25 | arm chair | 0.75 |
| 6 best windsor chairs | 1.50 | [b ] hoods & [] | 2.00 |
| 6 other common chairs | 0.75 | goods & fixtures in store | |
| carpet in sitting room | 0.75 | 1 glass case on counter | 6.00 |
| U.S. map | 0.50 | case & shelves & drawers | 8.00 |
| curtain | 0.12 | counter | 5.00 |
| delftware & [] & [] & sundries in cabinet | 1.50 | oil cloth & zinc on store & stairs | 2.00 |
| mantle ornaments & lamp | 0.25 | bonnett tree in window | 0.75 |
| picture | 0.06 | bonnett tree on counter | 0.37 |
| kitchen cook stove | 4.00 | high stove | 0.50 |
| tinware | 0.50 | store stove | 0.12 |
| cedarware & closet | 0.75 | 4 cane seat chairs | 0.50 |
| Small room | gas fixture window | 3.00 | |
| bedstead &c. | 1.00 | gas fixture counter | 1.50 |
| bed & bedding | 4.00 | gas marble bureau | 2.50 |
| stand & glass | 1.75 | bonnett blocks | 0.50 |
| carpet | 0.50 | desk & tables | 0.80 |
| 3rd story - large chamber | 13 bonnett in [cur ] | 1.30 | |
| 1 bedstead &c | 1.50 | 6 bonnetts on counter | 0.60 |
| bed & bedding | 6.00 | 3 hats | 0.30 |
| bureau | 3.00 | box sundries No. 2 | 0.50 |
| stand | 0.50 | box gimps &c | 0.25 |
| carpet | 1.50 | box [] | 0.25 |
| 4th story | box crape &c | 0.12 | |
| bedstead | 1.25 | box crape &c | 0.12 |
| bed & bedding | 4.00 | 15 bonnetts about counter | 1.50 |
| quilts | 4.00 | 38 empty boxes | 0.38 |
| carpet | 1.25 | store window curtains | 0.25 |
| parlor window curtains | 0.20 | ||
| awning | 0.50 |
Additional information: Probate appears after the records of a lengthy court case concerning the validity of the will. Inventory was taken after the resolution of the case.
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens