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Porter County Probate Cases, 1914-1963

The Porter County Public Library maintains a searchable database of Porter County Probate Cases from 1914 to 1963. The index includes surname, given name, date of death, court, case number, and filing date.

Will and Probate Abstracts

The table below represents a list of Porter County, Indiana, wills dated December 26, 1839, through November 11, 1880, which are contained in the first of two Will Book volumes (A and B) in the Porter County Circuit Court. The page number below signifies the page in which the will begins in the original will book. The wills were originally abstracted by Pearl Stoner Johnston in 1961 for the William Henry Harrison Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution.

An abstract of each of the wills below can be viewed by following the linked surname. Abstracts often contain a variety of information, including: date of will, date of probate, name of spouse, children, and/or grandchildren, name of other heirs, executor, and witnesses.

Surname Given Name Will Book Volume Page
Adams Thomas A 14
Alder Thomas A 222
Andrews Amos H. B 234
Appleton Thomas R. A 381
Aylesworth Elias B 55
Bartholomew George W. B 42
Bartholomew John A 149
Basher John B 218
Baskee John A 308
Bates Sarah A. A 281
Batten Henry A 21
Baum John A 45
Bearss George B 45
Berrier John B 24
Blachley Cornelius B 110
Blachley Joseph W. B 15
Blachly William B. A 34
Block Conrad B 115
Boirst William M. A 113
Bonstel Noah A 36
Borth John A 371
Bowker Thomas S. B 230
Bowman Isaac W. B 6
Brakeman Ibie L. B 200
Brown Rev. J. C. A 261
Brown Joseph A 53
Bundy, Sr. James A 152
Cadwell James A 225
Cahill James B 206
Campbell Thomas A. E. B 130
Carr Patrick B 198
Carson Matthew A 298
Church Elisha A 361
Clark Joseph B 139
Clement Ann Marie A 187
Clifford Catharine B 77
Clifford John A 300
Cobb Ann B 147
Coleman William A 318
Comer Lewis B 94
Cook Edward B 125
Cosgrove Ellen A 288
Crisman Eliza B 136
Culver Aaron A 167
Defrance Charles D. A 355
Dillingham John A 193
Dinwiddie David A 291
Dorr Boruch A 7
Dorr Edward B 212
Dorr Russell B 208
Doty Reuben B 73
Drago Charles K. B 96
Drago Sophia A 374
Drawans John B 4
Dunham James A 50
Dutton John B 242
Dye James B 122
Eaton George B 92
Edwards Isaac A 227
Enoch Abner A 55
Ericson Niles Peter A 208
Etinger Jacob B 119
Everits Sylvanus B 141
Ferhman George B 68
Ferrington George H. A 197
Finney Charles G. B 64
Fleming Jacob A 357
Fleming John A 16
Force Rev. John H. A 172
Frakes William A 141
Fraley Anthony A 343
Fraley Margaret B 28
Frame Newton A 165
French E. C. B 87
French Sylvia A 314
Friday James B 84
Fuller Joseph A 137
Gates Horatio A 120
Goff Henry B 238
Granger Charles A 129
Green Peter B 240
Gunder Peter A 236
Hall Philip B 127
Hammel Jeremiah A 26
Hammond Sarah A 178
Hankinson Thomas B 105
Hanna Alexander B 250
Harbeck Jurgen B 210
Harrison Elizabeth A 140
Hathaway John A 3
Hoch Mary Ann A 270
Holmes John B 244
Hough Jonathan A 19
Hough Milo B. A 30
Hurlbert Reuben A 10
Jackson Andrew B 228
Johnson Cory B 8
Johnson John H. B 185
Jones Elijah B 134
Jones Hannah A 40
Jones John A 132
Jones Joseph A 12
Jones Richard W. A 199
Jones William W. A 139
Joseph Ezekiel A 163
Kenney William B 80
Kinne Luke B 236
Kinnie Cyrus A 277
Kouts Chancy P. A 364
Kouts Perry C. B 99
Kouts Sarah A 320
Lambert Benjamin A 239
Lame John A 316
LaPell Frederick B 31
Lee David A 42
Lenburg Stena B 75
Lendquest Peter B 226
Leonard Absolem B 166
Luetye Hans I. B 143
Magher William A 263
Mannering William B 101
Marchant Abigail A 189
Marks John B 66
Massacar Henry B 22
Massam James A 146
Massam Richard A 191
Mavity David A 295
McAnders Frederick A 221
McCarrahan Thomas A 205
McCarrihan Edward A 184
McCool Walker A 134
McQuiston John B 220
Merchant William B 79
Merrill Nehemiah A 367
Michael Henrietta B 112
Morgan Jane A 136
Morgan Lansing B 153
Morony Patrick A 327
Mott Julia A 261
Neely Robert A 118
O'Connor Michael B 97
Palmer Emeline B 224
Parks Alanson R. A 109
Parriott Wilford A 273
Parshal George L. B 242
Parsons Sarah R. B 55
Patrick Ann A 330
Peak Juda B 40
Perkins Mary L. B 202
Porter Elizabeth B 50
Porter Philo A. A 206
Price A. B. B 150
Randall Luke A 250
Reed George A 218
Reed Margaret A. A 322
Reeder Thomas B 38
Richards William B 50
Ritter Christian B 153
Roberts Ferdinand B 214
Robinson John A 1
Robinson Nancy J. B 121
Robinson Otis A 32
Rogers Elisha A 157
Rohoeder Timothy B 82
Rohr Ernst B 232
Rupell Caroline A 180
Russel Samuel B 174
Ryan Thomas B 246
Salyer George Z. A 247
Saunders Oliver A 9
Sayles Charles A 245
Schenck John A 123
Scherick Benjamin F. B 60
Seffern Mary A 209
Segar Hopefull A 233
Shainkan John A 211
Skinner Hollis R. A 345
Skinner Nancy M. A 312
Smith Henry T. A 161
Smith Horace A. A 238
Smith John H. B 1
Smith White B. A 34
Starling Lyne A 63
Starr Noah A 252
Stewart Thomas A. A 170
Sullivan Michael C. A 378
Summers Christian B 156
Sweny Isaac A 115
Teeters Jacob A 155
Thatcher Ephraim B 103
Thatcher James H. B 62
Underwood George N. A 60
Walton Harrison A 213
Waters Stephen A 309
Weinenger Isaac A 43
Wells David A 129
Whalen John B 33
Wheeler John B 89
White Jacob C. A 38
White William H. A 195
Whitman Jaret B 71
Whitmore Lyman A 230
Whitmore Obadiah A 305
Williams Elisha A 243
Williams Jane A 182
Williams Richard A 41
Wilson Robert A 107
Winslow Warner A 143
Wolf Jacob A 57
Young Johannah B 107
Young John A 267

 

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