LDS Film 1314639 Jackson County, IN Probate Order Books 1855-1865 Examined May, 1997 by John B. Cullen 2 Items: Item 1: P.O.B. vol. 1, 17 Jan 1853-25 Jul 1859 [continued from previous film, starts p. 270, ends p. 638] Item 2: P.O.B. vol 2, 17 Oct 1859-21 Oct 1865 [entire item on this film, item and vol. end p. 672] [The following file is notes I took from this film for certain surnames I am researching--Bernie Cullen] Item 1: see Index on previous film 1314638 [this films starts on p. 270] 271 Job CARTER--can't find 272 April 16, 1855--David BURR adm Solomon VERMILYA decd, report of sale to William R. HAMILTON, deed ordered. 273 April 16, 1855--"James ROBERTSON vs. William K ROBERTSON, Cyrus CRABB & Mary Crabb his wife & George W. BURRELL--Petition for Partition" --commissioners report of partiton to George W. BURRELL, James ROBERTSON, William K. ROBERTSON, Mary CRABB, [1 1/2 pages] 282 April 16, 1855--Walter BENTON guardian of the heirs of William W PECK decd}Report Exparte --he presents an aditional bond 299 April 16, 1855--Walter BENTON guardian of the heirs of Solomon VERMILYA heirs [sic] Report Exparte 301 July 16, 1855--Giles M GOSS appointed Guardian of Elsy GOSS and William GOSS minor heirs of Commodore Clark GOSS deceased 305 July 17, 1855--John C TURNBULL Guardian of Verlinder M. CRANE & Elizabeth R. CRANE vs. Edwin M. CRANE --Edwin is their brother and they are children of Joseph J CRANE deceased late of Jackson Co. Edwin has since died also "leaving no widow nor child nor father nor mother surviving--the said two sisters his only heirs". 309 July 17, 1855--John W. TURNBULL adr Edwin M. CRANE petition to sell personal property 309 July 17, 1855--Eunice CRABB et al vs. Charles CRABB et al } Order of sale report --in Bartholomew Co., land of the widow and heirs of Edward CRABB was sold 335 Oct. 17, 1855--David BURR administrator of Solomon VERMILYA vs. the Heirs and Creditors --accounting and discharge. On same page, at a right angle to original writing there is written a receipt of $70.23 from Walter BENTON the guardian signed by David BURR. 336 October 17, 1855--John C. TURNBULL Verlinda M CRANE & Elizabeth R CRANE --Petition for Partition--commisioner's report and description of land [~1 page] 338 January 21, 1856--George W GOSS Guardian of Joseph GOSS minor heir of Joseph GOSS Deceased --Report of Final Settlement --account and discharge ["ward has for sometime since arrived at the age of twenty-one"] 349 January 21, 1856--Henry BENTON vs Hiram NOE administrator of Phebe RICH deceased --Petition for allowance of Claim [for coffin Henry BENTON made] 351 January 21, 1856--Abraham BRANAMAN Guardian of Elizabeth E LOCKMAN Amanda A LOCKMAN and William LOCKMAN minor heirs of William LOCKMAN deceased--wiahes to be appointed guardian, so granted 359 January 22, 1856--Meedy W SHIELDS Guardian of Clinton DURHAM Eliza DURHAM and Cass DURHAM, minor heirs of Ewing DURHAM and Sarah S DURHAM deceased--guardian's report --Clinton is now a resident of the state of Iowa and Samuel W. DURHAM of the state (an uncle) has agreed to become the guardian --guardian was discharged for these two (I think Eliza got married or turned 21)******* 374 April 22, 1856--Jonathan ROBERTSON Guardian of Sarah ROBERTSON--report [brief] 375 April 22, 1856--Eunice CRABB Guardian of Nathan CRABB & Edward S CRABB--report [brief] 380 April 22, 1856--Giles M. GOSS Guardian of Alcy GOSS & Joseph GOSS minor heirs of Commodore C. GOSS--brief report and discharge 383 April 22, 1856--John CRABB [illegible] James B. STILLWELL Guardian of Charles W. STILLWELL vs Rawley SCOTT--case continued 385 April 23, 1856--John C TURNBULL administrator of Edwin M CRANE --brief account and discharge 387 April 23, 1856--Susan DURHAM Guardian of Hannibal DURHAM deceased --brief report of sale of personal property of her said ward 390 April 24, 1856--John C TURNBULL Guardian of V. F. BYARLAY formerly Verlinda CRANE --account and discharge 390 April 24, 1856--John C TURNBULL Guardian of Eliza CRANE--accounting 391 April 24, 1856--Walter BENTON Guardian of the heirs of William PECK deceased --brief report 404 June 21, 1856--Jeremiah SMITH Guardian of the minor heirs of Isaac B. CRANE--brief report 407 June 21, 1856--John P MILLER vs Daniel H LONG Clerk of the Court of common Pleas of Jackson County, Indiana on behalf of Abraham MILLER a person of unsound mind--John P MILLER allages Abraham MILLER is a person of unsound mind...Daniel LONG denied petition...sherriff calls a jury to try the issue: John WADDELL, Aaron A BELDING, Elisha DAVIS--they found A.M. unsound [to xerox]***************** [I don't believe I did xerox this record] [apparently I didn't examine the remaining pages of this item closely??? There was a William IRELAND listing on p 453 that I have no record of] Item 2: Index: [I was able to find all items listed in this index] APPLEGATE Philip D Gr. 52 76 APPLEGATE Philip H G 149 APPLEGATE Philip D Gr 172 204 ADAMS Thomas d 532-3 ADAMS Thomas Decd 668 BENTON Walter Gr 44, 49, 64 BURRELL Andrew J Gdn 83 BENTON Walter Guard 107 BENTON Walter Gr 136 BENTON Walter Grdn 250 [hard to read number] BENTON Walter Guard 427 BENTON Geo. V gr 564 BENTON George V Guardian 654, 55, 56 CRANE James Gr 7 CRABB Eunice, Gr 60 CARTER, Job, decd 61. CARTER, Wilford, Guard 105 [hard to read number] CRANE Noble D dec 230 CRANE Noble dec 238 CARTER Wilford Grndn 234 CRANE James d Gr 232 CRANE James H Gr of Ellwth 344 CRANE James H Gr 379 CRANE James H Guard 387 CRANE Noble D " 401 [hard to read] 406 CRANE James 497 CRABB Nathanl D gr " 497 CRANE Asa dec 501, 588 CARTER Peter L gr 529 CRANE Allen S[?] "[gr] 589 CARTER Peter L " 602 CRANES [sic] James Decd 652 643 [hard to read both numbers] DUNHAM [looks like Durham] Decd 101, 102 DUNN George Decd 165 [?] DUNN Geo Dec 215, 370 DUNN George dec 445 450 DURHAM George " 491 DUNN George " 616 [F-first half of index has part of page cut off, but you can still make out most names] GOSS George Guard 117 HELLER Adam Gr. 65 473 476 HELLER Adam "[Ad] 122 HELLER Adam ad 115 HELLER Frederick Decd 149 [hard to read] [no IRELAND found] JOHNSON Dacy dec 589 LOCKMAN Christina [sp?] Decd 102[?], 177 [M-some names cut off] MILLER John P Gr 29 200 204 278 [hard to read] MILLER Abraham dec 29 34 MILLER Abraham dec 47 MILLER John P Gr 238 MILLER Frederick dec 238 MILLER Jno P Gr 391 278 360 MILLER bs[vs?] MILLER, Rept. of Sale 369 MILLER Thos S dec 383 MILLER Frederick decd 417 MILLER Samuel C Guard 441 MILLER John P Guard 391 441 446 MILLER Andrew J gr 490 497 579 McCREARY James "[dec] 245 [hard to read] [P-some names cut off] ROBERTSON Hanna Decd 7 REYNOLDS Robert decd 62 ROBERTSON John B Gr. 130 RUSSELL John Z.[?] Guard 408 RUSSELL John Z Gr 368, 345 [hard to read], 315, 23 ??? REYNOLDS Alexander "[decd] 416 ??? REYNOLDS Charles H " 418 ROBERTSON Blaze Guard 430 REYNOLDS Andrew " 566 [?]SMITH William Decd 102 SMITH Hennry G (Gr) 589 160 SMITH William Decd 171 SMITH Jas M gr 212 210 [hard to read] SMITH Jas M gr 212 SMITH Silas Decd 291 SMITH [?] Michael (heirs) 574 SMITH John S "[dec] "[588] [end of names found in index] 7 October 15, 1859--Hannah ROBERTSON deceased, Levi ROBERTSON, administrator--accounting and discharge 7 October 15, 1859--James CRANE, Guardian of James R ATKINS [sp?]--report 29 January 19, 1860--John P MILLER, Guardian of Elizabeth KING--report, cause continued 29 January 19, 1860--Abraham MILLER, deceased, Frederick MILLER, Executor--cause continued 34 January 20, 1860--Abraham MILLER, deceased, Frederick MILLER, executor--John P MILLER accepts obligations of estate 44 April 18, 1860--Walter BENTON guardian of William M PECK heirs--report 47 April 19, 1860--Abraham MILLER, deceased, Frederick MILLER, executor--accounting and discharge 49 April 20, 1860--Walter BENTON guardian Solomon VERMILYA heirs--report 52 April 20, 1860--Philip D APPLEGATE guardian of Philip PFIFER [sp?], George PFIFER, Charles PFIFER, John R PFIFER, minor heirs of John P PFIFER--petition to sell real estate [1+ pages] 60 July 16, 1860--Eunice CRABB guardian of the heirs of Edward CRABB--final report and discharge 61 July 17, 1860--Job CARTER deceased Peter L CARTER, administrator--report, cause continued 62 July 17, 1860--Robert REYNOLDS deceased--estate judged to be worth less than $300, and so letters will not be issued--estate is delivered to Barbary [sic] REYNOLDS, widow [note: this is the earliest date that I saw this kind of entry] 64 July 18, 1860--Walter BENTON guardian William W PECK heirs--report and resignation--Evaline MOORE appointd new guardian, Walter BENTON discharged 68 July 20, 1860--Adam HELLER guardian of Susana DeWIKE [sp?], Nicholas DeWIKE, John DeWIKE, Louisa DeWIKE, George DeWIKE, minor heirs of John R and Cathatharine [sic] DeWIKE --deed approved 76 July 24, 1860--Philip D APPLEGATE guardian minor heirs of John PFIFER deceased--report, sale approved 83 January 14, 1861--Andrew J BURRELL guardian George W DURHAM, minor--report 100 [the listing on this page refers to Curtis DUNHAM, not DURHAM] 101 [the listing on this page refers to Curtis DUNHAM, not DURHAM] 102 January 23, 1861--the Clerk's issuing of letters is approved for the following cases: ...William SMITH deceased, Thomas L EWING, administrator... ...Christina LOCKMAN deceased, James R HALL, executor... [note: this is the earliest date that I saw this type of listing] 105 May 20, 1861--Wilford CARTER guardian of James W POWELL, report 107 May 20, 1861--Walter BENTON guardian of Solomon VERMILYA heirs--report: the following have attained majority: William B VERMILYA, Phebe PEFFENBARGER, and Hetty WILLEY [sp?] and have received the full amount of their estate and guardian is discharged for these persons. He has leased lands belonging to Robert W VERMILYA and Adaline VERMILYA to Francis WIMMER [sp] for the past 3 years. 107 May 20, 1861--Walter BENTON guardian of William H and Charlotte DRINKWATER, minor heirs of John DRINKWATER--report 115 May 22, 1861--Adam HELLER guardian of heirs of John K and Catharine DeWIKE deceased--report and list of his wards: Susan, Nicholas, John, Louis, George, Christena 117 May 25, 1861--George W GOSS guardian of David GOSS--report--ward has attained majority, guardian discharged 122 May 27, 1861--Catharine DeWIKE deceased, Adam HELLER administrator--accounting and discharge 130 October 21, 1861--John B ROBERTSON guardian of the minor heirs of Robert BROWN, deceased--report, cause continued 136 October 22, 1861--Walter BENTON guardian of Charlotte DRINKWATER--report--no money left--guardian discharged 149 October 25, 1861--Philip D APPLEGATE guardian John P PFIFER heirs--report of conveyance of deed 149 October 25, 1861--letters issued by Clerk approved: ...Isaac IRELAND deceased, Aaron STRYKER, administrator... ...Frederick C HELLER deceased, Carl MILLER, executor... 160 January 22, 1862--Henry G SMITH guardian of James NAYLOR heirs, viz John NAYLOR, Columbus NAYLOR, James NAYLOR--report: "ward James has departed this life without issue" James' 1/6th part "belongs to his mother intermarried with Leighman [sp?] H SHIELDS" 166 January 22, 1862--George DUNN deceased, William W DUNN, administrator--the administrator did not appear, he is in conempt, writ issued 171 January 22, 1862--Philip D APPELGATE [sic] guardian minor heirs of John P PHIFER--there was an error earlier relating to a sale to Emarilla WORT 171 January 22, 1862--William SMITH deceased, Thomas S EWING administrator--final acounting Claims paid to: Allen LEE, Leonard FREEDMAN, G B PACE, Thomas McCALLUM, SHIELDS & ADAMS, George ARNOLD, Minerva CRANE, Peter BROTHER, Frank DUHMAR [sp?] [paid amounts of $2 to $108] To widow and heirs: Susan SMITH widow $87.74 Darville HUDSON and wife $19.49 Thomas WEIRT [sp?} and wife $19.49 Angelena SMITH $19.49 Christian SMITH " Elizabeth SMITH " William SMITH " Eliza SMITH " Jesse SMITH " John SMITH " [from Christian to John are minors, and possibly Angelena also--my notes aren't clear on this. Their share was paid to John RAEGER [sp?], guardian] 172 January 24, 1862--Philip D APPLEGATE guardian of John P PFIFER deceased heirs--about sale to WORT 177 May 19, 1862--Christena LOCKMAN deceased, James R HALL guardian--accounting 200 May 23, 1862 [approx date]--John P MILLER guardian of Elizabeth KING--report 204 May 23, 1862 [approx date]--letters issued by clerk approved: ...John DOWNING deceased, John P MILLER administrator... ...Willliam BORCHEIDING [sp?] deceased, Dedrick MILLER administrator... ...John P MILLER guardian of James MILLER... ...Phillip APPLEGATE guardian of Abraham SOWDERS... 210 October 20, 1862--James M SMITH guardian of the person and property of Casander PATERSON minor heir of John PATTERSON deceased--report 212 October 21, 1862--James M SMITH guardian of the person and estate of Milton PATTERSON minor heir of John PATTERSON deceased--report and discharge 215 October 23, 1862--George DUNN deceased, William W WAMSLEY administrator de bonis now--Petition to sell real estate. William DUNN is minor under 21, Jason B BROWN Esq. is applying to be guardian ad litum (the widow is still alive) 230 January, 1863--Noble D CRANE deceased, Hugh A FINDLY [sic] appointed administrator 238 January 23, 1863--John P MILLER guardian of James MILLER--report 238 January 23, 1863--clerk's letters approved for: ...Frederick MILLER deceased, John H DURRELL and Francis MILLER administrators... ...Noble D CRANE deceased, Hugh A FINDLAY administrator... ...Christian F HICKMAN [?] deceased, John P MILLER administrator... 245 May 19, 1863--James D McCREARY deceased, Catherine McCREARY widow, petitions that estate is worth less than $300 --appraisers appointed 250 May 25, 1863--Walter BENTON guardian of the minor heirs of Sol VERMYLA [sic] deceased --report approved 256 May 25, 1863 [approx date]--Wilford CARTER guardian of James R POWELL, report --ward has died and left Julia Ann NEWKIRK his only heir. She gets balance, and guardian discharge 278 October 23, 1863--John P MILLER guardian of James MILLER--report, approved 291 October 30, 1863--Silas SMITH deceased--widow petitions that the estate is less than $300, and it was so appraised, and she gets estate 318 January 21, 1864--John Z RUSSELL appointed guardian of KILLEY children 323 January 21, 1864 [approx date]--John Z RUSSELL G of Robert KILLEY heirs 343 RUSSELL not found on page 344 May 17, 1864 [approx date]--Jonas W CRANE guardian of the minor heirs of Joseph ELLIOT deceased--report of sale, notice was given in the weekly newspaper the "Jackson Union" 345 May 19, 1864--John RUSSELL guardian of the minor heirs of Russell KILLEY deceased 360 May 19, 1864--John P MILLER guardian of the minor heirs of Thomas S MILLER--petition to sell real estate--approved 368 May 20, 1864--about John Z RUSSELL and his KILLEY wards 369 May 20, 1864--Francis M MILLER, Joseph W MILLER, vs Malinda, Killy, Eliza, Cyrus ???????***????--report of commisioners of sale of lands of Frederick MILLER deceased, earlier on 9 May 1864, "Jasper N MILLER bid for the same the sum of" $1000 the highest bid, cause continued 370 May 20, 1864--George DUNN deceased--petition for reappraisement 379 May 29, 1864--Jonas H CRANE guardian of Benjamin ATKINS deceased--report 383 May 29, 1864--Thomas S MILLER deceased, John C SNYDER administrator--administrator did not appear after third notice, new administrator to be appointed 387 October 17, 1864--James H CRANE guardian of the minor heirs of Joseph ELLIOTT deceased--report, cause continued 391 October 17, 1864--John P MILLER guardian of Celestes MILLER, Thomas S MILLER, Mary MILLER, Adam MILLER and Stephen MILLER, minor heirs of Thomas S MILLER deceased--petition to sell real estate, appraisers appointed, their report 406 October 18, 1864--Noble D CRANE deceased, Hugh A FINDLAY administrator--final settlement report and discharge 408 October 18, 1864--about John Z RUSSELL and his KILLEY wards 409 October 18, 1864--Noble D CRANE deceased, Hugh A FINDLAY administrator--report and discharge 416 October 19, 1864--Alexander REYNOLDS deceased, Jacob L TANNER administrator--report, cause continued 417 October 19, 1864--John H BURRELL and Francis M MILLER administrators of Frederick MILLER deceased, their first report, cause continued 418 October 19, 1864--Charles F REYNOLDS deceased--widow Catherine REYNOLDS claims estate is worth less than $300, appraisers are appointed and they report a value of $722 427 October 19, 1864 [approx date]--Walter BENTON guardian of Robert W. VERMILIA and Adaline VERMILIA [sic] minor heirs of Soloman VERMILYA deceased--final report, heirs have attained majority--guardian discharged 430 October 26, 1864--Blaze ROBERTSON appointed guardian of the minor heirs of William P BOSLEY 441 October 27, 1864 [approx date]--Clerk's letters approved: Samuel C MILLER Guardian of the minor heirs of Harriet McCASLAND [sp?] deceased John P MILLER Guardian of the minor heirs of Thomas S MILLER Henry G SMITH administrator of Isaac HUNSUCKER deceased Thomas JACOBS administrator of Henry GRISSAMORE 445 January 16, 1865--DUNN George deceased, William W WAMSLEY Admr de be non [sp?]--report of sale to Lawson WHITE 446 January 16, 1865--John P MILLER guardian of the minor heirs of Thomas P MILLER deceased, report of sale to Edward RIGG --sale approved, cause continued 450 January 17, 1865--George DUNN deceased, Wm H WAMSLEY Administrator ded benon [sp?]--report, cause countinued 450 [no ROBERTSON] 473 January 19, 1865--Adam HELLER guardian of the minor heirs of DeWIKE deceased--report: Susan DeWICK has intermarried with [looks like Henry or Hensly] EUDEBROOK [sp?] 476 January 19, 1865 [approx date]--Adam HELLER guardian DeWIKE--cause continued 490 January 21, 1865--Andrew J MILLER guardian of Salathiel GRISSAMORE and Jennings GRISSAMORE 491 January 21, 1865--George DURHAM deceased --Jemima DURHAM [sp?] the widow claims estate is worth less than $300 --estate appraised at $236.90, she is granted estate 497 January 21, 1865--Clerk's letters approved: Philip D APPLEGATE administrator of Joseph BROWN deceased Adam HELLER administrator of Barnhard LONGHART [sp] John C TURNBULL administrator of James CRANE Hugh A FINDLEY guardian of the heirs of Sarah A FINDLEY Nathan D CRABB guardian of the heirs of Nancy NEWBY Andrew J MILLER appointed guardian of the minor heirs of Jonathan GRISSAMORE 501 May 17, 1865--James H CRANE administrator of the estate of Asa CRANE vs George Frederick HOLLA, Nathan D CRABB, Harvey S CRANE, Sarah CRANE, Anna Maria HIGINS and Lafayette Higins her husband --court finds Asa did sell to HOLLA and Nathan D CRABB the lands, and they will get it [2 pages] 529 May 20, 1865--CARTER Guardian of KELLER 532 May 21, 1865--Thomas ADAMS deceased John S ADAMS administrator --petition to sell land, approved 553 May 24, 1865--Frederick C HELLER deceased, Carl MILLER executor --report: $1,118.00 passed to widow and children, administrator discharged 566 May 25, 1865--Andew REYNOLDS deceased, John P McHARGUE [sp?] administrator --report approved 574 May 26, 1865--Eve Margaret MESSER (fomerly SMITH) guardian of the minor heirs of Michael SMITH deceased viz. Barbara, Dorothy and Andrew SMITH --report approved 579 May 27, 1865--Andrew J MILLER guardian of GRISSAMORE [2 heirs] report of sale of real estate --publication ordered in the newspaper "Brownston Union" [1 1/2 pages] 588 May 27, 1865--Clerk's letters approved: Dicy JOHNSON deceased John N WHITE administrator Asa CRANE deceased James H CRANE administrator John S SMITH deceased Aurora [sp?] GILBERT administrator [589:] Henry G SMITH Guardian of heirs of Thomas HUNSUCKER deceased John C TURNBULL guardian of heirs of Jonas W CRANE deceased Allen S CRANE guardian of heirs of Jonas K CRANE deceased [for JOHNSON, see p 588] 602 October 17, 1865--Peter L CARTER guardian of the minor heirs of Walter C KELLER deceased [1 page] 616 October 18, 1865--George DUNN deceased, William W WAMSLEY administrator --final report and discharge 632 [can't find a CRANE] 632 October 19, 1865--Samuel T WELLS guardian of Cass DURHAM, heir of Ewing DURHAM --final report and discharge 643 October 20, 1865--James CRANE deceased John C TURNBULL former administrator, William K MARSHALL says estate is worth less than $12,00 [?]--MARSHALL appointed administrator 648 [a blank page, no CRANE] 652 October 21, 1865--James CRANE deceased John C TURNBULL administrator, accounting --administrator is leaving Indiana, William MARSHALL appointed new administrator 659 October 21, 1865--George V BENTON guardian of the minor heirs of Frederick P MILLER deceased, application to sell real estate --report of sale (to James IRELAND): Kitty MILLER, Eliza Ann, Cyrus DUNHAM [sp?] [3 pages long] 668 October 21, 1865--Thomas ADAMS deceased, John P ADAMS administrator --report of sale, no bidders [end of file]