New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: William Anderson (colored man)
Date of Inventory: April 18, 1843
Appraisors: Thomas Garrett & Isaac McConnell
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| stove & pipe | 5.00 | feather bed | 4.00 |
| 6 windsor chairs | 3.00 | 1 bed & bedding | 3.50 |
| 4 old chairs | 0.80 | bedstead & second | 2.50 |
| mahagony dining table | 4.00 | bureau | 1.50 |
| stained table | 0.50 | 1 bolster, 1 pillow | 0.50 |
| one old table | 0.25 | 2 bedspreads | 0.50 |
| rag carpet | 1.60 | small stand | 0.15 |
| looking glass | 0.50 | brass top andirons | 0.25 |
| round table | 0.50 | wheelbarrow | 2.50 |
| crockeryware | 2.50 | grindstone & frame | 0.50 |
| earthenware & coffee mill | 0.75 | woodhorse & saw | 0.25 |
| 2 small waiters | 0.25 | axe & scraper | 0.50 |
| glass lamp | 0.15 | axe, mallet & 2 wedges | 1.00 |
| map of United States | 0.25 | clamp to sharpen saw | 0.10 |
| 4 picture frames | 0.25 | rake & fork | 0.15 |
| dutch oven, skillet, tea kettle & 2 pots | 1.25 | scrubbing brush | 0.25 |
| andiron, shovel & tongs | 0.50 | soap tub | 0.25 |
| 2 mantel ornaments | 0.25 | 1 brush | 0.25 |
| large tub | 0.75 | tin lantern | 0.25 |
| corner cupboard | 0.25 | old silver watch | 3.10 |
| old table | 0.25 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens