1868 Will of Judge George Gale: list of debtors

Date: 1868 [unknown]
Location: Galesville, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Surname/tag: Gale, Bartlett, Cram

The Honorable Judge George Gale died in 1868. His will names a plethora of local people whom he had either loaned money or with whom he held land contracts. They are listed below.^[1]

Land Contracts:

• J.S. Merrill and J.B. Rand
• Wm. H. Polleys
• David Lauson
• H.Z. Smith and E. N. Trowbridge
• N. D. Gilbert
• H.W. Gallup and W. A. Mayne (Wayne?)
• E. R. Thompson
• Thomas Shaw
• S.D. Chappel
• S.F. Harris
• John Brophy
• C.H. Leith
• J. Martin
• Thomas Roach
• Daniel Hefsey
• Neils Olson
• Ole Olson
• Lorin Briggs
• John Nelson
• Sven Syverson
• H. C. Bartlett

Promissory notes:

• John C. Hess
• Wilson Davis
• Wm. A. Cram
• Robert Bruce (?)
• A. J. Davis
• C.E. Averill
• R. Herman
• L.M. Standford
• Edward Lee
• James Cork
• F.O. Wright
• Silas Parker
• J.W March
• C. Termpena and A. Terpina (?)

In 1868, was listed in George Gale's Will as having entered into a land contract with the judge.