Probate Order Books contain the daily actions of the Probate Court. Actions include letters of administration (no will) or testamentary (will found), administrator and executor’s bonds, guardianships for minor heirs, partitions of land, estate sales, widow’s dowers, disputes between heirs, lawsuits brought by creditors, and more.
The following table details probate order books available for Jefferson County, Indiana. Links to indexes available on Indiana’s Gore are given when available.
These volumes have been all digitized by Ancestry. They are available on microfilm from the Indiana State Library and Family History Library.
See Jefferson County Probate Records for other records.
| Probate Order Book | Index |
| Order Book A (1811-1822) | 1811-1832 Index |
| Order Book B (1822-1827) | 1811-1832 Index |
| Order Book C (1827-1832) | 1811-1832 Index |
| Order Book D (1832-1837) | 1832-1842 Index |
| Order Book E (1837-1842) | 1832-1842 Index |
| Order Book F (1842-1846) | 1842-1848 Index |
| Order Book G (1846-1848) | 1842-1848 Index |
| Order Book H (1848-1850) | 1848-1851 Index |
| Order Book I (1850-1851) | 1848-1851 Index |
| Order Book J (1852-1853) | 1852-1855 Index |
| Order Book K (1854-1855) | 1852-1855 Index |
| Order Book L (1856-1858) | 1856-1860 Index |
| Order Book M (1858-1860) | 1856-1860 Index |
| Order Book N (1860-1863) | 1860-1869 Index |
| Order Book O (1863-1869) | 1860-1869 Index |
| Order Book P (1869-1874) | 1869-1876 Index |
| Order Book Q (1874-1876) | 1869-1876 Index |
| Order Book R (1876-1879) | 1876-1881 Index |
| Order Book S (1879-1881) | 1876-1881 Index |
| Order Book T (1881-1882) | 1881-1883 Index |
| Order Book U (1882-1883) | 1881-1883 Index |
| Order Book V (1883-1884) | 1883-1885 Index |
| Order Book W (1884-1885) | 1883-1885 Index |
| Order Book X (1885-1886) | 1885-1889 Index |
| Order Book Y (1886-1887) | 1885-1889 Index |
| Order Book Z (1887-1889) | 1885-1889 Index |
| Order Book 1 (1889-1890) | 1889-1892 Index |
| Order Book 2 (1890-1891) Not microfilmed |
N/A |
| Order Book 3 (1891-1892) | 1889-1892 Index |
| Order Book 4 (1892-1894) | 1892-1896 Index |
| Order Book 5 (1894-1895) | 1892-1896 Index |
| Order Book 6 (1896) | 1892-1896 Index |
| Order Book 7 (1896-1898) | 1896-1899 Index |
| Order Book 8 (1898-1899) | 1896-1899 Index |
| Order Book 9 (1899-1901) | 1899-1902 Index |
| Order Book 10 (1901-1902) | 1899-1902 Index |
| Order Book 11 (1902-1903) | 1902-1905 Index |
| Order Book 12 (1903-1904) | 1902-1905 Index |
| Order Book 13 (1904-1905) | 1902-1905 Index |
| Order Book 14 (1905-1906) | 1905-1908 Index |
| Order Book 15 (1906-1908) | 1905-1908 Index |
| Order Book 16 (1908-1909) | 1908-1911 Index |
| Order Book 17 (1909-1911) | 1908-1911 Index |
| Order Book 18 (1911-1913) | 1911-1914 Index |
| Order Book 19 (1913-1914) | 1911-1914 Index |
| Order Book 20 (1914-1915) | 1914-1916 Index |
| Order Book 21 (1915-1916) | 1914-1916 Index |
| Order Book 22 (1916-1917) | 1916-1918 Index |
| Order Book 23 (1917-1918) | 1916-1918 Index |