Dearborn County, Indiana suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. A Board of Commissioners to Perpetuate Testimony was established to re-record some records. Dearborn County Deed Book CC contains estate records that were re-recorded after the fire. Below are abstracts of those records.
Additional details may be found in Order Book of Perpetuated Testimony Volume D. See Dearborn County Perpetuated Testimony Records for more details.
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No. 1
Estate of Laurence Pursell. Ezra Ferris and Eleoner Pursell, executors. Eleoner Pursell, wife. Jonah C. Dayton and Hannah Eggleston, witnesses. Will dated 20 December 1820. Probated 29 January 1821.
No. 2
Estate of David Rees. Ellis Rees, Samuel Bond and Samuel Rees, executors. Jacob, John, Martha, Amos, David, and Reson Rees, children. Saml. Rees, Joseph Chamberlain Jr., Gersham Chamberlain, witnesses. Will dated 6 June 1820. Probated 6 Nov 1820. Creditors: John Gray, Andrews & Williams, Wm Morgan, Mrs. Rees, Wm S Johnson, N. Wright, Jno. Andrews, J. Rees, Bonta, Dill, E. Hollisters, Crookshank, E. Hunt, G. H. Jumekill, A. Martin, B. J. Blythe, J. Bronne, A. Morgan, H. A. Reeas, W. B. Ewing, Jesse Hunt, Jacob Hayes, John Pelter, George H. Dunn, T. Gongley, Cassell, Weaver Ludlow, T. Craig, John Porter, Wm. Upp, A. Morgan, Caleb Pugh, L. Ludlow, S. Rees, Gromondyke, E Jones, J. L. Holman, T. Hunt, A. H. Reede, S. Whisher, Isaac Dunn, E. Jackson, E. W. Hunt, George Rabs, David Guard, M. Dunn, Harper, E. Hollister, George Busey, B. Reno, T. Porter, J. Blasdel, Mr. Pike, D. Guard, Geo. Brasher, Fielding, A. Martin, Buffington, Leonard, John Downing, T. Porter, Glass Booke, J. Hunt, Wm. V. Cheek, N. Sparks, A. Hayes, Purcival, J. T. Percival, J. D. Percival, C. L. Brasher, Wm. Masby, J. Powell, B J. Blyth, Hugh Espy Jr., J. L. Browly, Wm. H. Eads, J. Daws, E. Fernsor.
No. 3
Estate of William Morgan. Rispah Morgan, wife. Rhoda Brasher, daughter and wife of Jacob Brasher. Andrew Morgan, Joseph Morgan, William Morgan, Lewis Morgan, sons. Rispah Morgan, daughter. Joseph Morgan, executor. Will dated 5 Apr 1821. Probated 25 Apr 1821. Ezra Ferris, Jesse Hunt, John Gray, witnesses.
No. 4
Estate of Moses Musgrave. Samuel B. Wood, administrator. Samuel Ruby, husband of widow of deceased; Henry Mains, John Musgrave, Samuel B. Wood, Moses Musgrave, heirs. Probated April 1825.
No. 5
Estate of Charles Dawson. Elijah Dawson, Charles Dawson, administrators. Probated October 1824.
No. 6
Guardianship of Zebulon Pike Wardell, Sarah Wardell, Clarissa Wardell, Maria Louisa Gage, children of Mrs. Maria H. Gage. Samuel C. Vance, guardian. Dated 1823.
Guardianship of William M. Pike, George Pike, Montgomery Pike, and Catharine Pike, children of James B. Pike. James B. Pike, guardian. Dated 1823.
