Abstracted from Will Book A by Barbara Knox. More information may
be found in the original records in the Office of the Ellis County Clerk,
Waxahachie, Texas.
Mary F. Aday
Children G. R., J. B. F. E., W. C. and S. J. Aday; . M. A. Mayfield;
M. S. Bratcher Recorded 23 Jan. 1889
L. B. Allen
Wife, Margaret E.
Henry Anderson
Wife, Ella.
Ephraim Andrews
wife, Margaret M.,, younger children, Margaret L., Rebecca P., Tabitha
E.; other children: John M., Mary F., E. F. McKnight, Jane A. Kooken.
Rec 28 April 1862
Jane Andrews
Legatee Pricilla Smith, $20; remainder estate divided among Joseph E.
Dement, Jane M. Andrews, Mary F. McKnight, Eleanor F. Crabtree, Jane A. Kooken,
Sarah Clayton, dau. G. R. Clayton, R. P. Goble and T. Emily Goble.
Rec. 27 Dec 1869
Thomas Henry Andrews
Wife Arend Andrews; children of decd son John; son T. S. Andrews; daus
Mary Ann Wilson, Martha Jane Orr, Elizabeth White.
Rec. 22 July 1869
Elizabeth Apperson
Gr-dau. Elizabeth Nowlin and Elizabeth Sarah Nowlin; dau Harriet J. Nowlin;
son John Apperson; gr-daus Elizabeth Ward, N. J. Ward and Alice
Apperson.
Rec 4 March 1863
Peter Apperson
Wife Elizabeth, also as gdn minor son James R. Petty; son John Thomas
Apperson.
Susan Apperson
Daus. A. W. Stallcup, Molly Kelly, Fannie Farrar; gr-son Tapply Richard
Crawford, "son of my son Thomas Crawford."
Rec. 5 Aug 1892
John E. Arthur
Wife Etta D. Arthur.
Rec. 12 May 1892
Josiah Baker
Dau Barsheba M. Porter, heir Charley F. Hayes; grch William M. Strong,
Howard Strong and Lou A. Massey (children of James and Caroline Strong);
James and Caroline Strong; dau Elizabeth M. Pogue, Polly P. Payne;
wife Nancy Baker.
Rec. 29 August 1871
Mollie Banks
Youngest dau. Lizzie Freeman and ch of daus Anna McIntyre and Emma
Dibbleman.
Filed 19 July 1890
Mattie P. Bardwell.
Husband J. W. Bardwell
Rec. 18 March 1891
Grace L. Barkley
Son H. V. Barkley
Rec. 22 Jan. 1898
W. H. Barley
State of Va. County of Warren. "My three children, Anna V., William
H. and Louis C. Barley," Henry H. Downing of Va. named gdn of children;
legatee and partner, Charles F. Beaty. Executor: Henry H.
Downing
Date: 22 Feb 1881; Filed Ellis Co 10 Nov 1885; rec. 27 July 1886
Shrebiah Bass.
State of Maine. Co. of Franklin. [no details] Rec Aug 1874
George J. Beall
State of Texas. Co. of Dallas. Wife Maggie Y,. Beall; mother M.
A. Beall; unborn child; claim George C. Woodleiff; Ex: Harrison P.
Parks, Dallas, Tex. date 9 Jan. 1885; Rec 27 May 1886
Jemima E. Beard
Children Cora V. and Fannie A.; property in Ennis; husband G. W. Beard;
children & their heirs: Mary C. Rose, George M. Beard, Thomas N.
Beard and Fannie A. Beard; ex: husband G. W. Beard Dated
6 Nov 1879; rec. 27 Aug 1883
Jane Bell
Husband John Bell. Rec 4 Sept 1860
James S. Berry
Dau. M. E. Leonard; son C. W. Berry; gr-son Charles M. Berry.
Rec. 14 Feb 1866
R. N. Berry
Mary Bishop
Niece Melissa J. Stokes; nephew Thomas C. Neel; negro woman Catharine.
Rec. 78 Nov 1862
John Blanton
Oldest son, John H. Blanton; sons Edward and Bolen Blanton; daus. Harriett
Thompson, Lucy Loyd and Martha Blanton; son John gdn. for Bolen. Rec. 2 Dec
1867
F. A. Boerner
Wife Sophia Boerner; ch: Fred C., William L., Eugene B., Charles G., Sallie
A. and Willie E. Boerner. Dated 11 April 1882; Rec. 31 March 1884
Joseph Boren
Wife, Ann Boren; youngest children, Thadeua P. Boren. Ex: wife. Rec. 11
May 1881
Michael Boren
Wife Mary E. Boren: ch: William M., G. R.; heirs of dau. Rhoda Wheat,
decd; Alvarina Handcock, Anna H. Boren; Joseph R., Pinckney S., Michael Jr.
and Willie Boren; Nancy Cooke; Mary Harris; Rec. 11 April 1876
William Bradshaw
Sisters Kate Cheatham and S. A. Bradshaw. Rec. January 1878
Elizabeth Braley
Son Thomas J. Braley. Rec. 18 Jan 1889
Louisa Brigdon
Grdau. Jeanne Rousselle. Rec. 2 Aug 1897
Isaac J. Brown
Wife Mary E., sons John R. and Joseph H.; daus Catherine J. Bunch, Lillie
E. Phariss, Sophia R. Taylor Rec. 27 July 1898
W. C. Burch
Wife, M. J. Burch and children [not named]
Emma Burk
Heir, Cyrus Aiken Filed Feb 20, 1893 - no record of
recording
S. M. Carlton
Children: Carrie Jane, Jessie Estelle and Ella Virginia Carleton.
Recorded 17 July 1895
Nancy Jane Carroll
Husband, John C., uncle Ellis Grigg. Rec.7 March 1896
Sallie V. Chairs
J. D. Chairs and named Ex. 20 May 1891
John S. Chambers
Wife Mary Ann; daus Margaret and Benie; gr-day Thornuile Prewitt; sons
Stuart and William. Filed 10 Jan 1889
John Chapman
Dau Elizabeth J. McElroy; son William Veal Chapman; gr-son William Veal
Chapman; son-in-law George C. McElroy, also gdn for W. V. Chapman.
Rec 11 April 1873
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Wills
recorded 30 Nov 1867
Rec. 28 July 1882
Sister, Elizabeth, brother, William, father, James S. Berry. Rec.
24 April 1855