Grayson County TXGenWeb

This page; Grayson County Wills & Probate
& Guardianship & Individual wills listings
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Keep in mind that Guardianships and insanity hearings also filed in this court.

Wills, Probate and Guardianship records are kept in the Grayson County Clerks Office. They charge for any document copies. Information Here.

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Ancestry; Texas, US, Wills and Probate Record index
Only about half of Texas counties are in it but it is growing.
1833-1974 Search Engine
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Cooke County, Texas
Probates are up already.
1849-1982
Many people lived near the Cooke co. line and may have filed in Cooke Co.

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FamilySearch; Texas Probate Records (actual Images)
1880-1990 (Current Counties, check back from time for more)
75 Counties there--
Of course Grayson isn't there yet!
All Counties are going online IF the county Clerk lets them!
I think they will but we have a lot of counties in Texas.

Collin County, Texas
Probates are up already. Many people
lived near the Collin co. line and may have
filed in Collin Co.
Probate Minutes & Indexes

Probate Packets 1846-1915, 191 9

WPA (1930's) Index to Probate Cases of Texas
It has has only a few counties but they are
adding them slowly.

Of course Grayson isn't there yet!

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Grayson County Probate and Wills
submitted or found online (email me to submit one)

Deceased	Date	Heirs	Source

Ackason James E	1948/1949		Ancestry.com
Allen E K	1885	wife, FLorence; son, Reginald Griffin	Book O pgs 13-15
Andrews P T	1866	Sons - W T, C A & DA	Book F pg 531

Bean Tom	1887	Mrs. Amanda Bean Marmaduke	Dallas Morning News, August 5, 1897

Cannon Russell	1844, 1855	Jean Cannon, Harriett Cannon Duke, Elijah Cannon, Martha Cannon Brown, Carter Cannon, James Cannon, Margaret Marchbanks, Judith Kendricks, Ransom Cannon
Carpenter John	1853		The Standard, March 26, 1853
Chuffin James	1853		The Standard, March 26, 1853
Collins A R	1895		Dallas Morning News, January 27, 1895
Curran Mary	1917	Three daughters	Sherman Daily Democrat, June 25, 1917

Davis Henry	5 Oct 1870	E.W. Davis, et al
Decker Nathan H Lee	5 Feb 1934
Dumas Callie	1 Mar 1917		The Sherman Courier, March 1, 1917

Jones Minnie Marsh		2 sisters, heirs of brother, City of Denison, Terrell HS	Denison Herald, 1953 - 1979
Jones Wilson N		wife, Belle Eliza Jones; grandson, Nat Jones	Houston Daily Post, August 16, 1901

Harnest John E		wife, Mary P. Harnest; 2 daughters	Grayson County News 10 Sep 1897
Harrison, Geo D	1892	Death , 9 Feb 1892 d in Dallas(lived in Sherman). Will Probated in Dallas

Lankford Sarah	3 Oct 1919	John W. Daniel	The Denison Herald, October 3, 1919

McCarthy Owen	1900	Ollie, Owen Jr, Orilla, Mrs. Ed Moulton	The Sunday Gazetteer
McGowen James	Aug 1877		Denison Daily Cresset
Meeks Isabella	July 1916	Sherman Meeks	Sherman Daily Democrat, July 14, 1916

Pope Hannah	17 May 1916	Laura Weline	Book 10, pg 353, Jacket #3987
Pope John	5 Jan 1902		Book 6, pg 484, Jacket #1953

Ragsdale Samuel A			Deed Records, Vol. 256, Pg 506

Skaggs M D	1925		The Whitewright Sun, July 8, 1926
Smith George H	1897		Dallas Morning News, September 28, 1897
Smith R E	1921	11 Children	The Denison Herald, October 3, 1921
Smith Samuel R	1897		Dallas Morning News, September 28, 1897

Tarr W E	1874

Unknown Uncle	20 Aug 1891	Ben Wilkins	Dallas Morning News

Warden Hezekiah	26 Aug 1867	9 Children	County of Grayson
West Michael P	25 Feb 1854		The Standard (Clarksville, Texas)
Williet, Bettie T.	1889	She died in Grayson Co and her will probated in Dallas Co. Images	Dallas Genealogical Society
Williams Gibson Allen	8 Dec 1880	7 Children	County of Grayson