The Estate of Christopher Cranston (1858) Probate Court, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio — Final Record of Estates, Book No. 1, p. 560 Transcription of the manuscript probate record, 1858–1862 (settled 1862; certified 1898) Record of Administration Christopher Cranston’s Estate. Be it remembered that on the 15th day of Nov. A.D. 1858, In the Probate Court […]

The Last Will of John Cranston, 1823 When John Cranston of Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio, sat down to dictate his will on March 22, 1823, he described himself as “in an advanced age but of a Sound mind and memory,” and made plain his purpose: to “order my business So as to prevent trouble […]