Record of Wills 1845 – 1857

Jefferson County Missouri

 

Transcribed by Carole Goggin

 

The records of “died intestate” are one page long; Last Will and Testaments are two to four pages. Of the 396 pages there are 323 entries. Many of the surnames will be recognized as Jefferson County’s pioneer families. If the record is a Last Will and Testament it will be denoted by LW & T. To die intestate is to die without leaving a will.  When a name was spelled more than one way within the document, I recorded both spellings in order in which they appear.          -CG

 

 

Last Name

First Name

Page

Date

Year

Regarding Item

ADAMS

Joseph

164

29-Aug

1849

bond

ADAMS

Joseph

158

30-Jun

1849

LW & T

ALEXANDER

Zachariah M.

270

9-May

1853

intestate

ALEXANDER

Robert

319

2-Jan

1855

intestate

ALEXANDER

Nancy

345

9-Sep

1855

LW & T

ALFORD

John

168

20-Sep

1849

intestate

AMBERGER

Jacob

372

30-Dec

1856

intestate

AST

Adam

363

3-Sep

1856

intestate

BAKER

William C.

154

30-Jul

1849

intestate

BAKER

Milton

197

8-Nov

1850

intestate

BALDWIN

Henry

365

18-Sep

1856

intestate

BARREL

Francis

149

11-May

1849

intestate

BATES

James C.

199

6-Dec

1850

intestate

BECKETT

John B.

262

7-Feb

1853

intestate

BECKETT

Epraim/Ephraim

340

19-Oct

1855

intestate

BERRY

Willis

89

7-May

1847

intestate

BLACKWELL

James S.

167

17-Sep

1849

intestate

BLAKE

Samuel T.

250

15-Jul

1852

intestate

BOARD

Jefferson

231

26-Jan

1852

intestate

BONE

Davison

196

4-Nov

1850

intestate

BONE

William

201

18-Dec

1850

intestate

BONE

Cindarella

217

15-Sep

1851

intestate

BONES

William

170

25-Sep

1849

intestate

BONEY

William J.

111

23-Nov

1847

intestate

BORING

John G.

57

3-Oct

1846

intestate

BOUCHER

Benjamin

373

5-Jan

1857

intestate

BOUGHTON

Thomas

23

11-Nov

1845

intestate

BOUGHTON

Robert

190

9-Jul

1850

intestate

BOUGHTON

George

191

9-Jul

1850

intestate

BOYD

Alexander

43

11-Apr

1846

intestate

BOYNE

Charles

318

13-Dec

1854

intestate

BRADY

William

28

8-Jan

1846

intestate

BRANNAN

Patrick

313

27-Sep

1854

intestate

BROOKS

James

192

15-Jul

1850

intestate

BROOKS

James

229

23-Dec

1851

intestate

BROWN

Henry G.

10

15-Apr

1845

LW & T

BRYANT

Eve

108

2-Nov

1847

LW & T

BUCK

John

255

20-Sep

1852

intestate

BUFFINGER

Solomon

179

18-Jan

1850

intestate

BURGESS

John

131

28-Jun

1848

intestate

BURGESS

Aaron N. P.

256

21-Sep

1852

intestate

BURGESS

Sanders

333

2-Jun

1855

intestate

BURGESS

Eli

335

20-Aug

1855

intestate

BURNS

Henry

268

13-Apr

1853

intestate

BUTLER

Francis

181

28-Jan

1850

intestate

BUTLER

Joel

183

20-Mar

1850

intestate

BUTLER, Sr.

Edward

195

12-Oct

1850

intestate

BYRD

Austin

73

13-Jan

1847

intestate

BYRD

Austin

177

18-Dec

1849

intestate

CADWALLADER

Miller

269

5-May

1853

intestate

CADWALLADER

Eli

122

13-Oct

1841

LW & T

CALLIHAN

David

136

17-Jun

1848

intestate

CAMPBELL

Margaret F.

160

15-Aug

1849

intestate

CAMPBELL, Sr.

John R.

165

8-Jan

1842

LW & T

CAPE

Rebecca

338

10-Oct

1855

intestate

CARPENTER

John W.

53

21-Sep

1846

intestate

CARROLL

Benjamin

49

5-Jun

1846

intestate

CHANDLER

Thomas J.

