Hardy County, West Virginia - Early Wills of Hardy County 1782-1800 ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook , January 1999. Source: Early Wills of Hardy County, West Virginia by Arthur L. Keith William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 24, No. 4. (Apr., 1916), pp. 260-261. EARLY WILLS OF HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA By Dr. Arthur L. Keith, Carlton College, Northfield, Minn. Hardy County was formed in 1785. The following wills are all that are on record prior to 1800. Where two dates are given the first refers to the making of the will and the last to the probate. When they are the same, only one date is given. Adam Couchman 1782-86 Leonard Hire 1783-86 David Hogue 1786 Jane Denton 1782-87 George Louther (appraisement) 1787 Lewis Green (appraisement) 1787 Richard Likens (appraisement) 1787 Wm Darling (appraisement) 1787 Jacob Miller 1787 Peter Carey 1787 Mary Green (appraisement) 1787 Michael Redsleeves (appraisement) 1787 Garrett Vanmetre 1788 John Westfall 1789 Harmon Shook 1780-89 Adam Hider 1787-89 George Yoakum 1787-89 James Claypoole 1788-89 Alex. Doogan 1790 George Siles 1789-90 Benj. Scoll 1790 John Shook 1790 Robert Bean 1790-91 David Harmon 1791 Susan Hughes 1784-91 Abner Lewis (appraisement) 1791 Robert Forgason 1791 Ramsey McGee 1791 Martin Shobe 1792 Able Randall 1792 James Doogan 1792 Henry Myars 1792 (Mentions father Jacob Myars, deceased of York Co. Penna.) Amos Branson (appraisement) 1793 Thomas Davis (appraisement) 1793 William Baker 1793 Anna Maria Hire 1790-93 Jacob House (of Pendleton Co.) 1795 James Christie 1795 Katharine Stump 1783-96 Lewis Hire (appraisement) 1794 John Burk (appraisement) 1795 Jacob Hous (appraisement) 1795 Morris Thomas 1787-96 Philip Bucher (appraisement) 1796 Joshua Strickler 1790-96 John Hickey (appraisement) 1796 Martin Reager (appraisement) 1797 Jesse Pugh (appraisement) 1797 George See (appraisement) 1797 Jonathan Parsons (appraisement) 1796 Jacob Doll 1798 George Hinkenbarger? (appraisement) 1798 Henry Lancisco 1799 Robert Gilman (appraisement) 1799 Peter Keran? (appraisement) 1799 Samuel Slater (appraisement) 1798 Henry Bonnet (appraisement) 1800 Joseph McNamarrow 1800 Catharine Pancake 1795-1800 Conrad Moore 1799-1800 Joseph Cohonnon 1799-1800