20 Hendricks County probate packets from 1844-1899 digitized

An 1867 executor's bond for the estate of Thomas Barr, issued in Hardin County, Kentucky

The Indiana Genealogical Society's website recently added 20 digitized probate packets for Hendricks County for free viewing.

This batch of probate packets spans 1844 through 1899 (as well as a couple of stray packets from 1919, 1929 and 1930). They were digitized by volunteers at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne.

The 20 digitized probate packets are:

Barnhill, James (1844) - estate
Barr, Thomas (1867) - estate
Barron, John Q. (1886) - estate
Barron, Rebecca E., Moses J., Susan E., Mary A., Harriett A. & Martha C. (1856) - guardianship of minors
Bartholomew, Levi W. (1871) - estate
Barton, Dora E. (1930) - estate
Barton, Ralph (1888) - estate
Bateman, James (1899) - guardianship of minor
Bateman, Margaret L.A. (1894) - guardianship of unsound mind
Baugh, Alva M. (1929) - estate
Baxter, Charles W. (1868) - guardianship of minor
Baxter, Nancy (1865) - estate
Bean, James (1892) - estate
Beard, Clarissa (1869) - estate
Beard, Elisha D. (1919) - estate
Bedford, Catharine (1895) - estate
Beekman, Joseph W. (1885) - estate
Beeson, Ezra (1868) - estate
Bell, James J. (1887) - estate
Bell, James J., Julia I. & Allen (1861) - guardianship of minors

Former Hendricks County Recorder J. Lee BROWN dies in Iowa (1906)

from The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, June 14, 1906 - page 1, column 3:

FORMERLY RECORDER
J. Lee Brown died at his home near Chariton, Iowa, May 24, of pneumonia. At his funeral services Col. Bartholomew paid a touching tribute to his memory. Mr. Brown was recorder of Hendricks County from 1866 to 1870 and upon leaving his office moved to Iowa. He was elected county auditor there three times and in 1883 was elected auditor of state. He became involved in an altercation with the governor and was impeached. Upon trial he was acquitted and reinstated in his office. He was a native of New Jersey, coming to Indiana in 1859. He served in the 70th regiment and at the battle of Resaca received a wound that necessitated the amputation of an arm. His wife who was Miss Esther Templin survives with nine children. The Chariton Herald pays him a marked tribute as a good citizen.