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ABSTRACTS FROM
CASS COUNTY PROBATE RECORD BOOKS
BOOK A - 1837 - 1848
BOOK B - 1848 - 1849
BOOK C - 1849 - 1852


The information included here was originally abstracted by Edna Gorsage Renner of Beardstown, Illinois and given to Florence Hutchison who first published the information December 1976 and September 1977. The names which appear include that of the deceased for whom the estate is being administered, the administrators, some bondsmen, guardians, minor heirs and some surviving heirs. The Pg/Bk number indicates which Probate Book and on what page the entry can be found. Many of the entries also include the death date of the decedent.




SURNAMES L-N



Surnames A-K


Pg/Bk Entry Date Deceased Name Death Date Adm./Bnd./Gdn/ Heirs Adm/Bnd./Gdn./Heirs Adm/Bnd./Gdn/Heirs/Remarks
350C 2 Feb 1852 Alexander, Joshua C., decd Alexander, Nancy, Gdn. Of minor heirs:  William T., Sarah M., Joseph S., Milton K., Eliza C., & Pridy A. Alexander.
299C 23 Oct 1851 Alexander, Joshua C., est. May 1851 Taylor, Archibald, Adm. Taylor, Anus & William, Bnd.
180C 17 Feb 1851 Arter, George W., est. 7 Feb 1851 Fitzhugh, Robert, Adm.
52B 22 June 1849 Atwater, Amos, est. 7 May 1849 Saunders, Thomas R., Adm.
218A 28 Jan 1845 Baker, John Adolphus, est. Baker, Joseph, Adm.
205A 28 Oct 1844 Baker, Temperance, est. Gaines, Wm. B., Adm. Baker, Adolphus, Bnd.
168C 3 Feb 1851 Bane, Alexander, est. Apr 1850 Petefish, Wm., Adm.
101B 15 Nov 1849 Bane, John, est. 1849 Bane, Hugh, Adm.
261A 23 Sep 1845 Bassett, William, est. Aug 1845 Eyre, Thomas, Adm.
58B 20 July 1849 Beard, Alexander Will dtd 5 June 1848, probated 20 July 1849;  wife, Lucy, son George A., dau  Elizabeth, other ch;  see Bk C p 194
107B 29 Nov 1849 Beard, Thomas 27 Nov 1849 Will dtd 23 Nov 1849 Arenz, Francis, Adm., Thos was 55 b. NY wife, Nancy; ch. Caroline, Edward P., Stella A., Agnes ?, Eugene
124C 4 Nov 1850 Beauchamp, Samuel, est. 5 Sep 1850 Beauchamp, Richard, Am.
274C Benson, Daniel, decd. Rew, Horatio, Gdn. Of minor heir Oscar Benson
18B 22 Dec 1848 Bergen, Jonathan C., est. 1848 Stevenson, Augustus, Adm.
16C 7 Jan 1850 Berry, James, est. 21 Dec 1849 Berry, Benjamin C., Adm. James was age 40 and born in Kentucky
99C 17 Sep 1850 Berry, James, minor heirs Berry, Benjamin C., apptd. Gdn. of Milton Berry, James, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Nancy R., & William T. Berry
416A 1 Sep 1847 Berry, Thomas S., est. 1847 Berry, James, Adm.
36C 5 Feb 1850 Berry, Thomas, est. Stevenson, William, Gdn. Berry, Benjamin C., Bnd. Rachael M. Berry, Absalom Berry, Thomas S. Berry, Eliza F. Berry, Nathaniel Berry
minors under age of 14, heirs of Thomas Berry.  William Berry, one of the legatees has departed this life and a sum be divided among surviving heirs of Thos.
Berry to wit:  America Berry, widow and 5 children.
361A 9 Feb 1847 Biggs, George W., est. 2 Feb 1847 Berry, Keeling, Adm.
305C 3 Nov 1851 Blair, David, est. 29 Oct 1851 Blair, William, Adm.
47C 18 Mar 1850 Blanford, George, est. 28 Feb 1850 Perry, Uzal W., Adm.
396A 26 May 1847 Boehne, Henry H. Will dtd 2 Apr 1847 Boehne, Selina, wife, Adm.
80A Bohne, Frances 25 Aug 1839 Will dtd 25 Aug 1839 Bohne, Henry H., Exec. debt due 2 eldest ch of her bro. Samuel Judson
39A Boicourt, Edward, est. 28 Jan 1839 Non-cupative Will Boicourt, John & Thomas, Bnd. wife, Elizabeth; son John, dau Ann, minor
11B 17 Oct 1848 Boseworth, Job A., est. 18 June 1848 Allen, George F., Adm.
56A Bright, Daniel, est. 25 Sept 1838 Bright, James, Adm.
62B 25 July 1849 Britten, Daniel, est. Doty, Joseph, Adm.
296C 21 Oct 1851 Brockman, minor children of Samuel Brockman; Crow, I. E., Gdn. Devisees of W. T. Brockman
363C 7 Feb 1852 Brockman, Samuel, est. Irwin, D. M., Adm. Brockman, Eliza, widow
314C 23 Dec 1851 Brunk, Jess, est. 19 Dec 1851 Garlic, James, Adm.
352C 2 Feb 1852 Brunk, Jesse, decd. Jackson, Ezra, Gdn. Of minor heirs:  Eliza, Hezakiah, Martha, Helen M., & Sarah M. Brunk.
132A 5 Apr 1841 Buck, Jasper, est. 1 Mar 1841 Buck, Charlton, Adm. Buck, Thomas, Bnd.
138A 26 July 1841 Buckley, Robert, est. 21 July 1841 Buckley, John L., Adm. Buckley, Mark, Bnd.
344C 31 Jan 1852 Bulkley, Franklin C., est. 12 Dec 1851 Bulkley, Solomon, dm.
194A 27 May 1844 Butler, William, est. 26 Mar 1844 No kinsman in this state
227A Buxton, Peter, est. Feb 1845 Ream, Levi, Adm.
396C 6 Apr 1852 Carls, Frederick, decd. Ellinor, Elizabeth & Henry F. Carls, minor heirs of Frederick Carls.
112A 6 Apr 1840 Carpenter, John, est. 1840 Carpenter, Leland, Adm.
58A 30 Mar 1839 Carr, Elisha, est. Mary Carr, widow - see page 1
320C 31 Dec 1851 Carr, Elisha, est. Notice to heirs:  Harvey, Manis ?, John, Elizabeteh Carr; Nancy Bruner, Fanny Clark, Melissa Carr & widow Mary.
279A 15 Dec 1845 Carter, William, est. 11 Dec 1845 Carter, John T., Adm. (Bk C-43)
43C 18 Mar 1850 Carter, William, minor heirs Lake, Lindsey, Gdn. Gdn. Report.  Bk A, pg 279 Elizabeth Carter, Nancy Carter, minors under age 14
422A 9 Sep 1847 Carver, James, est. settlement, claims pd.
83C 1 July 1850 Caubey, Benjamin, decd. Caubey, Daniel, Gdn. (see p 85) Eliza A. Caubey, James M., Elizabeth A., Alfred B., minor heirs of Benjamin Caubey
136A 1 July 1850 Cauby, Benjamin, est. 2 June 1841 Cauby, Rosannah, Adm. Cauby, Daniel, appt. Gdn. minor heirs:  Eliza A., James M., Elizabeth A., Alfred B. Cauby
233C 20 May 1851 Chase, Jacob, minor child Charles H. Chase chose his father Jacob as Gdn., Devisee of Joseph Bancroft, entitled to property.
243A Chessor, John, est 3 June 1845
80C 20 June 1850 Chowning, Hanah 16 Apr 1850 age 58, born in Md.  Will dtd 15 Apr 1850;  I, Hannah Chowning, late of Maysville, Mason Co., Ky., and now temporarily residing in Beardstown, Cass Co.
IL".  To Sarah Jane Dunbaugh, only surviving child of Geo. Washington Dunbaugh, late of Maysville afsd, a lot in Maysville, Ky.  All else to Sarah Jane,
also Charles P. Dunbaugh, Adm. Wits:  C. P. Dunbaugh, Charles Sprague.
42A Clark, Charles W., est. 14 July 1838/9 Schaffer, Daniel, Adm.
347A Clark, David, est. Nov 1846 Clark, Ann Elizabeth, widow, Adm.
404C Clark, John S. Ann M., Albina, & H. C. Clark, minor ch of John S. Clark have interest in fathers estate;  Loddrick Collins, Gdn.
8C 17 Dec 1849 Clark, Laurence, est. 23 Nov 1849 Clark, John, Adm. Clark, Wm., Bnd.
