New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: George Bell
Date of Inventory: January 25, 1805
Appraisors: John Fleming & James Collins
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| 1 lott of utensils for silk weaving & a loom | 3.00 | 1 [flirch] of bacon | 1.00 |
| 1 [sherfifite] board & pieces belonging | 8.00 | 2 pair boots | 1.00 |
| 2 chairs & end table | 1.50 | 3 empty hogsheads & 2 barrels with small quantity of vinegar | 1.50 |
| one gambling table - The Devil & Taylor's | 1.00 | 1 riding chair & gear | 3.00 |
| 1 tea table | 1.00 | 4 blankets | 4.00 |
| lott of old bedsteads & bottoms | 2.00 | 1 table cloth & sundry sheets &c in the wash | 12.00 |
| 1 table & sundries | 1.00 | 1 lott of hickory wood | 1.50 |
| 1 spinning wheel | 0.50 | 19 pictures | 4.00 |
| 1 cattail bed, bedding & bedstead | 6.00 | 1 clock | 2.00 |
| 1 cattail bed, bedding & bedstead | 5.00 | 1 silver watch | 10.00 |
| 1 featherbed | 6.00 | 1 round table | 0.50 |
| 1 cot bedstead | 0.50 | 1 case of drawers | 4.00 |
| 4 chairs | 2.00 | 1 lott sundry wearing apparel & 1 hat | 3.00 |
| 1 camp bedstead with 2 featherbeds & bedding | 6.00 | 6 knives & forks | 0.50 |
| 1 small table & looking glass | 0.75 | 3 remnants of bottling cloth stuff | 10.00 |
| 1 featherbed, bedstead & bedding | 6.00 | 1 lott loose silk | 0.50 |
| 1 lott men's wearing apparel with a chest | 76.00 | 1 settee & a map | 1.00 |
| 1 round table | 1.50 | 1 ten plate stove - broke | 4.00 |
| 1 cardtable | 2.00 | 1 shovel & 2 pair tongs | 1.00 |
| 1 writing desk | 1.00 | 2 pair boots & umbrella | 3.00 |
| 1 chest & [] sundry wearing apparel | 20.00 | 1 lott of sundries | 0.25 |
| 1 square table | 2.00 | 1 lott of yarn | 5.00 |
| 4 chairs | 1.50 | 1 barrel of beer | 5.00 |
| 2 looking glasses | 2.00 | sundries in barroom | 3.00 |
| 2 pictures | 0.50 | 1 pestal & mortar | 1.00 |
| 1 lott of books | 2.00 | 1 looking glass - broke | 1.00 |
| 1 lott of curtains &c | 2.00 | 2 dining tables | 5.00 |
| 1 band box & bonnett | 0.25 | 1 lott queensware &c | 3.00 |
| 1 pair of andirons | 0.50 | 1 corner cupboard | 2.00 |
| 1 warming pan | 0.50 | 4 servers & chequer board | 1.00 |
| 1 lott old buckles | 0.30 | 6 silver tea spoons | 3.00 |
| cash found in box | 14.40 | 1 dining table | 1.50 |
| 1 box | 0.25 | 9 chairs & 1 small stand | 2.50 |
| 1 hatt | 1.00 | 2 chairs, 1 sign board & 2 barrels | 0.75 |
| 1 lott of pots, tea kettle & sundry pitchers | 5.00 | 1 pair old scales &c | 0.25 |
| 1 pair andirons & tin kitchens | 2.00 | 1 ten plate stove @ Thos. Preston's | 10.00 |
| 2 tubs, 3 pails & 2 buckets | 2.00 | 1 warping mill with apparatus | 1.00 |
| 2 tables & chest | 1.50 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens