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Georgia Pioneers (8 Genealogy Websites) has wills, estates, traced families etc in AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN and VA.  In particular, our Virginia collection contnues to grow, representing the oldest surviving county wills and estates, from 1600s to about 1800.

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Index to Kentucky Wills and Estates

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Images of Pendleton County KY Wills, Estates #kygenealogy #kentuckypioneerscom

Pendleton County Kentucky Genealogy: Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships

Pendleton County was created from parts of Campbell and Bracken counties in 1798. It was named after Edmund Pendleton, a longtime member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the Continental Congress and chief justice of Virginia. The county seat is Falmouth which in 1776 was known as Forks of Licking, which was the site of the unfortunate Battle of Blue Licks during the Revolutionary War when the British ambushed the patriots, aided by Indians. Sixty persons died that day. It was not until 1793 that Falmouth was chartered.

Indexes to Probate Records

• Wills, Estates, etc. 1841 to 1871
• Wills, Estates, etc. 1872 to 1918
• Wills, Estates, etc.1918 to 1947

Images of Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships

• 1841 to 1871
• 1872 to 1918

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Index to Kentucky Wills and Estates

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Ohio Co. KY Wills, Estates, Genealogy #kygenealogy #kentuckypioneerscom

Ohio County Wills, Estates, Annual Returns, Inventories

Ohio County was formed in 1798 from land taken from Hardin County and was named for the Ohio River, which originally formed its northern boundary; however, lost its northern portions in 1829 at the forming of Daviess and Hancock counties. The first settlements in Ohio County were Barnetts Station and Hartford. In January 1865, during the American Civil War, the courthouse in Hartford was burned by Kentucky Confederate cavalry because it was being used to house soldiers of the occupying Union Army. However, the county records were removed first and preserved. They county seat is Hartford. 

Images of Wills, Estates, Distributions, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships

• Book A, 1800 to 1824
• Book B, 1826 to 1843
• Book C, 1841 to 1862
• Book D, 1862 to 1912

Indexes to Probate Records

• Wills and Estates, 1800 to 1824
• Wills and Estates, 1841 to 1862

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Index to Kentucky Wills and Estates

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Images of Nelson County KY Wills, Estates #kygenealogy #kentuckypioneerscom

Images of Nelson County Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships, Marriages

Nelson County was formed from Jefferson County, Virginia in 1784, shortly after the Revolutionary War. The county is named for Thomas Nelson, Jr., a Virginia Governor who signed the Declaration of Independence. The county seat is Bardstown.

Marriages

• 1785 to 1815

Indexes to Wills, Estates, Inventories, Guardianships

• 1785 to 1790
• 1790 to 1801
• 1811 to 1814

Book A, 1785 to 1790

Abel, Peter     Barlow, Samuel     Briscoe, Walter     Brunts, John     Cashlayer, David     Cassell, Ignatious     Clark, Jeremiah     Collins, William     Cox, Isaac     Cripp, Christopher     Elhose, John     Hardin, John     Harrod, Asher     Hendrick, John     Henry, Stephen     Howard, Thomas     Hunter, John     Kelly, William     Kerns, Daniel     Lee, Peter     Lincoln, Isham     Meese, George     Mease, Lawrence     Patrick, Peter     Payton, James     Spears, Solomon     Thralkeild, Moses     Wilson, James     

Book A-1, 1790 to 1801

Armstrong, John     Ash, John     Baird, James     Baird, Thomas     Barker, Robert     Barnes, James     Barton, Roger     Black, John     Blackford, Joseph     Bland, John     Bowman, M.     Bozworth, Joseph     Bray, Henry     Breedlove, John     Briggs, William     Broughton, Charles     Brown, Benjamin     Brown, Peter     Brown, Samuel     Burns, Michael     Carr, Thomas     Caserns, William     Casey, James     Coldizer, David     Column, Joseph     Combs, David     Compton, Augustine     Copeland, James     Cox, Isaac     Craven, James     Crum,   . . . more . . .

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Index to Kentucky Wills and Estates

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Muhlenberg Co. KY Wills and Estates #kygenealogy #kentuckypioneerscom

Muhlenberg County Wills, Estates, Deeds

Muhlenberg County was founded in 1798 and was named for General Peter Muhlenberg, of Revolutionary War fame. The county seat is Greenville, Kentucky.

Muhlenberg County Probate Records available to members of Kentucky Pioneers

Images of Muhlenberg County Wills and Estates 1801 to 1814

• Abott, John
• Alcock, Richard Nelson
• Allison, William
• Anderson, Robert
• Bailey, Thomas
• Biggerstaff, Benjamin
• Bowman, Peter
• Butler, Gilbert
• Byrd, John
• Campbell, Patrick
• Campbell, William
• Cockrum, James
• Combs, Thomas
• Cooley, Susanna
• Davis, Henry
• Deboyn, Batten
• Deboyn, John
• Durall, Skinner
• Durelle, John
• Fisher, John
• Forker, Thomas
• Gish, Christian
• Goodman, Silvy
• Groves, Jonathan
• Harrison, Jesse
• Herrin, David
• Hunsinger, Mathias
• Hussley, Jacob
• Kinchelow, Lewis
• Lesley, Valentine
• Lewis, Charles
• McCartney, James
• McKinney, John
• McLane, John
• McNary, William
• Naught, George Sr.
• Noftzinger, Jacob
• Penrod, John
• Penrod, Tobias
• Perrel, John

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Index to Kentucky Wills and Estates

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Reasons to Examine Old Documents #genealogy

Good Reasons to Personally Examine Old Documents

Genealogy Tips by Jeannette Holland Austin

People write some interesting stuff in their wills! Before we had the Internet, a convenient method of discovering the heirs was to read "abstracts" of wills, estates, deeds and marriages which were published in book. This tremendous undertaking by the authors of genealogy was insurmountable in brilliance. It saved the researcher a great deal of time. But now that we have access Internet to full documents on Georgia Pioneers. Reading the entire document is a boon to genealogists for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the heirs are mentioned with the details of their specific inheritance, and relationship to the deceased. Second, some of our previous assumptions taken from the abstracts can be clarified. Third, we can discover new information. And fourth, all the details are included, some of which the abstracter did not include because it was not clearly discernible on the old microfilm equipment. _____________________________________________________________________________ Images of Old Wills and Estates are available on (8 Genealogy Websites - includes records in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia).

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Index to Kentucky Wills and Estates

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Everyone wants to be Remembered #kygenealogy #kentuckypioneerscom

Everyone wants to be Remembered

Tips by Jeannette Holland Austin

The landscape continues to be scraped off of its valuable monuments. The travesty of angry rioters destroying and removing historical monuments and statues simply because they do not agree with its history, is an incredible disrespect of the struggles and wars fought in earlier times. It was a recent past lived by our ancestors. Mankind has always erected monuments and obelisks and . The Pharoahs of ancient Egypt valued their personal history and wrote it upon the walls of tombs as early as 5000 B.C. If they had not done that, then how would we know the history of those times? Further, more Egyptian tombs are still being discovered today. As decoding occurs and the fragments of ancient history is pieced together, we learn of events which earlier scholars could not assimulate. The Mayans chiefs wrote their history upon every building in its cities! And although interpreters have worked on decoding for many years, this history is just now beginning to be accurately translated. Who doesn't want to know the Mayan history and why they abandoned so many cities? Just about every person who has lived wants to be remembered. This is reflected in the tombstones of every cemetery.  . . . more . . .

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Index to Kentucky Wills and Estates

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How Realistic is Family Lore? #kygenealogy #kentuckypioneerscom

How Realistic is Family Lore?

Tips by Jeannette Holland Austin

How good is your memory? Do you recall the names and dates of family members? When was your grandmother born? Most people will remember when the grandmother was born or died if it was something emotionally arousing, like the death of President John Kennedy. Experts say that our emotions assist in memory recall. Thus, when we visit Aunt Mary and rely upon her memory, we should realize that, although the time of occurrence is very real to her, she could be off by as much as 20 years or more. However, many such memories can be tracked in court house records, such as deeds, wills, estates and marriages. The same is true of family lore. My grandmother always said that we were related to Hoke Smith, the Governor of Georgia. But when I researched the Smith connection and went back several hundred years with it, there was no way. Some lore is simply another interesting tale. And that is all.  . . . more . . .

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Index to Kentucky Wills and Estates

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Errors in the Ancestral Charts of Others

Errors in the Ancestral Charts of Others

Sometimes genealogists get lost in the fine print, thinking that a blurb or two does not help the tracing. However, as the work goes forward, one might wonder about that fine print. Who were the witnesses on the deeds and how did they fit into the equation? Or, who was on the adjacent tombstone again? Most people spend their lifetime searching for ancestors. It is a tedious, yet rewarding and worthwhile endeavor. What we really need to watch for is the "errors out there" being floated around by researchers. One must confirm and verify before accepting information from other people onto their chart. The reason is that one little item could throw us into a tail-spin of confusion and completely off-track. Also, it is a good idea to double-check our own entries, to make certain that dates and places are accurate. . . . more . . .

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Analyziing the Estates of your Ancestors #kygenealogy #kentuckypioneerscom

Analyzing the Estates of your Ancestors

Tips by Jeannette Holland Austin

Not everyone files a Last Will and Testament to be probated in the county court, however, most families had an administrator appointed for any number of practical reasons. For one thing, they needed the authority to gain access to funds and sell property. For this reason we must systematically research all the court house papers such as Annual Returns, Inventories, Distributions, Sales, Vouchers and the Minute Books of Inferior Court. Because this is so important in locating relatives, whenever possible, I am adding the indexes to Annual Returns and estates for the various counties to GeorgiaPioneers.com. The first Annual Return for the estate generally pays doctor bills, funerals and miscellaneous expenses of the administrator. Thereafter, in later returns, funds are dispersed to the heirs. You should really review these returns carefully and attempt to identify everyone receiving payment. Receipts are given to administrator. You want to read the vouchers and receipts because this is where you will find the husbands of the daughters. Married women did not directly inherit; their husbands received the goods and signed for them. The Inventories and Sales contain the names of relatives and neighbors who were purchasing items. Also, this is where you will find a general description of parcels of land owned by the decedent and a list of notes owed him. . . . more . . .

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