Index to Selected Will Books at Searls Historical Library

Including a few will abstracts

Wills with special genealogical content are abstracted online. (Links in this color.)

Actual books may be viewed at the Searls Historical Library, Nevada City, CA. Unfortunately the books are too large to be photocopied. You can view copies on microfilm by ordering on loan (for a fee) at "Family Search" (LDS)

The Searls Library will abstract will for a fee. Contact the Searls Library with the will number so they can respond with an estimate of fees.

Surname	Given Name	Will/Probate Date	Last Date in File	Book:Pages
Angove	Fannie M.	10 Aug 1880	27 Oct 1893	1:52
Anson	W. Lester	14 Oct 1875	28 Feb 1875	A:164
Anstett	Michael	9 Jan 1863	18 Apr 1870	A:84-87
Aumer	Frank	8 Nov 1880 26 Nov 1880	8 Nov 1880 26 Nov 1880	1:22-23 1:23-24
Autry	William	7 Feb 1884	10 Mar 1884	A:423-426
Ballard see also 1:1	John C.	27 Jul 1863	27 Jul 1875	A:119
Beach	Erastus	3 Mar 1872	13 Mar 1872	A:104-105
Beatty	Moses Findley	6 Jan 1874	4 Mar 1879	A:279-282
Beecher	Frederick Ambrose	24 Jan 1877	20 Feb 1877	A:189-191
Behrisch	Charles	18 Oct 1883	15 Dec 1884	A:462-465
Bell	Vincent G.	1 Mar 1869	21 Aug 1880	A:315-320
Berisch	Veronica Boston Ravine	1 Sep 1883	3 Sep 1883	1:31-32
Bigelow	Edwin W.	25 Dec 1880	28 Feb 1881	A:343-347
Biggs	William	15 Mar 1879	2 Jul 1880	A:305, 313-314
Blanks	J.P.	27 Feb 1870	18 Mar 1870	A:79-83
Blasauf	John	17 Sep 1877	13 Mar 1878	A:231-234
Bluett	Susan	20 Jun 1878	6 Oct 1881	1:29-30
Breen	Daniel	4 Sep 1879 native of Rosgrey , Tipperary, IR; now res. of Bridgeport.	8 Dec 1879	1:17-18
Brennan	Michael	11 Feb 1858	10 Mar 1858	A:17-19
Brockmeier	Ben	1 Sep 1880	1 Sep 1880	1:20-21
Brockmeier N. Bloomfield, age 54 see also 1:20-21	Benjamin	1 Sep 1880	23 Dec 1885	2:45-49
Brooks	John	6 Nov 1882	--	A:395-400
Brown	Alpheus W.	17 May 1874	6 Jul 1874	A:138-141
Brown see also 1:1	E.W.	nd	24 Jul 1873	A:112
Brown see also A:112	E.W.	8 Aug 1873	9 Oct 1873	1:1-2
Bruner	John	24 Jan 1904	11 Jun 04	1:65-66
Bryan	Peter A.	7 Apr 1879	22 May 1879	A:290-292
Bullard	John G.	27 Jul 1873	31 Jul 1873	A:119
Burnett	John	21 Nov 1877	24 Jan 1878	A:215-218, 224
Busch	Philip	11 Mar 1872	10 Dec 1878	A:265-266
Butts	Edmund P.	21 Apr 1870	1 Aug 1870	A:94-97
Byrne	Mary Elizabeth (Chapman)	12 Jan 1878	18 Mar 1878	A:234-237
Casey age 48	William B.	1 Oct 1885 died 20 Oct 1885	6 Nov 1885	2:32-36
Church	Munson W.	10 Nov 1884	27 Dec 1884	A:465-468
Clark	Jonathan	2 Jul 1880	27 Jun 1881	A:350-355
Coen	Michael	21 May 1886	1 Oct 1892	1:50-51
Comacho	John G.	9 May 1875	4 Sep 1877	A:211-214
Conell	J.S.	?	24 Dec 1873	A:126-128
Connolly	Bryan	23 Dec 1881	25 Nov 1882	A:387-391
Connors	James	21 May 1898	13 Jun 1898	1:59-60
Cook	Edgar	24 May 1877	19 Dec 1878	1:15-16
Cook see also 1:15-16	Edgar	24 May 1877	25 Feb 1878	A:224-227
Coskin	William	10 May 1875	31 May 1875	A:155-156
Creamer	Matthew	16 Sep 1865	7 Nov 1867	A:59-64
Cross	Joshua A.	12 Dec 1880	3 Jan 1881	A:327-334
Cummings	William F. of Moore's Flat	30 Aug 1876 "Olographic Will"	11 Oct 1879	A:293-296
Dabb	Eliza T.	18 Sep 1878	20 Dec 1878	A:275-279
Daly/Daily	John	26 Oct 1874	25 Aug 1877	A:208-210
Davis Derbec mine	George Gibson/Gibson G.	5 Feb 1890	16 Apr 1890	1:40-41
Davis	John	4 Apr 1860	28 May 1860	A:33-34
Davis	Marta L.	--	--	A:314-315
Deal	M.S.	5 Aug 1873	29 Sept 1873	A:120-123
Deal see also A:120-123	M.S.	25 Aug 1873	14 Oct 1873	1:2-4
Delano	Alonzo	15 Jan 1874	22 Oct 1874	A:144-147
Derham	William	25 Feb 1876	8 Apr 1876	A:169-170
Dickson	John H.	25 Jan 1881	--	A:335
Dillon	P.F.	4 Jan 1878	20 Mar 1878	A:237-238
Donahue See also 1:6-7	Ellen	28 Sep 1872	28 Oct 1876	A:183-186
Donohue	Ellen	25 Sep 1876	27 Sep 1876	1:6-7
Donovan see also 1:12	Jerry	14 Apr 1877	14 Jan 1884	A:419-422
Donovan	Jerry Bridgeport	14 Apr 1877	22 Jul 1878	1:12
Doran	John	26 Aug 1876	5 Dec 1876	A:186-189
Dow Grass Valley, age 76	Lucy	20 May 1886	--	2:71-72
Downey	Mary	11 Jul 1874 27 May 1877	12 May 1877 29 Mar 1878	1:7-10
Ducotey	Jeanne	3 Oct 1873	17 Jun 1874	A:128-130
Dunn	Thomas O.	21 Mar 1873	22 Jun 1874	A:134-138
Dunn Selby Flat	John S.	11 Sep 1881	7 Sep 1885	2:22-28
Dunton	Frank	24 Jan 1881 d. 23 Jan 1881	17 Feb 1881	A:336-339 340-343
Eastman	Sarah M.	7 Feb 1871	21 Jun 1878	A:250-253
Eaton	Ira A.	25 Apr 1854	nd	A:151-152
Ellen Truckee	Elle	31 Mar 1887	9 May 1891	1:45-48
English	Patrick	24 Mar 1879	29 Mar 1879	A:284-287
Espenscheid	Phillip Jacob	20 Jul 1857	16 Jan 1858	A:1-17
Farrell	--	----	--	A:148-150
Faull North Bloomfield	Maria, Mrs.	9 Apr 1894	9 Jan 1897	1:58-59
Fetter formerly Meyer	Bertha	19 Oct 1880	21 Mar 1881	A:339-340 340-343
Frank	John	7 Apr 1879	21 May 1883	A:403-405
Gaskill	J.S.	1 Jun 1867	1 Jul 1867	A:50-51
Gill Badger Hill, age 61	Thomas	2 Mar 1885	13 Jul 1885	2:10-13
Gillis Grass Valley	Duncan	10 Dec 1894	10 Dec 1894	1:53-54
Glinnen	Patrick	15 Oct 18789	--	A:336
Gorl	Mary	19 Aug 1879	21 Jun 1884	A:433-436
Greer	James	9 Jun 1884	28 Jun 1884	A:437-440
Gregory	A.B.	29 Mar 1870	6 Jul 1872	A:106-107
Guscetti	Luigi	20 Dec 1878	10 Mar 1879	A:282-284
Hahn	Jennie	25 Jul 1881	1 Aug 1881	1:28-29>
Halphene	Eli	3 Oct 1865	22 May 1882	A:378-382
Hamilton	Garvin	3 Mar 1882	12 Nov 1884	A:458-461
Hamlin	James E. of Hempfield, Mercer Co. PA	18 Nov 1871	8 Dec 1874	1:4-5
Hamlin see also 1:4-5	James E. of Hempfield PA	18 Nov 1871	6 Nov 1878	A:262-264
Haner North Bloomfield	Lorenzo	2 Sep 1880	2 Sep 1880	1:21-22
Heath	James	11 Oct 1884	7 Nov 1884	A:453-457
Henderson	Johanna	31 Aug 1898	10 Oct 1898	1:62-63
Henry	Bridget M.	20 Apr 1867	10 Aug 1868	A:71-73
