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.

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Images 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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