459A 2 Mar 1848 Collins, Thomas I., est. 8 Feb 1848 Collins, William H., Adm.
248A 24 June 1845 Comstock, John L., est. 18 June 1845 Clark, Dan L., Adm.
203C 20 Mar 1851 Conover, William, decd. Susan C., Rebecca, Joseph Conover, minor ch of Wm. Conover
204C 20 Mar 1851 Conover, William, decd. heirs of Wm.:  Nancy Conover, Peter, Robert, Wm. Conover, Ann Patton, Benjamin Patton, Catherine Avell?, Elizabeth Thompson, Wm. Thompson.
16B 6 Nov 1848 Conover, William, est. 1848 Cosner, Joseph, Adm. Also see Bk C p. 34
384C 19 Mar 1852 Conrad, George, est. 17 Mar 1852 Eckhardt, Henry E., Adm.
91B 16 Oct 1849 Cooper, William Will dtd 13 Sep 1849, Probated 11 Oct 1849;  daus  Mary, Tabitha, Ann Smith , son William, John, dau Lucinda, Biddy E. Owen, Elizabeth Grossong, Parthena
371C 11 Mar 1852 Corner, Stewart, decd. Dummer, H. E., Gdn. Of George, & Augustus Corner, minor heirs.
339C 27 Jan 1852 Corner, Stewart, est. 1851 Fulks, John B., Adm.
322C 31 Dec 1851 Cotterell, William, est. Dec 1851 Kummell, Frederick, Adm. heirs:  James Cotterell & Charles Masterson.
3A 9 Sept 1837 Cox, Eli, Gdn. apptd. Gdn dau Elizabeth, minor
126A 25 Jan 1841 Craig, William, est. Craig, John, apptd. Adm.
130C 7 Nov 1850 Cross, Rebecca, est. Oct 1850 Cross, Samuel, Adm. Next of kin
159A 23 Jan 1843 Cunningham, John C. Direen, Edward, Gdn. minor heir:  Marian Cunningham, age 4 years
89A 19 Oct 1839 Cunningham, John, decd. Blair, William, apptd. Gdn. minor ch. Of John:  Archibald, James, Jennet, Margaret & Thomas Cunningham
51A Cunningham, John, est. 25 Sept 1838 Cunningham, Andrew, Adm.
85A 13 Dec 1839 Davis, John, decd. Davis, Jeremiah; Davis, Gilliam & Gunn, Thomas D., Adm.
399A 2 June 1847 Davis, John, est. real estate (pg 85)
238C 16 June 1851 DeRomley, Charles, est. 1851 DeRomley, Mary C., widow & Sprague, Charles, Adm.
126C 6 Nov 1850 DeWeber, Amos A., est. 1 Nov 1850 Deweber, Martha A., Adm.
27B 2 Mar 1849 DeWeber, John, est. 5 Feb 1849 DeWeber, Margaret, widow, Adm.
29B 27 Mar 1849 Dick, Peter, est. Dick, Amos, Exec. Of Will
286A 9 Jan 1846 Diehm, George Christian Dec 1845 Will dtd 7 Feb 1845 Morgan Co. Cire, John & Reichen ?, Joseph, Exec. George & Charles, sons of Herman & Catherine Lippertt of Morgan Co.; Olbertine,
dau.
93A 8 Mar 1841 Dolson, Moses Dolson, James, appt Gdn. Of Stephen dolson, minor heir of Moses
118C 8 Oct 1850 Dougherty, Robert, est. 22 Sep 1850 Smith, Mathias, Adm.
89C 6 Aug 1850 Downer, John A., est. 17 July 1850 Thompson, N. B., Adm.
363A 18 Feb 1847 Driskill, Nimrod, est. 11 Feb 1847 Driskill, John J., Adm.
228C 5 May 1851 Duey, Jacob, decd. Duey, Jane, Gdn. Elizabeth, Mary, Odes, Thomas, & Jacob Duey, minor heirs of Jacob Duey.
402C 14 Apr 1852 Dunbaugh, George W., decd. Dunbaugh, Charles P., Gdn. Of Sarah I. Dunbaugh, minor heir
30B 4 Apr 1849 Dutch, Ezra J., Sr., est. 20 Feb 1849 Dutch, Ezra J. Jr., Adm.