Hertwick/Hartwick	Joseph	25 Sep 1879	4 Nov 1880	A:321-322
Heyder	William	28 May 1886	16 Jun 1886	2:64-67
Hoffman of North San Juan	Adam Joseph	29 Apr 1876	14 Mar 1877	A:179-180, 191-193
Holbrook	Ira	12 Aug 1857	31 Oct 1857	A:13-15
Holbrooke	Daniel P.	12 Jun 1882	26 Mar 1883	A:391-395
Hooper	John	7 Apr 1885 died 9 Apr 1885	22 Jun 1885	2:1-4
Hoskin See Coskin	William
House	Frank	died 16 Sep 1876 will 26 Aug 1876	4 Oct 1876	A:180-183
Howard	Blake E.	25 Mar 1857	20 Apr 1857	A:5-7
Hughes	John	30 June 1857	3 Aug 1857	A:10-1
Hunerfauth	Peter	1 Apr 1886	8 May 1886	2:52-56
Hutchins/Huckins	Robert	25 Dec 188-	6 Jul 1886	2:68-71
Ismert	Peter	18 Jan 1872	4 Feb 1876	A:161
Jack	Charles	10 Apr 1858	18 May 1858	A:19-20
James	Ann	2 Feb 1885	18 Apr 1885	A:472-476
James	John D.	7 Mar 1861	14 May 1880	A:300-302
Jefferson	Henry	4 Aug 1857	24 Aug 1857	A:7-8
Jeffreys	Charlotte J.B.	12 Feb 1885	12 Feb 1885	1:35-36
Jeffreys age 59	Charlotte J.G.	12 Feb 1885	1 Jun 1886	2:61-64
Jenkins	George	29 Dec 1884	27 Jan 1885	A:472-476
Johnson	A.J.[or A.S.]	1 Mar 1867	8 Jul 1867	A:52-54
Johnson	David	3 Nov 1856	6 Dec 1856	A:3-4
Johnson	Solomon	28 Aug 1880	23 June 1880	A:304, 307-308
Judd	David	30 Apr 1860	29 Jul 1861	A:46-48
Kaempfer	Andrew	29 Dec 1884	8 Jan 1885	1:35
Keegan	Robert	25 Dec 1879	5 Sep 1881	A:359-362
Kelley	John L., Sr.	Jul 1871	18 Sep 1872	A:108
Kitts	Rebecca	6 Jul 1894	17 Jul 1895	1:55-56
Kitts widow, of George Kitts	Jane Winters	4 June 1885 died 23 Apr 1886	19 May 1886	2:56:60
Kruger Truckee	20 Apr	1891	7 Aug 1891	1:48-49
Lademann	August	7 Jan 1881	7 Jan 1881	1:26-27
Laneblet	Frances	3 Aug 1888	20 Aug 1890	1:44-45
Langley see also A:111	Henry C.	1 Feb 1873	22 Mar 1873	1:1
Larimer	Mary Jane Grass Valley	24 Mar 1884	24 Mar 1884	1:32-34
Larimer Grass Valley, age 55	Mary Jane	16 Jun 1885	3 Aug 1885	2:18-22
Laurence	John	20 Aug 1872	1 Feb 1881	A:326, 334
Leme/Lemi	Joseph	26 Dec 1874	25 Oct 1875	A:158-160
Lester	Anson W.	14 Oct 1875	28 Feb 1876	A:164:167
Lond Lincoln Co. WA Ter	Joshua D.	27 Jul 1885	27 Jul 1886	1:37-38
Long	Thomas	27 Jan 1859	11 Jul 1859	A:23-26
Lopes	Joaquin Marquis	18 Mar 1879	10 May 1879	A:287-290
Lowry	Samuel	13 Nov 1883	10 Dec 1883	A:415-418
Lunn	J.C.	4 Nov 1877	8 Nov 1877	A:214
Marsh	Charles	29 Aug 1871	17 May 1876	A:170-174
Matteson	J.E.	19 Jun 1871	Nd	A:105-106
McGurk/McCurk	Hugh	4 Jun 1881 d. 14 Jun 1881	15 Jul 1881	A:355-358
Meek	Joseph	25 Jun 1872	10 Sep 1872	A:107-108
Mellon/Mellor	Ann Maria	3 Sep 1883	14 Feb 1885	1:36-37
Mellor	Ann Maria	3 Sep 1883	14 Jul 1885	2:14-18
Meyers	John P.	2 June 1878	13 Jul 1878	A:259-262
Mock	Philip B.	4 Jun 1877	1 Aug 1877	A:199-201
Monnie	J.C.	16 Aug 1860	7 Dec 1860	A:37-38
Moore	Ada Nelson	30 Nov 1889	12 Apr 1895	1:54-55
Moore	James H.	3 Apr 187?	14 Apr 1873 [?]	A:111-112
