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Legal Documents - Tioga County, Pennsylvania
 
Table of Contents of Legal Documents

Wills, Deeds, Penison Papers, Other documents 
of historical and genealogical interest in Tri-County area 

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Wills
Abstracts of Early Wills of Southport 
Index of Wells Wills, Bradford County
Abstracts of Tioga County Wills
1812 - 1874 Wells Township residents who filed wills in Bradford County
Wills Filed in Tioga County NY by Chemung County residents prior to formation of Chemung County (pre 1836)
Abstracts of Tioga County NY Wills for people in area that became Chemung County (pre 1836)
1836-1850 Abstracts of Chemung County Wills
Individual Wills
Will - John Barnes - 1748
Will - Isaac Baldwin of Chemung 1791
Will - Christian Kress of Chemung 1800
Will - Thomas Baldwin of Athens 1810
Will - Amos Bennett of Towanda - 1813
Will - Ezra RUTTY  - (1814)
Will - Jesse Carpenter of Elmira (1815)
Will - Elihu Andrus of Catherine (1816)
Will - Obadiah Gore (1821)
Will - Hannah SEELEY Cooley (1823)
Will - Elihu Smead of Troy 1825
Will - William Ferguson of Wysox 1826
Will - Israel Parshall of Chemung  (1827)
Will - John Stage of Chemung (1827)
Will - John Gamble - Missouri & Asylum (1827)
Will - James Dewey of Ridgebury 1829
Will - Guy Wells of Wyalusing (1829)
Will - Barton Edsall of Columbia 1830
Will - Administrator's Sale of Garner CARPENTER Estate (1834)
Will - Samuel Gore of Sheshequin (1834)
Will - Elizabeth Boyer of Big Flats 1934
Will - Aaron Case of Springfield (1817/1835)
Will - Obadiah Brown of Columbia (1836)
Will - Smith Cornell of Chatham (1836)
Will - Amasa Wells of Pike Township (1838)
Will - Wanton Westgate of Burlington (1839)
Will of Grant Baldwin of Elmira 1839
Will - Ezekehel Burt of Springfield 1839
Will - Abraham GORE of Sheshequin (1840)
Will - Thomas Keeney of Tioga (1840)
Will - Eli Abbott of Deerfield 1841
Will - David Short of Chatham (1842)
Will - William Nesbitt of Herrick (1842)
Will - Adolph VanDuzor of Erin (1843)
Will - Moses Wallace of Chemung 1843
Will - Isaac Miller of Ridgebury (1844)
Will - Daniel Williams of Ridgebury [1843]
Will  - Avery GORE of Sheshequin (1847)
Will - John Gamage of Burlington (1847)
Will & Probate - Richard Andrus of Horseheads (1847 & 1877)
Will 0f Zina Beeman of Pike (1847)
Will - Asa Parshall of Chemung  1848
Will - Margaret LEE Baker of Sullivan (1849)
Will - William Grace of Springfield (1849)
Will - Elizabeth Ferris of Troy (1850)
Will - Underhill Frost of Town of Dix 1850
Will - Bela Kent of Springfield  (1851)
Will - Lucretia "Kent" of Springfield (1851)
Will - David Edwards of Charleston (1851)
Will - John Ford, Sr, of Pike 1851
Will - Joseph Metteer of Granville (1851)
Will - Thomas Parsons of Troy (1853)
Will - Jacob Reyman of Ridgebury 1853
Will - Alonzo Pratt of Troy 1854
Will - Robert Potter of Columbia 1854
Will - David Stage of Chemung 1852
Will - Elias Vaughan Sr of Wyalusing 1852
Will - Horatio Gamage of Burlington (1854)
Will - Caleb William & Johnson Williams of Troy (1855)
Will - Ezra RUTTY, Jr. of Towanda (1855)
Will - Eliel Stevens of Ridgebury (1855)
Will - George Wilson of Columbia - 1856
Will - John W. Morrow of Asylum (1857)
Will - Frederick Fisher of Towanda (1857)
Will - Charles Phillips of Springfield (1859)
Will - John Ryon of Elkland (1859)
Will - Isaac Fuller of Ridgebury 1859
Will -Sarah BURT Baldwin of Baldwin 1860
Will - Henry Brown of Springfield - 1860
Will - Jesse Carpenter, Jr. (1860)
Will - Oliver Ellsworth of Orwell - 1860
Will - Jesse Edsall of Columbia - 1861
Will - George W. Coolbaugh of Monroe - 1861
Will - Andrew S. Baldwin 1863
Will - Daniel Minier of Sheshequin (1865)
David Andrus - Letters of Admin., 1865
Will - Martha Ball of Litchfield  (1866)
Will - John Bowman Ford of Pike 1866
Will - Jere Adams of Waverly 1867
Will - Newton HARVEY of Armenia (1868)
Will - John Ford, Jr. of Pike 1868
Will - Mary KEITH Ellsworth of Orwell - 1868
Will - Avery Cannedy (Kennedy) of Delmar 1870
Will - Conrad Bernauer of Gaines 1870
Will - Sylvester Knapp 1872
Will - Phil Jones of Southport 1872
Will - Sackett Hill of VanEtten - 1872
Will - Lovel Short of Chatham - 1872
Will - Samuel Coolbaugh of Wysox - 1873
Makinson Wills of Pike
Will - Asa Luce of Horseheads - 1875
Will - Senca Kendall of Canton - 1875
Will - Hartford Butler of Delmar - 1876
Will - Henry Card of Columbia - 1876
Will & Probate - Alston Andrus of Horseheads (1877)
Will - Joseph Hughes of Liberty (1877)
Will - Henry Sherman, Sr. of Overton (1878)
Will - David G. Edwards of Charleston (1879)
Will of Benjamin Hughes of Liberty (1879)
Will of Roseanna PARK Rosekrans of Erin (1879)
Will - Joel Johnson of Orwell (1880)
Will - Philander Case of Canton (1880)
Will - Cynthia Johnson of Standing Stone 1880
Will - Frank Stout of Rutland 1880
Will - Joel Adams of Lawrenceville (1882)
Will - Julius Bailiey of Granville (1884)
Will - Samuel Satterly of Lawrenceville (1884)
Will - William Wadkins of Deerfield (1885)
Will - Silas Hall of Richmond 1886
Will - Jonathan C. Lyons of Waverly 1886
Will - Oliver P. Livingston of Catlin (1887)
Will - Sarah "Hughes" of Liberty (1887)
Will - George F. SMITH of Rutland Township 1887/1896
Will - John Coon of Granville (1888)
Will - Sylvester Minier  (1888)
Will - A. S. Parsons (1888)
Will - Eunice WADE Beardslee (1890)
Will - Judson Sturdevant (1890)
Will - Martin Phillips of Springfield (1890)
Will -Elizabeth SWAIN Baldwin of Chemung (1890)
Will - Elijah Phillips of Shippen - 1892
Will - Cyrus Cook of Orwell - 1892
Will - Edwin Sweetland of Lawrenceville (1893)
Will - Solomon Morse of Troy (1893)
Will - Sylvia Prouty of Canton (1895)
Will - Theodore Silvara of Tuscarora (1895)
Will -Mary Cummings of Rutland  (1897)
Will - Ruhamah Brown of Wells (1898)
Will- Charles T. Hill of Millport (1899)
Will - Maria C. BENNETT Morgan of Elmira (1899)
Will - Will McClure of Rutland (1901)
Will - David Fanning of Springfield  (1903)
Will - Samuel Minier of Sheshequin (1903)
Will - Ruth PARSHALL Inscho of Tioga 1905
Also Inventory of Estate
Will - Marietta RUGGLES Morse of Troy (1905)
Will - Joel Adams of Troy (1906)
Will - Abram Rowe of Millport 1907
Will - Benjamin Ashley of Shippen - 1909
Will - 1910 William Lloyd of Bloss
Will  - James SOPER of Covington -1911
Will & Probate - George H. Owen of Elmira 1912
Will - John Canedy of Columbia - 1916
Will - Thomas Ashley of  Delmar -1917
Will - Hosea Kennedy of Delmar - 1918
Will - Charlotte "Merchant" of Lawrenceville - 1920
Will - Mortimer Elliott of Mansfield - 1920
Will - Hallock Kennedy of Rutland - 1921
Will & Inventory - William W. Inscho of Canoe Camp 1927
Will - Mary WEST "Kennedy" of Wellsboro - 1934
Deeds
Tioga County Deeds (Abstracts 1806 - 1812)
Deeds - What to Look For
1808 Mark Willcox to Richard Mitchell of Tioga
1817 - Nichols to Keyes
Wanton Rice Land Records
William PEPPER to Elisha CARPENTER Deed (1820)
Deed - Westbrook to Mitchel 1820
Deed - Richard Mitchel to John Inscho 1821
Deed - Robert Mitchel to John Inscho 1821
Deed - Uriah Spencer & Wm. Morten to Richard Mitchell 1821
Deed - Uriah Spencer to John Inscho {1822)
Deed - Robert Mitchel to Richard Mitchel 1825
Deed - Joshua Lamphere to Silvester G. Andrus of Wysox (1828)
Deed - Susannah Sherman of Pike (1829)
Deed - Thomas Mitchel to Richard Mitchel 1830
Deed - Obadiah Inscho (1833)
John & Simon Dalton Deeds (1835) (also Zenas Thomas) of Wysox
Deed - Seth WOOD & Elizabeth WILSON to Public (for Wood Cemetery) (1838)
Deed - Reynolds to Moses Crawford for Mill in Sullivan 1847
Deed - Benjamin Bentley to Robert Mitchell 1849
Deed - Rockwell to Parsons 1849 Canton
Deed - Elizabeth Sherman of Granville (1851)
Deed - Dent to Inscho 1853
Deed - Bailey to Drake 1860 Granville
Deed - David Andrus 1860 Columbia
Deed - Henry Sherman, Jr. of Overton (1862)
Deed - McKean to Drake 1862 Granville
Deed - Johnson & Shirner of Wells (1864)
Deed - Bingham Estate to Welch Ashley of Rutland (1864)
Lease - Mill Race Rights - Abe Westbrook to Phoebe SMITH "Palmer" of Sullivan 1864
Deed - Dent to Inschho 1869
Deed - Richard Inscho to Mahala Hughes 1870
Deed - William Sherman of Overton (1876)
Deed - Beardsley & Gorham of Pike (1876)
Deed - Catherine Sherman of Overton (1877)
Deed - Gillett of Ridgebury (1882)
Sale - John Smith to E. L. Nash - Rutland (1882)
Deed - Nelson Sherman of Overton (1886)
Deed - Nelson Sherman of New Albany (1886)
Deed - Williams Estate to Herman T. Nash of Rutland 1900
Deed -Shirner & Canfield of Wells (1905)
Deed - Harriet & Daniel Reynolds to Herman T. Nash - Rutland 1914
Deed - Ellsworth Pease of Big Flats (1934)
Estate Records & Probate
Notes on the Bingham Estate Lands
Benjamin Crawford Estate Notice (1804)
Silas Baldwin - Letter of Administration (1810)
John Short Estate - Tioga County (1813)
Letters of Administration Estate of Obadiah Inscho 1820
Letters of Administration Estate of John VanCampen 1826
Estate Inventory of Thomas Rexford of Sullivan Township (1838)
Samuel Ball of Litchfield Estate (1841)
Betsey BROWN "Berry" "Backus" Estate (1868)
Orphans - Sherman & Molyneaux (1868)
Asa Short - Letters of Administration 1869
Estate of Abraham Ostrander of Catlin (1870)
1872 Deed  Welton - Howland
Spafford Andrus Probate 1874 Horseheads
Richard Inscho - Letters of Administration - Tioga 1875
Wm. B. Kennedy of Delmar 1881 - Estate
1881 Mortgage Gaskell - Dyer
Jeptha Prouty Probate (1891)
Letitia A. Kennedy of Delmar 1897 - Estate
Justus McConnell of Sullivan 1897 - Estate
Wolf to Butler in Delmar 1906
Isaac Kennedy of Shippen 1909 - Estate
Lewis Kennedy of Delmar 1910 - Estate
1911 Deed - Howland to Gaskell
Willard Ashley of Shippen 1916 - Estate
Ray Kennedy of Rutland 1922 - Estate
Willard A. Brown of Springfield 1934 - Estate
1935 Deed - Gaskell - Schultz
Death Certificates
1906 - Lloyd R. Huyler
Selected Chemung County Abstracts
Other Legal Documents
Obadiah GORE Letter - Wyoming Massacre - (1779)
RANSOM Quit Claim- (1792)
Andrus - Land Warrant 1793
1796 Settlers Petition to State of Connecticut
1803 Petition to Committee of Landholders of PA
1802 Articles of Agreement
1806 Articles of Agreement - Ives et al with Israel Bulkley
1818 John Lafferty Pension Papers
Robert Potter Pension Papers 1819
Rev. War Pension Papers of Solomon GOFF (1820)
George Bockus Pension Application 1820
Indenture Doane to Burgess of Windham 1827
1828 Indenture BT DeChaumont & Beeman of Pike
Guardianship of the Pratt Orphans 1829
Bethia Pratt Land Warrant Request 1831
1831 James Brewster of Wysox - Pension
Samuel GORE Petition - (1832)
1832 - Reuben Bumpus Pension
Nathaniel Hickock Pension Papers 1832
John Hill Pension Papers 1832
Caleb White Pension Papers 1832
Elijah Towner Pension Papers (1833)
Pension Papers of Obadiah Brown of Columbia (1833)
Guardianship of Children of Jesse Hancock 1835
Pension Papers of William Scott of Smithfield (1837)
Divorce of Juliana Wilcox and Avery Canedy -1837
Indenture of DeCaters  to Samuel Ball (1839)
Wealthy Ann GORE "Spalding" Pension Application (1840)
Indenture Morris to Donaldson 1843
Mortgage of Hartford Butler - 1845
Thomas Keeney Military Records
John Ryon Pension Papers
Elisha GOFF Purchase Papers (1847)
Samuel Ball Indenture (1850)
Pension Papers Bridget HUBBARD Burnham (1850)
Rogers / Ball  Indenture (1855)
Dr. Killbourne's Bill to Elias Baity (1857)
Estate Appraisal & Auction Jacob Landis of Liberty 1858
Indenture Between Gorham and Beeman (1861)
Jane Eliza "Bockus" of Charleston Pension Application 1863
William VanOrder Pension Application 1863
Reuben Simmons Pension Papers 0f Delmar
Recruitement, Enlistment, Pension of John E. Bennett 1864
John L. Horton Civil War Papers
Horning Pension Papers 1865
Indenture - Samuel Ball, Jr. (1865)
William A. SCHAFF - Deeds, Wills, Pension Papers (1870-1904)
Hosea P. Scott - Pension 1873
W. D. Van Orman Pension 1877 - Orwell
Henry Newell of Armenia - Pension 1878
Pension Application of William Newell of Armenia 1881
W. D. Van Orman Pension 1884 - Orwell
VanBuskirk Pension Papers (1887)
Albert Newell of Armenia Pension 1887
Pension Papers of Daniel Newell 1889
William A. Gavett Pension Papers (1890)
Pension Papers of Cevilius S. Berry of South Creek, 1890
Pension Papers of Sophronia PURVIS Soper 1890
Elizabeth "Bockus" "Rundell" of Delmar - Pension Application (1891)
Amy KELSEY "Bockus" "Smith" Pension Applicaton 1892
Indenture BT James Gorham and Mary Gorham of Pike (1894)
Andrew Bockus Pension Applications 1896
Andrew Kiff of Columbia - Orphan's Court 1899
Almeda "Bockus" Pension Application 1908
Philander Bockus Pension Application 1912
Charles Bockus Pension Application 1920
Harriet "Bockus" Pension Application 1920
Samuel GORE Pension File #W3242 (Und.)
Alpheus Crawford Pension File 63760
Charles Hoose Military Papers