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Mercer County, Kentucky Wills and Estates
Mercer County was formed from Lincoln County in 1785 and was named for the Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer who was killed at the Battle of Princeton in 1777. The county seat is Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Some of the earliest settlers were: Abraham Bsnta, Alexander Bowling, Daniel and Cornelius Cozine, George Silvertooth, James Harrod, James Hornback, James Quigley, Thomas Freeman, Thomas Threlkeld, Patrick Lowry, Joseph Bohannon, John McMurtry, Harman Van Dyke, Benoni Swearengin and Matthew English. The Wills, Estates, Inventories, Orphans and Guardian Returns are all combined in the same books. A number of pages in these books were too faded and damaged to include. Effort was made by the State of Kentucky to restore some of the images, however, what you see is what you get.
Probate Records available to members of Kentucky PioneersImages of Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Inventories, Appraisements, Bk 1, 1786 to 1795
- Adams, William | Armstrong, Mary | Arnold, Stephen
- Banta, Abraham | Batten, William | Beaman, John | Berry, John | Bohannon, Joseph | Bowling, Alexander | Bowling, Henry | Brown, Daniel | Brumfield, Robert | Burn, James O.
- Campbell, James | Canaday, Rachel | Cooley, Rubin | Corbin, Robert | Cozine, Cornelius | Cozine, Daniel
- Davis, Joseph | Davis, Thomas | Dickens, Daniel | Downing, William
- English, Matthew | Estes, Abraham | Flanigan, Dominick | Foster, Isaiah | Freeman, Thomas
- Gill, John | Givens, Samuel | Gordon, John | Graham, Benjamin | Gricon, Samuel
- Hale, Jobe | Hale, Joseph | Harbeson, John | Harris, William | Harrod, James | Hartley, Thomas | Holland, Alexander | Holloway, George | Hornback, James
- James, Abraham | Jeffries, Matthew | Lapsley, Samuel | Little, John | Longly, Isaac | Lowry, Patrick | Lyons, Stephen
- McAfee, Robert | McBrayer, George | McKinny, Stephen | McMurtry, John | McPike, James | Miller, Hannah | Mitchell, John | Mitchell, Robert | Moun, James
- Neeld, Benjamin | Noell, Thomas | Overton, James | Prather, Thomas | Quigley, James
- Roberts, Robert | Robertson, James | Robertson, William | Ross, George
- Silvertooth, George | Smith, Adam | Stephens, George | Sutton, Robert
- Taylor, David | Telford, David | Thompson, John | Threlkeld, Moses | Threlkeld, Thomas
- Vancher, William | Wafe, Rebecca | Woods, David
Images of Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Inventories, Appraisements, Bk 2, 1795 to 1803
- Adams, George | Alexander, Martha | Armstrong, John | Ashby, Henry | Ashby, Stephen
- Banta, Alexander | Barber, Thomas | Berry, John | Bottom, John | Branner, Peter | Brumfield, Job | Burton, Allen | Butt, Henry
- Cason, Seth | Clark, Francis | Corbin, Robert | Coburn, James | Coburn, Mary | Coburn orphans | Cosby, Charles | Coun, George | Cozine, Cornelius | Cozine, Daniel | Curry, Alexander | Curry, Andrew | Curry, John | Curry, William
- Daviss, Joseph | Derham, Jacob | Demott, Lawrence Sr. | Donahigh, William | Dunn, Samuel
- Gill, John | Gillispie, David | Givens, Samuel | Gordon, Ambrose | Guthrie, James
- Haines, William | Hale, Ann | Hale, Armstrong | Hale, Job | Hale, John | Harbison, Thomas | Harris, Overton | Harrison, John | Harrod, James | Harrod, John | Hale, Joseph | Hobson, Phineas
- Irvine, Abraham | James, Abraham | Jelp, Isaac | Jones, Gabriel
- Lapsley, Samuel | Laurence, James | Laurence, Robert | Lawrence, Joseph | Lawrence, Samuel | Lillard, Christopher | Lillard, Edward | Lillard, John | Lock, William | Locke, William
- MacCoun, John | McAfee, John | McAfee, Joseph | McAfee, Samuel | McBrayer, George | McClure, Alexander | McCoun, James | McDowell, Joseph | McGee, James | McKinney, Charles | McMurtry, John | Missender, Nancy | Mitchell, Robert | Moore, William | Moss, David | Munday, Edmund
- Neeld, Nathan | New, John W. | Pancake, Simon | Poss, George | Prather, Thomas
- Ragin, Robert | Robertson, James | Rogers, John | Ryan, John
- Shipley, Edward | Smith, Benjamin | Steen, John | Stone, Henry | Sutton, Robert | Swank, Henry | Swearingen, Benoni
- Telfair, Isaac | Telford, David | Telford, Jeremiah | Theckston, Thomas | Thompson, John | Threlkeld, John | Timmons, Live | Turpin, Thomas
- Vanarsdall, Simon | Van Cleave, William | Walker, Peter | Webster, Richard | Willheit, Nicholas | Willis, John | Wood, Archibald | Wood, David | Woods, James | Woods, Samuel
Images of Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Inventories, Appraisements, Bk 3, 1803 to 1808
- Adams, George | Asberry, Thomas | Banner, John | Banta, Abraham | Barbee, John | Beasley, Daniel | Bottoms, John | Buchanan, Alexander | Bull, H.
- Caldwell, Robert | Cardwell, James | Chiles, John | Clark, Francis | Cole, Joseph | Combs, Charles | Cooney, John | Copeland, James | Cosby, Nelson | Cowan, Jared | Cozine, Cornelius | Crutchfield, William | Curry, William
- Davis, James | Doak, John | Donaghy, William | Fisher, Jeremiah | Freeman, Thomas
- Garswiler, Abraham | Garswiler, Joseph | Gills, John | Gordon, Ambrose | Graham, James | Green, Thomas
- Hale, John | Hale, Nancy | Hales, Hannah | Harmon, Michael | Harbison, Thomas | Hickston, Thomas | Holloway, James | Hunter, Nancy
- James, Abraham | Jones, Richard | Jordan, Peter
- Laurence, James | Little, John | Lock, Polly | Lucas, Richard | Lyons, Nancy
- McAfee, Samuel | McGinty, James | McKee, William | McKinney, Charles | Miles, John | Miller, Hannah | Miller, John | Moore, James | Moors, Samuel | Mosby, David
- Neald, Nathan | Neeld, Elias | Nichols, Julius | Noel, Bernard
- Peerson, Hale | Philips, Jeremiah | Pilcher, John | Plough, Abraham | Prather, Thomas
- Razor, John | Richardson, John | Riley, Jeremiah | Roberson, James | Roberts, Elizabeth | Robertson, Robert | Robinson, James | Robinson, Robert | Ryan, John
- Shepherd, William | Shields, James | Silvertooth, George | Smith, Jesse | Sneed, Thomas | Stone, Henry
- Taylor, John | Telford, Jeremiah | Thompson, Leonard | Thompson, William | Vankin, Isaac | Ver Bryle, Laurence
- Webster, Richard | Wilhite, Nicholas | Wilson, James | Woods, James | Woods, Samuel | Woodson, Jacob | Young, Leonard
Images of Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Inventories, Appraisements, Bk 4, 1808 to 1813
- Adair, William | Adams, George | Anderson, Robert | Asberry, Thomas
- Banta, Abraham | Banta, Albert | Banta, Samuel | Barbee, John | Barnes, Fielden | Bavla, John | Bennett, Martha | Bottom, John | Bottom, Mary | Brewer, Peter | Bright, Jacob | Bryant, Jacob | Buchanan, Alexander | Buchanan, George | Buchanan, Nancy | Bunton, John | Burlins, Ambrose | Burton, Ambrose
- Caldwell, George | Campbell, Jonas | Cassady, Alexander | Casidy, Andrew | Chiles, John | Clarkson, John | Coghill, John | Copeland, James | Cotter, John | Coulter, John
- Davis, Azariah | Daugherty, James | Davis, Cyrus | Davis, John | Dean, Thomas
- Eastland, William | Evans, Amos | Ewing, Samuel | Fisher, Adam | Fisher, Simon | Freeman, David | Freeman, Thomas
- Gadberry, William | Garshwiler, Joseph | Gillispie, E. | Givins, Martha | Glazebook, Justin | Gordon, Ambrose | Graham, Samuel | Graves, Leonard | Grayham, Samuel, Capt/
- Hale, Jesse | Hale, Jobe | Haley, orphans | Haley, John | Harbert, John | Harbison, Rachel | Harlord, John | Harris, Charles | Harris, Josias | Hopkins, Samuel | Hughes, William H. | Hungate, John
James, George | Jarrel, David | Jaunt, John | Jones, Abraham | Kerr, David
- Laurence, orphans | Lawrence, James | Lawrence, Robert | Lawrence, Samuel | Lewis, Joseph | Lock, William, orphans | Logan, David | Lyon, guardian | Lyon, James
- Maggs, Thomas | McAfee, Charles | McAfee, James | McCarney, Robert | McCaslin, Richard | McClure, Alexander | McGee, John | McGinnis, William | McKamy, Robert | McKee, Lydia | McKee, William | McMurtrey, John | Minor, George | Moore, James | Moore, orphans | Moore, Samuel | Moore, Thomas | Mosby, David
- Neald, Elias | Neald, Sarah | Neale, Nathan | Noel, Bernard
- Parker, Betty | Patton, Thomas | Pearson, Joseph | Powel, Charles | Powel, George
- Roach, John | Robinson, Margaret | Rowland, Robert
- Shields, James | Shields, Nancy | Smith, Hannah | Smith, Horace | Smock, John | Speed, James | Stagg, John | Stephens, George | Strong, Walter E.
- Talbot, Walter | Taylor, John | Timmons, Samuel | Vanarsdal, Simon | Verbryke, Barnabas | Verbryke, Laurance
- West, Thomas | Williams, John | Willis, Joseph | Wilson, Vance | Young, Leonard
Images of Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Inventories, Appraisements, Bk 5, 1813 to 1816
- Adams, Samuel | Albert, James | Armstrong, Robert
- Baird, William | Banta, Henry P. | Banta, Samuel | Bennett, estate | Bennett, Charles | Bennett, Martha, orphan | Biers, George | Bonnel, orphans | Bowers, Mathias | Bowey, Matthias | Brown, Priestly | Buchannon, Alexander | Buckhanan, George | Buckhannon, orphans | Bunton, John | Byars, George
- Caldwell, George | Caldwell, Isbel | Caldwell, Robert | Campbell, Josiah | Chelp, Isaac | Colvin, James | Cooney, Mary | Coulter, John | Cowan, Hannah | Curry, Martha | Curry, William
- Daniel, Benjamin | Daniel, guardians | Davis, Cyrus | Dawson, William | Dean, Thomas | Demott, John | Detsponet, Christopher | Dickinson, Edward | Dunn, James
- Eastland, William | Eccles, James | Edwards, Stanton | Edwards, Moreton | Elkins, Aylett | Ellis, Luke | Everly, John
- Fisher, Adam | Gaines, Richard | Givings, Mary | Gordon, Ambrose | Gordon, Averella | Gordon, Robert, orphans | Graham, Joseph | Graves, Leonard | Graves, Rice | Grayham, Samuel | Green, Henry | Green, Mary | Gregory, Richard
- Haley, orphans | Hanna, Stephen | Harbison, Andrew | Haines, Michael | Harlan, James | Hale, Jesse | Haley, John | Harris, Josiah | Horine, George | Humble, Noah M.
- Irvine, John | Irvine, Mary | Jefferies, John | Jemison, David | Jones, Gabriel | Jones, James | Keels, Asa | Kenner, Helen
- Latimer, John B. | Latimer, John | Lawrence, Samuel | Lillard, Ephraim | Lillard, John | Lyon, James | Lyon, orphans
- Martin, Peter | McCown, John | McGinnis, John | McKamy, Rosana | McKee, William | McKinny, John | McMurtry, John | McMurtry, Samuel | Minor, George | Minor, William | Moore, Elizabeth | Moore, James | Moore, Simeon | Morgan, Joseph | Mosby, John | Mosby, Martha | Mosby, Robert
- Neeld, Nathan | Neff, Betsy | Odel, Joseph
- Parkhill, Alexandria | Pateman, John B. | Poulta, Joseph | Prather, Thomas | Prewitt, Matthew
- Slaughter, Cadwaller | Smith, Zachariah | Smock, Jacob | Smock, Jarrel | Smock, John | Stephens, William | Stevinson, William
- Taylor, John | Thomas, John | Thompson, James | Thompson, Joseph | Trapnall, Vincent
- Vanaradall, Christopher | Van Dyke, Barnard | Van Dyke, Henry | Van Dyke, Jane, orphan | Verbryck, John | Verbryck, Lawrence
- Whittinghill, George | Wilson, James | Winn, John B. | Woods, Samuel
Images of Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Inventories, Appraisements, Bk 6, 1816 to 1821
- Adams, William | Algood, Edmund | Allen, James
- Banta, Henry | Beagles, Elizabeth | Bell, James | Bennett, guardians | Bonnell, orphans | Bowen, Mathias | Boyce, James | Brewer, David | Brewer, Dilley | Brewer, Jared | Brumfield, Robert | Brumfield, Sarah | Brumfield, William | Buckhannon, Nancy | Buckhannon, orphans | Bunton, John | Burd, Pleasant | Burton, Elizabeth | Butler, James
- Caldwell, Margaret | Cates, William | Clark, Dorothy | Coghill, Nancy Davis | Collier, Joseph | Cowan, George C. | Cozine, George | Crutchfield, William | Curry, William
- Darnaby, Edward | Davis, Patsy | Davis, Robert, slaves | Demott, John, division | Demott, orphans | Demott, Sally | Deweese, Matthew | Dorland, Garret | Dougherty, James | Durham, John | Dye, Fauntleroy
- Eastland, William | Edwards, Stanton | Fisher, Stephen | Flournoy, Samuel
- Garr, Benjamin | Gashwiler, Joseph | Gaunt, John | Graham, Samuel, Captain | Graves, Leonard | Grayham, Samuel | Green, John, orphans
- Hains, Michael | Hale, Jesse | Hall, William | Hamilton, Alexander | Harbison, Rachel | Harlan, James | Henderson, James | Hicks, James | Hicks, Sarah | Horine, George | Hughes, John | Hughes, Stephen | Hungate, John | Hungate, division
- Lapsley, James T. | Latimore, John B. | Laurence, Joseph | Lillard, guardian | Logan, Thomas
- McAfee, George | McCormick, George | McDowell, Joseph | McDowell, Samuel | McGee, James | McGinnis, John | McKee, William | McMurtry, John | Mitchell, Robert
- Needs, Alexander | Nichols, Green | Orrick, Nicholas
- Page, Guinn | Page, orphans | Parenger, Leonard | Parmore, Augustine | Pearce, John | Phillips, Jacob | Prather, Thomas, settlement
- Roane, Fayette | Ryley, John | Rymerson, Barnet
- Shaw, Daniel | Shepherd, William | Simpson, John | Simpson, William | Smith, Ambrose | Smith, Elizabeth | Smith, Zachariah | Stephenson, William | Swearengin, Benoni
- Thompson, Elizabeth, dower | Thompson, Foster | Thompson, Joseph | Thompson, orphans | Trower, John
- Vandandale, James | Van Dyke, Harman | Van Dyke, Henry | Van Dyke, orphan | Vandandale, Simon | Vannays, Cornelius
- Walters, John | Warren, James | Whitehouse, James | Wickersham, Sampson | Wilhite, Barnett | Williams, Mary, dower | Willis, Joseph Sr. | Wilson, James | Woods, Mary
Images of Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Inventories, Appraisements, Bk 7, 1821 to 1824
- Adams, David Algood, Edmund
- Banta or Bants, Garrett | Bell, James | Bell, William | Bellsfell, Peter Sr. | Benham, Thomas | Bennett, orphans | Bilbo, William | Bingham, Thomas | Boice, Jacob | Bradshaw, Benjamin | Bradshaw, Shadrick | Briscoe, Jeremiah | Brown, James | Burton, Ambrose | Butler, Mary
- Caldwell, Jackson | Chaplin, Abraham | Chiles, William | Clark, Dorothy | Collier, Joseph | Cotton, David | Cowan, John | Crow, Jacob | Crutchfield, William
- Dainaby, Edward | Danagh, Hugh | Darland, Garrett | Davis, James | Dean, Levin | Demott, Dorothy | Disponet, Mary Ann
- Ellis, Philip | Everly, Jacob | Fisher, Barnet | Flournoy, Samuel | Garr, Benjamin | Gates, William | Graves, Leonard
- Hall, William | Hanna, John | Harlan, James | Herberger, Elizabeth | Higgins, Thomas | Hunter, Zachariah | Hurley, John
- Jones, James | Knox, David | Lapsley, James T. | Lillard, John Jr. | Lyon, Samuel
- Maginnis, Nancy | Mann, Beverly | Marrs, Henry | McGinnis, John | McMurtry, orphans | Moore, William
- Noel, Benjamin | Prather, Henry | Prewitt, Matthew
- Rasor, Isabella | Rogers, Nancy | Rynearson, Mark
- Samuel, James | Shields, John | Smith, Ambrose | Smock, orphans | Sneed, Alexander | Stepp, William
- Taylor, Peter | Taylor, William M. | Teachonau, Samson | Turhune, Garrett | Thompson, Foster | Thompson, Joseph | Thurman, John
- Vander, Peter | Walker, Philip | Walton, John | Whitewill, George | Wingate, Elias | Woods, Mary
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