Morgan Grass Valley, age 54	Henry	2 Jun 1883	18 Aug 1886	2:72-76
Morrow	Dennis Moore's Flat	19 Jun 1879	8 Oct 1879	1:16-17
Murphy of Cherokee	J.B.	nd	14 Nov 1870 (adm to prob.)	A:97-99
Murphy	Peter	24 Jan 1882	29 Apr 1882	A:371-374
Naughton	Maria	30 Jan 1909	12 Sep 1912	1:67
Newton	George A.	17 May 1876 probate only	2 Jul 1877	A:197-198
Northey	Samuel Trestwail	4 Nov 1881	1 Mar 1882	A:368-370
Norton	Martin Strong	3 Apr 1872	15 May 1875	A:153-155
Nuttal	John	6 Mar 1867	22 Jun 1867	A:54-56
O'Connor Nevada City	Thomas	22 Aug 1885	30 Nov 1885	2:40-45
Orr	Samuel M.	9 Aug 1862	18 Sep 1865	A:49 (one page)
Orzali	Antonio	--	4 Nov 1895	1:56-57
Paine	Thomas N.	1 Feb 1891	16 May 1916	5:133-134
Parslow	Peter	2 July 1857	25 Jul 1857	A:8-10
Pascoe	James	22 Sep 1884	21 Oct 1884	A:449-452
Penaluna Grass Valley	Richard	6 Nov 1891	11 Nov 1891	1:50
Percler	Madame Bastian	26 Apr 1867	19 Dec 1870	A:99-102
Perry	Samuel R.	19 Jan 1867	12 Nov 1867	A:64-68
Pettijean [in French]	Marie	6 Mar [1873]	21 Aug [1873]	A:113-116
Phillips	Gregory	13 Apr 1874	18 Sep 1874	A:141-143
Pingree	Margaret	20 Mar 1884	22 Apr 1884	1:34
Pingree see also 1:34	Margaret	20 Mar 1884	15 Jul 1884	A:440-444
Pixley	Mark	27 Apr 1868	?	A:150-151
Ploog	George	29 Jan 1875	22 Apr 1878	A:242-244
Poirson	Pierre Francois	4 Mar 1884	11 May 1885	A:481-483
Pooler	John R.	28 Sep 1870	11 Jan 1882	A:365-368
Powell	William Charles	20 Jul 1882	8 Aug 1884	A:444-449
Puttemeyer	Henery	22 Mar 1886	12 Apr 1886	2:49-52
Ramus	John	28 Sept 1857	15 Oct 1857	A:12-13
Rawden	John R.	28 Feb 1871	15 May 1871	A:102-103
Reese	Ann	20 Mar 1870	14 May 1870	A:87-90
Richardson	Lucy M.	10 Nov 1876	30 Mar 1877	A:193-196
Roberts	Thomas Nelson	17 Jan 1879	29 Jan 1879	A:272-275
Roberts Fr. Cor.	Daniel	24 Jan 1904	11 Jun 04	1:66-67
Robinson	James W.	Nd	7 Sept 1876	A:176-179
Roche	John	22 Apr 1874	20 Jun 1874	A:132
Rodda Grass Valley	Susan	4 Mar 18980	20 Jun 1890	1:41-44
Rogers	Josiah	4 Aug 1876	16 Apr 1878	1:10-11
Rogers see also 1:10-11	Josiah	4 Aug 1876	13 Apr 1878	A:238-241
Ross	John	7 Aug 1879 15 Mar 1780 7 Feb 1881	7 Aug 1879 15 Mar 1880 7 Feb 1881	1:15-16, 18-19 27-28
Rowe (typed) GV	George 75 yo	16 Jul 00	20 Jul 00	1:64-65
Ryan	Margaret S.	14 Dec 1878	22 Nov 1879	A:297-300
Ryan Patterson, Nev. Co.	John	[?] Jul 1883	20 Aug 1890	1:44
Sack	Philip	4 Sep 1878	10 Dec 1878	A:293
Schardin	Charles	9 Aug 1868	21 Aug 1868	A:72-75
Schardin	Hubertus	10 Jan 1878	30 May 1878	A:244-247
Scheimer	Bernhard	1 Nov 1881	24 May 1883	A:405-408
Schuemer Nevada City	Bernhard	8 Nov 1880	8 Nov 1880	1:23-24
Schulthess see also 1:30-31	John Frederick	27 Jul 1883	19 Sep 1883	A:409-411
Schulthess	John F.	27 Jul 1883	21 Aug 1883	1:30-31
Shea	John	8 May 1877	13 June 1877	A:196-197
Shellhorn	Henry	21 Dec 1860	29 Apr 1861	A:38-43
Sherburne	Israel Wall	22 Dec 1869	4 Jan 1870	A:76-79
Shnider	Christina	23 Nov 1867	9 Dec 1867	A:68-70
Shoemaker	David	22 Jun 1862	30 Jul 1867	A:57-59
Shrum	David	?	17 Jun 1861	A:44-46
Silva/Silvera	Joe/Jose Silveira Cardonzo	10 Apr 189997	2 Nov 1898	1:60-62
Simonds Nevada City	Robert	10 Dec 1880	10 Dec 1880	1:25-26
Single Rough & Ready, age 62	John	7 Oct 1885	30 Nov 1885	2:40-45
Slocovich	Nicholas	21 Dec 1872	23 Dec 1872	A:108-109
Smidt/Schmidtt Smith	Johann John	6 Sep 1881	1 Oct 1881	A:362-365
Smith	Henry	13 Dec 1878	25 Jan 1879	A:270-272
Smith	Robert C.	13 Dec 1873	17 Jun 1878	A:247-250
Smith	Alavira	y Nov 1879	17 Nov 1880	A:322-325
Smith	C.S.	4 Apr 1859	31 May 1859	A:26-30
Snelt	Elizabeth	10 Nov 1877	1 Feb 1878	A:221-224
Son	William	24 Dec 1872	18 Jan 1873	A:109-110
Starr	J.M.	2 June 1877	15 Sept 1877	A:205-208
Stephens	Henry Randle of Kuggar, Grade Parrish, Cornwall	died 24 Aug 1877	24 Jan 1878	A: 218-221
Stoeffler	John Michael	27 Nov 1859	26 Dec 1859	A:30-33
Stover	David E.	Sep 1882	22 Mar 1884	A:427-432
Tarleman	John	6 Feb 1875	?	A:151
Thom	David	11 Jun 1880	1 May 1882	A:374-377
Thomas	Jacob	25 May 1861	22 Oct 1883	A:412-415
Thomas	James	6 Jan 1858	31 Jul 1858	A:21-23
Thomas	Joseph	19 Mar 1885	2May 1885	A:477-480
Thorsen	Anthoni Blue Tent	19 Dec 1882	27 Jun 1885	2:4-10
Tompkins	E.A.	14 Feb 1880	7 June 1880	A:303-304
Towle	Ezra W.	21 Mar 1889	21 Mar 1889	1:39
Truan	John William	5 Jun 1880	19 Jun 1880	1:20
Truan	William	31 Dec 1885 Abrogate Will of 5 Jun 1880	6 Jun 1886	1:37
Turner	Jacob Perry	2 Aug 1875	7 Sep 1875	A:131,156-157
Tyler	Jemima	16 Oct 1869	4 Nov 1869	A:75-76
Tyrell	Samuel, Sr.	3 June 1874	25 Feb 1878	A:228-230
Victorine	Mary H.	10 Oct 1856	6 Dec 1856	A:1-3
Vosshans & Joseph Miller	Ferdinand	8 Jun 1878	18 Jun 1878	1:11-12
Wales	Thomas	15 Apr1876	14 Dec 1878	A:267-270
Wales	Theresa Nora	25 Nov 1890	7 May 01	1:65
Wales	Thomas	15 Apr 1876	20 Jul 1876	1:5-6
Walling	Sadis A.	?	29 Oct 1873	A:123-127
Waterman	Stukeley S.	8 May 1878	--	A:304-305 309-312
Watt	William	5 May 1870	16 Jun 1878	A:254-259
Watt	Janet	2 Jul 1880	16 Aug 1882	A:383-387
Wear	James	11 Nov 1886	3 Feb 1888	1:38-39
Weil	Leopold	4 Mar 1872	14 Mar 1876	A:167-168
Weston	Martin Strong	3 Apr 1872	15 May 1875	A:152-155
White Grass Valley	Mary	3 Feb 1895	2 Apr 1896	1:57-58
Whitesides	William	24 Dec 1875	26 Jul 1877	A:201-205
Williams GV	Elizabeth	30 Nov 1887	2 Dec 1889	1:39-40
Williams	George	18 Jul 1873	7 Aug [1873]	A:116-119
Williams	James	10 Jun 1876	19 Jul 1876	A:174-176
Williams widow, Grass Valley	Mary	18 Aug 1876	2 Nov 1885	2:28-32
Williamson	--	16 Dec 1872	18 Jan 1873	A:109
Williamson	Isaac	20 May 1870	18 Jun 1870	A:90-94
Womack	Peyton G.	12 Sep 1860	22 Oct 1860	A:35-36

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