Separate Property of Married Women

A Brief Sampling from the Index to Separate Property Records
held at the Searls Library

A useful substitute for marriage records.

The Searls Library has both record books as well as the index. They can be viewed in person-—but because of the size of the books, photocopying is not allowed.

See a sample of a separate property record .

A few selected records have been abstracted below.

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Name of Female Owner	Name of Husband	Date Recorded	Book and Page	Description of Business/Property
A
Adams, N?	Paul	3 Jul 1857	1:13
Arling, Mary	Isaac B.	3 Sep 1858	1:33
Adams, Honora	_____	18 Oct 1862	1:87
B
Bonhore, Melanie	Paul	8 Jun 1857, 20 Oct 1861	1:12, 73
Bergantz, Victoria	Peter	24 Oct 1857	1:16
Brayden, Mary	David	25 Apr 1860	1:45
Bennett, Sarah Ann	William	14 Sep 1860	1:53
Bremond, Henrietta	[Illegible]	13 Oct 1860	1:55
Blackfkord, Maria	John	8 Dec 1860	1:59
Baker, Sylvia	Justus	11 Jun 1861	1:69
Bulacher, Letitia	______	26 Oct 1863	1:73
Baker, S.	______	16 Mar 1864	1:97
Bowker, Annie M.	William S.	6 Jan 1868	1:113
C
Chauvel, Eugenia Malafosee	O.V.	8 Sep 1856	1:5
Cabott, Amelia	Robert	30 Sep 1856	1:8
Chaubrand, Henrietta	Francis	12 Dec 1857	1:19
Cline, Bridget	Michael	21 Jan 58	1:20
Cauthron, Margaret	Thomas	7 May 58	1:25
Carter, Elizabeth	Francis	27 Aug 1858	1:32
Collins, [Oroho?] Catherine	Michael	25 Sep 1858	1:34
Cannon, Catharine	John	16 July 1860	1:50
Crane,Sarah	Thomas P.	3 Oct 1860	1:54
Crowell, Anna C.	Benjamin W.	22 Nov 1860	1:57
Cook, Sarah	Wesley	27 May 1861	1:68
Crossell [Crossett?], Elizabeth	J.L.	30 Jun 1862	1:82
Clausmann, Marie Gerard	Jean Baptiste	8 Oct 1862	1:84
Connolly, Ellen	John	4 Mar 1864	1:94
Crow, Emma A.	Allen D.	4 Jan 1875	1:146
Cohen, Meary	Meyer	4 Dec 1875	1:153
Crall, Elizabeth	S.M.	18 Dec 1879	1:163
Cohn, Betsey	Jacob	16 Jul 1884	1:174
Cooley, Elizabeth	Benjamin F.	15 Nov 1886	1:186
D
Delany, Ann Jane	Michael	4 Jan 1861	1:61
Dryman [Drynan?], Catharine	Robert	5 Nov 1866	1:108
E
Evans, Sarah J.	Joseph A.	8 Mar 1861	1:64
Early, Mary	James D.	16 Apr 1884	1:171
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M
Morris, Ricke	J.	7 Oct 1856	1:10
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P
Peard, Grace	Thomas	20 Jan 1862	1:75	Keeping and conducting hotel as boarding house with salaoon attached
Palmer, D.H.	---	9 Jan 1858	1:20
Powers, Emily	Chas. E.	12 Feb 1862	1:76	Dairy business, keep milch cows, peddling mill. gardening. raising vegetables
Petary/Paytavey, Sarah J.	Bernard	31 Mar 1866	1:99	W side Washington St, Grass Valley; mortgage; lists personal property such as sofa, chairs, stove, bed, table etc.
Pollard, Mrs.? Calistha	Jeremiah	20 Sept 1867	1:118	Ranching, growing grain, vegetables, keeping dairy, butter; mining; hotel
Pinearce/Pingree, Mrs. Margaret	---	5 Aug 1874	1:145	Sole trader; Hotel and boarding house in N. Columbia; livery stable, bar, wine, liquor; raise and sell vegetables, poultry.
Q
R
Rollins, Melissa Louisa	S.D.	8 Aug 1857	1:14	Sole Trader. Mining claims.
Russ, Louise	Horace P.	4 May 1880	1:46	List of separate property including piano, sofa, chairs, carpet, jewelry, stove etc (very light writing)
Roberts, Charlotte	---	6 Jan 1868	1:112
Rider, Mrs. J.V.	Geo. V.	7 Oct 1875	1:152	Separate personal property: piano, organ, desks, equipment for use of teachers--blackboards; classical scientific histories @ 100 vols.
S
Seymour, Ann Elizabeth	Charles Harvey	8 Aug 1856	1:3	Sole trader, mining claims
Stone, Ellen	___Ladd	12 Sept 1856	1:7	Sole trader, bar and restaurant
Stevens, Jane Barnsley	William Stevens	23 July 1858	1:28	Sole trader, farming and ranching
Smith, Sarah A.	Thomas G.	17 Aug 1858	1:39
Sherwood, C.M.	Chas. H.	10 Aug 1860	1:34 or 54
Smart, Isabella	James	7 May 1861	1:67
Stehr ?, Harriet C.	Henry	14 Dec 1867	1:100
Stumpf, Catharine	F or P?	18 Jan 1870	1:121	Sole trader, hotel, restaurant, Nevada City
Sheppard, Ellen	---	2 Aug 1871	1:128	Sole trader, ranching, gardening, buying and selling goods
Stephenson, Louisa M.	---	5 Aug 1871	1:129	Sole trader, boarding house, lodging, Grass Valley
Spencer, Mrs. Elvira	A.	13 Jan 1872	1:131	Separate property, money and bank accounts (light writing)
Seman, Maria A.	William	22 July 1876	1:145?
Schmidt, Veronica	George	24 Feb 1877	1:158	Sole trader keeping public house, boarding and entertaining travelers; providing them and their beasts with food and drink and lodging in town of Moorney Flat
Smith, Virginia P.	Charles C.	7 Aug 1877	1:101

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