ABSTRACTS OF WILLS IN MCDONOUGH CO, ILLINOIS

1834-1857

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WILSON, John-Farmer-McDonough Co
D:11/6/1834
P:
WIT: Charles Chandler, John J Gordon, John Wooley
Exec: Wm W Bailey , John "O.C." Wilson
Heirs; Ruth Wilson, Sister

STAPP, Elijah-Macomb Twp
D:5/27/1835
P:
WIT:Jesse Chapman, Mary A P Beagles
Heirs: wife, Mary; Children John B, Wm S, James Washington, Eliza B, Benjamin

MAYFIELD, Alexander-McDonough Co
D:9/1/1835
P:
WIT: James Clarke, Mankin Champion
Exec: wife Elizabeth
Heirs: Elizabeth

VANCE, James, Sr.-McDonough Co
D:7/24/1835
P:
WIT: John Bridges, J G Walker, John Vance
EXEC: sons, John, James
HEIRS: Wife, Margaret; daughters, Polly, Nancy, Sally, Martha Wilson: Sons, James, William, John

BERRY, Jonathan L-McDonough Co
D:12/3/1836
P:
WIT:Thomas Dorres, Tom Berry
Letters of Admin issued to Baxter B Berry
Heirs: Elizabeth M Berry, William B Berry, A H Berry, Green, C.R.Berry

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OSBORN, William
D:4/6/1836
Died: 9/13/1838
WIT: James Clarke, Wm Pennington, Samuel Lansdown
EXEC: Wife, Kisiah
HEIR: Wife Kisiah

CONRAD, John
D: 1/12/1830
P:
WIT: Father-In_law, Jamees Edmonston, and Caleb Brookes
HEIRS: James, Polly, Wm , Elizabeth

PEMBERTON, Stephen
D:10/15/1838
P:
WIT: Jesse Neece, James Cown
EXEC: William Morning
HEIR: Wife, nancy

HAMMER, George W
D:12/29/1840
P:1/11/1841
WIT: George B Greenup and Katherine Greenup
HEIR: Wife, Susan

LANE, Dutton
D:9/16/1838
P:4/24/1839
WIT: George A Taylor, Gholson Lane
HEIRS: John Lane, May Lapsly, Sally Lapsly, Mahala Wolford,
Jane Lester, Hetty Boyd, Elhamon Lane, Asahel Lane, Minerva Shepperd, 
Cenith Lane, Rachel Lane, Carroll Lane

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HOOVER, Sebastian
D:9/19/1839
P:11/1839
WIT: Samuel Calvin, William Holton, Jr
EXEC: Wife, Elizabeth and John McCullar of Macopin County
HEIRS: Wife, Elizabeth; Sons, Geird T, James N, John H, Rice R, Robert Y.
Daughters, Sarah, Mary and Margaret

MONK, Malichi
D:4/3/1840
P:5/1840
WIT: Martin Fugate, Joshua Ruggles, Malachi Downs
EXEC: John Justice and Samuel Monk, both of Schuyler County
HEIRS: Wife, Jemimah; Sons, Samuel, Simon, John. Daughters, Nancy Justice and Delilah

DILL, Archibald
D:1/13/1838
P:5/22/1840
WIT: W H Tinsley, Stepehn Dill
HEIRS: Sons, Arthur, Solomon, Elijah. Dau, Peggy Summers, Elizabeth Sutton, and Anna Dill

RIPLEY, James W
Late of East Post in the County of Washington and now of Fryeburg in the County of Oxford, State of Maine
D: 5/29/1835
P: 8/4/1835
WIT: James O McMillian, John W Dana, Elizabeth Webster
EXEC: Abigail Osgood (wife), Judah Dana and john A Balkman (East Post)
HEIRS: Wife Abigail; Sons, James Wheelock and Edward. Dau; Ann Osgood, Elizabeth Love and Abigail Osgood.
Brothers, Gen'l Eleazer W Ripley and E S Osgood.

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DICKERSON, Charles M
D:8/30/1838
P:10/1840
WIT: Davis mason, Dennis Fungate
EXEC: Wife, Mary and William Mourning
HEIRS: Mary, four oldest children: Amie Jones,
Nancy Dickerson, John Dickerson and William Dickerson,
also moneys due him in Virginia

SLOAN, Robert
D:7/23/1841
P:8/1841
WIT: Greeman Knowles and William S Hopper
HEIRS: Wife, Elizabeth and unamed children

BELL, William P
D:8/20/1841
P:10/1841
WIT: Jo. G Walker, Nancy Simpson, Charles Hays, James B Kyle
EXEC: William H Randolph
HEIRS: Wife, Kitty, nephew W P B Kenedy, nancy Catherine daughter
of Alexander Simpson (relationship unnamed), cousin Thomas B B Murray

GAYLORD, Joseph
D:2/4/1842
P:3/1842
WIT: J G Smith and Anna Maria Bliss
EXEC: Sullivan Searle (relationship no named)
HEIRS: Wife, Abigail; Sons, Myron and Giles A
Daughters, Maria Hubbard, Elvira Searle and Almira Kasson

ATKINSON, John
D:2/27/1842
P:3/1842
WIT: James Clarke, Wm P Richards, W S Pierce
EXEC: Isaac Grantham and my beloved wife
HEIRS: eldest daughter Sarah Ann, wife of Benjamin B Head

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LAMPTON, Mary M
D:3/20/1842
P:4/1842
WIT: P H Walker and Charles Hays
EXEC: George C Hayes and my son, James A H Lampton
HEIRS: James A H Lampton and brothers John Hayes, who now lives in 
Lee County, Iowa Territory, and Joseph Hayes, and George C. Hayes

CALDWELL, Samuel
D:4/12/1842
P:5/1842
WIT: Henry J C Averill, William W Duncan, Norman Averill
EXEC: George W Welch, Vicissimus A Caldwell
HEIRS: Wife, Nancy; sons, Vicissimus A, Elijah K, Thomas J and John H.
Daughters Adella R Welch, Mary D Welsh, Sarah J Caldwell and Theresa R Welch, 
Mary D Welch, Theresa H Caldwell

REYNOLDS, Jonas - Farmer
D:9/16/1842
P:11/1842
WIT: Thomas Clayton, Permenium Hamilton, D R Hamilton
EXEC: Levi Hamilton and Charles Creel
Heirs: Wife Susan, Brotherrs- Erastus Reynolds

WILSON, John , Sr.
D:3/25/1843
P:7/1843
WIT: Nathan Compton, John B Compton
EXEC:
HEIRS: Wife, jane, sons, Eli, John and Samuel.
Daughters, Jane Wilson, Mary Ann, Melsia and Margaret

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FOSTER, Arthur John
D; 9/3/1843
P: 11/1843
WIT: Even bailey and Abner McDowell
EXEC: Wife, Sarah and Justice H Kinney
HEIRS: Wife, Sarah; unamed children but does mention "sons"

BRIDGES, John
D:5/17/1844
P:6/1844
WIT: James G Miller and A H Berry
EXEC:
HEIRS: Wife, Margaret; children, but merely names one son, Ira

MCDONOUGH, Catherine
D:9/5/1844
P:10/1844
WIT: Hugh McDonough and A Fulkerson
EXEC;
HEIRS: Peter McDonough (relationship not named)

MCDOWELL, Abner
D:3/8/1845
P:6/1845
WIT: J H Kinnie, Wm M Morgan
EXEC: Wife, nancy and Wm C McKeamy
HEIRS: Wife, Nancy. Wife all property except
"my interest in a lot designated and nown as the Orenduff's Tan yard in the
town of Rushville in Schuyler Co, ILL" 1/2 to the Ewing King and McAdue
Educational fund for the benefit of a permanent school at Cherry Grove , 
Knox County, ILL. 1/2 to purchase of a Philosophical apperatus provided
there should be enough raised to purchase it, otherwise to(above fund)

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HARRIS, Alexander Sr.
D:11/11/1844
P:6/3/1845
WIT: Wm C Talbot and C M Hoagland
EXEC:
HEIRS; sons, Michail C, David R, Thomas and Alexander Jr.;
daughter, Margaret C Lynch, son-in-law William H Walker; granddaughter, Rebecca Ann Lemon

BARNES, Ensign-Merchant-County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of MASS.
D:2/15/1831
P:4/9/1832
WIT:Henry Thaxter, James H Wilder, Chiro Cay (Ebenezer)
EXEC:
HEIRS: Wife, Deborah; Children, Adeline Lincon Barnes, Susan Jacobs Barnes,
Deborah Gilbert Barnes, Sarah Kedsie Barnes, and Mariah Louisa Barnes;
Brothers; Luther Jacob barnes and Isaac Barnes. Mentions "brothers and sisters"
but names no sisters.

ABLE, Jeremiah
D:6/30/1843
P:10/1845
WIT: Isaac G Chamberlain, Robert Garet, Waskin Ownes
EXEC:
HEIRS: Wife, Hannah; Sons, William W, James H and John R.
Daughters Nancy Cladwell; sons-in-law, Samuel McElvain, Thomas Harris, 
John Fletcher, and Samuel O'Neal; grandchildren; Louisa Hendrickson and 
Emily Hendrickson. He mentions land sold to George Carter in Sangamon County, 
also James Wallace and John Fletcher.

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TALBOT, William S 
D:1/15/1840
P:1/1846
WIT: J R Nichols and Asal Owen
EXEC: Wife Sarah and brother Benjamin Talbot
HEIRS: Wife Sarah, sons, youngest son William Henry Talbot,
eldest son Smith, second son thomas Grafton Talbot.
Daughters, Cussandra, Matilda, Susan and Emeline Elizabeth
Mentions land in McDonough and Hancock Co, ILL

JARVIS, John
D:1/2/1846
P:2/1846
WIT: J M Chapman and Nicholas Jarvis
HEIRS: Wife, Martha and youngest son, Edward

CHOCKLEY, Watson
D:3/28/1846
P:4/1846
WIT: Cyrus Wing (King) and John Lawyer
EXEC;
HEIRS: Wife Elizabeth, children, E. 
Mary Elizabeth Chockley, William Chockley, Nancy A Chockley and Sarah

VAWTER, Beverly
D:12/1/1839
P:4/1846
WIT: William Edmonston, Caroline Head
EXEC:
HEIRS: Wife, Betsy; sons John C, William B, Frederick H
and Allen T; daughters, Fevely P, Polly H Pennington, Sally S Pace,
and Elizabeth Aman Taylor; granddaughter Elizabeth Jane Vawter

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CALDWELL, Elijah K
D:9/4/1846
P:10/1846
WIT: Merritt A Russell and Henry J C Averill
EXEC: Vicissimus A CAldwell
HEIRS: Mother; Sisters Ardella R Welch, Mary D Welch,
Sarah H T Caldwell and Theresa Caldwell

GATES, Nathan
D;9/30/1845
P:11/1846
WIT: J P Gates and Joseph Lucas
EXEC:
HEIRS: Wife Flora
Cod. dated 10/8/1845; mentions minor children
of wife Flora as Louisa Wilcox, Thomas Wilcox, and Jane
Wilcox, and his infant daughter Flora gates and son 
Nathan gates.
WIT: John O C Wilson and C  M Montgomery
Mentions land deeded to him by Cyrus and Flora Walker 7/1/1842

WALKER, Joseph M
D:11/13/1846
P:12/1846
WIT: Charles Hays and James H Campbell
EXEC: Wife, N P Tinsley, and Cyrus A Lawson
HEIRS: Wife, Maria

WATSON, David
D:6/7/1847
P:7/1847
WIT; George W Provine, Alexander Tilford, Samuel G Henderson
EXEC: John Clarke
HEIRS: Wife, Jane, children James, jane, Margaret, Elizabeth, William, john and Mariah

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WILSON, John
D: 4/7/1846
P:7/1847 (49?)
WIT; Harrison Hungate, Adinagah Hungate, C R Hume
EXEC;
HEIRS: Wife, nancy, sons Elias and Jonathan L, daughter Catherine

COX, Andrew
D:9/2/1846
P:4/1848
WIT: Isaac McCown, Theodore McCormick
EXEC:
HEIRS: Wife, Elizabeth, children Sarah jane, Hume, Robert Lazarus, Flora, and Mary Louisa

WELCH, James R
D: 4/16/1848
P:8/1848
WIT: John Ledgerwood, John James
EXEC:
WIT: Wife and children unamed; Brother George W Welch

KING, James
D: 8/31/1847
P:3/26/1849
WIT: Gilas F Livingston, William W Young
EXEC:
HEIRS: Wife, Sons, Adam Clarke, Thomas, Richard Tilton and John Wesley
Daughters Elizabeth, wife of Alfred Koarr and "to my children David and Anna Kepple"

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SEWARD, William
D: 
P: 7/21/1849
WIT: Joel Pennington, William R Pennington
EXEC: William S Trueblood
HEIRS: Wife, Mary; sons, John and Leicester

McDonough, Hugh
D: 1/27/1849
P:9/1849
WIT: Charles B Gilchrist, John C COrant
HEIRS: Children Cornelius, Hugh, Leo, John, and Edward
Granddaughter, Mary Sammonds, daughter of Elizabeth Sammonds, deceased.

WARD, Nathan
D: 7/25/1848
P: 8/31/1848
WIT: Robert Seybold, Alfred Pennington, John Charter
EXEC:
HEIRS: eldest daughter Mary, wife of John Parrentm daughter Dorcas,
wfie of William Hungate, son james; deceased son Samuel's heirs,
Horace Ward, Levi A., Oscher F Ward, Clelon W Ward and Quinton C Ward.
Jonathan Charter and wife Ann (relationship not named); Adonissah Hungate 
and wife Elizabeth; Harrison Hungate and wife Susannah; Samuel McGee and wife Cyntha

HOLTON, Isaac
D: 1/5/1850
P:8/1850
WIT: W C TAylor and Elizabeth D Taylor
EXEC:
HEIRS: Wife Phoebe A Holton

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ATKINSON, Simeon
D:
P:5/6/1851
WIT: Samuel E Taylor and Geo Warren
Heirs: Wife, Frances Atkinson

BOWMAN, Cosby
D: 12/6/1849
P:1/8/1850
WIT: William Smith, John Warren, George W Ames
EXEC: "Doc" James H Bacon
Heirs: wife, Philopenia; children, William, Catherine
Weatherford, Thomas, Elizabeth Vance, Nancy Whitmore,
John, Iredell Bowman

HARRIS, James
D: 11/22/1848
P:8/1850
WIT: Abraham Jarvis and Ira Wood
EXEC:
Heirs: Wife, Prudence, sons Daniel, James H Hiram H.,
daughter Prudence Kinne, Lucy Reddick, Caroline Russell,
Mary Ann Harris and Nelora Harris; grandchildren, James H Russell
and Prudence H Russell, heirs of Caroline Russell, dec'd. Also
Dr. Harvey Harris of Gettys., Onandago Co, New York and property owned there. 
Page 95- will of Prudence, his wife, mentions son Jonas R.

RICE, William W
D: 12/14/1850
P:12/1850
WIT: Alfred Rippetoe and Alexander McAlary
Exec: Bro-In-Law Josiah E Simpson
Heirs; Brother, David B Rice; five sisters, Maxamelia Walker, Mary H McCusky,
Frances Rice, Sarah P Kyle, and Eliza Y Simpson

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LOGAN, John Sr.
D: 8/28/1848
P: 3/1851
WIT: William Hungate, John vance
Heirs: Wife nancy Logan, daughters now single, Sarah E.,
B. , Catherine, Malinda D., America N., and Savina; son James E
Logan, sons, Samuel and John

CRAWFORD, Andrew
D: 6/27/1829
P:10/24/1832
Recorded May 12, 1857 - fees $135
WIT: Talbot Jones, Robert Barry , Jno Boggs
Heirs: Mary Dessart and Henrietta Winkle, both of Baltimore,
his sister Elenor Ramsay of Raploe in Ireland. Mentions Pew
in the R.E. Ind M Duncans Church in Tamary Street being Pew # 50

DUNCAN, Joel
D: 
P: 10/1851
WIT: John Duncan and Daniel Duncan
Exec: James Cyrus and Daniel
Heirs; dau Elizabeth Shelly and her heirs; son Charles Duncan, heirs
of Russell Duncan and John Duncan
"equally divided between John Duncan (the heirs of Russell Duncan one
share ) Charles Duncan, Polly Scott, Margaret Cyrus ( the heirs of Joseph
Duncan one share ) and David Duncan "

ARCHER, Cariel
D: 8/7/1850
P: 3/1852
Wit: Charles Chandler and W T Head
Heirs: wife rachel, daughter Polly Ann Hunt; son George R Archer; son, Marcellus P
Archer; son Milton S Archer; 'my eldest elder children james C Archer, William F
Archer, Milton S Archer, Robert T Archer, John Q Archer, Meredith C Archer

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ALEXANDER, Reuben A
D: 4/7/1852
P: 5/1852
Wit: Henry Wise, John Scott, James M Fugate
Exec: William W Alexander
Heirs: wife , mentioned but not named; three sons, William W, Alfred M and
Albert G; and two daughters, Martha S and Arte- - - -S.

STEWART, William K
D: 1/12/1849
P: 5/1852
Wit: Hugh Irwin, William bailey
Exec:
Heirs; wife Olive, sons james H, William W., son-in-law John McKinney; daughters
Mary M McKinney and nancy H Montgomery, grandson William K son of John and 
nancy Montgomery.
COD: Dated 4/6/1852-names niece mary K Stewart
WIT: Lewis Waters, Charles hays, Wm W Bailey

SMITH, Isaac G
Round Prairie, mcDonough Co, ILL
D; 2/9/1853
P: 3/21/1853
WIT: J C Decker, Harvey Garrett, John Smith
Heirs; wife Jane Smith

FERGUSON, W F
D; 5/5/1852
P:4/4/1853
WIT: I E Ermentrout, W H Randolph
EXEC: wife and Cyrus Walker, Esq and Hugh Irvin
COD: dated 3/15/1853 wit: James W Matthews
and B R Westfall. COD not dated.
Heirs: wife Abigail M Ferguson, a house in Monmouth, 
100 acres of land in Indiana near Logansport
recorded at Crawfordsville. Railroad stock in
Lafayette and Indianapolis Railroad in hands of James
Hogue, Esq of Boone Co, IND, house in Macomb. Younger
children, Finley C , Charoloote, and Helen V. Names of my
children now living; Sophronia S Ferguson (Monroe), Bethania
C Ferguson (Bailey), Lydia Ann, Finley C, Charlotte, Helen V. Mentions 
"chemical and  philosophical apparatus in its different parts now to
be found in library room of McDonough County College of Trustees of said College."

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HAINES, James
D: 3/19/1853
P:4/1853
WIT: Mankin Champion and samuel Bunker
Exec: Mankin Champion
Heirs: Wife, Martha haines. Mentions Paschal McGee. Children mentioned but not named.

DODD, Timothy
Hartford, Connecticut
D: 11/2/1827
P: 8/1828
Wit: James Wells, Jedidiah Hovey, Henry Steel
Heirs: Wife Susannah; sons Benjamin, Timothy, 
William, John, George, Freeman and horace; daughter Catherine Williams (widow),
Abigail, wife of Henry Bulkley, Mentions property in Boston from late brother, William Dodd

PROVINE, Alexander B
D: 4/2/1853
P: 6/2/1853
WIT; G M Higgins , J E Wyne
EXEC: Friend, Col. Washington Bailey and son William W Provine
Heirs: wife jane, son William W Provine and daughter Maria S
Mentions money owed to him by John Anderson

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HARRIS, Prudence
widow of James Harris
D: 7/13/1853
P: 9/1853
WIT: Wm M Morgan and Even Bailey
Heirs; son, Jonas R Harris and daughters, Prudence Kinney, Mary Ann Harris
and Nelora Berry
notes owened by Thomas Berry and J H Kinney husband of Prudence Kinney

KIDD, Lewis
D: 1/21/1853
P:2/1854
Wit: Charles W Waddell and Absolom Parker
Heirs; Wife Margaret jane, Children, Charles Kidd, Sinta Ann Kidd, James Kidd,
Alfred Kidd, Mary Elizabeth Kidd

MCGAUGHEY, Nancy
Mentions widow of James of Adams Co, PA "is about to remove to Illinois"
D:
P:1/1854
Wit; Moses McLean and J B Danner
Heirs; Granddaughters Nancy, d/o son John G and Ann B M., d/o son Hugh

HUSTON, John
D: 5/25/1854
P:7/1854
Wit:  thomas Melvin and Benjamin Flowler
Exec: Rigdon son and Wm Berry
Heirs; Wife, Ann. Sons, Rigdon Huston, John Huston, Crocket Huston, William 
Huston, Thomas Huston and daughter Mary

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VAIL, Henry
City of Troy, New York
D: 6/18/1853
P: 5/1854
WIT: Jeremiah Romeyn and Nielson Forsythe
Heirs; sister Martha Yronnett and her sons, Francis V and Charles M who reside
in Illinois; niece jane L Gardner; nephew James T Gardner and his sons, Daniel,
David, and James; Brother james. Widows, Mrs. Harriett Vail, widow of my brother 
James Vail, her daughters Mrs Harriett Learned and Mrs. Eliza Edmond and her son
Henry Vail Edmond; nephew David thomas Vail and his son Richard P.(to nephew 
David Thomas Vail, farm known as Mount Ida Farm, Troy, New York, purchased of
Albert P Hearett); Hast Vail and his daughter Jane Eliza; niece Sarah M, wife of George
Gould and her daughter Jane thomas Gould; niece Martha C, daughter of George
Vail; Harriett, d/o deceased niece Harriett, wife of J Lansing Vanschoonhven

KNOWER, Benjamin, Esq.
Merchant- City of Albany, New Yorl
D: 6/16/1836
P: 9/7/1839
WIT; Thomas W Olcott and Peter Wendell, M.D. of Albany
Exec; Robert H Morris of NY
Heirs; sons, Edward, John, Benjamin Jr., Charles and Henry. daughters
Cornelia, wife of William L Marcy, Jane M, Sarah, and Rebecca

SMITH, Richard
City of Raleigh, County of Wake, North Carolina
D: 10/10/1851
P: 1/10/1853
Heirs; wife Penelope and daughter Mary Ann
mentions "Black Seal Plumbago Mines which I now own one-half."

BLANDIN, Joseph L
D: 12/12/1854
P:1/1855
Wit: Wm F Hays and Eli G Merrill
Heirs; Wife Asenath and son Charles A.,"each of my children"-not named.

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MCILVAIN, George
City of Baltimore, Maryland
D: 1825
P: 9/1825
Wit: Peter Wilson, William H Heckrott, Wm Dell
Heirs; Mother Sarah McIlvain; sisters, Caroline wife of John G Gould, Angelina wife
of James D Nicholson, Engraver, and maria McInvain, :James F Symington and Edward
Hinkley of the City (Baltimore) to hold in trust...."

WELCH, William
Kent County, Maryland
D: 1/3/1837
P: 2/1848
Wit; Jas Heigh, J M Conegys and Samuel Conegys
Heirs; brothers john D., Thomas S, and Ebenezer; sister Araminta Jacobs,
Mrs. Martha Wright and Miss Elizabeth Thomas and Arnold Jacobs, whose
relationship was not named. Also mentions to : John B Thomas all negroes I
received by my beloved wife. Also mentions son john thomas welch.

BLEDSOE, Robert
Putnam County, Georgia
D: 8/11/1846
P: 7/1853
Gives birth date of 3/31/1783
Wit: Hanbl Wilson Sumpkin, William Tennee and Nathase of Georgia
Exec: Walter Bullock and Garret Watts of Kentucky
Heirs; brothers Richard and Jessee, neice of  Mary Frazer. A daughter of the late Dr.
Robert Frazer. Mentions; late brothers, Richard dec'd and heirs of Richard, dec'd
were three children in Memphis; heirs of Jessee, dec'd were two children in Georgia.
Wanted his negroes to have land purchased from them in either Indiana or Illinois.

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PACE, William J
D: 5/7/1855
P: 5/1855
Wit: James B Koyle and Geo A Taylor
Exec: Jonathan H Baker
Heirs; Hester S Pace "children; Ingram Thomas, Susan E wife of William H Dameron,
George W, Pennelia, Andrew J, Nancy, Ann, May, Amanda and Fanny B Pace.

GARRETT, Robert
D:
P: 5/1855
Wit; G W Smith and A S Chaffee
Heirs; Wife Catherine; blind daughter, Jerusha; daughters Ann, wife of Abraham jones,
May, wife of Robert Cannon, and Sarah, wife of  Van C Hampton

LEEDS, John - Lawrence Co, ILL
D: 6/23/1828
P: 5/147/1855 at Lawrenceville, ILL
WIT: John H Moses, Hezekiah Hardisty, Ritchson Spencer
Heirs: Brother Hugh, Brothers and sisters and father mentioned but not named.
Gave to brother Hugh a quarter section No .35 T6NR4W Military Tract

MCHENRY, Samuel 
D: 4/22/1855
P: 5/26/1855
WIT: John Smith and John Mathewson
Exec: William Robinson
Heirs: Wife Margaret and all my children.

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BINNEY, Amos, Esq.
City of Boston, Mass.
D: 1/6/1846
P: 5/31/1855
WIT: Harrison Ritchie, F C Loring and C W Loring
Heirs: mentions brother and wife (not named) Aunts, Mrs. Sarah Binney and
Mrs. Nancy Coperland, his children (but not named); friends D S Stover and 
A A Gould, Trustees Charles G Loring, George S Hillard and Chas. B Wells.
COD. added February 6, 1846 while residing in Rome, Italy, giving his profession 
as physician.
WIT: Franklin Dexter(father), C Elizabeth Dexter (mother) and Arthur Dexter(son)

BRAY, Daniel
Merchant, Philadelphia, PA
D: 11/8/1843
P:5/15/1855
WIT: Jas. Russell and Ew. S Campbell
EXEC: name Wilson Bray erased as executor.
Heirs: minor children William R and May; sister Susan bateman and Delilah Rittenhouse
of Heingswod township, Hunterdon County, NJ; niece Susan B Rittenhouse; friend
Stacy B Barcraft and John H Campbell "long time friend and partner", nephew 
J Wesley Bray; Bridget Fagan (relationship not named)

DUFFIELD, Sarah
Philadelphia, PA - wife of Dr. Henry Duffield
D: 7/21/1854
P:10/17/1854
WIT: Charles W Miller , A F Glass, and Hugh W Silver
Heirs; children not named, but mentioned.

CHAMBERS, William
D: ?
P: 6/18/1855
WIT: J B Pearson and S P Camp
Heirs: Wife Rebecca; her son Robert G Simpson of Macomb; my son William M Chambers
and my daughter Mary E Parkinson and husband George W Parkinson, mentions estate 
of father-in-law Moses Randolph, dec. late of Layette County, Kentucky

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ALLEN, Samuel Clesson
Northfield, Franklin Co, MASS
D: 8/22/1840
P:5/24/1854
WIT: Polycarpus L Cushman, Aretaaas Fenry, and F E H Allen
Heirs: sons, John Jay, Elisha of Bangor, Me, Zedulon, Thomas, Henry, Arthur Ellsworth,
Frederick H and Dwight; wife Rosana, Grandmother Ann Ellsworth Hant; daughters
Mary Lyman Allen, Sarah Newcomb Appleton, wife of John Appleton, Esq; son-in-law
David A Gregg; grandsons James Bowdoin Allen of Northfiled and Samuel Clesson Allen
of Bangor, ME.; Joseph Allen, William Fessenderrs Allen, Elisha Allen, John Francis
Appleton, David Irvin Gregg, James E Allen, ; Granddaughters Martha Hant Gregg,
Mary A Gregg, Sarah N Allen, Harriett Allen, May H Allen, Elizabeth Holsey Allen, 
Sarah Elizabeth Allen, Helen Allen, Francis P Gregg, and Francis H Allen. Friends
Henry W Cushman, Esq., Orrin Severand and Cyrus Holton.

STOOKEY, Jacob 
D:
P: 10/1/1855
WIT: William H Randolph and Alexander McLean
Heirs; Daughter Mary Ann jamison, wife of Robert Jamison of Fealte County, Ohio;
Catherine Day, wife of William Day of County of Ross, Ohio; Elizabeth Young, wife 
of Wilson young, Ross Co, Ohio; Hannah Pessejoy, wife of Samuel Pessejoy; four 
sons Elijah, Mones, Benjamin, Michael Stookey.

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LANSDOWN, Joseph Emanuel
D: 11/6/1855
P: 12/1855
WIT: Mankin Champion and Thomas C Yard
Heirs: sister, Mary Collins and brother John Lansdown

COCHRAN, Samuel
D: 3/8/1856
P: 4/1856
Exec: Jeremiah Sullivan and Absalom H Rush
Heirs: wife Margaret and three children, daughters Sarah Jane Lindsey, Mary Catherine,
and Almyra Anne. Mentions Jonas Lindsey (relation not mentioned)

WOOD, Silas
Merchant-City of New York

D: 12/24/1850
P: 8/31/1852
Wit: Georse A Halsey and J G Sweenry
Exec: wife Julia, nephew Edward Wood and friend Edgar VanWinkle
Heirs: Wife Julia A C Wood; Dec son Samuel Cherrwood, infant daughter Virginia Beverly Wood
and infant son Beverly Checo
COD Dated 7/23/1851
Wit: W Boulton Covington, James G Arbourd, and I August Halsey
Mentions mother Mrs mary Wood; sisters Mrs Phoebe hatch, Miss Sarah wood, Mrs May Seymore,
Miss Anna Wood, and Miss Lydia Wood

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PARKINSON, George W
D:
P: 5/5/1856
WIT: J B Pearson and W W Provine
Exec: friend Benjamin R Hampton, father James Parkinson
Heirs; wife May E Parkinson; brothers Joseph M Parkinson of macomb and William K Parkinson
of Calif; son Charles Henry Parkinson; sister Elizabeth Parkinson and brother-in-law William M
Chambers and to their heirs, also brother James Franklin Parkinson. "Susan Draper, sister of said John"
friend Rev. Benjamin Applebee of Macomb, John Greenup, Mrs. Woods, a widow lady and washer woman
of Macomb. Mentions notes owed by Milton Sweeney, David Mitchell, Seth Alexander, Joseph Bolding,
James Hunter, widow of George Hill, dec; David Clarke of Macomb mentioned. Asked to be buried west
of Macomb if a new cemetery bo built remains of me and my family moved there. Mentions firm of
Randolph Parkinson & Co, late firm of Mackey Randolph & Co and late firm of William H Randolph & Co
which firm was composed of William Randolph, William Chambers, my father-in-law, now dec. and myself

WILLEY, Absalom
D: 4/17/1838
P: 6/16/1856
WIT: William F Head, James M Campbell, and C T Overton
Heirs: sons Charles W, Samuel, John, George and William; daughters Sally Griffin, Elizabeth Griffin,
and Catherine Shaw

TAYLOR, John Sr.
D: 3/29/1856
P: 6/18/1856
WIT: James Levin and Tillman L Bowen
Heirs: wife Elizabeth; son John; daughter Luisa;
step-daughter Ellen Webb

WALKER, Benjamin
D: 5/6/1856
P: 7/1856
Wit: James M Campbell and Luisa T Campbell
Heirs; wife Abigail

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HARRIS, Nathan
D:
P: 9/1856
Wit: A Powers and Jas harris
Heirs; niece, Mary Ann Harris and nephew, Jonas R Harris

GASH, John J
D: 1/1855
P: 12/15/1856
Wit: A Blackburn and George Henderson
Heirs: Wife Mary F Gash; sons John Jackson, James S, and Henry W.; daughters Ann
Maria, George B, Harriett, Oscas, Edgar

KIRK, John
(Blandinsville)
D: 7/1856
P: 12/1856
Wit:  C R Hume and V M Hardin
Heirs: Wife nancy; son John J Kirk, son-in-law Samuel E Fredrick, daughters Julia A
Hareick (Harriett?), Marietta, Lucy E; granddaughter Juliet Archer-John Archer, 
nancy E Archer.

WESTFALL, Cornelius
D:
P: 1/1857
WIT: J W Boothe and Alexander Harris
Heirs: Wife Sarah and children; Beverly R Westfall (son), Mary E Armstrong, Sarah Ann
Westfall, Melissa Otterman, Louisa M Westfall, Harriett S< Westfakk and Grace A.

KEAPON, Samuel
D: 2/4/1857
P: 3/4/1857
WIT: M M Gaylord, and A E Stoner
Exec; friends Sullivan Searle and G A Gaylord
Heirs; wife Almira and son George G

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PERRY, Jonathan L
D: 12/3/1856
P: 4/1857
WIT: Eli Ewell and Joseph M Arnold
Exec; William B Wright, also guardian of two oldest sons
COD: witensses; January 28/1857 by William Merritt and H H Harris
Heirs: Wife Martha; two eldest sons, Charles L and John L Perry; two youngest sons,
Orville F and Melvin P Perry

MCALAY, Alexander
D: 5/5/1857
P: 6/3/1857
Wit: John Walker and Orion Walker
Exec: brother-in-law George Perrine and Matthew J Farner
Heirs; father Hugh McAlay, sisters Emily McAlay and Elizabeth McAlay.

HENDRICKSON, Solomon
D; 3/8/1854
P: 7/1857
Wit: Wm Holton Jr, , Wm H Hooton, Anemeth Hooton
Exec: John Scott
Heirs: wife mentioned but not named; grandson David Scott (son of John and mary Scott)
Children of my son, dec., son Amos Hendrickson and Dec'd daughter Francis Little

MOORE, Andrew
D;
P: 7/1857
WIT: J W Wyne and Wm F McCandless
Heirs: wife mentioned but not named, daughter Dulcema and son Isaac

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DRISKILL, John
D: 7/10/1857 age 66 years
P: 8/1857
Wit: William thompson, Samuel D Camp, and R L Dark
Exec: R L Dark
Heirs; son and daughter, Moses Driscol and Sarah Rice, Mentions dec. sons and 
daughters; heirs but not named.

HOWORTHE, George M
D:
P:6/1857
Heirs: daughter, Harriett Wallace Howorthe, all of estate. In case her death goes to:
John Howorthe, James F Howorthe, and Asher W Graham. John H Graham, guardian
for daughter. Deucilla E Wood named. brother: James F Howorthe

LONG, John
D: 9/19/1850
P: 10/1857
Wit: Henry Alspoughe and Maria Alspoughe
Heirs: Wife Rebecca Long only heri. James W Dorson mentioned having a note due

YORK, James J
D: 10/25/1857
P: 12/1857
WIT: A P Hopper and John Sorter
Exec; Joseph Jones
Heirs: youngest child, James M C York, other children mentioned but not named.

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ROBERTS, John, SR
(Prairie City)
D: 11/11/1857
P: 1/1858
Mentions will on 12/3/1857
Wit: J R Parker and nancy Ann Wilson
Heirs: daughter Catherine McGrew and son Thomas Roberts. Mentions James Roberts, 
Edd Roberts, Ann Wilson, Lucy Neal,heirs; Margaret Newkirk and John Roberts

MCCANDLESS, Archibald
County of Allegheny, North Fayette Twp, PENN
D:
P: 3/1858
Wit: Amos Kelly and Henry Wallace
Heirs; oldest daughter, nancy Trotter, 2nd daughter Margaret Morgan; third daughter
Elizabeth Byers; sons William F, John B, Alexander G, James H, Joseph P, Archibald B,
Moses A, daughter Sarah jane and Mary. Wishes to be buried in Presbyterian burying
ground known as Raccoon Graveyard.

WHITLOCK, Hezekiah
Norwalk, Fairfiled County, CT
D: 4/9/1832
P: 6/1857
Wit; Charles W Taylor, Samuel B Warren, and Charles thomas
Exec: son-in-law James Stevens of Norwalk
Heirs; Wife Ann; sons Charles, Lewis and Burall; daughters, Nancy Bennett and 
Fanny Stevens. Also mentions heirs of son Thaddeus Whitlock, Dec.