New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory

Name: Elizabeth Biars
Date of Inventory: December 1, 1802
Appraisors: Thomas Crow & Charles Barrete

Item Value in Dollars Item Value in Dollars
1 walnut desk 6.00 1 old case with 7 bottles 4.00
1 breakfast table 3.00 1 doz coffee bags & some spun yarn 2.00
1 walnut candle stand 1.50 1 women's side saddle & 9 barrels 3.50
1 small looking glass 1.00 2 [hackels] & small table 1.00
5 windsor chairs 2.00 1 [draw] with woman wearing cloth 4.00
6 green edge plates & quart decanter 1.00 all the kitchen furniture 20.00
1 pair andirons & shovel & tongs with bellows 3.00 2 sett [] gears , 2 sett chain gears, 1 [], frame & ropes, 1.00
1 family Bible 2.00 1 pair steelyards & [] chains 1.00
1 ten plate stove 20.00 sundry tools such as shovels &c 2.00
1 round tea table 2.00 1 bow [], good axe 2.00
1 pine breakfast table 1.00 1 chest of old iron 3.00
1 painted corner cupboard 2.00 2 tubs 1.00
9 common chairs (old ones) 1.50 1 lot of old barrels in yard 1.00
a lot of books 1.00 1 old blind horse 4.00
2 umbrellas 4.00 1 large bay horse 40.00
queensware in cupboard 1.50 1 young bay mare (legacy to son) 80.00
12 silver teaspoons 3.00 1 young sorrel horse (legacy to son) 80.00
1 bed, bolster & pillow, 3 bedstead with sacking bottom 15.00 4 neck chains 1.00
1 case of drawers (high ones) 3.00 1 cutting box & bucket 4.00
1 case of drawers - very small of walnut 3.00 3 bridles 1.00
1 walnut dressing box 1.00 1 lump of iron 6.00
1 sea chest 0.50 1 very old wagon bed & 3 wheels 1.00
2 old chairs & a brush 0.50 1 old shed 1.50
1 bedstead 1.50 1 [] of hay 20.00
4 bed quilts 5.00 1 old cart 18.00
12 old sheets 1.50 1 new cart (legacy to son) 30.00
7 good sheets 6.00 1 new dray (legacy to son) 20.00
5 blankets 3.00 1 saw & horse 1.00
2 barrels with flour 4.50 2 barrels with some fish 1.00
4 carpets 4.00 some fire wood 0.50
2 old [] & [] whiskey 4.00 1 pair quilting frames & 2 [] 1.00
2 old beds & sundry bedding 0.50    

 

Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens

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