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Index to Wills from Avoca Courthouse 1885-1909
Avoca Courthouse
Source - Council Bluffs Convention & Visitor's Bureau
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Due to Pottawattamie County's large size, a secondary courthouse was built in 1885 in Avoca, Iowa. The first courthouse, in Council Bluffs, was located in the southwestern corner of the county, while this second courthouse in Avoca, was located in the northeastern part of the county. |
Courtroom inside Avoca Courthouse
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| Source - Will Records, Avoca Courthouse, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Vol. A, 1885-1919 on Ancestry.com |
| NAME |
DATE OF WILL |
| Ackels, Paul |
Nov 7, 1894 |
| Agan, William |
Dec 23, 1897 |
| Alff, Julius |
Nov 20, 1899 |
| Alston, Martha |
Oct 8, 1904 |
| Andresen, Pay Peter |
Sep 25, 1902 |
| Archer, Harriet |
Aug 7, 1880 |
| Armitage, Sarah Ann |
Feb 19, 1889 |
| Armstrong, Robert |
June 3, 1892 |
| Ashley, Francis M. "F.M." |
Mar 10, 1900 |
| Beatey, William |
May 7, 1889 |
| Beatty, Charlotta |
Aug 29, 1889 |
| Benjamin, Josie V. "J.V." |
Feb 23, 1894 |
| Berge, Frederick |
Mar 2, 1903 |
| Beuck, John J. |
May 10, 1901 |
| Bilger, Franklin M. |
Apr 28, 1892 |
| Boiler, Benjamin |
Apr 20, 1898 |
| Boiler, Joseph |
Jan 23, 1896 |
| Boiler, William |
Aug 21, 1884 |
| Braden, Samuel |
Nov 7, 1887 |
| Brandt, Johann H. C. |
Jan 21, 1898 |
| Brooker, John |
Apr 8, 1882 |
| Brooks, Anna M. |
Mar 13, 1871 |
| Brown, Emily |
Jan 23, 1909 |
| Brown, Japheth |
July 13, 1897 |
| Brown, Philinda |
Apr 26, 1894 |
| Brown, Robert |
Mar 7, 1904 |
| Bruene, Christian |
May 15, 1902 |
| Bruhn, Catharina |
May 2, 1876 |
| Buckingham, Perry |
Sep 10, 1894 |
| Bunnell, Joseph A. "J.A." |
Jan 30, 1902 |
| Bush, Mary M. |
May 27, 1889 |
| Caldwell, Stephen |
Feb 15, 1894 |
| Carse, Elizabeth |
June 10, 1892 |
| Carstens, Heinrich |
Dec 9, 1895 |
| Chaffin, Edwin |
May 4, 1875 |
| Christian, Hans |
Feb 23, 1895 |
| Christian, Thomas N. "T.N." |
Jan 12, 1909 |
| Clark, Thomas J. |
Aug 20, 1901 |
| Claussen, John W. |
Feb 21, 1896 |
| Cleveland, Vincent |
May 20, 1907 |
| Coffman, Archibald W. "A. W." |
Dec 9, 1893 |
| Coleman, William |
Nov 23, 1906 |
| Cook, Edward P. "E.P." |
Sep 6, 1893 |
| Coon, James R. |
Apr 3, 1896 |
| Craney, James |
Feb 13, 1896 |
| Culver, James M. |
Jan 23, 1880 |
| Cuppy, William B. |
Nov 11, 1901 |
| Curtis, Charles G. |
Oct 23, 1903 |
| Curtis, Margaret D. |
Mar 10, 1883 |
| Davis, Joseph W. |
Dec 28, 1898 |
| Davis, Margaret A. |
Apr 4, 1900 |
| DeWitt, Delphia |
June 22, 1896 |
| DeWitt, Paris |
Aug 4, 1906 |
| Dewitt, Willard |
May 17, 1894 |
| Dirgo, Anna Maria |
Dec 1, 1900 |
| Dirgo, Johannes |
Oct 26, 1899 |
| Doogs, Charley |
Oct 1898 |
| Doud, William |
July 10, 1891 |
| Dreyer, Christian |
Aug 31, 1894 |
| Ericksen, P. Christian "P.C." |
June 17, 1893 |
| Ervin, Maria J. |
Aug 2, 1884 |
| Fee, Susan D. |
July 21, 1884 |
| Fehr, Thomas |
Jan 20, 1896 |
| Fitch, Ada E. W. |
Feb 22, 1906 |
| Foley, Morris |
Mar 4, 1907 |
| Fuhlendorf, Christina |
Nov 16, 1899 |
| Gingery, George Eugene |
July 14, 1906 |
| Goff, Henry A. "H.A." |
July 16, 1895 |
| Gready, Elizabeth J. |
Sep 7, 1901 |
| Griffith, William R. |
May 2, 1887 |
| Gross, Mary Ann |
Mar 2, 1883 |
| Guernsey, Abbie |
Sep 13, 1894 |
| Haas, Franz Sr. |
May 27, 1897 |
| Halladay, Albert N. "A.N." |
Oct 28, 1891 |
| Hansen, Heinrich |
Mar 13, 1901 |
| Hansen, John |
Apr 29, 1881 |
| Hansen, Magretha C. "M.C." |
Aug 7, 1890 |
| Hansen, Peter |
Aug 7, 1890 |
| Hansen, Thomas C. |
July 2, 1896 |
| Harder, Mary |
Dec 27, 1892 |
| Harlow, Silas Chandler |
Aug 13, 1891 |
| Headley, Dorothy |
June 22, 1880 |
| Hedges, James M. |
Feb 22, 1906 |
| Hedley, Joseph A. |
July 15, 1905 |
| Heinsen, Heinrich |
Nov 30, 1895 |
| Hennings, Dora |
June 27, 1907 |
| Hotchkiss, Olson O. |
Oct 3, 1895 |
| Hotze, Theodore |
July 4, 1905 |
| Hough, Hiram C. |
Feb 6, 1900 |
| Hovey, Laura A. |
Mar 6, 1905 |
| How, Caroline A. |
Aug 13, 1890 |
| How, Francis |
Aug 13, 1890 |
| Howard, Ulick |
Aug 25, 1905 |
| Howell, Frances |
May 17, 1884 |
| Howell, Henry M. |
Dec 9, 1899 |
| Hurst, Caleb G. "C.G." |
May 8, 1903 |
| Jefferson, Matilda Rose |
Aug 31, 1898 |
| Jens C. Kringle |
July 11, 1888 |
| Johnk, Fred |
June 24, 1908 |
| Johnson, John D. "J.D." |
May 22, 1894 |
| Johnson, John W. |
Feb 17, 1899 |
| Johnson, Richard F. |
Jan 17, 1895 |
| Jones, Joseph |
Sep 5, 1902 |
| Jurgenson, Fritz Carl |
Aug 23, 1893 |
| Kearney, Mary |
Mar 29, 1895 |
| Keast, Thomas |
Mar 19, 1895 |
| Keniston, Jennie L. |
June 10, 1896 |
| Killion, John A. |
Dec 26, 1895 |
| Kingman, Charles |
Mar 1, 1909 |
| Kinsey, Thomas |
Feb 24, 1875 |
| Knott, Valentine |
July 21, 1891 |
| Knoulton, Clarissa F. C. |
June 22, 1888 |
| Koehler, Charles P. |
July 28, 1903 |
| Kohrsen, Hans J. |
July 6, 1895 |
| Krieger, Claus |
Nov 23, 1892 |
| Krieger, Margareta |
Nov 3, 1892 |
| Lackey, Elizabeth Matilda |
Feb 20, 1889 |
| Lane, Mary Catherine |
July 29, 1893 |
| Layton, Joshua C. |
Mar 20, 1893 |
| Leach, Permelia Anna |
Feb 12, 1903 |
| Leader, Henry Sr. |
Apr 29, 1887 |
| Legrand, John |
Sep 14, 1901 |
| Lippincott, Robert |
Mar 4, 1891 |
| Lippincott, Sidney J. |
July 19, 1906 |
| Livingston, Hugh |
Apr 28, 1884 |
| Long, Elizabeth Myers |
Feb 23, 1894 |
| Long, Mary |
Aug 20, 1896 |
| Losh, Joseph Z. |
Dec 10, 1892 |
| Mace, Martha E. |
May 2, 1904 |
| Maier, George |
Apr 7, 1894 |
| Manz, Peter |
Mar 30, 1891 |
| McBride, Elza J. "E.J." |
Aug 4, 1892 |
| McCarthy, Daniel F. |
Aug 4, 1887 |
| McCarty, Michael |
Feb 8, 1907 |
| McCauley, John |
Nov 3, 1896 |
| McKenzie, Duncan |
Apr 16, 1906 |
| Mehrens, Claus |
Oct 23, 1903 |
| Merkert, Carl Gustave |
Oct 9, 1897 |
| Mewhister, Hannay |
Nov 20, 1897 |
| Miles, Lucy E. |
June 9, 1894 |
| Morris, Richard R. |
Dec 1, 1895 |
| Moses, Hannah E. |
July 5, 1898 |
| Mullen, George V. |
Oct 22, 1886 |
| Neely, Christopher C. "C.C." |
Dec 10, 1904 |
| Nicolai, Dorothea |
Sep 12, 1900 |
| Nielsen, Anders C. |
Mar 28, 1907 |
| Nilan, John |
Mar 13, 1899 |
| Nippert, George |
Dec 10, 1891 |
| Nissen, Ewald |
June 27, 1894 |
| Norton, James S. |
June 28, 1899 |
| Ohde, Friederich |
Sep 24, 1903 |
| Orr, Anthony |
Aug 7, 1896 |
| Osler, Dorcas |
Nov 24, 1906 |
| Otto, William Jasper |
Mar 2, 1895 |
| Overton, Lewis |
Aug 20, 1896 |
| Page, Thomas H. |
June 10, 1877 |
| Parker, Joseph |
Feb 20, 1909 |
| Passmore, Samuel B. |
Apr 25, 1895 |
| Pedicord, Henry D. |
May 18, 1891 |
| Pedicord, Thomas |
May 9, 1887 |
| Perry, William W. "W.W." |
June 8, 1898 |
| Pershin, Maggie |
June 5, 1903 |
| Peters, Henry |
June 1, 1891 |
| Peters, Johann |
May 9, 1899 |
| Peters, Peter Heinrich |
July 1, 1899 |
| Petersen, John Jacob |
Dec 22, 1895 |
| Peterson, Christian |
June 16, 1900 |
| Phillips, Benjamin F. "B.F." |
Apr 1, 1905 |
| Pierce, Martha F. |
Mar 30, 1895 |
| Pierce, Otto W. "O.W." |
Nov 5, 1895 |
| Pierce, Sherburn |
Mar 31, 1905 |
| Plantz, Christian |
Apr 25, 1895 |
| Poland, Amos |
Dec 30, 1896 |
| Poland, George W. "G.W." |
Aug 7, 1903 |
| Pope, William H. |
Sep 4, 1900 |
| Post, Peter S. |
Feb 15, 1861 |
| Powell, Sarah A. |
Oct 3, 1902 |
| Preston, Daniel E. "D.E." |
Sep 17, 1900 |
| Puryear, Mary |
Jan 11, 1897 |
| Putnam, Lucius R. "L.R." |
Feb 16, 1907 |
| Rainbow, Eliza |
Dec 13, 1904 |
| Rankin, Alice |
May 8, 1906 |
| Rayburn, Austin B. "A.B." |
Mar 19, 1886 |
| Rayburn, John C. "J.C." |
May 11, 1906 |
| Read, Samuel R. |
Dec 16, 1905 |
| Reimers, Claus Johan |
July 22, 1894 |
| Reynolds, Rachel |
July 27, 1889 |
| Reynolds, William |
Feb 27, 1882 |
| Ring, Mary Jane |
