Dearborn County, Indiana Probate Order Book Abstracts, 1826-1837

This book contains estate abstracts from March 1826 to August 1837. The record books included are Deed Book CC (containing estates re-recorded after the March 1826 courthouse fire), Probate Order Books 1 and 2. The Probate Order Books contain the daily actions of the Probate Court. Actions include letters of administration (no will) or testamentary (will found), administrator and executor’s bonds, guardianships for minor heirs, partitions of land, estate sales, widow’s dowers, disputes between heirs, lawsuits brought by creditors, and more.