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Index to Selected Will Books at Searls Historical Library

Including a few will abstracts
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Wills with special genealogical content are abstracted online. (Links in this color.)

Actual books may be viewed at the Searls Historical Library, Nevada City, CA. Unfortunately the books are too large to be photocopied. You can view copies on microfilm by ordering on loan (for a fee) at "Family Search" (LDS)

The Searls Library will abstract will for a fee. Contact the Searls Library with the will number so they can respond with an estimate of fees.

Surname Given Name Will/Probate DateLast Date in File Book:Pages
AngoveFannie M. 10 Aug 188027 Oct 18931:52
AnsonW. Lester14 Oct 187528 Feb 1875A:164
AnstettMichael9 Jan 186318 Apr 1870A:84-87
AumerFrank8 Nov 1880
26 Nov 1880
8 Nov 1880
26 Nov 1880
1:22-23
1:23-24
AutryWilliam7 Feb 188410 Mar 1884A:423-426
Ballard
see also 1:1
John C.27 Jul 186327 Jul 1875A:119
BeachErastus3 Mar 187213 Mar 1872A:104-105
BeattyMoses Findley6 Jan 18744 Mar 1879A:279-282
BeecherFrederick Ambrose24 Jan 187720 Feb 1877A:189-191
BehrischCharles18 Oct 188315 Dec 1884A:462-465
BellVincent G.1 Mar 186921 Aug 1880A:315-320
BerischVeronica
Boston Ravine
1 Sep 18833 Sep 18831:31-32
BigelowEdwin W.25 Dec 188028 Feb 1881A:343-347
BiggsWilliam15 Mar 18792 Jul 1880A:305, 313-314
BlanksJ.P.27 Feb 187018 Mar 1870A:79-83
Blasauf John 17 Sep 1877 13 Mar 1878 A:231-234
BluettSusan20 Jun 18786 Oct 18811:29-30
BreenDaniel4 Sep 1879
native of Rosgrey , Tipperary, IR;
now res. of Bridgeport.
8 Dec 18791:17-18
BrennanMichael11 Feb 185810 Mar 1858A:17-19
BrockmeierBen1 Sep 18801 Sep 18801:20-21
Brockmeier
N. Bloomfield, age 54
see also 1:20-21
Benjamin1 Sep 188023 Dec 18852:45-49
BrooksJohn6 Nov 1882--A:395-400
BrownAlpheus W.17 May 18746 Jul 1874A:138-141
Brown
see also 1:1
E.W.nd24 Jul 1873A:112
Brown
see also A:112
E.W.8 Aug 18739 Oct 18731:1-2
BrunerJohn24 Jan 190411 Jun 041:65-66
Bryan Peter A. 7 Apr 1879 22 May 1879 A:290-292
BullardJohn G.27 Jul 187331 Jul 1873A:119
Burnett John 21 Nov 1877 24 Jan 1878 A:215-218, 224
Busch Philip 11 Mar 1872 10 Dec 1878 A:265-266
ButtsEdmund P. 21 Apr 18701 Aug 1870A:94-97
Byrne Mary Elizabeth (Chapman) 12 Jan 1878 18 Mar 1878 A:234-237
Casey
age 48
William B.1 Oct 1885
died 20 Oct 1885
6 Nov 18852:32-36
ChurchMunson W.10 Nov 188427 Dec 1884A:465-468
ClarkJonathan2 Jul 188027 Jun 1881A:350-355
CoenMichael21 May 18861 Oct 18921:50-51
ComachoJohn G.9 May 18754 Sep 1877A:211-214
ConellJ.S.?24 Dec 1873A:126-128
ConnollyBryan23 Dec 188125 Nov 1882A:387-391
ConnorsJames21 May 189813 Jun 18981:59-60
CookEdgar24 May 187719 Dec 18781:15-16
Cook
see also 1:15-16
Edgar 24 May 1877 25 Feb 1878 A:224-227
CoskinWilliam10 May 187531 May 1875A:155-156
CreamerMatthew16 Sep 18657 Nov 1867A:59-64
CrossJoshua A.12 Dec 18803 Jan 1881A:327-334
Cummings William F.
of Moore's Flat
30 Aug 1876
"Olographic Will"
11 Oct 1879 A:293-296
Dabb Eliza T. 18 Sep 1878 20 Dec 1878 A:275-279
Daly/DailyJohn26 Oct 187425 Aug 1877A:208-210
Davis
Derbec mine
George Gibson/Gibson G.5 Feb 189016 Apr 18901:40-41
DavisJohn4 Apr 186028 May 1860A:33-34
DavisMarta L.----A:314-315
DealM.S.5 Aug 187329 Sept 1873A:120-123
Deal
see also A:120-123
M.S.25 Aug 187314 Oct 18731:2-4
DelanoAlonzo15 Jan 187422 Oct 1874A:144-147
DerhamWilliam25 Feb 18768 Apr 1876A:169-170
DicksonJohn H.25 Jan 1881--A:335
Dillon P.F. 4 Jan 1878 20 Mar 1878 A:237-238
Donahue
See also 1:6-7
Ellen28 Sep 187228 Oct 1876A:183-186
DonohueEllen25 Sep 187627 Sep 18761:6-7
Donovan
see also 1:12
Jerry14 Apr 187714 Jan 1884A:419-422
DonovanJerry
Bridgeport
14 Apr 187722 Jul 18781:12
DoranJohn26 Aug 18765 Dec 1876A:186-189
Dow
Grass Valley, age 76
Lucy20 May 1886--2:71-72
DowneyMary11 Jul 1874
27 May 1877
12 May 1877
29 Mar 1878
1:7-10
DucoteyJeanne3 Oct 187317 Jun 1874A:128-130
DunnThomas O.21 Mar 187322 Jun 1874A:134-138
Dunn
Selby Flat
John S.11 Sep 18817 Sep 18852:22-28
DuntonFrank24 Jan 1881
d. 23 Jan 1881
17 Feb 1881A:336-339
340-343
Eastman Sarah M. 7 Feb 1871 21 Jun 1878 A:250-253
EatonIra A.25 Apr 1854ndA:151-152
Ellen
Truckee
Elle31 Mar 18879 May 18911:45-48
English Patrick 24 Mar 1879 29 Mar 1879 A:284-287
EspenscheidPhillip Jacob20 Jul 185716 Jan 1858A:1-17
Farrell--------A:148-150
Faull
North Bloomfield
Maria, Mrs.9 Apr 18949 Jan 18971:58-59
Fetter
formerly Meyer
Bertha19 Oct 188021 Mar 1881A:339-340
340-343
FrankJohn7 Apr 187921 May 1883A:403-405
GaskillJ.S. 1 Jun 18671 Jul 1867A:50-51
Gill
Badger Hill, age 61
Thomas2 Mar 188513 Jul 18852:10-13
Gillis
Grass Valley
Duncan10 Dec 189410 Dec 18941:53-54
GlinnenPatrick15 Oct 18789--A:336
GorlMary19 Aug 187921 Jun 1884A:433-436
GreerJames9 Jun 188428 Jun 1884A:437-440
GregoryA.B.29 Mar 18706 Jul 1872A:106-107
GuscettiLuigi20 Dec 187810 Mar 1879A:282-284
HahnJennie25 Jul 18811 Aug 18811:28-29>
HalpheneEli3 Oct 186522 May 1882A:378-382
HamiltonGarvin3 Mar 188212 Nov 1884A:458-461
HamlinJames E.
of Hempfield, Mercer Co. PA
18 Nov 18718 Dec 18741:4-5
Hamlin
see also 1:4-5
James E.
of Hempfield PA
18 Nov 1871 6 Nov 1878 A:262-264
Haner
North Bloomfield
Lorenzo2 Sep 18802 Sep 18801:21-22
HeathJames11 Oct 18847 Nov 1884A:453-457
HendersonJohanna31 Aug 189810 Oct 18981:62-63
HenryBridget M.20 Apr 186710 Aug 1868A:71-73
Hertwick/HartwickJoseph25 Sep 18794 Nov 1880A:321-322
HeyderWilliam28 May 188616 Jun 18862:64-67
Hoffman
of North San Juan
Adam Joseph29 Apr 187614 Mar 1877A:179-180, 191-193
HolbrookIra12 Aug 185731 Oct 1857A:13-15
HolbrookeDaniel P.12 Jun 188226 Mar 1883A:391-395
HooperJohn7 Apr 1885
died 9 Apr 1885
22 Jun 18852:1-4
Hoskin
See Coskin
William
HouseFrankdied 16 Sep 1876
will 26 Aug 1876
4 Oct 1876A:180-183
HowardBlake E.25 Mar 185720 Apr 1857A:5-7
HughesJohn30 June 18573 Aug 1857A:10-1
HunerfauthPeter1 Apr 18868 May 18862:52-56
Hutchins/HuckinsRobert25 Dec 188-6 Jul 18862:68-71
IsmertPeter18 Jan 18724 Feb 1876A:161
JackCharles10 Apr 185818 May 1858A:19-20
JamesAnn2 Feb 188518 Apr 1885A:472-476
JamesJohn D.7 Mar 186114 May 1880A:300-302
JeffersonHenry4 Aug 185724 Aug 1857A:7-8
JeffreysCharlotte J.B.12 Feb 188512 Feb 18851:35-36
Jeffreys
age 59
Charlotte J.G.12 Feb 18851 Jun 18862:61-64
JenkinsGeorge29 Dec 188427 Jan 1885A:472-476
JohnsonA.J.[or A.S.]1 Mar 18678 Jul 1867A:52-54
JohnsonDavid3 Nov 18566 Dec 1856A:3-4
JohnsonSolomon28 Aug 188023 June 1880A:304, 307-308
JuddDavid30 Apr 186029 Jul 1861A:46-48
KaempferAndrew29 Dec 18848 Jan 18851:35
KeeganRobert25 Dec 18795 Sep 1881A:359-362
KelleyJohn L., Sr.Jul 187118 Sep 1872A:108
KittsRebecca6 Jul 189417 Jul 18951:55-56
Kitts
widow, of George Kitts
Jane Winters4 June 1885
died 23 Apr 1886
19 May 18862:56:60
Kruger
Truckee
20 Apr 18917 Aug 18911:48-49
LademannAugust7 Jan 18817 Jan 18811:26-27
LanebletFrances3 Aug 188820 Aug 18901:44-45
Langley
see also A:111
Henry C.1 Feb 187322 Mar 18731:1
LarimerMary Jane
Grass Valley
24 Mar 188424 Mar 18841:32-34
Larimer
Grass Valley, age 55
Mary Jane16 Jun 18853 Aug 18852:18-22
LaurenceJohn20 Aug 18721 Feb 1881A:326, 334
Leme/LemiJoseph26 Dec 187425 Oct 1875A:158-160
LesterAnson W.14 Oct 187528 Feb 1876A:164:167
Lond
Lincoln Co. WA Ter
Joshua D. 27 Jul 188527 Jul 18861:37-38
LongThomas27 Jan 185911 Jul 1859A:23-26
Lopes Joaquin Marquis 18 Mar 1879 10 May 1879 A:287-290
LowrySamuel13 Nov 188310 Dec 1883A:415-418
LunnJ.C.4 Nov 18778 Nov 1877A:214
MarshCharles29 Aug 187117 May 1876A:170-174
MattesonJ.E.19 Jun 1871NdA:105-106
McGurk/McCurkHugh4 Jun 1881
d. 14 Jun 1881
15 Jul 1881A:355-358
MeekJoseph25 Jun 187210 Sep 1872A:107-108
Mellon/MellorAnn Maria3 Sep 188314 Feb 18851:36-37
MellorAnn Maria3 Sep 188314 Jul 18852:14-18
Meyers John P. 2 June 1878 13 Jul 1878 A:259-262
MockPhilip B.4 Jun 18771 Aug 1877A:199-201
MonnieJ.C. 16 Aug 18607 Dec 1860A:37-38
MooreAda Nelson 30 Nov 188912 Apr 18951:54-55
MooreJames H.3 Apr 187?14 Apr 1873 [?]A:111-112
Morgan
Grass Valley, age 54
Henry 2 Jun 188318 Aug 18862:72-76
MorrowDennis
Moore's Flat
19 Jun 18798 Oct 18791:16-17
Murphy
of Cherokee
J.B.nd14 Nov 1870 (adm to prob.)A:97-99
MurphyPeter24 Jan 188229 Apr 1882A:371-374
NaughtonMaria30 Jan 190912 Sep 19121:67
NewtonGeorge A.17 May 1876
probate only
2 Jul 1877A:197-198
NortheySamuel Trestwail4 Nov 18811 Mar 1882A:368-370
NortonMartin Strong3 Apr 187215 May 1875A:153-155
NuttalJohn6 Mar 186722 Jun 1867A:54-56
O'Connor
Nevada City
Thomas22 Aug 188530 Nov 18852:40-45
OrrSamuel M.9 Aug 186218 Sep 1865A:49 (one page)
OrzaliAntonio--4 Nov 18951:56-57
PaineThomas N.1 Feb 189116 May 19165:133-134
ParslowPeter2 July 185725 Jul 1857A:8-10
PascoeJames22 Sep 188421 Oct 1884A:449-452
Penaluna
Grass Valley
Richard6 Nov 189111 Nov 18911:50
PerclerMadame Bastian26 Apr 186719 Dec 1870A:99-102
PerrySamuel R.19 Jan 186712 Nov 1867A:64-68
Pettijean [in French]Marie6 Mar [1873]21 Aug [1873]A:113-116
PhillipsGregory13 Apr 187418 Sep 1874A:141-143
PingreeMargaret20 Mar 188422 Apr 18841:34
Pingree
see also 1:34
Margaret20 Mar 188415 Jul 1884A:440-444
PixleyMark27 Apr 1868?A:150-151
Ploog George 29 Jan 1875 22 Apr 1878 A:242-244
PoirsonPierre Francois4 Mar 188411 May 1885A:481-483
PoolerJohn R.28 Sep 187011 Jan 1882A:365-368
PowellWilliam Charles20 Jul 18828 Aug 1884A:444-449
PuttemeyerHenery22 Mar 188612 Apr 18862:49-52
RamusJohn28 Sept 185715 Oct 1857A:12-13
RawdenJohn R.28 Feb 187115 May 1871A:102-103
ReeseAnn20 Mar 187014 May 1870A:87-90
RichardsonLucy M.10 Nov 187630 Mar 1877A:193-196
Roberts Thomas Nelson 17 Jan 1879 29 Jan 1879 A:272-275
Roberts
Fr. Cor.
Daniel24 Jan 190411 Jun 041:66-67
RobinsonJames W.Nd7 Sept 1876A:176-179
RocheJohn22 Apr 187420 Jun 1874A:132
Rodda
Grass Valley
Susan4 Mar 1898020 Jun 18901:41-44
RogersJosiah4 Aug 187616 Apr 18781:10-11
Rogers
see also 1:10-11
Josiah 4 Aug 1876 13 Apr 1878 A:238-241
RossJohn7 Aug 1879
15 Mar 1780
7 Feb 1881
7 Aug 1879
15 Mar 1880
7 Feb 1881
1:15-16,
18-19
27-28
Rowe (typed)
GV
George 75 yo 16 Jul 0020 Jul 00 1:64-65
Ryan Margaret S.14 Dec 187822 Nov 1879A:297-300
Ryan
Patterson, Nev. Co.
John[?] Jul 188320 Aug 1890 1:44
Sack Philip 4 Sep 1878 10 Dec 1878 A:293
SchardinCharles 9 Aug 186821 Aug 1868A:72-75
SchardinHubertus 10 Jan 1878 30 May 1878 A:244-247
ScheimerBernhard1 Nov 188124 May 1883A:405-408
Schuemer
Nevada City
Bernhard8 Nov 18808 Nov 18801:23-24
Schulthess
see also 1:30-31
John Frederick27 Jul 188319 Sep 1883A:409-411
SchulthessJohn F. 27 Jul 188321 Aug 18831:30-31
SheaJohn8 May 187713 June 1877A:196-197
ShellhornHenry21 Dec 186029 Apr 1861A:38-43
SherburneIsrael Wall22 Dec 18694 Jan 1870A:76-79
ShniderChristina23 Nov 18679 Dec 1867A:68-70
ShoemakerDavid22 Jun 186230 Jul 1867A:57-59
ShrumDavid?17 Jun 1861A:44-46
Silva/SilveraJoe/Jose Silveira Cardonzo10 Apr 1899972 Nov 18981:60-62
Simonds
Nevada City
Robert10 Dec 188010 Dec 18801:25-26
Single
Rough & Ready, age 62
John7 Oct 188530 Nov 18852:40-45
SlocovichNicholas21 Dec 187223 Dec 1872A:108-109
Smidt/Schmidtt
Smith
Johann
John
6 Sep 18811 Oct 1881A:362-365
Smith Henry 13 Dec 1878 25 Jan 1879 A:270-272
Smith Robert C. 13 Dec 1873 17 Jun 1878 A:247-250
SmithAlaviray Nov 187917 Nov 1880A:322-325
SmithC.S.4 Apr 185931 May 1859A:26-30
Snelt Elizabeth 10 Nov 1877 1 Feb 1878 A:221-224
Son William 24 Dec 1872 18 Jan 1873 A:109-110
StarrJ.M.2 June 187715 Sept 1877A:205-208
Stephens Henry Randle
of Kuggar, Grade
Parrish, Cornwall
died 24 Aug 1877 24 Jan 1878 A: 218-221
StoefflerJohn Michael27 Nov 185926 Dec 1859A:30-33
StoverDavid E.Sep 188222 Mar 1884A:427-432
TarlemanJohn6 Feb 1875?A:151
ThomDavid11 Jun 18801 May 1882A:374-377
ThomasJacob25 May 186122 Oct 1883A:412-415
ThomasJames6 Jan 185831 Jul 1858A:21-23
ThomasJoseph19 Mar 18852May 1885A:477-480
ThorsenAnthoni
Blue Tent
19 Dec 188227 Jun 18852:4-10
TompkinsE.A.14 Feb 18807 June 1880A:303-304
TowleEzra W. 21 Mar 188921 Mar 18891:39
TruanJohn
William
5 Jun 188019 Jun 18801:20
TruanWilliam31 Dec 1885
Abrogate Will of 5 Jun 1880
6 Jun 18861:37
TurnerJacob Perry2 Aug 18757 Sep 1875A:131,156-157
TylerJemima16 Oct 18694 Nov 1869A:75-76
Tyrell Samuel, Sr. 3 June 1874 25 Feb 1878 A:228-230
VictorineMary H.10 Oct 18566 Dec 1856A:1-3
Vosshans
& Joseph Miller
Ferdinand8 Jun 187818 Jun 18781:11-12
Wales Thomas 15 Apr1876 14 Dec 1878 A:267-270
WalesTheresa Nora25 Nov 18907 May 011:65
WalesThomas15 Apr 187620 Jul 18761:5-6
WallingSadis A.?29 Oct 1873A:123-127
WatermanStukeley S.8 May 1878--A:304-305
309-312
Watt William 5 May 1870 16 Jun 1878 A:254-259
WattJanet2 Jul 188016 Aug 1882A:383-387
WearJames 11 Nov 18863 Feb 18881:38-39
WeilLeopold4 Mar 187214 Mar 1876A:167-168
WestonMartin Strong3 Apr 187215 May 1875A:152-155
White
Grass Valley
Mary3 Feb 18952 Apr 18961:57-58
WhitesidesWilliam24 Dec 187526 Jul 1877A:201-205
Williams
GV
Elizabeth30 Nov 18872 Dec 18891:39-40
WilliamsGeorge18 Jul 18737 Aug [1873]A:116-119
WilliamsJames10 Jun 187619 Jul 1876A:174-176
Williams
widow, Grass Valley
Mary18 Aug 18762 Nov 18852:28-32
Williamson--16 Dec 187218 Jan 1873A:109
WilliamsonIsaac20 May 187018 Jun 1870A:90-94
WomackPeyton G.12 Sep 186022 Oct 1860A:35-36


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