78

12-Feb

1847

intestate

COMMINGS

Philip

395

18-Jul

1857

intestate

COOLEY

Lawson

204

12-Mar

1851

administrator

COOLEY

Lawson

173

30-Aug

1849

LW & T

COOPER

Christopher

59

22-Oct

1846

intestate

COOPER

Jennette

292

9-Mar

1854

intestate

COOPER

Christopher

294

22-Mar

1854

intestate

CORDEMAN

Fredrick

58

31-Jul

1846

Will

COSBY

William L.

116

30-Dec

1847

intestate

COTTLETZ

Anthony

364

18-Sep

1856

intestate

COX

Almira

257

21-Sep

1852

intestate

CRAIG

Jesse

106

29-Oct

1847

intestate

CROWE

Benoni S.

210

13-Mar

1851

intestate

CURRIER

James

240

23-Mar

1852

LW & T

CUSTIS

Henry

211

20-Oct

1848

LW & T

DEMAREE

Cornelius

396

11-Aug

1857

intestate

DILLARD

Alston

264

26-Feb

1853

intestate

DOERFLER

Johann Wolfgang

65

25-Nov

1846

intestate

DOERFLER

John W.

90

17-May

1847

intestate

DOHERTY

Patrick

328

17-Feb

1855

LW & T

DONNELL

James

1

23-Jan

1840

LW & T

DRUMHELLER

Leonard

371

18-Dec

1856

intestate

DUNKLIN

Emily W. P.

223

25-Nov

1851

intestate

ELLIS

Charles N.

80

1-Mar

1847

intestate

EVANS

Joseph

76

1-Feb

1847

intestate

EVANS

Martha

222

23-Oct

1851

intestate

EVERETT

Thomas

134

17-Aug

1848

intestate

EVERETT

John

353

17-Mar

1856

intestate

FANNAN

Michael

39

Feb --

1845

Estate

FARRIS

Alexander H.

48

26-May

1846

intestate

FEIKERT

Charles

249

8-Jul

1852

intestate

FERRIS

Alexander N.

120

21-Mar

1848

intestate

FRASIRER (possible variation on Frasier)

George

29

8-Jan

1846

intestate

GALLITIN

M. F.

20

21-Oct

1845

intestate

GAMARCHE

John Baptist

54

27-Jul

1846

LW & T

GAMBLE

Justus

153

18-Jul

1849

intestate

GAMBLE

Justus

214

15-Jul

1851

intestate

GAMBLE

Archibald M.

215

15-Jul

1851

intestate

GAMBLE

John K.

216

15-Aug

1851

intestate

GEIGER

John

230

23-Jan

1852

intestate

GHERKER

Florian

287

24-Nov

1853

intestate

GILLAM

Luke

281

19-Sep

1853

LW & T

GILLMAN

Christian

129

11-Jan

1848

LW & T

GOOLEY

Nicholas

239

18-Mar

1852

intestate

GOZA

Hugh M.

27

6-Jan

1846

intestate

GRAHAM

William

22

3-Nov

1845

intestate

GRAHAM

William

206

12-Mar

1851

intestate

GRAU

Anselm

219

7-Oct

1851

intestate

GREEN

James L.

336

17-Sep

1855

intestate

GRONHOLT

Henry

251

16-Jul

1852

intestate

HACKER

John

121

20-Mar

1848

intestate

HAMMOND

Nancy

30

14-Jan

1846

intestate

HAMMOND

Joseph

155

6-Aug

1849

intestate

HAMMOND

John

297

30-Jun

1854

intestate

HAMMOND

Charles R.

325

6-Apr

1855

LW & T

HANCELL

Berry T.

135

4-Sep

1848

intestate

HANSELL

Berry T.

112

3-Nov

1847

intestate

HARDER

John

101

29-Sep

1847

intestate

HARRIS

Thomas

184

27-Apr

1850

intestate

HARRISON

George W.

334

24-Jul

1855

intestate

HASSMAN

John

357

7-Apr

1856

intestate

HAUGHEY

John

225

27-Nov

1851

intestate

HAVERSTICK

Henry

282

27-May

1853

LW & T

HAYS

Lydia

354

17-Mar

1856

intestate

HEILES

Gerrard

218

16-Sep

1851

intestate

HELDERBRAND

Hannah

141

9-Nov

1848

intestate

HENROID

Gaspar Henry

267

12-Apr

1853

intestate

HENRY

Aaron

221

13-Oct

1851

intestate

HERRINGTON, Sr.

Samuel

161

20-Aug

1849

intestate

HESSMAN

John

347

6-Jan

1856

intestate

HICKS

Robert D.

9

12-May

1845

intestate

HIGGINS

Julius

69

21-Dec

1846

intestate

HILDERBRAND

Calep /Caleb

289

19-Dec

1853

intestate

HILL

Felix G.

14

18-Mar

1845

intestate

HILL

Charles

46

25-Mar

1846

intestate

HILL

Mary

185

27-Apr

1850

intestate

HILTERBRAND

Sarah G.

15

12-Jul

1845

intestate

HOLLENBECK

Lucius S.

258

9-Nov

1852

intestate

HONEY

John W.

156

6-Aug

1849

intestate

HONEY

Horace A.

324

7-Apr

1855

intestate

HORINE

Thomas M.

370

17-Dec

1856

intestate

HULL

Precilla

127

5-May

1848

intestate

HUNT

David A.

293

22-Mar

1854

intestate

INGALL

Lester L.

32

15-Jan

1846

intestate

KEEAF

Richard

322

29-Dec

1853

LW & T

KEEPERS

James

100

6-Sep

1847

intestate

KEETON

John

209

12-Mar

1851

intestate

KENDAL

Alton J.

33

14-Nov

1845

LW & T

KIDD

Barney

182

22-Feb

1850

intestate

KINNEY

Andy

102

5-Oct

1847

intestate

KITE

Jeptha

226

1-Dec

1851

intestate

KNORPP

Christian G.

273

23-Jun

1853

intestate

KORDEX

Dedrick

254

9-Sep

1852

intestate

KOUNCS

Peter

245

15-Apr

1852

intestate

KRAUS

Charles

321

11-Jan

1855

intestate

KRITT

Peter

266

19-Mar

1853

intestate

LEE

Archileaus

193

19-Sep

1850

administrator

LEE

Archileaus

143

27-Nov

1848

intestate

LEMMONS

William

19

17-Oct

1845

intestate

LIVINGSTON

David

14

19-Jun

1845

intestate

LONG

James

383

15-Mar

1857

LW & T

LOWE

Sophia

5

25-Mar

1845

Will

MANESS

Jacob S

368

25-Nov

1856

intestate

MANESS

Lorenzo D.

381

2-Feb

1857

LW & T

MARTIN

Falkland H.

367

24-Nov

1856

intestate

MATHEWS

John S.

24

14-Nov

1845

intestate

MATHEWS

John S.

162

21-Aug

1849

intestate

MATHEWS

John S.

207

12-Mar

1851

intestate

McCAFFERY

John

265

4-Mar

1853

intestate

McCORMACK

James

35, 36

5-Feb

1845

LW & T

McCORMACK, Jr.

James

172

13-Oct

1849

intestate

McCOURTNEY

James

263

22-Feb

1853

intestate

McCREERY

Elijah

252

19-Jul

1852

intestate

McCULLOCK Sr.

James

81

15-Feb

1847

LW & T

McDANIEL

Enos

174

23-Oct

1849

LW & T

McDORRELL

Francis

39

10-Feb

1845

intestate

McKEE

Hugh E.

331

19-Jun

1855

intestate

McKEEN

Hiram H.

388

12-Jun

1857

intestate

McMILLEN

William

45

27-Apr

1846

intestate

McMULLIN

James H.

247

26-May

1852

intestate

McPEAK

Mathew

86

26-Oct

1846

LW & T

MEANEA

Francis

339

15-Oct

1855

intestate

MEDLEY

James

145

13-Apr

1849

intestate

MEHLER (Mahler)

Joseph

276

14-Jul

1853

LW & T

METTS

Elias F.

119

12-Feb

1848

intestate

MILLER

John

93

4-Jun

1847

intestate

MILLER

Warner

362

9-Aug

1856

intestate

MOONEY

Samuel

68

21-Dec

1846

intestate

MOORE

John S.

227

1-Dec

1851

intestate

MOTHERSHEAD

Whitaker A.

198

15-Nov

1850

intestate

MURPHY

James G.

117

3-Jan

1848

intestate

MURPHY

James

138

2-Sep

1848

LW & T

MYER

Fredrick

104

15-Oct

1847

intestate

NASH

Elizabeth

42

30-Mar

1846

intestate

NASH

Henry

224

26-Nov

1851

intestate

NEIL

Ellen O.

295

22-Mar

1854

intestate

NELSON

Elijah H.

194

7-Oct

1850

intestate

NELSON

Lucinda

386

29-Apr

1857

intestate

NEW

James

98

12-Jul

1847

intestate

NULL

John

142

5-Dec

1848

intestate

NULL

William

342

13-Nov

1855

intestate

NULL, Sr.

William

200

16-Dec

1850

intestate

OAKES

James C.

91

24-Apr

1847

LW & T

OGLE

Thomas

84

29-Mar

1847

intestate

OGLE

William

99

27-Jul

1847

intestate

OGLE

Isaac P.

118

22-Jan

1848

intestate

OGLE

Thomas

151

16-Jul

1849

intestate

OGLE

James

157

9-Aug

1849

intestate

OGLE

Elbert

188

7-Jun

1850

intestate

OGLE

Thomas

189

7-Jun

1850

intestate

OWEN

Willis

137

May and Aug

1849

bond

OWEN

Willis

132

27-Mar

1848

LW & T

PALMER

Zelmon C.

44

24-Apr

1846

intestate

PARNELL

Francis M.

311

4-Sep

1854

intestate

PARNELL

Francis M.

348

26-Jan

1856

intestate

PEPPER

Robert D.

94

10-Jun

1847

intestate

PEPPER

John M.

148

12-Feb

1849

intestate

PEPPER, Sr.

Samuel

296

11-Apr

1854

intestate

PINSON

Leander

314

1-Oct

1854

intestate

POOLEY

Sarah

389

29-Jun

1857

intestate

PORTER

David

248

22-Jun

1852

intestate

PORTER

Samuel

253

9-Sep

1852

intestate

PREWITT

Henry

303

10-Jul

1854

LW & T

RAMEY

Moses

275

12-Jul

1853

intestate

RASCHE

Louis

378

19-Mar

1857

intestate

RASH

Louis

341

9-Nov

1855

intestate

REESE

John

387

11-May

1857

intestate

REISER

Valentine

244

13-Apr

1852

intestate

RIAN

William

71

25-Nov

1846

Will

RICHARDSON

Absalom

147

18-Dec

1848

intestate

RIDDEL (Riddle)

Louis

237

17-Apr

1849

LW & T

RIGGS

John

349

1-Feb

1856

intestate

ROBERTS

Hardy S.

41

9-Mar

1846

intestate

ROBERTS

Joel

67

17-Dec

1846

intestate

ROBERTS

James W.

301

14-Aug

1854

intestate

ROBERTSON

James

4

24-Mar

1845

intestate

ROBERTSON

James

208

12-Mar

1851

intestate

ROBERTSON

William

243

15-Mar

1852

intestate

ROBERTSON

Mary

312

8-Sep

1854

intestate

ROBERTSON

Rutha

366

7-Oct

1856

intestate

ROGERS

James B

125

1-May

1848

intestate

ROGERS

James C.

291

21-Dec

1853

intestate

ROGERS, Sr.

James

232

16-Feb

1852

intestate

ROWE

William

180

26-Jan

1850

intestate

RYAN

William

205

12-Mar

1851

intestate

SCOTT

Abner

79

17-Feb

1847

intestate

SCOTT

Abner

236

7-Mar

1851

intestate

SENTER

Stephen

146

13-Apr

1849

intestate

SENTER

Mary

178

2-Jan

1850

intestate

SIMPSON

George

105

29-Oct

1847

intestate

SKAGGS

Jeramiah P.

202

28-Dec

1850

intestate

SKEEL

Samuel

220

11-Oct

1851

intestate

SKEEL

Samuel

259

29-Dec

1852

intestate

SKEEL

Samuel

369

27-Nov

1856

intestate

SMEDLEY

Ralph

261

20-Jan

1853

intestate

SMITD

Peter

343

19-Nov

1855

intestate

SMITH

Mary

26

20-Dec

1845

intestate

SOUNDMACHER

Charles H.

203

13-Jan

1851

intestate

SPENCER

William R.

344

8-Dec

1855

intestate

SPITTS

Mary Ann

234

26-Dec

1851

LW & T

STEINBERG

John

286

16-Nov

1853

intestate

STEWART

J. M.

144

18-Dec

1848

intestate

STIHLE

Joseph

212

24-Jan

1851

LW & T

STITES

Stephen

50

6-Jun

1846

intestate

STONE, Sr

John

150

28-Sep

1848

LW & T

STRICKLAND

Thomas A.

77

6-Feb

1847

intestate

STRICKLAND

Thomas A.

169

20-Sep

1849

intestate

STRICKLAND

Thomas A.

228

17-Dec

1851

intestate

STRICKLAND

Jonathan

246

15-May

1852

intestate

STRICKLAND

Jane

285

11-Nov

1853

intestate

STROUP

Peter

213

17-Jun

1851

intestate

STROUP

Elizabeth

355

25-Mar

1856

intestate

STUDDARD

James

288

15-Dec

1853

intestate

SULLENS

Peter

260

13-Jan

1853

intestate

SUTHERLAND

George

351

25-Feb

1856

intestate

THOMAS

James W.

83

9-Mar

1847

intestate

THOMAS

James W.

163

23-Aug

1849

intestate

THOMAS

Claborn

186

4-May

1850

intestate

THOMPSON

George M.

337

18-Sep

1855

intestate

THURMAN

Nancy

40

24-Mar

1845

intestate

TRAYNOR

Philip

374

8-Jan

1857

intestate

VAUGHN

William T.

332

19-Jun

1855

intestate

VINEYARD

Samuel

8

14-Apr

1845

intestate

VINYARD

Peter

21

3-Nov

1845

intestate

VINYARD

Samuel

97

21-Jun

1847

intestate

WARNER

John

290

20-Dec

1853

intestate

WARNER

Charles M.

300

26-Jul

1854

intestate

WATERS

George W.

47

9-May

1846

intestate

WEASE

Elijah

64

11-Nov

1846

intestate

WEBER

Nicholas

315

16-Nov

1854

intestate

WELLS

John

107

30-Oct

1847

intestate

WELLS

Tyre

358

6-Apr

1856

intestate

WELLS

Ellen

390

25-Aug

1857

intestate

WELSH

Patrick

352

11-Mar

1856

intestate

WHEELER

Solomon B

128

11-May

1848

intestate

WHEELER

Soloman B.

274

21-Jun

1853

intestate

WHITE

Joel

271

26-May

1853

intestate

WHITE

David

272

26-May

1853

intestate

WHITE

Edward

16

17-Sep

1845

LW & T

WHITE

Edward

70

17-Dec

1846

Will

WHITE

James M.

60

13-Aug

1846

Will

WHITEHEAD

John S.

85

29-Mar

1847

intestate

WHITHEAD/Whitehead

Samuel

377

23-Feb

1857

intestate

WHITWORTH

Sanford

316

17-Nov

1854

LW & T

WICKERHAM

Aquilla

298

29-Dec

1853

LW & T

WIDEMAN

Francis W.

187

29-May

1850

administrator

WIDEMAN

Jacob

75

22-Jan

1847

intestate

WIDEMAN

Meredith

305

8-Nov

1851

LW & T

WIDEMAN

Francis W.

113

26-Oct

1847

LW & T

WILEY

Joseph D.

13

17-Mar

1845

intestate

WILEY

John

25

1-Dec

1845

intestate

WILLA / Wille

Lunaberger/Lunabarger

359

10-Jul

1856

LW & T

WILLIAMS

Mary

52

11-Sep

1846

intestate

WILLIAMS

Elemeul/Elemuel

356

9-Mar

1856

intestate

WILLIAMS

Isam

6

29-Jan

1842

LW & T

WILLIAMS

Benjamin

379

27-Dec

1856

LW & T

WILLIAMS

John

74

6-Jan

1847

intestate

WILLIAMS

Silas

279

13-Jul

1853

LW & T

WILSON

Charles A.

350

11-Feb

1856

intestate

WILSON

David

375

13-Dec

1854

LW & T

WINN

James

233

26-Feb

1852

intestate

WISE

Nicholas

51

13-Jun

1846

intestate

WOOD

William E.

391

22-Dec

1856

LW & T

WRIGHT

William

31

14-Jan

1846

intestate

ZIPP

Andrew

284

5-Nov

1853

intestate

 

Even though the book is missing the hard front and back covers, the marbleized inner-cover pages are sturdy and have protected the content. The writing is clear and easy to read, though the ink has faded on a few pages.

 

The book is indexed as item “#1, Record of Wills, 1845 I-A-R”, and can be found at the History Center located on the 2nd floor in the Library Building, on the Jefferson College Campus, Hillsboro, MO.

 

Transcribed and edited June 2007 by

Carole JM Goggin

historytalks@sbcglobal.net

 

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