Oct 8, 1900 |
| Roberson, James C. |
May 24, 1899 |
| Robinson, Russell |
June 18, 1879 |
| Rohlfs, August H. "A.H." |
Jan 4, 1907 |
| Rohrs, Wilhelm |
Mar 17, 1890 |
| Rosseter, Erastus |
Apr 22, 1871 |
| Ruckle, James G. |
Mar 30, 1895 |
| Ruhl, Martha A. |
June 4, 1887 |
| Saint, James |
Apr 9, 1900 |
| Sampson, Jeremiah P. |
Mar 11, 1890 |
| Sanford, Charles G. "C.G." |
Jan 21, 1891 |
| Schepke, William |
Oct 24, 1892 |
| Schmidt, Auguste |
June 5, 1896 |
| Schmidt, Frederick |
Jan 5, 1883 |
| Schoeneman, Wm. D. "W.D." |
Feb 16, 1897 |
| Schofield, William |
Oct 7, 1889 |
| Schurman, Henry |
Oct 5, 1898 |
| Selden, Caleb |
Feb 6, 1906 |
| Sherwin, Nathaniel W. |
June 30, 1903 |
| Sidener, William M. |
Oct 23, 1894 |
| Slocum, Samuel S. |
June 1, 1905 |
| Smith, James M. "J.M." |
Mar 2, 1896 |
| Smith, Steffen |
Nov 7, 1907 |
| Spangler, Leah |
Apr 29, 1887 |
| Staub, Mary |
Sep 23, 1902 |
| Steel, John W. |
Oct 16, 1908 |
| Stewart, Frank C. |
Oct 16, 1895 |
| Suhl, Anna Marie |
May 11, 1905 |
| Suhl, Paul |
May 20, 1899 |
| Thies, Cathrine |
Aug 24, 1905 |
| Thies, Henry |
Sep 5, 1894 |
| Thies, Maria |
June 27, 1889 |
| Thomsen, John |
Dec 29, 1900 |
| Throp, William L. "W.L." |
Oct 1, 1906 |
| Tibbles, Precinda |
Jan 13, 1887 |
| Tibbles, Theodore |
Sep 27, 1901 |
| Tilton, Preston |
Feb 10, 1893 |
| Timberman, Elizabeth M. "Mrs. E.M." |
May 19, 1902 |
| Todd, Christina |
Feb 11, 1901 |
| Tompkin, William |
Feb 5, 1900 |
| Tramm, Hans |
June 15, 1906 |
| Trede, John |
June 30, 1900 |
| Vogel, Gottfried |
May 30, 1908 |
| Vogel, Ignatz |
Mar 28, 1887 |
| Vollstedt, Heinerich F. "H.F." |
May 12, 1900 |
| Voss, Conrad |
Nov 6, 1897 |
| Waldo, Mary H. |
Aug 29, 1900 |
| Waldo, Samuel F. "S.F." |
June 25, 1897 |
| Wallace, Martha |
Feb 15, 1894 |
| Walters, William H. |
Jan 13, 1905 |
| Wasser, Charley F. |
May 17, 1899 |
| Whitaker, John |
Apr 8, 1886 |
| Whitaker, Wilson H. |
May 18, 1894 |
| White, John |
Mar 21, 1885 |
| Whited, John S. "J.S." |
July 25, 1893 |
| Wilkins, Claus |
May 23, 1895 |
| Williams, Isabell |
Nov 5, 1904 |
| Williams, John |
July 3, 1890 |
| Wilson, Harrison E. |
Oct 10, 1895 |
| Wilson, Mary A. |
Feb 20, 1893 |
| Wilson, Rebecca |
May 19, 1897 |
| Wisch, Peter |
May 30, 1903 |
| Wise, George Sr. |
Jan 25, 1906 |
| Wolf, Catherine |
June 1907 |
| Woodhouse, Abigail P. L. |
June22, 1887 |
| Worth, Laurence B. |
Jan 18, 1890 |
| Wright, Joseph S. |
July 16, 1879 |
| Wright, Joseph S. |
July 16, 1879 |
| Yarde, Aaron |
Jan 5, 1892 |
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