No. 7
Estate of Samuel Rell. James Lewis, administrator. Probated 24 December 1822. John Barricklow, Samuel Hanna, Samuel Mosby, appraisers. Purchasers at estate sale: Solomon Kettle, Thomas Howlett, James Lewis, Samuel Mosby, Samuel Hanna Jr., John Hanna, Thomas Hanna, John A. Cooly, Abraham Knah, Rees Gerrard, George Gaskill, John Walker, Hugh Espy, Jesse Combs, Benj. Vanorsdole, John Walker, Samuel Masly, John Barricklow, James Lewis, Benj. Vandersdol, Samuel Hanna, James Parr, Samuel Lotton, William Scranton, Henry Collins, James Lewis, John Livinston, Solomon Kettle, Joseph Barker, Isaac Pester, Martin Stewart, Ralph Lotton, John Glass, Samuel Mosby, James Lewis, James Gibson, Samuel Lotton, John Hanna, John A. Cooly, James Lewis, Robert Espy, Twest Jamison, Peter Johnston, James Bowe, Erasmus Powell, Hugh Espy, Robert Espy, John Barricklow, T. Barricklow, Asbury Howard.
No. 8
Estate of Henery Hayman. Joel Decoursey, executor. Thomas Henery Hayman, son. Elizabeth Hayman, brother Thomas Hayman’s daughter. Eunice Hayman, wife. Will dated 25 Dec 1818. James Jones, George Gale, Robert E. Covington, witnesses. Probated 5 Jan 1819.
No. 9
Estate of James Antrim. Lydia Antrim, wife. Robert, Joseph, James, Ruth, Joel, Lydia Ann, and Mary Antrim, children. Robert Antrim, executor. Wm. W. Clemons and Thomas Reed, witnesses. Will dated 1822.
No. 10
Estate of William Godley. Thomas Porter, William Pursel, administrators. Probated 29 Oct 1821. John Godley, despondent.
No. 11
Estate of James Jones. Robertson Jones, administrator. Probated 8 Sep 1825 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
No. 12
Estate of Samuel Leonard. Elizabeth Leonard, David Guard, Amos Lane, administrators. Probated Oct 1825.
No. 13
Estate of John Cammock. George H. Dunn, administrator. Indebted to Mrs. Bust. Probated 5 Feb 1823.
No. 14
Estate of Titus Whitman. Charlotte Whitman, wife. Notes against Daniel Roberts, James Roberts. Jonithan Fisher, Abraham Ridkin Sr., Charlotte Whitman, executors. Will dated 22 Jun 1823. Jonithan Fisher, Isaac Wood, witnesses. Probated 9 Oct 1823.
No. 15
Estate of Isaac Allen. Settlement of Claiborn Allen, one of the administrators of his father’s estate.
Page 16
Estate of George Austin. Probated 27 Apr 1822. Charles English, Samuel Jelly, executors. Rebecca Austin, wife. Eliza Austin, William Austin, Rebecca Austin, children. Will dated 5 Apr 1822. Moses Tapley, Phillip Eastman, witnesses.
No. 17
Estate of John Hamilton. William Hamilton, administrator. Probated 1818.
No. 18
Estate of Charles Darragh. John Barricklow, William Caldwell, Hugh Beaty, administrators. Probated 1822/3. Land sold to John Gray.
No. 19
Estate of Elijah Sparks. Probated 1815. Mrs. Eliza/Elizabeth Sparks, John Weaver, administrators. Land near John James, Samuel C. Vance. Land sold to Elijah Sparks by James Smith Jr. Land mentioned in deed of Stephen Ludlow and George Weaver. William Caldwell, employee.
No. 20
Estate of Samuel Case. Probated 1823/4. James Hartpence, deceased administrator. Warren Tibbs, despondent. Debtors: John Pelton, John Latteral, James Disbury, James Adair.
No. 21
Estate of John Hamilton. William Hamilton, administrator.
No. 22
Estate of Jacob Carabaugh. Peter Carabaugh, Elizabeth Carabaugh, widow; administrators.
No. 23
Estate of Eleazer Cole. Hannah Cole, widow, administrator. Eleazer Cole, Israll Cole, Harvey Cole, Jonithan Cole, Benjamin D. Veney Cole, and John Cole, sons. Land where Daniel Kelley lives. Land near Daniel Hogan. Will dated 5 Dec 1822. John Lyons, Daniel Hogan, witnesses. Probated 2 Jun 1823.