Diana . . . This County mess was a little different. I know. I've been there and my family were part of Danville's founders. If I were you, I'd start in Northumberland, the county seat of which is just across the Susquehanna in Sunbury. I have addresses if you need them. Here's the thing. If the person died in 1813, the exact year the legislature approved the division of Northumberland and depending on when in that year the person passed, they could have been probated in Northumberland. Also, it takes some time to set up a county operationally. To further complicate matters, when Columbia was formed and Danville selected as the County Seat, Danville was near the central point in the county only because of some slight of hand by a few Danville supporters that caused Turbutt and Chillisquaqua to be included in the new county. The residents of both twps had emphatically returned a vote to remain in Northumberland and protested wildly. By 1815, the Commonwealth of PA legislature returned those two to Northumberland. This now placed Danville far off center and started the second rowel within the new County by the residents of Bloomsburg who had fought so hard to be named the County Seat instead of Danville. They began protests again citing that "they" were now more central the new County's inhabitants than Danville. The protests in Turbutt and Chillisquaqua also restarted by those citizens that wanted to stay in Columbia. In 1818 they returned "parts" of each Twp to Columbia. This struggle between Danville and Bloomsburg over the location of the County seat began almost at most following the creation of Columbia . . . and continued until finally in 1847 the State approved removed to the Seat to Bloomsburg. ALL the records were moved. I know this again because my gggg-grandfather died in 1815 and his probate and estate files are ALL in the Columbia Courthouse in Bloomsburg. Danville as a Seat did not remain idyll long. A relative of mine, Valentine Best, then in the State Legislature began at once petitioning for a new County. In 1850 Montour was formed with its Seat at Danville. Montour's records begin from that time only. This area was virtually a mess from 1813 until the dust settled around 1852. In the intervening years townships came and went from County to County, new ones formed and parts of old ones sliced off. Columbia and Montour County History books are almost a must to work this area as is Northumberland's. I believe some or all may be online. I have to run to work now but will try to remember to check tonight and let you know. -- Kathleen