34 Hendricks County probate packets from 1844 through 1883 digitized

The Indiana Genealogical Society recently added 34 Hendricks County probate packets to their website for free viewing.

This batch of probate packets spans from 1844 through 1883. They were sorted and digitized by volunteers - if you would like to help with this project, please contact volunteer coordinator Darlene Anderson (mdagenealogy@gmail.com).

The 34 digitized probate packets are:

Adair, John D. (& Lavena A. Claypool) (1866) - guardianship of minors
Adams, Franklin P. (1882) - estate
Adams, Hiram F., Caleb F. & Solomon T. (1864) - guardianship of minors
Adams, Melinda Elinor, Sarah Jane, Francis Newton, John Allen, Margaret Elizabeth, Bellsena, James Milton, Letha Hester & Mary Emily (1867) - guardianship of minors
Adams, Thaddeus S. (1881) - appointment as commissioner
Aldred, William (1881) - estate
Alexander, Mary E., Susan, Henry J. & Sarah (1864) - guardianship of minors
Alexander, William (1881) - estate
Ayers, James, Sr. (1870) - estate
Ayers, Lydia (1881) - estate
Ayers, William (1877) - estate
Ayers, William (1878) - estate
Bonnifield, Susan (1859) - estate
Borders, James (1875) - estate
Boswell, William (1875) - estate
Bowsher, Lewis D. (1879) - guardianship of a minor
Boyd, Dudley (1859) - estate
Boyd, Dudley E. (1860) - guardianship of a minor
Boyd, John (1840) - estate
Boyd, Phebe (1857) - estate
Brackett, Jacob (1867) - guardianship of a minor
Bradshaw, Charles W. (1885) - estate
Bradshaw, James A. (1874) - guardianship of a minor
Brady, Drusilla (1882) - estate
Brady, Merill (1859) - estate
Brady, Sarah, Lucy E. & Carrie B. (1883) - guardianship of minors
Bramell, Thomas (1882) - estate
Bray, Edward W. (1874) - estate
Bray, Elizabeth J. (1881) - estate
Bray, Thomas S. (1878) - estate
Brewer, Daniel (1881) - estate
Bunton, George (1844) - estate
Bunton, Nancy, Amanda, Aramantha, George M. & James J. (1849) - guardianship of minors
Bunton, William (1856) - estate

Edgar BOYD Adopted By Preston BROWN (1873)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 13 (May 1873 - February 1874), in May 1873 Preston Brown filed a petition to adopt Edgar Boyd, who would be 18 years old as of 14 May 1874 and who had no parents living. Brown's petition was granted, and Edgar's name was changed to Edgar B. Brown.

Activity in Hendricks County probate cases (September 1889)

From Hendricks County probate records:

Activity in probate cases as of September 2, 1889 [in vacation of the May term of court]:
--George L. Roach estate - will probated
--Rachel E. Smock estate - will probated
--Hamilton Huston estate - will probated; Enoch G. Hogate appointed administrator with the will annexed and ordered to dispose of certain personal property at a private sale
--James S. Jones estate - will probated; Mary Jones appointed executor
--Jesse N. Townsend estate - will probated; William Townsend appointed executor
--William M. Wilson estate - will probated; Orville W. Lowry appointed executor
--Katy Boswell estate - Mahlon Boyd appointed administrator
--Sarah Patterson estate - James H. Burns and Thomas J. Nash appointed administrators
--Nancy J. Jeffers estate - John W. Trotter appointed administrator
--Jonathan L. Moffitt estate - Catharine E. Moffitt appointed administrator
--Nancy Rennard estate - James M. Barlow appointed administrator
--Joseph Asher estate - Benjamin G. Edmondson appointed administrator
--John D. Kelleher guardianship - Thomas B. Keller appointed guardian
--Heirs of Elizabeth Huddleston guardianship - Fielding Huddleston appointed guardian