1840 George Crosby (age 60-69) lived in Hendricks, Shelby County, Indiana in a household with 9 people. [1] This might be George Crosby, who died about 1846 at Shelby County, Indiana.
1846 On February 12, the estate of George Crosby, deceased, was considered at the probate court of Shelby County, Indiana. [2]:
Comes now the said William C. Judd and on motion, and upon due inspection of the premises. It is ordered adjudged and decreed by the Court now here that the grant of administration herein to the said William C. Judd so as aforesaid made by the Clerks of this Court in vacation is in all things fully approved and confirmed, and this cause is continued.
1846 On August 1, at the probate court of Shelby County, Indiana: John Crosby, Elizabeth Reed and James Reed and Mary Crosby & John Crosby were listed as non-residents of Indiana in a petition to sell real estate from the estate of George Crosby, deceased. [3]
Now at this time comes the said administrator and file his petition herein which reads in the words and figures following to wit, (here insert it) And thereupon come Ann Wherry John D Wherry and Darius T Crosby defendants to said petition and file their consent to the granting of the prayer of said petition, which said consent reads in the words and figures following to wit, (here insert it) and the premises being seen, it is ordered adjudged and decreed by the court that the said John Crosby Elizabeth Reed James Reed Mary Crosby and John Crosby who are not residents of the state of Indiana and defendants to said petition by publication for three weeks successively in the Shelbyville Recorder and Advertiser a weekly Newspaper printed and published in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, and that unless they be and appear before this court on the first day of the next term thereof and then and there plead answer or demur to said petition the same as to them will be taken and held as for confessed and true and this cause is continued.
1847 On March 13, the probate court of Shelby County, Indiana considered a petition by William C. Judd, administrator of the estate of George Crosby, deceased, versus John D. Wherry, Ann Wherry, John Crosby, Elizabeth Reed, Sanders Reed, Jacob S Crosby, Mary Crosby, John Crosby, & Darius Crosby; to sell real estate to satisfy debts. The defendants had not appeared at the court. Jacob S. Crosby had been served with a summons by the sheriff of Putnam County. The other defendants had been notified by publication in the Shelbyville newspaper. William C. Judd was given authority to sell land from the estate, as described in the court record. [4]
Research Notes:
1846-1847 We are researching Elizabeth Crosby, who married Sanders Reed. Elizabeth Crosby was named as an party to the estate of George Crosby, according to Probate Court records of Shelby County, Indiana. These records suggest that there may have been six Crosby siblings:
George Crosby, who died c 1846 in Shelby County, Indiana
Elizabeth Crosby, who married Sanders Reed
Ann Crosby, who married John Wherry
Joseph Crosby, who had son Darius Crosby
John Crosby, who lived in Ohio
William Crosby, who had children Jacob and Mary Crosby
We have found records for all of these siblings, except John Crosby, of Ohio.
Records related to the estate of George Crosby, Randolph County, Indiana, which we have not seen: [5]
1846 Ann Wherry and John D. Wherry were mentioned 5-16-1846.
1847 George: Charles Calvert buys a lot in Pleasant View from the estate of George Crosby decd. Darius F. Crosby buys another tract of land of George's estate, 9-15-1847
1848 George: d. wife Ann, brother William
1849 George: settlement of George's estate, heirs listed; Darius F. Crosby-assignee of Joseph Crosby, Ann- wife of John Wherry, John Crosby of Ohio, Elizabeth Reed of Ohio, Jacob & Mary- children of William Crosby decd. 2-6-1849
1849 George: final settlement of George Crosby decd. heirs, Joseph Crosby & Ann wife of John D. Wherry of Shelby County, Indiana. John Crosby & Elizabeth wife of Sanders Reed of Ohio, brothers & sisters of deceased. William Crosby a brother of said decd. died while a minor? a number of years since leaving Jacob S. Crosby of Putnam Co. Ind. and Mary wife of John Crosby of Kentucky, his children. 2-1849
We would like to find more direct evidence about this family of siblings, and their parents.
A pedigree names William Crosby (1764-1806) and Elizabeth Armstrong (1767) as the parents of George, Joseph (married to Elizabeth Jackson), John, Alexander, Elizabeth, and Mary; which is a plausible fit for several of the siblings named in the estate records of George. However, Elizabeth apparently married Jacob Henson. [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S52B-FYV]
The relationship, if any, between John Uriel Crosby [6] and the siblings named in the estate of George Crosby, is unknown to us.
[1] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, Shelby, Probate Order Books, Vol A-C, 1822-1847, C-431, [AncestryImage].
[3] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, Shelby, Probate Order Books, Vol A-C, 1822-1847, C-496, [AncestryImage].
[4] Indiana, Will and Probate Records, Shelby, Probate Order Books, Vol A-C, 1822-1847, C-608, image 824, [AncestryImage].
[5] No longer onlineCrosly family genealogy.
[6] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for John Uriel Crosby, [JRWolfeGenealogy].