New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Moses Bannister
Date of Inventory: June 23, 1845
Appraisors: Joseph Smart & John Ferris
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| 4 hair mattresses | 32.00 | table | 2.50 |
| 1 straw mattress | 4.00 | table & 5 chairs | 2.50 |
| 1 husk mattress | 6.00 | 2 pair steel yards | 1.25 |
| 1 pillow | 2.00 | tea kettle, flat iron | 3.62 |
| 2 cat tail mattresses | 3.50 | wheel barrow, garden tools | 4.50 |
| pew cushion | 2.00 | stove | 4.75 |
| ticking | 9.00 | machine & contents of cellar | 2.50 |
| 6 chairs | 2.25 | bedstead, bed & bedding | 14.00 |
| contents of closet | 2.00 | bureau | 4.50 |
| 8 silver spoons | 3.00 | basin stand & looking glass | 1.25 |
| desk | 6.00 | 4 chairs | 1.25 |
| looking glass | 1.50 | bedstead, bed & bedding | 14.00 |
| time piece | 3.00 | old desk, 2 boxes, table & glass | 2.00 |
| watch | 4.00 | stove | 2.50 |
| 6 chairs | 3.00 | filling frame | 2.50 |
| old sofa | 5.50 | 12 [] [hair] | 2.40 |
| 2 rocking chairs | 2.50 | 22 [] [hair] | 6.60 |
| 32 yds. carpet | 8.00 | saw & [5] | 1.00 |
| rug | 0.75 | sundry books | 1.00 |
| contents of mantle | 2.00 | cash on hand | 65.00 |
| andirons, tongs & shovel | 2.50 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens