Clark County (Ind.) Records, 1808-1919

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Clark County (Ind.)

Title: Records, 1808-1919

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for this collection, contact the Collections Department.

Size of Collection: 1 cubic foot

Locator Number: Mss. BL C592b

Scope and Content

This collection consists primarily of estate records from Clark County, Indiana, from 1812 – 1837. These records, totaling over 90 individual estates, include inventories of real and personal property of deceased persons, bills of sale of personal property and supporting financial documents such as promissory notes and receipts. In addition, there are a small number of depositions and court proceedings relating to settlement of disputed estates. Miscellaneous items include bond forms for the office of constable and common pleas court claims for Washington County, Indiana, for 1865-1871.

List of Folders

Series I – Estate Records

Note: the year assigned to each folder/estate record refers to the date of an estate inventory, sale or settlement. The dates in parentheses refer to the to the total time range of documents within an estate record.

Folder 1: Estate records, 1812-1819

• Estate of Sarah Hollis, 1821 (1812-1825)
• Estate of Samuel Allen, 1818 (1817-1818)
• Estate of L. Robertson, 1819

Folder 2: Estate records, 1822

• Estate of Christopher Cable (1820-1823)

Folder 3: Estate records, 1822

• Estate of Alexander Henderson (1809-1826)

Folder 4. Estate records, 1823

• Estate of Jacob Grisamore (1817-1828)

Folder 5: Estate records, 1826

• Estate of Thomas Dudman (1825-1831)
• Estate of Adam Hostetler (1826-1832)
• Estate of Rufus Puk, (1826-1827)
• Estate of H.S. Henderson (1826)

Folder 6: Estate records, 1827

• Estate of Jesse Coombs (1827)
• Estate of Johnson Conways (1827)
• Estate of James Linton (1821-1828)
• Estate of Ben Warner (1827)
• Estate of James Robinson (1827)
• Estate of John Miller (1827)
• Estate of Reese Williams (1827)
• Estate of George Roe (1827)

Folder 7: Estate records, 1827

• Estate of William Blizard, (1820-1829)

Folder 8: Estate records, 1828

• Estate of G. Raes (1828)
• Estate of William Wright (1828)
• Estate of Bates Dorsey (1828)
• Estate of Shem Hostetler (1828)
• Estate of Samuel Whiteside (1828)

Folder 9: Estate records, 1829

• Estate of Daniel McDonald (1829-1834)
• Estate of Solomon Long (1829-1830)
• Estate of Stephen Montgomery (1829)
• Estate of Joseph Needham (1829)
• Estate of Washington Heaton (1829)
• Estate of Ansell Searles (1829)
• Estate of John Morrison (1829)
• Estate of Peter Eller (1829)
• Estate of Henry Tobias (1829)

Folder 10: Estate records, 1830-1831

• Estate of Jacob Bare, (1830)
• Estate of Andrew Robinette (1830)
• Estate of Elijah Garriott (1830)
• Estate of Truman Hilton (1830)
• Estate of Baker Johnson (1830)
• Estate of William Biggs (1830)
• Estate of Isaac Abbott (1831)
• Estate of Lewis Dawns (1831)
• Bond document, Probate Court, William Bullock (1831)
• Folder 11: Estate records, 1830
• Estate of Jesse Henley (1820-1833)

Folder 12; Estate records, Jan.-June. 1833

• Estate of Francis Watson (1833)
• Estate of Hugh Espy (1833)
• Estate of Peter Hithbidal (1833)
• Estate of James McCarley (1824-1833)
• Estate of Isaac Hawk (1833)
• Estate of Mary Stutsman, (1814-1833)

Folder 13: Estate records, Aug. 1833

• Estate of Guy Gurnsey (1828-1833)
• Estate of Solomon Kisler (1833)
• Estate of John McCally (1833)
• Estate of Benjamin Sanford (1833)
• Estate of Richard Slider (1833)

Folder 14: Estate records, Sept.-Nov. 1833

• Estate of Henry Giles (1833)
• Estate of Stewart Brinton (1833)
• Estate of Jeremiah Bird (1833)
• Estate of Levi Taylor (1833)
• Estate of William Lain (1833)
• Estate of Matthew Parks (1833)
• Last will and testament, real estate of Jacob Dailey (1833-1834)
• Estate of Samuel Williams (1831-1833)
• Estate of Joshua Vanmeter (1833)
• Estate of Samuel Montgomery (1833-1834)
• Estate of William Howard (1833)

Folder 15: Estate records, 1834

• Estate of Alba Thompson (1834)
• Estate of John Bowman (1834)
• Estate of Charles Plummer (1834)
• Estate of Ambrose Garriott (1834)
• Estate of Richard Johnson (1834-1835)
• Estate and plat of real estate of James Wood (1834-1846)
• Estate of William Rowland (1834-1835)
• Estate of Jonathon Jennings (1834-1835)
• Estate of James Stewart (1834)
• Estate of Elijah Mitchell (1834)
• Estate of Margaret Kelly (1834-1836)

Folder 16: Estate records, Jan-March, 1835

• Estate of James Manning (1835)
• Estate of Isaac MacDonald (1835)
• Estate of Ransom Bowman (1835)
• Estate of William Brown, deposition (1835)

Folder 17: Estate records, April — Dec. 1835

• Estate of David Copple (1835)
• Estate of Charles Myers (1835-1836)
• Estate of John Bayer (1835)
• Estate of Richard Yarbour (1835)
• Estate of G.D. Camaron (1835)

Folder 18: Estate records, 1836

• Estate of Enoch Bagley (1836)
• Estate of Thomas Perry (1836)
• Estate of Henry Tobias (1836-1838)
• Estate of Samuel McClintick (1836)
• Estate of Hugh Kelly (1836)
• Estate of Alexander Young (1836)
• Estate of Peter Mikesell (1836)
• Estate of Joel Bowen (1836)
• Estate of Jacob Teeple (1836)

Folder 19: Estate records, 1837-1860

• Estate of Stephen Buck (1837)
• Estate of Leonard Bowman (1837)
• Estate of Sarah Espy, 1860 (1838-1861)
• Estate of Samuel Kelly, undated
• Estate of George Shake, undated
• Estate of Alexander, undated
• Unidentified estate inventory, undated

Series II — Miscellaneous records

Folder 20: Miscellaneous records

• Account for weaving, 1806
• Account book, 1818-19
• Note from John Robinson, 1822
• Note signed by William and George Greene, 1823
• Promissory note, John Scott, 1828
• Note by Isaac McDonald, 1833
• Bill for school expenses, 1833
• Deed, Samuel Gill (Posey Co., Ind.), 1835
• Summons for settlement of debt, 1845
• Chancery court proceeding (Daub vs. Daub), 1845
• Chancery court proceeding (Mabury vs. Prather), 1847
• Claim files, Common Pleas Court (Washington Co., Ind.), 1865-1867
• Constable’s Bond form (Washington Co., Ind.), 1868-1871
• Check, 1869
• Appt. of George McClustie as postmaster of New Albany, 1885 Request to transfer documents, Dept. of Treasury, Office of Internal Revenue 1885
• Mortgage affidavit citing military pension, Mary Holton, 1919

Folder 21: Undated miscellaneous papers