ABSTRACT of WILLS

Source: 
Historical Collections of Harrison County in the State of Ohio
With Lists of the First Land-owners, Early Marriages (to 1841), Will Records (to 1861), Burial Records of the Early Settlements
and Numerous Genealogies
By Charles A. Hanna
Published New York,
1900
 

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DATE OF WILL	DATE OF PROBATE	NAME OF DECEASED
1841 Dec. 20	1847 Mar. 13	JOHN BAKER
Wife: (name not given) Children: Rezin, John, George, Samuel, Elizabeth Executor: John Baker Witnesses: William Cobb, Jacob Dennis
1848 Sep. 14	1855 Feb. 27	OTTO BAKER
Wife: Mary Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah Martin, Abraham, Catharine Kent, William, Agnes Cox, Melinda Young, Otto, Evan, Sheridan Executors: Otto Baker, Charles Conaway Witnesses: William Tingley, Jeremiah Tingley, S. M. Cormick
1828 Nov. 18	1830 Apr. 3	MARY BANE, Green Twp.
Children: John, Hugh, William, Henry, Margaret Bane, Tarbet Bane, Isabella, Jane, Elizabeth, Sarah Grandchildren: John McCoy Meredith, William Wallace Meredith, Mary Dawson Executors: Alexander Reid, Tarbet Bane Witnesses: Nathan Johnson, John Reid
1851 Nov. 11	1852 Apr. 19	SAMUEL BARBER
Wife: Ann Children: Dorothy Hathaway, Elizabeth Lukins, Ann Thomas, James Executors: Townsend Thomas, Wilson Maddox Witnesses: John Cope, William M. Hilligas
1827 Nov. 7	1827 Nov. 28	VALENTINE BARGER
Wife: Elizabeth Son: HEnry Granddaughter: Mary Smith Executors: Peter Barger, Jacoba Barger Witnesses: William Van Clese, Jr., Henry Barger, George Sipe
1823 Mar. 13	1823 Jun. 24	LEWIS BARKHURST, Shortcreek Twp.
Wife: Arminta Children: William, John, Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, Mary, Jereminia Executors: Arminta Parkhurst Witnesses: John Warfield, Charles Barkhurst, Bradway Thompson
1835 Feb. 11	1836 Sep. 20 (29?)	ALEXANDER BARNES, Washington Twp.
Wife: Elizabeth Executors: Robert Clark, Thomas Clark Witnesses: William Boyd, John Elliott
1852 Mar. 10	1852 Apr. 13	JAMES P. BARNES
Wife: (name not given) Children: (names not given) Executors: Wife, and W. G. Finney Witnesses: John Smith, S. R. Magee
1815 May 21	1817 Aug. 20	MARGARET BARNHILL
Children: Jenny, Mary Robert, Hugh Executors: (names not given) Witnesses: Robert Russel, Elizabeth Russel, Robert Barnhill
1817 Dec. 18	1818 Aug. 6	WILLIAM BARR
Wife: Mary Children: Easter, Jane, Agnes, Mary, Isaac, James, Andrew, Silas, William, infant unborn Executors: Mary Barr, Alexander Johnston Witnesses: Henry Kail, Jacob Meed, Margaret Peoples
1842 Oct. 27	1844 Dec. 19	ARTHUR BARRETT, Cadiz Twp.
Wife: Elizabeth Children: Lewis, Meredith, William H., Aenens, John W., Mary Ann Executors: Meredith Barrett Witnesses: William Arnold, Thomas Barrett, Aeneas Barrett
1850 Jul. 8	1858 Aug. 21	ISAAC BARRETT, Cadiz Twp.
Wife: Hannah Children: Erasmus, Arthur, Hiram, Mary Ann White, Tarbetha Ford Executors: Ersmus Barrett, Arthur Barrett Witnesses: William Arnold, Thomas McCrary
1849 Sep. 7	1849 Dec. 20	THOMAS BARRETT
Wife: Alaneda Children: Thomas, Warden, Arthur, Esther Wilson, Emma Spurrier, Balinda Cadwalader, Anna Miller, Rachel Sears Executors: Joseph Rea Witnesses: Martin Wilson, William McFaddin
1851 Feb. 21	1852 May 24	HENRY BARRICKLOW
Wife: (name not given) Children: John, Joseph, Henry, Conrad, Gregg Legatee: Rachel Ann Watson Executors: Conrad Barricklow, Farrington Barricklow Witnesses: S. W. Bostwick, Frederick Barricklow
1837 Mar. 16	1844 May __	ELIJAH BARTON
Wife: Sarah Children: Enos, George, Francis, Syrus, Eli, Samuel, Tebee Woods, Chafetee Edgar Stepson: William Houser Executors: (names not given) Witnesses: Robert Simpson, John McCarroll
1815 Jul. 25	1815 Sep. 2	JOHN BAXTER
Wife: Mary Children: James, William, Robert, John Elizabeth, Mary Executors: sons - James Baxter, William Baxter Witnesses: Thomas McGonegle, James Drummond
1929 Dec. 10	1840 May 24	COLMORE BEALL, West Bethlehem Twp.
Wife: Rebecca Children: John, Alexander, James, Hillary, Daniel, Colmore, Thomas, Mary Ann Yarnell, Elizabeth McCoy, Rebecca Smith, Casandra Taylor, Sarah, Nancy, Margaret, Eliza, Jane, Minerva Executors: Alexander Beall, James P. Beall Witnesses: Zepha Parker, Neal Beall
1833 Sep. 7	1834 Jan. 16	JAMES BEATTY
Wife: Jane Children: Martha Jamison, Margaret, James, Thomas Grandson: George Atkinson Witnesses: William Wiley, Samuel Rogers
1848 Oct. 20	1850 Dec. 20	JANE BEATTY
Grandchildren: Ann Jamison, James Jamison, John Jamison Legatees: William Beatty, Uphrim Maxwell, American Bible Society Executors: George Atkinson Witnesses: William Boggs, David Taggart
1834 Mar. 25	1834 Apr. 2	JOSEPH BEATTY
Wife: (name not given) Mother: (name not given) Sister: Martha Brother: James Aunt: Ruth Wiley Cousins: Joseph Rogers, Rebecca Rogers, James Beatty Legatees: American Bible Society, Board of Home Missions, and Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church Executors: William Lee, William Boggs Witnesses: William Hanua (Hanna?), Samuel Rogers
1849 Jul. 9	1849 Dec. 20	SAMPSON BEATY, Archer Twp.
Wife: Rachel Sons: Arthur, Johnson, Thomas, Jeremiah, John Executor: Arthur Beaty Witnesses: William Irwin, Josiah Scott
1821 Mar. 25	1821 Aug. 3	SAMUEL BECK, Freeport
Wife: Mary Children: William, Presley, Susanna, Rachel, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Executor: Son, William Beck Witnesses: Henry David, James Evans
(not dated	1832 Jan. 14	JACOB BECKLEY, German Twp.
Wife: Mary Children: Henry, Jacob, Lydia Granddaughters: Elizabeth Shawver, Susan Wagner, Mary Ann Abel Executors: Jacob Beckley, John Shober Witnesses: William Gillespie, Charles Gillespie
1836 Feb. 25	1836 Feb. 25	WALTER B. BEEBE
Wife: Nancy Sons: Butler, James, Stewart Executors: Nancy Beebe, Chauncey Dewey Witnesses: William Tingley, John McBean, John Olmstead
1835 Jul. 5	1835 Oct. 26	MARY BEEKLEY
Children: Henry, Jacob, John, George, Lydia, Sally Abel, Susanna Burkhouse, Rachel McGee, Betsey Hirshfield Executors: Jacob Beckley, John Wagner Witnesses: John Wagner, Jacob Wining
1831 Oct. 6	1832 Mar. 12	DANIEL BELKNAP
Wife: Jane Children: Ammoret, Orville, Harriet, Horace, David, Sidney, Thomas, Charles Executor: Horace Belknap Witnesses: Robert Gilbreath, James Davis
1852 Jun. 28	1853 Oct. 19	JOSEPH BERNHARD, Harrison Co.
Wife: Sarah Children: Lewis, William, Joseph Granddaughter: Cynthia A. Michaels Legatee: Ruth Ann Parmer Executors: Lewis Bernhard, William Bernhard, Joseph Bernhard Witnesses: James McMillan, Joshua P. Watson, Samuel H. Watson
1830 Dec. 30	1831 Aug. 2	SAMUEL BIGGART
Wife: (name not given) Children: Robert, Mordica, Samuel Executor: George Brown Witnesses: George Brown, William Eagleson
1853 Apr. 7	1853 Apr. 20	THOMAS BINGHAM, Cadiz
Children: John A., Emma C., Martha B. Lee, Mary Jane Scott, Lucinda B. Wood, Amanda, Emma E., Isabella, Belinda Grandchildren: Thomas Olmstead, Bingham Scott, Thomas Scott, Bingham Wood, Lucy Wood, Lucy Stewart Bingham, Emma Bingham, Thomas Bingham, Hugh Bingham, Lucinda Bingham Executors: Josiah Scott, John A. Bingham Witnesses: William Tingley, Josiah Craig
1846 Jul. 25	1840 May 22	DAVID BINNS, Fayette Co., Penn.
Wife: Mary Children: Jonathan, William, David, Mary, Sarah, Ann Executors Jonathan Binns, Charles Kinsey Witnesses: Abraham Stanley, M. O. Jones
1853 Nov. 11	1859 Feb. 25	MARGARET BINNS
Children: Jonathan, William, David, Mary Bracken, Sarah B. Kinsey, Ann H. Cook Executors: Jonathan Binns, Charles Kinsey Witnesses: George R. Jenkins, Joseph Harris
1860 Sep. 17	1861 Sep. 23	HUGH BIRNEY
Children: William, Wesley, Asbury, James, Rebecca Law, Martha, Elizabeth Hitchcock, Jane Lease Executors: William Birney, Wesley Birney Witnesses: James J. Billingsley, John Birney
1853 Mar. 15	1854 Aug. 9	JOHN BIRNEY, Harrison Co.
Wife: (name not given) Children: Jane, John, Ann, Robert, Nelson, Eleanor Executor: John Birney Witnesses: Samuel Foreman, Hugh Birney
1813 Apr. 11	1818 Jun. 15	BUNNELL BLAIR, Brook Co., Virginia
Wife: Charity Children: John, Daniel, James, Robert, Jennett, Elizabeth, Mary Executors: Wife, Chariaty Blair Witnesses: James Blair, Isabella Henderson, James Wilson
1857 Jul. 25	1859 Jul. 22	DANIEL BLACK
Wife: Mary Children: John, Henry, Daniel, Hatty Ann, Isabella, Jane, Mary Executor: Robert Cummings Witnesses: John L. Hunt, J. M. Forrester
1856 Mar. 3	1856 Mar. 17	EDITH BLAKE, Carroll Co. O.
Brothers: Benjamin Parrish, James Parrish Legatees: Cara Boyd, John Parrish, Elizabeth Davis, Susanna Cloakley Executors: (names not given) Witnesses: Eli Peacock, Forney Timmons
1852 Aug. 26	1853 Dec. 13	ZADOCK BLISS
Wife: Nancy Children: John Q. A. Executors: Nancy Bliss, John Q. A. Bliss Witnesses: William B. Hunt, David Gladman
1836 Jul. 2	1847 Aug. 16	JAMES BOALES, Green Twp.
Wife: Margaret Children: Samuel, William, Robert, Joseph, John, David, James, Margaret, Tabitha, Mary Strand, Nancy Francis, Esther Bell, Isabella McBirney, Fanny Leech, Jane Moore Grandson, James Boules Executors: Samuel McNary, Josiah Scott Witnesses: Thomas Bingham, Josiah Scott, William H. Forker
1848 Nov. 2	1840(49?) Feb. 13	JOHN BOGGS
Wife: Sarah Children: Thomas M., John M., Samuel M., Robert W., Sarah Ann Executor: Samuel M. Boggs Witnesses: William Lee, James Tannehill
1843 Dec. 22	1845 Jul. 10	JOHN BOLIN
Wife: Eliza Executors: Oliver Hestings, Nerl Longshore Witnesses: Andrew Martin, Thomas Joice, Sarah Davidson, John Graham, Nicholas Myres
1841 Feb. 3	1842 Aug. 1	THOMAS BOOTH, Shortcreek Township
Wife: Susanna Children: John, Isaac, Aaron, Catherine, Ann Grandchildren: John T. Larkin & Heiser of deceased son, Jacob Executors: John Booth, Isaac Both, Aaron Booth Witnesses: Samuel Lewis, Lewis Parker, James McMillan
1843 Sep. 2	1843 Jan. 18	BERNHARD BOWER, Allegheny Co., Md.
Wife: Mary Children: Catherine, Henry, John, Jacob, David Grandsons: Ezekiel Bower, Barnard Bower Executors: Jacob Bower, David Bower Witnesses: Thomas McClintick, William Welch
1835 Apr. 3	1835 Jun. 22	FREDERICK BOWERS, Allegheny Co., Md.
Wife: (name not given) Legatee: Jacob Winings Executor: Jacob Winings Witnesses: Jonathan Smith, George W. Duffield, Charles Burchfield
1935 Feb. 18	1835 Oct. 26	JOHN BOYD, Freeport, ,Twp.
Wife: Mary Children: Samuel, William, Elizabeth Barnes, Martha Hamilton, Rosanna Allen, Sarah Allen Executors: Robert Clark, James McMath, Jr. Witnesses: Joseph Fry, Horace Belknap, John H. Clapp
1846 Jun. 30	1847 Apr. 26	THOMAS BOYD
Wife: Catherine Sisters: Mary, Margaret McGonagal, Sarah, Eliza, Jane Brothers: Samuel, James, Albert, William Executors: Patrick Archbold, Catherine Boyd Witnesses: James R. Myres, Catherine Rose
1853 Sep. 15	1854 Feb. 21	WILLIAM BOYD
Wife: Rebecca Children: Malinda Braden, Nancy Johnson, Mariah Warfel, Elizabeth Welch, Martha Ferguson, John Executor: Charles Warfel Witnesses: Nancy A. Reynolds, Thomas Lee
1814 Apr. 14	1815 Mar. 28	DAVID BRADEN, Shortcreek Twp.
Wife: Margaret Sons: James, Joseph Executors: Joseph Braden, John Francis Witnesses: James Fords, John R. Davison, Joseph Burwell
1841 Apr. 15	1841 May 21	JOHN H. BRADEN, Shortcreek Twp.
Wife: (name not given) Brothers & Sisters: Robert, David, William, Ann, Mary Jane Executor: Francis Grove Witnesses: Thomas Hanna, Charles Warfel
1846 May 26	1846 Aug. __	HENRY BRICKER, Green Twp.
Wife: Lydia Children: Henry, David, John, Susanna, Sarah, Ann, Margaret Executors: John Bricker, Samuel Bell Witnesses: Joseph Clark, Samuel Bell
1860 Jun. 19	1861 Apr. 22	JOHN BRICKER, Green Twp.
Wife: Anne Children: John, David, Elizabeth, Martha, Ann Beadle Executors: David Bricker, John Bricker Witnesses: Jesse H. McMath, James Stewart
1845 Jan. 24	1845 Feb. 8	BENJAMIN BRINDLEY
Wife: (name not given) Children: Benjamin, Samuel, Zachariah, William, Nathaniel, Nicholas, John, Sarah Lewis, Elon Hill, Pricilla Low, Nancy West Executor: John Brindley Witnesses: John McComb, John Smith, Robert McKee
1824 Sep. 22	1825 Jun. 13	ABRAHAM BROKAW, Cadiz Twp.
Wife: Margaret Children: Abraham, Jane, Judith, Mary, Margary, Sally Executor: George Brown Witnesses: James Tarbert, Robert Thompson
1824 Oct. 29	1825 Feb. 28	ANN BROWN
Children: Ruth, Mary, Hanna, Elizabeth, Ellonor; grandchildren, Lydia Johnson (and her husband, Abiram), Sophia Turner, Son-in-law, Benjamin Johnson Executors: (names not given) Witnesses: Alexander McCullough, John McMath
1818 Feb. 16	1823 Nov. 13	DANIEL BROWN
Wife: Marium Children: Elizabeth, William, David Executors: sons, William Brown, Isaac Brown Witnesses: Jonathan Worrall, Benjamin Worrall
1822 Oct. 6	1822 Nov. 16	HUGH BROWN
Wife: Jane Children: William, John, Mary, Ann, Rebekah, Elizabeth Executors: John Baker, Hugh Birney Witnesses: Samuel Amspoker, John Patterson, Thomas Patton
1856 Oct. 23	1856 Dec. 24	JAMES BROWN
Wife: Jane Executor: Edward Hughs Witnesses: William Mills, George Brown
1849, Jan. 20	1850 May 28	ROBERT BROWN, Shortcreek Twp.
Wife: Isabella Legatees: Nancy Johnson, Robert B. Alexander, William Brown, James P. Johnson and wife (Hannah), Rebecca Binns, George Brown, Mary A. Brown Executors: Samuel Reed, Samuel Kerr Witnesses: William Stringer, James Kerr
1829 Sep. 4	1830 Apr. 13	WILLIAM BROWN, North Twp.
Wife: Jane Legatee: Jane Porter Executor: Jane Porter Witnesses: Walter B. Beebe, John Olmstead, Chauncey Dewey, William Arnold
1836 May 31	1836 Jun. 28	WILLIAM BROWN
Wife: Mary Children: Jane, Mary, John Executor: James McGuire Witnesses: Abner Hitson, James Shimer
1849 Apr. 9	1852 Oct. 29	EZEKIEL O. BRYAN
Wife: Mary Patience Children: William F., Beal H., Nancy Jane, Angaline, Hannah, Caroline Ann, Mary Ann Executors: Wife, Mary Patience Bryan, William F. Bryan, Beal H. Bryan Witnesses: Joseph R. Fourpaugh, John R. Huffman, Joseph Mead
1854 Oct. 3	1858 Apr. 1	SAMUEL BUCHANAN, Rumley Twp.
Wife: (name not given) Children: John, Joseph, Jacob Vasbinder Executor: John Buchanan Witnesses: Thomas Finnicum, Jane Pittinger, Samuel, William John Smylie
1848 Jul. 7	1849 Apr. 24	ANN BUFFINGTON
Sisters and Brothers: Eliza, Veakim, George, Simon Executor: Thomas Davidson Witnesses: Wesley M. Davidson, William R. Davidson
1822 Mar. 3	1822 Sep. 30	BENJAMIN BURROWS, Nottingham Twp.
Wife: (name not given Children: Jemima, James, William, Benedict Grandson: Richard Burrows Executor: Benedict Burrows Witnesses: Daniel Chicken, James McMath
1855 Apr. 4	1855 Jul. 2	ABRAHAM BUSBY, Harrison Co.
Wife: Deborah Children: Edward, Elizabeth Laymaster, Amanda Wood, Benjamin, Deborah Maxwell, Shadrach, Martin-Van Buren, Sheriden Niece: Elizabeth Executors: Deborah Busby, Sheriden Busby Witnesses: Lewis Ryan, Thomas S. Adrean
1825 Jun. 30	1830 Jun. 30	EDITH BUSBY, Harrison Co.
Daughters: Ureth Shepler, Huldah Executor: John BUsby Witnesses: Joseph Thompson, John Mattern, James W. Thompson
1851 Oct. 30	1853 Dec. 10	JOHN BUSBY, Archer Twp.
Wife: Agnes Children: Abraham H., Sarah Heales, Rachel Smith, Belinda, Betsey Ann Baker, Eda Baker, Mary Ann McCombs, Dorcas Conaway, Deborah Singhaus, Jane Strawbaugh Grandchildren: John B. Busby, Nancy Jane Atkinson Executor: Abraham H. Busby Witnesses: Rudolph Mitchell, John Megaw
1835 Apr. 28	1838 May 26	ELISHA BUXTON
Wife: Nancy Legatees: William Buxton, James Buxton, Britain Jones, Sarah Fryer, Elizabeth Barger, Mary Davis, William Welling, John Welling, David Welling Executors: William Welling, Sr., Cyrus Holt Witnesses: Joshua Dickerson, Alexander Bonham, James McMillen