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

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