New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Mary Black
Date of Inventory: March 18, 1834
Appraisors: James R Black with permission of Sarah & Jane Black
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| 1 mahagony sofa | 25.00 | 1 lot of glassware | 5.00 |
| 36 chairs | 20.00 | set of waiters | 6.00 |
| 4 carpets; 2 good & 2 inferior | 60.00 | casters | 2.00 |
| 1 dining table | 10.00 | 6 silver teaspoons | 3.00 |
| 1 breakfast table | 5.00 | silver ladle | 6.00 |
| 1 small mahagony table | 2.00 | stove | 8.00 |
| 2 card tables | 6.00 | kitchen furniture | 20.00 |
| 3 pairs andirons | 8.00 | Inventory of bequethed goods | |
| floor matting | 8.00 | 1 lot of books to be divided among children | 40.00 |
| mahagony sideboard | 15.00 | wearing apparel to be divided among daughters | 20.00 |
| 4 pair candle sticks | 8.00 | mahagony bookcase, secretary, chest of drawers bequethed to James R Black | 40.00 |
| 1 lot knives & forks | 10.00 | 1 bed, bedstead, bedding & bed furniture bequethed to Sarah Black | 40.00 |
| cake basket | 6.00 | 1 bed, bedstead, bedding & bed furniture bequethed to Jane Black | 40.00 |
| chest of drawers | 10.00 | Bank stock & other | |
| clock | 20.00 | 6 shares Bank of Pennsylvania | 2400.00 |
| 3 beds | 50.00 | 14 shares Philadelphia Bank | 1400.00 |
| 1 mattress | 6.00 | 10 shares Commercial Bank of Philadelphia | 500.00 |
| 3 bedsteads | 10.00 | 63 shares Farmer's Bank of Delaware | 3150.00 |
| bedding, bed & house linens | 20.00 | 8 shares Union Bank of Maryland | 600.00 |
| 2 wash stands | 5.00 | Amount of certificate from Union Canal Co. of Pennsylvania | 872.00 |
| 1 refrigerator | 6.00 | 18 shares Newcastle & Frenchtown Turnpike & Rail Co. | 450.00 |
| set of dinner china | 15.00 | 15 shares Delaware Fire Insurance Co. | 225.00 |
| set of tea china | 12.00 | 34 shares Elkton Bank of Maryland (Bank taken up; debt unpaid) | 0.00 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens