New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Aaron Bayard (colored man)
Date of Inventory: August 1, 1849
Appraisors: Samuel McCaulley & Jno. McCaulley
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| 1 pair mahagony side tables | 10.00 | 1 settee | 1.50 |
| 1 pair mahagony sofas | 12.50 | 1 [board] & sieve | 0.12 |
| 1 cane seat rocking chair | 3.00 | 1 coffee mill | 0.20 |
| 6 cane seat parlor chairs | 8.00 | 1 coal shuttle & 3 lard casks | 0.40 |
| 1 looking glass | 1.50 | 2 comfortables | 0.50 |
| 25 yds carpet | 7.00 | contents of cupboard in kitchen | 2.00 |
| 5 pictures in frames | 1.55 | 1 blanket | 0.25 |
| 1 set teaware, 6 white plates, cruet & 2 salts | 2.00 | 1 cook stove | 3.00 |
| 1 pair glass lamps | 0.62 | 1 furnace | 0.50 |
| 1 heavy fire board | 0.38 | 1 barrell, water bucket & 1 [jan..] | 0.40 |
| 1 highpost bedstead & sacking | 2.00 | 1 clothes horse & scrubbing brush | 0.31 |
| 6 chairs (dark) | 1.50 | 1 wash board | 0.15 |
| 1 mahagony dining table | 1.50 | 1 water cask | 0.25 |
| 1 small looking glass | 0.25 | 1 dutch oven & keg | 0.20 |
| 1 small waiter | 0.13 | 1 tin wash basin | 0.25 |
| 6 yds matting | 0.60 | 1 bed tick | 0.30 |
| 1 low post bedstead, bed & sacking | 7.00 | 1 hog & slop barrell | 10.00 |
| 1 cradle | 0.75 | 1 wheelbarrow | 0.50 |
| 1 lot tinware | 1.00 | wearing apparell | 10.00 |
| 1 stove | 1.50 | 1 dog house | 0.06 |
| 2 lamps | 0.38 | 1 lot carpet balls | 0.50 |
| 1 pine table (kitchen) | 0.75 | 1 pair window blinds | 2.00 |
| 6 common chairs | 1.00 | ||
| 1 rocking chair | 0.50 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens