Index © 2006 by Meredith Thompson
This is an index to a volume of estrays (livestock that strayed onto someone else's property) for Hendricks County, which covers the years 1831 through 1839. The estray book detailed the livestock's particular markings (as well as its appraised value), the date it was found, the date the estray was recorded, and the name of the person who found it.
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | DATE RECORDED | PAGES |
|---|---|---|---|
| [blank] | John | July 11, 1831 | 13 |
| Adams | Solomon | April 2, 1838 | 122 |
| Alexander | Archibald | July 16, 1833 | 46 |
| Alexander | Archibald | [blank] | 62 |
| Anderson | Elijah | January 7, 1831 | 4 |
| Anderson | Elijah | December 9, 1833 | 50 |
| Anderson | Elijah | January 25, 1834 | 56-57 |
| Arnold | John F. | December 31, 1832 | 35 |
| Arnold | John F. | March 31, 1838 | 121 |
| Arnold | John F. | January 19, 1839 | 141 |
| Arnold | Richard | January 19, 1839 | 141 |
| Atkins | Andrew | November 25, 1834 | 69 |
| Baker | Samuel | December 2, 1833 | 49 |
| Bales | Eaden | [blank] 15, 1833 | 44 |
| Bales | Eaden | January 23, 1837 | 105 |
| Ballard | David | January 9, 1833 | 37 |
| Ballard | John | January 21, 1832 | 26 |
| Ballard | John | April 7, 1838 | 122 |
| Ballinger | John | March 19, 1834 | 58 |
| Barber | Francis | December 12, 1833 | 51 |
| Barker | Daniel | March 8, 1832 | 29 |
| Barker | Greenville P. | February 21, 1832 | 28 |
| Barker | Samuel | May 24, 1836 | 94 |
| Barker | Samuel B. | December 15, 1835 | 87 |
| Battery | Wm. | May 7, 1831 | 8 |
| Beckett | James F. | April 7, 1834 | 58-59 |
| Bell | Charles C. | November --, 1831 | 14 |
| Bell | Charles C. | November 28, 1838 | 128 |
| Benchenall | Thomas | January 25, 1831 | 2 |
| Berryman | Jesse | February 28, 1833 | 41 |
| Betts | Marmiduke | November 24, 1838 | 135 |
| Blair | Abner | [blank] | 40 |
| Blair | Abner | December 1, 1835 | 81 |
| Blankenship | Jeremiah W. | January 6, 1838 | 118 |
| Bohanan | John | May 8, 1839 | 145 |
| Bohannon | John | May 9, 1831 | 9 |
| Bohanon | John | January 27, 1831 | 4 |
| Bowles | David | December 19, 1833 | 55 |
| Bray | Edward | October 12, 1831 | 13 |
| Briant | Silas | January 12, 1832 | 23 |
| Briant | Silas | January 12, 1832 | 24 |
| Briggs | William | December 29, 1838 | 136 |
| Briteman | George C. | December 31, 1831 | 21 |
| Brittain | Parks | November 23, 1832 | 31 |
| Brown | Daniel | April 21, 1834 | 59 |
| Brown | Daniel | December 5, 1837 | 111 |
| Bryan | R.L. | December 13, 1832 | 35 |
| Bryant | William | June 14, 1834 | 62 |
| Bunton | William | November 16, 1835 | 77 |
| Burks | Samuel E. | December 25, 1834 | 67 |
| Burris | Daniel | January 16, 1836 | 90 |
| Byrd | Larkin | May 19, 1837 | 107 |
| Cadey | Charles | January 19, 1831 | 2 |
| Cameron | Peter | January 14, 1832 | 26 |
| Cameron | Peter | December 9, 1837 | 117 |
| Cartright | Jonathan | November 22, 1834 | 68 |
| Case | John | February 24, 1834 | 58 |
| Cavett | Moses | December 5, 1833 | 49 |
| Cavett | Moses | December 28, 1834 | 68 |
| Caylor | John | December 24, 1835 | 84 |
| Caywood | Horatio | November 14, 1835 | 90 |
| Chamness | Edward | November 21, 1838 | 127 |
| Chandler | Joseph | June 7, 1831 | 12 |
| Chandler | Joseph | December 21, 1831 | 21 |
| Chandler | Joseph | December 11, 1838 | 136 |
| Chandler | Joseph | January 10, 1831 | 1-2 |
| Chanler | Joseph | January 30, 1835 | 70 |
| Christy | Richard | December 17, 1831 | 17 |
| Claghorn | Lorenzo D. | January 31, 1831 | 5 |
| Claghorn | Lorenzo D. | January 17, 1833 | 38 |
| Clampett | John | December 22, 1838 | 133 |
| Claypool | John | September 20, 1832 | 30 |
| Claypool | John | May 4, 1835 | 72 |
| Claypool | Reuben | April 6, 1835 | 71 |
| Claypool | Reuben | January 4, 1836 | 85 |
| Claypool | William | April 4, 1835 | 72 |
| Clemmons | Roger S. | May 27, 1834 | 61 |
| Cline | Joseph | December 28, 1835 | 85 |
| Comer | James | December 13, 1833 | 52 |
| Cook | Levi | July 10, 1833 | 47 |
| Cosner | Frederick | February 12, 1831 | 28 |
| Cox | Ezra | October 6, 1834 | 63-64 |
| Creed | John | January 8, 1838 | 119 |
| Crose | Andrew | [blank] | 66 |
| Crum | Jacob | December 17, 1831 | 19 |
| Darnall | George | January 1, 1838 | 114 |
| Darnall | John | May 20, 1835 | 73-74 |
| Davidson | James | January 17, 1839 | 143 |
| Davidson | William | January 1, 1831 | 1 |
| Davis | Benjamin | January 17, 1832 | 27 |
| Davis | Enoch | [blank] | 10 |
| Davis | Enoch | January 25, 1833 | 38 |
| Davis | Henry | April 13, 1833 | 43 |
| Davis | Henry | December 28, 1835 | 86 |
| Davis | James | December 13, 1837 | 113 |
| Davis | Jesse | November 19, 1836 | 99 |
| Davis | Jesse | January 1, 1838 | 114 |
| Davis | William | May 1, 1833 | 44 |
| Davisson | [blank] | December 4, 1838 | 131 |
| Davisson | Claborne | December 4, 1838 | 134-135 |
| Demoss | David | January 12, 1833 | 38 |
| Demoss | David | January 1, 1839 | 137 |
| Dicken | James | May 13, 1833 | 45 |
| Dicken | Pemberton S. | August 2, 1836 | 95 |
| Dickerson | Griffith | April 22, 1831 | 7 |
| Dodd | Ennis | January 9, 1838 | 120 |
| Dodd | Ennis | December 27, 1838 | 133 |
| Dodson | B.R. | November 29, 1832 | 33 |
| Duzan | Wm. | December 1, 1838 | 128 |
| Ellis | Augustine | December 15, 1835 | 87 |
| Ellis | Augustine | December 16, 1836 | 102 |
| Faught | Paul | January 13, 1831 | 5 |
| Faught | William | May 21, 1831 | 10 |
| Finley | Havilah | [blank] | 94 |
| Flinn | Martin | January 17, 1839 | 138 |
| Flora | Isaac | December 29, 1838 | 136-137 |
| Fowler | John | June 14, 1831 | 12 |
| Fox | Jacob | February 7, 1831 | 6 |
| Frazier | Wm. | December 7, 1835 | 82 |
| Gamble | Emilly | December 13, 1838 | 131 |
| Gamble | Emilly | December 12, 1838 | 134 |
| Gambriel | Aaron | November 18, 1836 | 105 |
| Gandy | Hugh | December 24, 1831 | 20 |
| Garrison | Josiah | February 10, 1836 | 93 |
| Gatson | Thomas | December 14, 1835 | 82 |
| Gentry | Richard | June 14, 1837 | 109 |
| Gibson | William | February 7, 1831 | 5 |
| Gilleland | Thomas | November 15, 1833 | 49 |
| Gray | Thomas C. | [blank] | 42 |
| Green | James | December 31, 1831 | 22 |
| Griffith | Benjamin | December 17, 1833 | 51 |
| Grimes | John | April 8, 1837 | 106 |
| Hadley | Elias | January 7, 1832 | 25 |
| Hadley | James T. | August 5, 1836 | 96 |
| Hadley | Jehu | February 7, 1833 | 39 |
| Hadley | Jeramiah | [blank] | 22 |
| Hadley | John T. | December 21, 1835 | 81 |
| Hadley | Jonathan | February 2, 1839 | 144 |
| Hadley | Joshua | September 30, 1832 | 30 |
| Hadley | Simon T. | December 28, 1831 | 19 |
| Hadley | Simon T. | February 16, 1833 | 40 |
| Hamilton | William | November 5, 1836 | 98 |
| Hamm | James | November 1, 1833 | 47 |
| Hancock | William | [blank] | 78 |
| Hannah | George | January 25, 1833 | 42 |
| Hannah | John | December 28, 1835 | 86 |
| Harding | Aaron | January 2, 1837 | 103 |
| Harding | Abraham | December 4, 1837 | 113 |
| Harper | Randolph | May 19, 1837 | 108 |
| Harper | Thomas | February 28, 1835 | 70 |
| Hartman | George | January 3, 1831 | 1 |
| Harvey | Robert | January 30, 1839 | 143 |
| Haydon | James H. | March 1, 1836 | 92 |
| Hays | John | November 16, 1835 | 77 |
| Heather | Thomas | December 19, 1831 | 20 |
| Hedge | David | January 14, 1837 | 103 |
| Hendricks | James | November 22, 1838 | 126 |
| Hendricks | Jesse | September 21, 1836 | 97 |
| Hendricks | Jesse | March 24, 1838 | 121 |
| Hendricks | Jesse | December 27, 1834 | 68-69 |
| Hendricks | John | November 30, 1836 | 100 |
| Herron | William | February 1, 1838 | 121 |
| Hibbs | James | June 28, 1833 | 50 |
| Hinkle | Casper | May 27, 1837 | 107 |
| Hinshaw | Ezra | May 29, 1837 | 108 |
| Hocken | John | November 24, 1832 | 33 |
| Hodge | Russel | May 20, 1836 | 95 |
| Hornada | Hiram | June 13, 1834 | 61 |
| Hornaday | Ezekiel | December 31, 1833 | 55 |
| Hornady | Ezekiel | April 24, 1838 | 122 |
| Howel | Jonathan | November 29, 1832 | 32 |
| Huddleston | Job | May 25, 1831 | 10 |
| Hughes | Young L. | May 6, 1831 | 7-8 |
| Hunt | Ashale | January 11, 1839 | 140 |
| Hussey | Thomas | November 27, 1838 | 130 |
| Hyten | William C. | December 12, 1835 | 91 |
| Jessup | John | December 3, 1835 | 79 |
| Jessup | Pratt W. | December 6, 1831 | 16 |
| Jessup | Timothy H. | December 5, 1831 | 15 |
| Jessup | Wm. | December 10, 1832 | 34 |
| Johnson | Joseph | August 5, 1835 | 75 |
| Johnson | Levi | December 11, 1838 | 129 |
| Johnson | Warrick L.P. | November 25, 1834 | 67 |
| Johnson | William | January 15, 1839 | 140 |
| Jolly | James | January 25, 1831 | 3 |
| Jones | David | November 28, 1836 | 100 |
| Jones | Edward | December 4, 1837 | 112 |
| Jones | James | [blank] | 42 |
| Jones | Wynn | May 16, 1836 | 93 |
| Keath | Jacob | January 23, 1832 | 25 |
| Kesler | Lewis | January 2, 1833 | 36 |
| Kinney | John | September 1, 1836 | 97 |
| Lambert | John | October 14, 1836 | 98 |
| Leak | William | October 2, 1837 | 110 |
| Lewis | Joseph | December 8, 1834 | 68 |
| Little | Alexander | January 2, 1832 | 23 |
| Little | Alexander | November 13, 1834 | 64 |
| Little | Alexander | November 29, 1834 | 65 |
| Lockman | Thomas | February 3, 1838 | 119 |
| Logan | James | January 31, 1839 | 143 |
| Logan | James | January 18, 1831 | 3-4 |
| Logan | James | January 17, 1832 | 24-25 |
| Logan | Jonathan | February 20, 1836 | 92 |
| Logan | Wm. T. | November 28, 1838 | 127 |
| Lowder | Samuel | January 17, 1835 | 70 |
| Loy | Cornelius | December 18, 1832 | 36 |
| Mallet | Thomas | May 7, 1831 | 9 |
| Malone | John | October 15, 1832 | 31 |
| Mann | Jesse P. | March 2, 1838 | 120 |
| Marshall | Joshua | January 3, 1837 | 104 |
| Martin | James | August 15, 1836 | 96 |
| Martin | John | November 14, 1836 | 99 |
| Mason | James | [blank] | 35 |
| Matlock | David | June 9, 1834 | 61 |
| Matlock | John | February 7, 1831 | 5 |
| Matlock | Wm. L. | September 28, 1831 | 13 |
| McCauley | Daniel | December 10, 1831 | 16 |
| Mccay | George | December 22, 1838 | 134 |
| Mcclane | John | [blank] | 69 |
| McClintick | Hezekiah | August 29, 1837 | 109 |
| McClintick | Hezekiah | October 18, 1838 | 125 |
| McClintick | Hezekiah | September 29, 1838 | 125 |
| McCloud | Robert | January 9, 1837 | 104 |
| McClure | James | November 17, 1834 | 64 |
| McClure | William | December 30, 1835 | 86 |
| McColley | Daniel | May 21, 1833 | 45 |
| McCoun | James | January 13, 1831 | 4 |
| McCown | James | October 26, 1834 | 67 |
| McCoy | George | January 2, 1832 | 23 |
| McDaniel | Asa | [blank] | 3 |
| McDaniel | Asa | [blank] | 34 |
| McDaniel | Asa | December 5, 1838 | 135-136 |
| McDaniel | David | December 17, 1833 | 52 |
| Mcdaniel | Nelly | December 29, 1838 | 135 |
| Mchaffie | Andrew E. | January 9, 1836 | 88 |
| Mead | Wm. | December 10, 1831 | 16 |
| Merrit | George S. | March 7, 1831 | 7 |
| Merritt | John | March 19, 1834 | 58 |
| Miles | Isaac | November 27, 1838 | 130 |
| Miller | Henry | January 14, 1833 | 39 |
| Miller | John D. | December 5, 1836 | 100 |
| Mills | Leroy | April 24, 1839 | 146 |
| Mitchel | William | April 16, 1834 | 60 |
| Mitchell | Hiram | December 24, 1835 | 84 |
| Montague | John | May 24, 1833 | 45 |
| Montgomery | Robert | December 19, 1838 | 133 |
| Montgomery | William | January 10, 1839 | 139-140 |
| Moon | John | [blank] | 83 |
| Moore | George | [blank] | 79 |
| Moore | George | November 29, 1837 | 112 |
| Moore | Shilds | October 13, 1835 | 76 |
| Moore | William | November 6, 1835 | 78 |
| Morris | Wiley | November 10, 1835 | 78 |
| Myers | Jacob | [blank] | 29 |
| Newman | Thomas | March 4, 1836 | 92 |
| Newton | Thomas | January 5, 1836 | 88 |
| Newton | Thomas | February 20, 1836 | 93 |
| Nichols | Erasmus | November 29, 1832 | 32 |
| Nichols | Erasmus | January 18, 1834 | 56 |
| Owen | Benjamin | December 15, 1831 | 21 |
| Pain | Absalom | March 8, 1838 | 123 |
| Pain | Benjamin | [blank] | 118 |
| Parker | John L. | April 13, 1839 | 145 |
| Parker | John L. | August 18, 1836 | 96-97 |
| Parks | Jonathan D. | August 28, 1834 | 63 |
| Parks | Moses | June 3, 1831 | 12 |
| Parks | Moses | April 12, 1833 | 43 |
| Payne | Benjamin | November 9, 1835 | 82 |
| Pearce | Nathaniel L. | December 16, 1837 | 113 |
| Pearcy | John | December 19, 1831 | 18 |
| Pearcy | John | November 20, 1833 | 48 |
| Pearcy | John | November 26, 1838 | 127 |
| Pearson | John | January 11, 1838 | 116 |
| Pennington | Hampton | May 3, 1834 | 59 |
| Pennington | Hampton | June 22, 1837 | 109 |
| Pennington | Hampton | May 25, 1838 | 123 |
| Pennington | James | February 7, 1831 | 6 |
| Pennington | James | September 2, 1831 | 14 |
| Pickett | Joshua | August 7, 1838 | 124 |
| Plasters | William | December 1, 1831 | 15 |
| Pounds | Lewis T. | December 15, 1836 | 101 |
| Prather | Isaac | January 4, 1833 | 36 |
| Pritchett | John | November 27, 1835 | 81 |
| Pruit | David | January 22, 1832 | 26-27 |
| Rammel | Henry | December 24, 1835 | 91 |
| Ramsey | Catherine | December 22, 1834 | 67 |
| Reece | Jacob | November 15, 1836 | 102 |
| Reynold | Charles | November 14, 1836 | 98 |
| Reynolds | Charles | December 9, 1835 | 80 |
| Reynolds | Charles | December 25, 1838 | 137 |
| Richardson | Daniel | January 3, 1833 | 37 |
| Richardson | John | June 3, 1839 | 147 |
| Rightsel | David | January 1, 1838 | 111 |
| Ritter | James | December 1, 1832 | 33 |
| Robbins | William | December 8, 1838 | 129 |
| Robbins | Wm. | April 21, 1838 | 123 |
| Ross | Robert | August 20, 1832 | 30 |
| Ross | Robert | January 11, 1839 | 139 |
| Rozenbum | Mathias | November 30, 1838 | 130-131 |
| Ruggles | James | January 14, 1839 | 138-139 |
| Rushton | Jesse | November 25, 1837 | 112 |
| Rushton | Silas | January 4, 1834 | 55 |
| Rushton | William | January 28, 1832 | 27 |
| Sacre | Benjamin | December 24, 1831 | 18 |
| Sacre | Charles | January 1, 1838 | 115 |
| Sacres | Benjamin | February 20, 1839 | 144 |
| Samuel | Thomas | November 26, 1831 | 14 |
| Sanders | Isaac | November 10, 1838 | 126 |
| Sanders | John | July 4, 1834 | 62 |
| Scamahorn | Barbary | May 7, 1831 | 8 |
| Scamahorn | Barbary | November 8, 1833 | 48 |
| Scott | Ira | January 26, 1831 | 2 |
| Scott | John | September 25, 1835 | 75 |
| Scott | William | December 2, 1835 | 79 |
| Shaever | Wm. | December 5, 1838 | 129 |
| Shanklin | John | November 30, 1838 | 128 |
| Shawver | William | May 25, 1839 | 146 |
| Shers | Jesse | December 19, 1838 | 142 |
| Shuck | Philip | May 16, 1835 | 73 |
| Shuck | Philip | December 22, 1838 | 134 |
| Shuck | Philip | February 27, 1839 | 144 |
| Simmons | Ezekiel | December 13, 1836 | 102 |
| Smith | David | May 4, 1833 | 44 |
| Smith | James | July 22, 1839 | 146 |
| Smith | Jesse | May 18, 1831 | 9 |
| Smith | John M. | January 11, 1839 | 140 |
| Smith | Rial | September 8, 1835 | 76 |
| Smith | Thomas | February 11, 1834 | 57 |
| Smith | William B. | January 12, 1839 | 142 |
| Smith | Zachariah | January 5, 1839 | 138 |
| Smith | Zadoc | [blank] | 37 |
| Snoddy | Absalom | December 2, 1835 | 80 |
| Snoddy | William | January 2, 1836 | 85 |
| Sowder | Frederick | January 1, 1838 | 114 |
| Sparks | Jonathan | January 25, 1831 | 2-3 |
| Spencer | Elijah | [blank] | 77 |
| Spencer | Elijah | February 2, 1836 | 88 |
| Spicklemire | Adam | November 21, 1833 | 48 |
| Stacy | George | December 17, 1835 | 83 |
| Staley | Christian | December 1, 1832 | 35 |
| Staley | David | December 5, 1835 | 83 |
| Stanley | Abel | December 28, 1833 | 53 |
| Stanley | Matthew | November 20, 1834 | 65 |
| Stanley | Matthew | [blank] | 74 |
| Stephens | Isaac | December 29, 1835 | 84 |
| Stevens | John | January 5, 1834 | 54 |
| Stout | Charles | January 18, 1838 | 118 |
| Stricklen | Samuel | May 3, 1836 | 94 |
| Summer | Caleb | December 11, 1837 | 111 |
| Surber | Samuel | February 14, 1837 | 106 |
| Sutherland | William | December 24, 1838 | 132 |
| Swaim | Anthony | [blank] | 104 |
| Swaim | Anthony | January 23, 1838 | 117 |
| Tansel | Francis | December 31, 1836 | 103 |
| Taulbee | Thomas | February 16, 1833 | 41 |
| Thomas | Wm. | January 1, 1834 | 53 |
| Thompson | Elijah | December 15, 1832 | 43 |
| Thompson | James | January --, 1831 | 3 |
| Thompson | James | December 17, 1831 | 17 |
| Thompson | James | May 9, 1834 | 60 |
| Tincher | Nancy | February 14, 1831 | 6 |
| Tincher | William | June 2, 1837 | 108 |
| Tincher | William | July 27, 1839 | 147 |
| Tolen | Robert J. | March 2, 1838 | 120 |
| Tombleson | James | September 25, 1835 | 75 |
| Toney | Hiram | May 19, 1837 | 107 |
| Toney | Stephenton | October 13, 1834 | 63 |
| Tout | Basel | March 30, 1835 | 71 |
| Tout | John | January 14, 1839 | 142 |
| Townsend | William | May 27, 1831 | 11 |
| Trotter | James | November 21, 1832 | 34 |
| Trotter | James | December 17, 1833 | 54 |
| Trotter | James | May 4, 1835 | 73 |
| Trotter | Wakefield | July 25, 1838 | 124 |
| Turner | James | December 12, 1834 | 66 |
| Turner | William | November 24, 1832 | 31 |
| Turpin | Jacob | January 6, 1832 | 24 |
| Turpin | Jacob | December 19, 1838 | 132 |
| Turpin | Robinson | January 20, 1837 | 105 |
| Turpin | Robinson | December 30, 1837 | 116 |
| Turpin | Robison | September 18, 1838 | 124 |
| Turpin | Robison | November 22, 1838 | 129 |
| Vealey | Isaac | October 6, 1838 | 125 |
| Vealey | Isaac | April 13, 1839 | 145 |
| Vertrees | Charles | February 9, 1832 | 27 |
| Vertrees | Charles | January 17, 1834 | 57 |
| Vertrees | Charles | December 19, 1835 | 87 |
| Walker | James | January 28, 1836 | 89 |
| Walker | James | February 15, 1836 | 90 |
| Walker | Joseph | December 7, 1836 | 101 |
| Walls | James | June 9, 1836 | 95 |
| Ward | Martha | January 7, 1839 | 135 |
| Watson | Eli | October 19, 1835 | 76 |
| Watson | Jeptha | January 11, 1839 | 139 |
| Weaver | Thomas Jefferson | December 27, 1837 | 119 |
| Weekly | Tavener | December 17, 1834 | 66 |
| West | Archibald | December 27, 1838 | 131 |
| West | Archibald | December 27, 1838 | 137 |
| West | Henry E. | May 28, 1831 | 11 |
| Wilcox | C.F. | March 24, 1835 | 72 |
| Wilcox | Charles F. | February 13, 1836 | 89 |
| Wilcox | William | February 3, 1831 | 28 |
| Wiley | Abner | February 18, 1836 | 91 |
| Wiley | Alfred | December 26, 1837 | 115 |
| Wiley | Isaiah | January 1, 1838 | 115 |
| Wilks | Peter | October 14, 1835 | 77 |
| Williams | James | May 31, 1833 | 46 |
| Wilson | Jesse | November 4, 1837 | 110 |
| Wood | John S. | January 17, 1839 | 141 |
| Wood | Nathan | February 21, 1837 | 106 |
| Woods | John | December 23, 1837 | 112 |
| Zimmerman | John | November 19, 1836 | 99 |
| Zimmerman | John | November 24, 1837 | 110 |