New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Benjamin Betts
Date of Inventory: May 19, 1824
Appraisors: Wm. Seal & Isaac Jackson
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| 1 lot of bench planes | 5.00 | 1 mahagony bureau | 5.00 |
| 1 lot moulding rabbit & plough planes | 8.55 | 6 rush bottom chairs, basket & bottles | 4.00 |
| 1 lot moulding planes | 5.75 | 2 toilet tables, 1 pair andirons | 1.00 |
| 2 pair plough & grooves | 3.00 | 6.5 yards carpet | 1.25 |
| 5 iron squares & 3 measuring rules | 2.00 | 1 bed, bedding & bedstead | 10.00 |
| 1 lot of saws | 4.20 | 1 bureau & looking glass | 3.00 |
| 1 lot guages | 0.75 | 1 lot of iron ware | 1.70 |
| 1 lot broad ax, hatchet & augers | 3.00 | 1 lot tin & earthenware | 1.00 |
| 1 glue pot & 3 oil stones | 1.75 | 1 pair fire buckets | 1.00 |
| 1 old iron & drawing knives | 1.00 | 1 bell metal kettle | 2.00 |
| 1 brace, bitts & sundries | 2.00 | andirons, shovel, tongs, smoothing irons | 2.00 |
| 1 lot chisels, gouges & wooden screw | 3.00 | frying pan & bake iron | 0.50 |
| 1 grindstone | 1.00 | 3 tubs & sundries | 1.75 |
| 1 wheel barrow, spade & bench screw | 1.55 | 1 lot casks | 1.50 |
| 1 stove & pipe in shop | 2.50 | axe, saw &c. | 1.00 |
| 1 lot shingles, window frames, sash & plumb | 3.50 | churn & sundries | 2.00 |
| 1 lot work benches & [trusses] | 2.50 | 16 chairs | 8.00 |
| 1 stove in NEW house | 8.00 | 1 sideboard & looking glass | 18.00 |
| 1 small frame stable | 10.00 | 2 tables & 1 stand | 5.00 |
| 1 milch cow | 16.00 | 12 silver spoons & lot china | 25.00 |
| 1 frame carpenter shop | 50.00 | andirons, shovel & tongs | 4.00 |
| 1 lot wearing apparel | 20.00 | lamps & candlesticks | 1.50 |
| 1 silver watch | 10.00 | decanter, wine glasses & tumbles &c | 2.00 |
| 1 feather bed, bedding & bedstead | 10.00 | knives & forks | 1.00 |
| 1 trundel bedstead & bedding | 3.00 | 1 map United States | 2.00 |
| 1 stove & pipe | 4.00 | 1 lot of books | 6.00 |
| 1 coffee mill, tray & barrels | 8.25 | brushes & brooms | 0.50 |
| 1 feather bed, bedding & bedstead | 15.00 | 40 yards carpet | 10.00 |
| spy glass, gun, measuring line & whip | 3.00 | 2 mahagony tables & maple stand | 10.00 |
| 5 bedquilts, 3 comfortables, 1 blanket | 9.00 | 2 small work boxes, snuffers, tray & umbrella | 3.00 |
| 2 pair bedsheets, 6 pillowcases, 6 tablecloths | 12.75 | 1 large waiter, 2 small stools | 1.50 |
| 20 towels | 2.00 | looking glass & cradle | 12.00 |
| 2 looking glasses | 2.25 | 1 case mathematical instruments | 2.00 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens