Wayne County Illinois
Will Index Book C
1861-1950
Compiled by Betty Ann Butler Beeson
NOTE: Betty Beeson has given me, Laurie Selpien written permission to copy her book!
Introduction
By
Betty Beeson
You will notice that the WILLS began with book C. There is no A or B books. Apparently they were destroyed during the fire. The earliest WILL was dated 10 March 1851 and was by Edward West. The next one was in 1852. These were the only ones in the 1850’s. You will find some in the 1860’s and 1870’s. There were several WILLS recorded by non-residents of Wayne County, Illinois. I did not include when WILLS were probated, just when they were written. The index is in alphabetical sequence not alphabetical order because of the page numbers.
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|
Name |
Page # |
Date |
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ALEXANDER, George M. |
49-50 |
28 Jan 1887 |
|
ALEXANDER, Mary C. |
46 |
2 Sept 1879 |
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ALLISON, Samuel |
55 |
30 May 1877 |
|
ATTEBERRY, Nathan |
86 |
1 July 1887 |
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ATTEBERRY, Rebecca J. |
100 |
5 Feb 1890 |
|
ACKLEY, Hezekiah |
155 |
24 April 1889 |
|
ANDERSON, Stephen |
234 |
29 March 1897 |
|
ALEXANDER, Nicholas C. |
221-252 |
3 Dec 1897 |
|
ADAMS, R. D. |
266-67-97 |
22 Dec 1899 |
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ATTEBERRY, A. K. |
304 |
2 May 1900 |
|
ANDERSON, I. S. |
358 |
16 March 1906 |
|
ALLEN, Joseph |
470 |
6 Nov 1907 |
|
ARMSTRONG, Alexander |
495-496 |
13 march 1908 |
|
ANDERSON, N. C. |
501 |
3 July 1912 |
|
AKE, W. C. |
550 |
18 Dec 1918 |
|
BORAH, John C. |
12 |
22 June 1876 |
|
BEST, Benjamin F. |
116-117 |
26 Jan 1888 |
|
BRANCH, Phebe |
136 |
16 Dec 1890 |
|
BARR, Abraham |
141-142 |
28 July 1891 |
|
BROWN, John |
151 |
15 July 1890 |
|
BROWN, Nathaniel G. |
163 |
22 July 1890 |
|
BURROUGHS, Edward |
172 |
18 July 1891 |
|
BILLINGTON, Jesse P. |
183 |
1 Jan 1879 |
|
BULL, Ephraim |
185 |
7 Nov 1892 |
|
BOWLDS, Wm. P. |
190 |
11 Nov 1893 |
|
BORAH, N. Nelson |
200 |
15 Nov 1892 |
|
BRINKER, Peter |
208 |
1 Dec 1892 |
|
BLACK, Edwards S. |
272-297 |
1 Jan 1901 |
|
BORAH, Abyrams S. |
276 |
23 Feb 1901 |
|
BARRICKMAN, Wm. S. |
298-299 |
18 Jan 1900 |
|
BAUMBERGER, John |
324 |
15 Sept 1903 |
|
BOWLDS, John N. |
325-326 |
9 Jan 1903 |
|
BEST, Augustus H. |
341 |
24 Dec 1904 |
|
BRISTOW, James C |
352 |
8 July 1905 |
|
BLACKLEY, Alexander |
375 |
10 Apr 1903 |
|
Beckel, Michael |
378 |
13 Jan 1903 |
|
BEARD, Eliza Jane |
396 |
1 Aug 1901 |
|
Bradshaw, James W. |
429 |
14 May 1900 |
|
BEHYMER, Mary A. |
434 |
24 March 1909 |
|
BROCK, Isaac T. |
438-439 |
27 Jan 1904 |
|
BUMP, Eliza H. |
476-488 |
9 July 1900 |
|
BALL, John H. |
502-503 |
9 Jan 1913 |
|
BORLAND, Joseph |
519 |
4 March 1910 |
|
BURTON, William |
523 |
15 Apr 1911 |
|
BESTOW, Waterman |
538 |
4 Dec 1913 |
|
BULL, Samuel |
567 |
23 Nov 1912 |
|
CREWS, Barton R. |
3 |
20 Sept 1880 |
|
CARTER, John R. |
5 |
2 Oct 1886 |
|
CREWS, Mathew |
8-9 |
18 May 1861 |
|
COLVIN, Amos |
14 |
9 Sept 1879 |
|
CLEMENTS, Robert M. |
30-31 |
10 June 1874 |
|
CANNON, Jesse |
28-29 |
7 Jan 1875 |
|
COOK, Lorenzo P. |
60-61 |
29 Sept 1886 |
|
CUNNINGHAM, Johnson |
70-71-72 |
1 Sept 1875 |
|
CREWS, Samantha V. |
81-82-83 |
18 Aug 1888 |
|
CREWS, Nancy |
83-85 |
9 Apr 1888 |
|
CAMPBELL, R. H. |
88-89 |
10 July 1888 |
|
CLARK, Elmer E. |
95-96 |
7 Apr 1889 |
|
COOK, Prudence |
105-6, 7, 8 |
30 Apr 1885 |
|
CARSON, William |
109- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15 |
6 July 1886 |
|
CORRY, Elias C. |
144-145 |
27 July 1889 |
|
CISNE, Elizabeth Ann |
169-170 |
4 Feb 1893 |
|
CLEVINGER, Daniel H. |
173 |
2 Aug 1893 |
|
CRASK, James |
176-177 |
5 Feb 1879 |
|
CAMPBELL, William |
178-179 |
27 Dec 1881 |
|
COX, Margaret |
180-181 |
12 Jan 1894 |
|
CRUM, Amanda J. |
229 |
15 Feb 1897 |
|
CUNNINGHAM, James |
240 |
28 Feb 1894 |
|
CULLISON, Ann |
91- 2- 3- 4 |
1 March 1876 |
|
CATO, Rosetta |
255 |
16 May 1899 |
|
COOKE, Fannie R. |
221-251 |
25 Feb 1899 |
|
CREIGHTON, Betsy |
278-287 |
13 Feb 1901 |
|
CREWS, John A. |
282-283 |
4 March 1901 |
|
CARIENS, Flo |
307 |
31 Aug 1900 |
|
CARIENS, Julia |
350 |
22 July 1902 |
|
CHASE, Elias H. |
355-356 |
16 Jan 1906 |
|
CUNNINGHAM, Archibald |
425 |
3 June 1905 |
|
CALVIN, Edward & Eliza Jane |
443-444 |
24 June 1907 |
|
CURRY, Jacob L. |
447 |
24 Jan 1910 |
|
CUNNINGHAM, James F. |
457 |
2 Oct 1908 |
|
CAMPBELL, John B. |
458 |
15 June 1910 |
|
COOPER, Josephine |
459 |
12 Jan 1910 |
|
CLARK, Joel |
462-463 |
14 Sept 1905 |
|
COUGHENOUR, Wilson |
496-497 |
8 Dec 1910 |
|
COFFEY, W. W. |
520 |
14 Aug 1911 |
|
CREWS, David |
524 |
25 May 1914 |
|
CARTER, William H. |
536 |
15 Dec 1906 |
|
CALDWELL, Margaret J. |
559 |
21 Dec 1910 |
|
DAVIS, Millicent |
98 |
14 Jan 1887 |
|
DULY, James M. |
186-187 |
12 Sept 1892 |
|
DUKE, Mahlon M. |
354 |
12 Jan 1904 |
|
DIXON, Martha |
386-387 |
3 Apr 1907 |
|
DRISCOLL, Julia F. |
388-389 |
20 Jan 1905 |
|
DAVIS, Benjamin |
421-422 |
17 July 1908 |
|
DRAKE, William B. |
460 |
23 Sept 1909 |
|
DUNAHEE, Cyrus J. |
517 |
8 Aug 1913 |
|
DRAPER, Mary F. |
534 |
4 Dec 1912 |
|
DICKEY, Thomas West |
548- 549 |
12 May 1908 |
|
EATON, George, Sr. |
143-144 |
_Jan 1887 |
|
EGBERT, D. F. |
150 |
21 Sept 1891 |
|
EDWARDS, Townsend |
188 |
3 June 1893 |
|
EGBERT, David |
258-295 |
17 July 1897 |
|
EVANS, Ellis |
320-321 |
9 June 1903 |
|
ENDSLEY, Katie |
422-423 |
20 July 1908 |
|
ELLIS, R. D. |
540- 541 |
2 April 1914 |
|
FITZGERREL, Isaac |
77 |
15 June 1885 |
|
FRAIM, John M. |
134-135 |
11 march 1890 |
|
FRESHE, Louis |
194-195 |
27 Feb 1894 |
|
FORBES, Wm. J. |
228 |
1 Feb 1897 |
|
FITCH, Ann |
293 |
29 Nov 1893 |
|
FOX, Wm. B. |
318-319 |
13 May 1903 |
|
FELIX, David K. |
335 |
8 Feb 1896 |
|
FOREBAKER, George W. |
363 |
21 June 1906 |
|
FRY, William |
430 |
9 June 1908 |
|
FORTH, Levi |
489-490 |
8 Jan 1912 |
|
FIELDS, James |
500 |
26 May 1911 |
|
FLANDERS, Hiram |
504 |
28 Sept 1907 |
|
FRAZIER, Joseph |
531-532 |
9 Feb 1903 |
|
GAMMONS, Levy B. |
24-25 |
12 Dec 1870 |
|
GEAN, Hardy |
41 |
5 April 1875 |
|
GRAHAM, Aaron |
54 |
12 March 1887 |
|
GASTON, Ira C. |
117 |
10 Aug 1889 |
|
GREGORY, Matilda |
148-149 |
10 May 1881 |
|
GREEN, Thomas P. |
248-249 |
______1881 |
|
GARDNER, Milan A. |
254 |
23 Feb 1899 |
|
GREATHOUSE, Martha |
274 |
1 Dec 1900 |
|
GROVE, William L. |
328-330 |
1 Oct 1903 |
|
GALIHER, E. M. |
353 |
17 Nov 1905 |
|
GASTON, Amanda |
404-405 |
3 Nov 1907 |
|
GREGORY, James W. |
427 |
27 July 1908 |
|
GURLEY, Henry M. |
516-517 |
17 Oct 1913 |
|
GREGG, Marion |
518 |
26 Sept 1907 |
|
GASTON, Fannie M. |
521 |
3 Dec 1909 |
|
GASH, H. B. |
533 |
18 July 1914 |
|
GRAVES, Sallie F. |
539 |
9 Dec 1914 |
|
GREGORY, Albert |
581 |
7 Sept 1915 |
|
HILLIARD, George |
22-23 |
18 Dec 1867 |
|
HAND, Isaac H. |
40 |
30 Nov 1852 |
|
HODGES, William R. |
36- 7- 8- 9 |
14 April 1866 |
|
HARRIS, Phebe R. |
122- 23- 24 |
30 Sept 1878 |
|
HENTHORN, Henry |
158- 59- 60 |
9 June 1888 |
|
HOWARD, James W. |
162 |
27 may 1892 |
|
HOOVER, Samuel N. |
202 |
9 Nov 1894 |
|
HARPER, Charlotte T. |
241-259 |
23 Aug 1897 |
|
HOBART, Thomas M. |
279 |
23 Jan 1901 |
|
HILL, Robert H. |
339 |
24 Oct 1904 |
|
HAYWARD, Robert |
412 |
21 Dec 1899 |
|
HADLEY, Phebe A. |
455 |
10 Apr 1906 |
|
HOLLER, William |
461 |
6 Jan 1910 |
|
HILLIARD, James W. |
474 |
11 June 1910 |
|
HARGRAVES, Alney |
525-526 |
25 Dec 1913 |
|
HILL, S. M. |
555-556 |
20 Aug 1914 |
|
JONES, John |
76 |
17 Sept 1887 |
|
JONES, John |
154 |
28 Sept 1886 |
|
JACKSON, Roley |
52 |
31 July 1877 |
|
JONES, Benjamin S. |
214-215 |
7 May 1895 |
|
JONES, Paul |
292 |
16 May 1881 |
|
JELLY, John S. |
303 |
29 March 1902 |
|
JONES, Mary P. |
351 |
22 July 1905 |
|
JAMES, Ellen |
433 |
18 may 1907 |
|
JESSOP, Robert N. |
551 |
19 Aug 1915 |
|
KNOWLES, Richard |
47-48 |
1 May 1880 |
|
KING, R. R. |
125- 26- 27 |
14 June 1869 |
|
KAUBLE, Daniel |
128-129 |
18 Aug 1888 |
|
KAST, George |