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The Nevada Constitution, ratified in 1864, contained a provision for documenting "all property, both real and personal, of the wife owned or claimed by her before marriage and that acquired afterward by gift, devise or descent" so that in the case of the end of the marriage, she could reclaim it. County Recorders kept the records, and this is the register for Washoe County, Nevada, from 1865 through 1913.
The Digital Services Department in the University Libraries collaborated with the Washoe County Recorder's Office to digitize historical records. Transcribing these records will help make them accessible to those who are unfamiliar with 19th century handwriting, and will also make them searchable. If you would like to help with this project, sign up using the tab at the top of this page, and then please contact Special Collections.
Works
Index for the Inventory, alphabetical by name
The index to the entries in the Ledger, giving the page number(s) for each woman's inventory of property.
Pages 043-058
1881-1882. Records of the personally-owned property of Katie Rinehart, Hannah S. Crockett, Columba A. Feratti, Fannie Cahn, Deleah Hartung, Jane Gault, Martha A. Chapin, Abigail C. Sessions, Charlotte E. Jaques, Sarah V. Clark, Lizzie Greiner, Alice E. Hoy, Elizabeth E. Borden (supplemental),...
Pages 059-074
1882-1883. Records of the personally-owned property of Ida A. Maltby, May L. Pryor, Fannie L. Smith, Ida A. Evans, Martha J. Ferguson, Antonetta Bechtel, Rose Hutchinson, Margaret Hogan, Elizabeth Manning, and Sadie Gale.
Collaboration is restricted.
Pages 075-090
1882-1883. Records of the personally-owned property of Exilda Deloushent, Minerva Hooper, Julia M. Courtois, Lucy M. Ulyatt, Melinda Benham, Harriett B. Giles, Sarah L. McFarlin (supplemental), Lina Odett, Mary I. Fitzgerald, Mariah S. Hall, Ellen E. Hart, and Elizabeth Holcomb.
Collaboration is restricted.
Pages 091-106
1884-1885. Records of the personally-owned property of Mary Needham, Anna Gilson, Fannie Kahn, Addie E. Bacon, Emma Berry, Harriet Lachman, Ida A. Evans, and Sarah A. Abbee.
Collaboration is restricted.
Pages 107-122
1885-1888. Records of the personally-owned property of Emma Frederick, Atlanta Burtch, Martha Lodge, Elfie Washburn, Ella S. Alexander, Julia Birdsall, Ella White, Lillie Payne, Lizzie J. Forbes, Catherine (aka Katherina) Miller, Antonetta Bechtel, Catherine Mozingo, and Abbie E. Oakes.
Collaboration is restricted.
Pages 123-138
1888-1890. Records of the personally-owned property of Mary McKissick, Nellie L. Werner, Julia Prescott, Lydia E. Borman, Cinderella Pollock, Margaret Greiner Kerth, Lila Riter, and Martha J. Humphrey.
Collaboration is restricted.
