Wills and ProbatesPorter County will and probate abstracts . . . .
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 |