106C 20 Sep 1850 Dutch, Ezra J., Sr.,minor heirs Dutch, Ezra J. Jr., appt. Gdn. of Patrick H. Dutch, Charles H. Dutch minor heirs
133C 8 Nov 1850 Dutch, John
429C 24 June 1852 Dutch, John, decd. Adm. Report
270A 16 Oct 1845 Earvin, John, est. Sep-Oct 1845 Earvin, Mary, widow, Adm.
87A 10 May 1842 Eaton, George H., decd. Eaton, David, apptd. Gdn. Eaton, George S., Mary Ann, & Wm. A. Eaton minor heirs of George H. Eaton
425A 10 June 1847 Ebaugh, Henry, est. 1847 McDonald, Richard, Adm.
83B 22 Sep 1849 Edenfield, John, est. 11 Sep 1849 Edenfield, Martha, Adm.
114A Elmore, Cyrus 1840 Will dtd 21 Aug 1839, Probated 5 May 1840, wife Elizabeth, Exec.
437A 9 Nov 1847 Emerick, C. C., est. 1 Nov 1847 Boemler, Henry, Adm.
1C 17 Dec 1849 Finn, Thomas, est. 1849 Dummer, Henry, Adm.
105B 28 Nov 1849 Fitzhugh, John R., est. 1849 Fitzhugh, Robert, Adm.
445A 21 Dec 1847 Frauman, G. C., est. 18 Dec 1847 Frauman, George F., Adm.
284C Frizzee, Henry T., decd. Stevenson, Robert, Gdn. Of James, Mary, Cyrus & Melvina Frizzee, minor heirs of Henry T.
109A 6 Jan 1840 Gear, Walter C., est. 8 Sept 1839 Norbury, Charles J. & Plaster, Lemuel, Bnd.
172C 4 Feb 1851 Geiger, Jacob, decd. Plaster, Thomas, Gdn. for  minor heirs:  Frederick, Selina, Elizabeth, John & Mary Geiger.
67B 8 Aug 1849 Giger, Jacob, est. 23 July 1849 Plaster, Thos., Adm. see Bk C  p172
361C 11 Feb 1852 Gray, Jess, est. 1852 Dummer, H. E. Adm.
211C 8 Apr 1851 Green, Joseph, est. Will dtd. 24 Mar 1851, probated 8 Apr 1851:  Mary Ann Green, land on Elk Lake, Jefferson Co., Pa., bought of Adam Diller 21 Oct 1847; Charles Green,
Martha Ann Marlin, Aaron Green, Edwin Green; son Charles, & Aaron, Execs.
346A Haermeyer, H. A., est. 6 Feb 1847? Foster, Henry, Adm. (p 366)
203A 14 Oct 1844 Hafekluft, Henry, est. Sophia, widow
134A 11 June 1841 Hager, Amos 28 May 1841 Will dtd 28 May 1841 Wife, Judith, Exec. late Marian Louisa Richardson, late Mariah Louise Brown, decd., Eliza Ann Turner
1/4 acre for burying ground.  Feb 1844 - Judith Hager now Judith Ward (Bk C 204), Ann, Amos, Shadrack Richardson)
378C 16 Mar 1852 Hall & Beard Gdn. Report Melvina Hall, Francis Hall, Louisa Gossage formerly Lousia Hall, minor heirs of Wm. Hall & devisees of Alexander Beard.
407A 22 July 1847 Hall, Henry H. 13 June 1847 Will dtd 13 June 1847 heirs:  wife, Ann, dau Ann Bassett widow of Wm. Bassett, Henry H. Hall, Jr., Eliza Hall, John P. Hall, Robert Hall
133C 7 Nov 1850 Hall, John P., est. 29 Oct 1850 Hall, Henry H., Adm.
163C 7 Jan 1851 Hall, Melvina, minor over 14 Thomas, Richard, apptd. Gdn.
165C Hall, William Mahala Hall, minor ch of Wm. Thomas, Richard, apptd. Gdn.
194C 17 Mar 1851 Hall, William, minor children Thomas, Richard, Adm. Louisa A. Hall, Frances Hall, minor ch of Wm. Entitled to share in property of Alexander Beard with other Beard heirs.
298A 18 Feb 1846 Hancock, Elizabeth, est. 28 Apr 1845 Taylor, William, Adm.
59C 2 Apr 1850 Harbison, A. B. Shirley, William, Gdn. minor heirs:  Harbison, Moses, John, Mary, James W. & Nancy Ann
472A 1 May 1848 Haskins, William, est. 28 Mar 1848 Foster, Henry, Adm.
113C 7 Oct 1850 Hawthorne, John est. Sep 1850 Hawthorne, Robert G., Adm.
48A Hays, Isham, est. 15 Feb 1839 Nance, Eadon, Adm.
475A 10 May 1848 Hemminghouse, H. W., est. 24 Jan 1848 Kuhl, George, Adm.
164C Henderson, Mahala under 14 minor under age 14, Cass Co., her mother decd, her father dead, or for over a year has abandoned her.
78C June 1850 Hermeyer, Henry minor heir, Maria Hermeyer, of lawful age to choose gdn. Foster, Henry, Gdn.
412C 4 May 1852 Hickey, John Will dtd 12 Feb 1852, probated 4 May 1852;  Mary Hickey, ex;  wife Mary, Susan Sutton, Mary Lucas;  Allen Blooding, Martin Mchenry & Joshua Nance, Wits.
415A 28 Aug 1847 Houston, Joseph, est. Aug 1847 Houston, Nicholas, Adm.
330C 9 Jan 1852 Houston, William, est. 30 Dec 1851 Houston, William M., Adm. Houston, Nicholas, one of apprs.
69A 22 June 1839 Hull, Henry, minor over 14 Atwater, Amour, apptd.Gdn
167A 8 July 1843 Hunt, Samuel, est. 6 June 1843 Hager, Reuben, Adm.
97C 17 Sep 1850 Hutcheson, James D., est. 8 Aug 1850 McConnell, John T., Adm.
316C 23 Dec 1851 Ignon, John, est. 8 Dec 1851 Ignon, Margaret, widow, Adm.
33A Ireland, Catharine 1838 Spencer, Isaac C., Adm.
420C 12 June 1852 Ishmael, Benjamin, est. 14 Apr 1852 Lynn, William, Adm.
62C 6 May 1850 Ivermeyer, G. Henry 5 Apr 1850 Will dtd 3 Apr 1850, written in Germ. Lovekamp, Frederick & Korsmeyer, Herman, Execs.
341C 28 Jan 1852 Jackson, Thomas, est. 24 Jan 1852 Jackson, Elizabeth, widow Jackson, James, Adm.
374A 5 Mar 1847 Jewett, Oliver, est. Fletcher, Benjamin & Jewett, Cordelia, Adm.
291C 21 Oct 1851 Jockisch, Gotthelf, est. 9 Oct 1851 Jockisch, Christina, widow Arenz, John, Adm.
310C 18 Dec 1851 Jockish, Gotthelf, decd. Kuhl, Geo., & Jockisch, Christina Gdns. Of minor heirs:  Henry, Louisa, & Paulina Jockisch.
31A Jokisch, Gotleib 4 July 1838 Belgers, Johanna C., apptd Gdn
209A Jones, Milton Will dtd 27 Aug 1842 Probated 2 Dec 1844; Runnels Jones (page 255)
225A Jones, Milton Will dtd 27 Aug 1841 wife, Susannah, dau Columbia Jones, son Runnels.
67A Judson, Lydia, est. 15 Oct 1839 Overall, Isaac W., Adm.
1A Karr, Elisha, est. 12 July 1837 Karr, James, Adm. Karr, David, Bnd.
439A 9 Nov 1847 Kelly, Michael, est. 29 Oct 1847 Dowler, J. D., Adm.
76A 2 Sep 1839 Kelly, Nicholas, est. 25 Aug 1839 Vannalstine, Cornelius, Adm.
183A Kelsey, Ebenezer, est. 11/16 Sep1843 Clark, Lawrence, Adm.
169A 28 Aug 1843 Kershaw, Elizabeth, est. 27 July 1843 Plaster, Thomas, Adm.
88A 25 Aug 1841 Kesterson, Richard McCoy, George, Gdn.
177C 17 Feb 1851 Kircher, William, est. 13 Feb 1851 Kircher, Catherine, widow, Adm.
279C 16 Sep 1851 Kite, William minor over agae of 14 McKenny, Jesse, Gdn.
86A Knippenberg, Andrew, decd. Tull, Edward, Gdn. of minor heirs:  Andrew Kneppenberg, Richard F. Knippenberg & Harriett M. Knippenberg.
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