Shelia, Page 56: 7 Nov 1853, Will of John Hammon witnessed by Cornelios Peabody. Page 190: 7 Feb 1854, Estate of Catharine Lewis, Dec'd. appraised by Cornelius Peabody. Page 82: 19 Nov 1864, Estate of Jacob Bish. " Wife: Mary. To: John J.B. Maddox. Executor: John L. Hughes. Witnesses: Thomas Cummings, J.L. Hughes. Proven Dec. 15, 1864. Appraisers: Daniel Zink, Peter Hatcher, William Fromp." Page 151: 5 Mar 1839, Estate of John A. Roads, dec'd. Surety provided by Jacob Bish. Page 153: 12 Mar 1840, "Jacob Bish appointed Guardian of John M. and Lucinda Pummell, children of Hezikiah Pummell, dec'd. Sureties: John Head, Jacob Turkahizer." Page 154: 30 Sep 1840, Estate of Michal Stultz dec'd, surety provided by Jacob Bish. Page 158: 14 Mar 1843, Estate of Isaac Stultz dec'd, surety provided by Jacob Bish. Page 185: 5 Feb 1853, Estate of Jacob Roads dec'd, surety provided by Jacob Bish. Page 191: 24 Mar 1854, Estate of Leonard Butler, dec'd, appraised by Jacob Bish. Doesn't look like much help for you but, for what it's worth, that's it. Norman Runyon Sheila Kratzer wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Does anyone have access to "Wills, Administrations, Guardianships and > Adoptions of Highland Co, Ohio" to 1850. At least I think that is the name. > What I am looking for is the will for Cornelios PEABODY record #56 and > Cornelius PEABODY record #190. I am trying to find out if either one is the > father of John J PEABODY. > > I am also looking for adoption or guardianship records for John J PEABODY. > He was living with his future brother in law Jacob BISH during the 1850 > census. I was told that he took in a lot of children. Jacob BISH's records > are 82, 151, 153, 154, 158, 185, and 191. I am hoping that one of these > pertain to John J PEABODY and somewhere John's father is listed. > > Thanks for all of your help! > > Sheila > [email protected] > > ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > To access the archived messages, try either or both of these Web sites: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists/ > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl