New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Revd. Joseph Barr
Date of Inventory: July 5, 1854
Appraisors: Albert W. Smith & George Jones
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| 1 featherbed, bolster & 2 pillows | 18.00 | Goods & Chattel on his farm in Kent Co (appraised by John W. Culleve & Asa Loftland | |
| 7 sheets | 3.00 | 1 airtight stove | 4.00 |
| 3 pair pillow cases | 0.50 | mahagony bureau | 4.00 |
| 1 pair rose blankets | 3.00 | mahagony breakfast table | 2.50 |
| 1 moss mattress | 1.00 | 14 silver tea spoons | 9.00 |
| 1 small featherbed, bolster & 2 pillows | 8.00 | 8 large silver tablespoons | 14.00 |
| 1 eight day clock | 2.50 | 1 silver sugar tong | 1.25 |
| 1 bed pan | 0.50 | calico bedspread | 0.50 |
| 1 syringe | 1.50 | set bed curtains (white) | 1.00 |
| 1 bond & mortgage given by R.C. Porter & wife dated 4-12-1848 | 1500.00 | 1 pair new muslin sheets | 1.00 |
| 1 note drawn by Alexander Barr in favor of Joseph Barr dated 3-1-1854 | 1523,86 | 1 pair worn sheets | 0.80 |
| 1 judgement bond given by Joseph W. Barr to Joseph Barr for $800 dated 10-13-1848 which is receipted a payment of $350 leaving balance | 450.00 | bedspread - (white [di..]) | 1.50 |
| 1 note for $1000 drawn by John D.T. Dryden in favor of Rev Joseph Barr dated 5-10-1850 | 1000.00 | lot bed ticking, supposed to be 16 yd | 1.60 |
| 1 note for $200 drawn by R.M. Jones in favor of J. Barr dated 9-1-1851 | 200.00 | 1 featherbed #1 | 12.00 |
| certificate no. 1021 of Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co [loss] of 1870 | 1424.31 | 1 featherbed #2 | 10.00 |
| cash on hand | chamber chair | 0.75 | |
| 2 life preservers | 1.00 | ||
| 2 pair blankets | 3.75 | ||
| bell metal tea kettle | 1.75 | ||
| large iron kettle | 2.00 | ||
| buffalo robe | 3.00 | ||
| 6 windsor chairs | 3.50 | ||
| looking glass | 2.00 | ||
| featherbed #3 | 10.00 | ||
| four wheel carriage & harness | 30.00 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens