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Genealogy Research Services
Orphans Court Index B
1771 - 1900
The Orphan`s Court was held after a parent died. It involved property and minor children. Usually all heirs are mentioned and if there are minors, then the court would assign a guardian (even if one of the parents was still alive) to ensure that any inheritance would be preserved for the children.
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LAST NAME |
FIRST NAME |
YEAR |
# PAGES |
TOWNSHIP |
Bagley | Sara Jane | 1869 | 4 | |
Bailey | George R. | 1887 | 5 | |
Bailey | James | 1887 | 6 | |
Bailey | Jonathan | 1844 | 8 | |
Bain | Clinton | 1891 | 2 | |
Baker | Abraham | 1849 | 5 | |
Baker | Adam | 1881 | 9 | |
Baker | Andrew | 1881 | 26 | |
Baker | Catherine | 1864-1886 | 39 | |
Baker | Daniel | 1834 | 16 | |
Baker | Daniel | 1865 | 7 | |
Baker | Daniel | 1875 | 10 | |
Baker | Elizabeth | 1887 | 20 | |
Baker | Elmer E. | 1897 | 3 | |
Baker | Frederick | 1882 | 3 | |
Baker | Frederick S. | 1876 | 38 | |
Baker | Jacob | 1847 | 14 | |
Baker | John | 1847 | 11 | |
Baker | John B. | 1850 | 27 | |
Baker | Leah Ann | 1874 | 2 | |
Baker | Richard | 1832 | 31 | |
Ball | Christian | 1852 | 1 | |
Ball | Elizabeth | 1881 | 5 | |
Baltimore | Philip | 1772 | 1 | |
Barclay | Emma F. | 1858 | 3 | |
Barclay | Francis (Dr.) | 1852 | 7 | |
Barclay | Hester A. | 1853-78 | 4 | |
Barclay | Hester I. | 1882 | 2 | |
Barclay | Joseph | 1855 | 4 | Bedford Boro |
Barclay | Josiah E. | 1853 | 15 | |
Barclay | Laura W. | 1889 | 4 | |
Barclay | Mary | 1870 | 7 | Woodbury |
Barclay | Mary F. | 1858 | 3 | |
Barclay | Samuel M. | 1854 | 84 | |
Barclay | Samuel T. | 1887 | 4 | |
Bare | John | | 10 | |
Barefoot | George W. | | 2 | |
Barefoot | James | | 10 | |
Barefoot | Job | 1916-1918 | 29 | |
Barefoot | Rebecca | | 8 | |
Barefoot | William | | 20 | |
Barkley | Jacob T. | | 2 | |
Barkley | Josiah T. | | 17 | |
Barkley | Michael | | 2 | |
Barkman | Hezekiah | | 2 | Southampton |
Barkman | Michael | | 12 | |
Barks | Alfred T. | | 11 | |
Barley | Anna Marie | | 15 | |
Barley | David | | 26 | |
Barley | Jacob | | 13 | |
Barley | John | | 17 | |
Barley | Jonathan | | 2 | |
Barley | Susan | | 6 | |
Barley | Valentine | | 9 | |
Barndollar | Baltzer | | 1 | |
Barndollar | George R. | | 21 | |
Barndollar | Jacob | | 62 | |
Barndollar | James | 1886 | 459 | |
Barndollar | Peter | 1859 | 26 | |
Barndollar | Peter (the minor) | 1879 | 14 | |
Barndollar | Polly | 1873 | 12 | |
Barnes | Eliza/Matilda | 1886 | 5 | |
Barnett | Christian | 1864 | 33 | |
Barnett | Daniel | 1899 | 2 | |
Barnett | Robert | 1863 | 50 | |
Barnett | William | 1880 | 5 | |
Barnhart | Adam | 1870 | 10 | |
Barnhart | George P. | 1838 | 19 | |
Barnhart | Samuel | 1866 | 23 | |
Barrick | William | 1847 | 5 | |
Barthalow | George | 1899 | 7 | |
Barthalow | Richard | 1844 | 32 | |
Barton | Peter M. | 1898 | 16 | |
Bassler | Barbara | 1865 | 1 | |
Bassler | Emanuel | 1860 | 22 | |
Bassler | Jacob | 1837 | 11 | |
Batzel | Christian | 1880 | 8 | |
Batzel | Elizabeth | 1884 | 4 | |
Batzel | Jacob | 1887 | 6 | |
Batzel | John | 1881 | 23 | |
Baughman | Anna | 1878 | 7 | |
Baughman | George | 1884 | 95 | |
Baughman | Jacob H. | 1886 | 10 | |
Baughman | John S. | 1886 | 5 | |
Baughman | Joseph S. | 1881 | 19 | |
Baughman | Josiah | 1864 | 131 | |
Bayer | Daniel | 1882 | 10 | |
Bayer | Joseph | 1891 | 27 | |
Beals | Catherine | 1870 | 2 | |
Beals | George P. | 1869 | 8 | |
Beals | Jacob | 1868 | 2 | |
Beals | Jacob J. | 1893 | 63 | |
Beals | John P. | 1892 | 4 | |
Beals | Mary C. | 1876 | 19 | |
Beals | Noah | 1864 | 2 | |
Beam | Daniel | 1870 | 2 | |
Beand | Catherine | 1883 | 2 | |
Beard | David | 1875 | 1 | |
Beard | Hannah | 1875 | 2 | |
Beard | Jacob | 1859 | 2 | |
Beard | John | 1892 | 3 | |
Beard | Lydia | 1892 | 13 | |
Beard | Samuel | 1869 | 2 | |
Beaver | Henry | 1842 | 12 | |
Bechtel | Elizabeth | 1894 | 2 | |
Bechtel | Emanuel | 1872 | 15 | |
Bechtel | Esther | 1894 | 2 | |
Bechtel | Peter | 1894 | 8 | |
Beckhart | John & Catherine | 1877 | 1 | |
Beckley | George | 1876 | 2 | |
Beckley | Jacob | 1892 | 21 | |
Beckley | T. H. (Dr.) | 1895 | 4 | |
Beegle | Charles | 1853 | 14 | |
Beegle | Daniel | 1835 | 4 | |
Beegle | Elizabeth | 1885 | 2 | |
Beegle | Emanuel S. | 1897 | 54 | |
Beegle | Eve | 1878 | 15 | |
Beegle | Eve | 1880 | 3 | |
Beegle | Frederick | 1846 | 12 | |
Beegle | George H. | 1877 | 8 | |
Beegle | Henry | | 28 | |
Beegle | Isaiah | 1890-1905 | 15+ | |
Beegle | Job M. | 1896 | 4 | |
Beegle | John C. | 1886-1887 | 12 | |
Beegle | John F. | 1895-1898 | 26 | |
Beegle | Joseph | 1895 | 2 | |
Beegle | Juliana | 1864 | 2 | |
Beegle | Mary | 1847 | 2 | |
Beegle | Samuel | 1864-1874 | 11 | |
Beegle | Solomon | 1864 | 5 | |
Beegle | Sophia | 1890 | 2 | |
Beegle | W. S. | 1880 | 1 | |
Beegle | William P. | 1889-1896 | 7 | |
Beeler | John W. | 1866-1886 | 38 | |
Beemiller | Peter | 1877-1889 | 32 | |
Beers | Reuben | | 1 | |
Beisel | Elizabeth | 1876 | 2 | |
Beisel | Ephrain | 1885 | 2 | |
Beisel | George M. | 1874 | 2 | |
Beisel | J. Lincoln | 1883 | 3 | |
Beisel | Jacob | 1866 | 101 | |
Beisel | Mary Jane | 1883 | 6 | |
Belford | John | 1851 | 5 | |
Bell | John | 1848 | 2 | |
Bell | Joseph | 1815 | 2 | |
Beltz | Adam | 1880 | 16 | |
Beltz | Frederick | 1831 | 6 | |
Beltz | Henry | 1850 | 6 | Colerain |
Beltz | Henry | 1859 | 3 | Harrison |
Beltz | Henry | 1859 | 6 | Napier |
Beltz | Jacob | 1879 | 10 | |
Beltz | Leah | 1884 | 2 | |
Beltz | Lewis | 1871 | 1 | |
Beltz | Susan | 1852 | 4 | |
Bender | Eliza | 1865 | 1 | |
Bender | Henry | 1860 | 24 | |
Bender | Nancy | 1891 | 22 | |
Benedict | Frederick (Rev.) | 1868 | 4 | |
Benner | Jacob | 1853 | 2 | |
Benner | John | 1847 | 2 | |
Benner | Sarah | 1889 | 2 | |
Bennett | Artemas | 1868 | 72 | |
Bennett | Daniel S. | 1873 | 62 | |
Bennett | Daniel T. J. | 1872 | 8 | |
Bennett | Emma | 1899 | | |
Bennett | Henry | 1838 | 8 | |
Bennett | Jacob | 1852 | 18 | |
Bennett | Jeremiah | 1887 | 9 | |
Bennett | John | 1833 | 8 | |
Bennett | Joseph | 1879 | 23 | |
Bennett | Martha | 1885 | 2 | |
Bennett | Robert | 1861 | 10 | |
Benton | Nancy | 1888 | 9 | |
Bergstressor | Louis | 1850 | 11 | Dublin |
Berkbeck | George | 1833 | 2 | |
Berkheimer | Amos | 1874 | 16 | |
Berkheimer | Conrad | 1851 | 17 | |
Berkheimer | Frederick | | 11 | St. Clairsville Boro |
Berkheimer | Frederick | 1895 | 7 | East St. Clair |
Berkheimer | Jacob | 1875 | 12 | |
Berkheimer | John | 1852 | 2 | Union |
Berkheimer | John | 1870 | 16 | Union |
Berkheimer | John F. | 1890 | 1 | S. Woodbury |
Berkheimer | Joseph | 1883 | 8 | East St. Clair |
Berkheimer | Joseph M. | 1890 | 24 | King |
Berkheimer | Mary | 1865 | 1 | |
Berkheimer | Mary W. | 1885 | 1 | |
Berkheimer | Peter | 1864 | 8 | |
Berkheimer | Sallie | 1895 | 2 | |
Berkheimer | Samuel | 1876 | 26 | East St. Clair |
Berkheimer | Samuel | 1896 | 8 | Union |
Berkheimer | Walter | 1874 | 8 | |
Berkheimer | William | 1864 | 7 | St. Clair |
Berkheimer | William | 1870 | 5 | Union |
Berkshires | Anson | 1833 | 1 | |
Bernhart | Jacob | 1846 | 5 | |
Besserer | John | 1878 | 14 | |
Bickhard | John & Catherine | 1876-1882 | 37 | |
Biddle | Andrew | 1877 | 18 | |
Biddle | Andrew F. | 1845-1854 | 21 | |
Biddle | Elizabeth | 1894 | 27 | |
Biddle | Jacob | 1872-1880 | 37 | Colerain |
Biddle | Jacob | 1855-1859 | 27 | Woodbury |
Biene | John Christian | 1854-1855 | 10 | |
Bierly | Mary Ann | 1882-1883 | 12 | |
Bingaman | Isaac | 1855-1856 | 6 | |
Bise | Moses | 1889-1890 | 9 | |
Bisel | Benjamin | 1838-1839 | 8 | |
Bisel | George M. | 1865 | 2 | |
Bishop | George | 1891 | 2 | |
Bishop | S. Bishop | 1881 | 1 | |
Bittinger | Daniel H. | 1894-1895 | 56 | |
Bittle | Adam | 1848 | 2 | |
Bittner | Harriet | 1866 | 5 | |
Black | Nancy | 1868 | 1 | |
Blackburn | James | 1870 | 2 | |
Blackburn | Jane | 1875-1891 | 4 | |
Blackburn | Jesse | 1873 | 2 | |
Blackburn | John | 1853 | 12 | |
Blackburn | John A. | 1880 | 2 | |
Blackburn | John B. | 1879 | 6 | |
Blackburn | John D. | 1863 | 4 | |
Blackburn | Joseph | 1850 | 34 | |
Blackburn | Joseph F. | 1897 | 10 | |
Blackburn | Joseph O. | 1866 | 2 | |
Blackburn | Joseph S. | 1880 | 9 | |
Blackburn | Margaret | 1849 | 2 | |
Blackburn | Martha P. | 1893 | 2 | |
Blackburn | Rebecca | 1850 | 18 | |
Blackburn | Rebecca | 1882 | 37 | |
Blackburn | Samuel | 1859 | 1 | |
Blackburn | Thomas | 1841-1876 | 89 | |
Blackburn | Thomas W. | 1884 | 8 | |
Blackburn | William | 1853 | 5 | |
Blackburn | William N. | 1865 | 16 | |
Blackheart | John | 1871 | 37 | |
Blackheart | Phebe | 1870 | 1 | |
Blair | Archibald | 1872 | 25 | |
Blair | John | 1844 | 15 | |
Blair | Thomas | 1815 | 1 | |
Blankley | Elizabeth | 1839 | 2 | |
Blankley | John | 1855 | 17 | |
Blattenberger | Christian | 1862 | 10 | |
Blattenberger | Daniel | 1889 | 4 | |
Blattenberger | Sarah | 1878 | 1 | |
Blymer | Benjamin M. | 1896 | 4 | |
Boher | Catherine | 1882 | 32 | |
Boher | William | 1881 | 9 | |
Bohn | John | 1885 | 140 | |
Bollinger | Jacob | 1899 | 11 | |
Bollinger | Rachel | 1851 | 58 | |
Bollinger | Samuel | 1887 | 10 | |
Bollman | Isaac | 1845 | 2 | |
Bonnell | David | 1838 | 1 | |
Bonnell | William | 1867 | 13 | |
Bonnett | Jacob | 1840 | 25 | |
Bonnett | Richard E. | | 10 | |
Bonnett | Thomas J. | | 14 | |
Boor | Benton A. | | 4 | |
Boor | George A. | | 1 | |
Boor | J. C. | 1877 | 2 | |
Boor | Margaret | 1889 | 2 | |
Boor | Martin | 1868 | 1 | |
Boor | Michael | 1856 | 14 | |
Boor | Nicholas | 1856 | 2 | |
Boor | Nicholas | 1865 | 3 | |
Boor | Samuel M. | 1888-1890 | 3 | |
Boor | William A. | 1882-1891 | 16 | |
Booty | P. W. | 1870 | 2 | |
Border | William | 1881-1886 | 19 | |
Bordor | Conrad | 1848-1849 | 5 | |
Bordor | John | 1867-1878 | 21 | |
Bortz | Frederick | 1869-1870 | 6 | |
Bortz | George | 1875-1876 | 4 | |
Bortz | Nathan | 1889 | 3 | |
Bottenfield | David | 1891-1892 | 20 | |
Bottenfield | Elizabeth | 1881-1890 | 3 | |
Bottomfield | Adam | 1868 | 4 | |
Bottomfield | Elizabeth | 1883 | 1 | |
Bottomfield | Eve | 1854 | 3 | |
Bottomfield | Jacob | 1842 | 6 | |
Bottomfield | Jonathan | 1876 | 5 | |
Bottomfield | Joseph N. | 1884-1890 | 83 | |
Bowen | Benjamin | 1860 | 4 | |
Bowen | Susanna | 1849 | 2 | |
Bowers | Anna Maria | 1881 | 1 | |
Bowers | Bernard | 1806 | 5 | |
Bowers | George | 1879 | 2 | |
Bowers | John | 1851-1861 | 8 | |
Bowers | John G. | 1869-1870 | 8 | |
Bowman | John | 1875 | 13 | |
Bowman | Mary | 1892 | 8 | |
Bowman | William F. | 1873 | 7 | |
Bowser | Elizabeth | 1857 | 2 | |
Bowser | George | 1850 | 16 | |
Bowser | George W. | 1885 | 42 | |
Bowser | Harrison | 1865 | 4 | |
Bowser | Henry P. | 1888 | 6 | |
Bowser | Jacob H. | 1888 | 16 | |
Bowser | James | 1881 | 7 | Juniata |
Bowser | James | | 66 | Hopewell |
Bowser | Job | 1861 | 3 | |
Bowser | John | 1866 | 6 | Colerain |
Bowser | John | 1868 | 2 | Napier |
Bowser | John H. | 1889 | 2 | |
Bowser | Mary Ann | 1898 | 5 | |
Bowser | Rebecca | 1882 | 4 | |
Bowser | Valentine | 1892 | 2 | |
Boyce | Phoebe | 1873 | 20 | |
Boyer | Daniel | 1876 | 2 | Kimmel |
Boyer | Daniel | 1876 | 6 | Woodbury |
Boyer | David | 1893 | 6 | |
Boyer | Henry | 1845 | 11 | |
Boyer | John | 1893 | 26 | Union |
Boyer | John | | 46 | King |
Boyer | Joseph | 1870 | 2 | |
Boyer | Susan | 1876 | 2 | |
Boylan | George | 1881 | 14 | |
Boylan | George (a minor) | 1874 | 1 | |
Boylan | James H. | 1855 | 7 | Harrison |
Boylan | James H. | 1871 | 12 | |
Bradley | Sarah | 1871 | 5 | |
Bradley | Susan | 1871 | 3 | |
Brallier | Amelia Ann | 1881 | 4 | |
Brallier | David | 1895 | 12 | |
Brallier | David (a minor) | 1881 | 4 | |
Brallier | Francis | 1881 | 4 | |
Brallier | Marian | | | |
Brallier | William | 1865 | 46 | |
Braniff | Thomas | | 13 | |
Brant | Frederick | | 29 | |
Brant | George | | 6 | |
Brant | Henry | 1849 | 9 | Cumb. Valley |
Brant | Henry | 1868 | 17 | Cumb. Valley |
Brant | William | | 4 | |
Breckbill | Daniel | | 2 | |
Breckbill | Samuel (a minor) | | 7 | |
Breneman | Mary | | 6 | |
Bretz | Frederick | | 1 | |
Brewer | Henry | | 5 | |
Brice | John | | 2 | |
Brice | Thomas | | 13 | |
Bridaham | Henry | | 17 | |
Bridaham | John | | 66 | |
Bridenstine | Jacob | | 5 | |
Bridenstine | Jacob N. | | 21 | |
Bridenthal | David S. | | 3 | |
Bridenthal | Esther | 1900-1902 | 50 | |
Bridenthal | John W. | | 7 | |
Bridenthal | Mathias | | 6 | |
Bridenthal | Sarah S. | | 1 | |
Bridge | Peter | | 7 | |
Bridges | John | | 1 | |
Bridges | Louisa | | 2 | |
Briggle | Adam | | 15 | |
Briggle | Christian | | 4 | |
Brightbill | Jonathan & Sarah E. | 1899 | 2 | |
Brinham | John | | 10 | |
Brinkey | Joseph | 1864 | 18 | |
Broadstine | John | 1852 | 2 | |
Broadstone | Dorothy | 1840 | 6 | |
Brode | Catherine | 1874 | 2 | |
Brode | David | 1875 | 1 | |
Brode | Jonathan | 1848 | 37 | |
Broderick | Mark | 1849 | 6 | |
Brombaugh | Jacob | 1820 | 2 | |
Brothers | Mathias | 1843 | 5 | |
Brown | David F. | 1862 | 16 | |
Brown | Jeremiah | 1866 | 16 | |
Brown | John D. | 1891 | 41 | |
Brown | Samuel | 1861 | 10 | |
Brown | Thomas | 1854 | 24 | |
Browning | Basil | 1886 | 8 | |
Browning | Jacob | 1838 | 11 | |
Browning | Jemima | 1848 | 4 | |
Browning | Jeremiah | 1893 | 20 | |
Browning | Priscilla | 1848 | 4 | |
Bruce | Thomas | 1876 | 15 | |
Bruce | William | 1876 | 4 | |
Brumbaugh | Daniel | 1833 | 13 | |
Brumbaugh | David | 1845 | 4 | |
Brumbaugh | David | 1876 | 8 | |
Brumbaugh | Emma Jane | 1890 | 24 | |
Brumbaugh | Esther | 1864 | 5 | |
Brumbaugh | George H. | 1887 | 2 | |
Brumbaugh | Grace E. | 1875 | 4 | |
Brumbaugh | Hannah | 1888 | 4 | |
Brumbaugh | Jacob | 1880 | 28 | |
Brumbaugh | John | 1862 | 18 | Woodbury |
Brumbaugh | Lawrnce / Lawrence | 1889 | 15 | |
Brumbaugh | Margaret C. | 1875 | 3 | |
Brumbaugh | Martin S. | 1879 | 110 | Woodbury |
Brumbaugh | Samuel | 1876 | 9 | |
Bruner | Albert G. | | 41 | |
Bruner | John W. | 1898 | 16 | |
Bruner | Josiah | 1874 | 27 | |
Bruner | Susann | 1859 | 10 | |
Brunner | Henry | 1852 | 4 | |
Buchanan | Samuel D. | 1853 | 2 | |
Buck | David | 1870 | 14 | W. Providence |
Buck | David F. | 1873 | 3 | S. Woodbury |
Buck | Mary | 1880 | 2 | |
Buck | Mary Jane | | 3 | |
Bulger | A. B. | 1891 | 16 | |
Bulger | Andrew | | 6 | |
Bulger | Hannah | 1874 | 2 | |
Bulger | Margaret | | 15 | |
Bulger | Susan | 1892 | 2 | Woodbury Boro |
Bulger | Susan | | 26 | W. Providence |
Burd | Elizabeth | | 3 | |
Burd | John | | 6 | |
Burger | Elizabeth | | 2 | |
Burger | John | | 16 | |
Burger | John B. | | 2 | |
Burger | John M. | | 2 | |
Burger | Leah | | 2 | |
Burger | Susan | | 1 | |
Burgert | Abraham | | 4 | |
Burgert | David | | 2 | |
Burgert | John W. | | 34 | |
Burget | Adam | | 10 | |
Burget | Barbara | | 3 | |
Burget | Henry | | 19 | |
Burget | Isaac | | 1 | |
Burget | Monroe H. | | 1 | |
Burget | Peter | | 4 | |
Burk | Samuel | | 8 | |
Burket | Abraham | | 15 | |
Burket | Elizabeth | 1847 | 3 | |
Burket | Frederick | | 17 | |
Burket | Hannah | | 5 | |
Burket | Henry | 1907-1915 | 37.5 | |
Burket | Isaac | | 10 | Londonderry |
Burket | Isaac | | 15 | Union |
Burket | Jesse | | 7 | |
Burket | John | | 9 | |
Burket | John (a minor) | | 10 | |
Burket | Leah | | 1 | |
Burket | Samuel | | 30 | Union |
Burket | Samuel | | 4 | Londonderry |
Burket | Samuel D. | | 5 | |
Burket | Samuel S. | | 23 | |
Burket | Sarah (a minor) | | 5 | |
Burket | Susannah (a minor) | | 2 | |
Burket | Thomas | | 7 | |
Burley | John | 1866 | 2 | |
Burns | Howard | 1884 | 3 | |
Burns | James | 1864 | 8 | |
Burns | James (Hon.) | 1878 | 9 | |
Burns | John J. | 1881 | 2 | |
Burns | Joseph H. | 1868 | 6 | |
Burns | Mary | 1863 | 12 | |
Burns | William Howard | 1879 | 2 | |
Bush | Charles | 1894 | 9 | |
Bush | Charles H. | 1899 | 3 | |
Bush | Daniel | 1883 | 4 | |
Bush | Lucy | 1899 | 10 | |
Bussard | Daniel | 1869 | 37 | |
Bussard | Emanuel S. | 1888 | 7 | |
Bussard | John | 1873 | 6 | |
Bussard | Samuel | 1880 | 2 | |
Buxton | George | 1853 | 47 | |
Buxton | Mary Ann | 1863 | 24 | |
Buzzard | Henry | 1869 | 2 | |
Byers | David | 1896 | 23 | |
Byron | Mary | 1860 | 2 | |
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