Franklin County was created Dec 1837 out of Crawford County. The first book of probate information is the combined County and Probate Court Minutes. In addition there are loose probate packets. Below I show what we have and don't for each known decedant or guardian case.
| Probate and Guardianship Cases 1836-1841 | year/note | Has Loose packet | In Probate Minute Book |
| Bourland, John Bacon | 1840 | yes | yes |
| Brooks, Willis | 1841 | yes | |
| Bryant, Rial | 1841 | yes | yes |
| Calvert, Joseph | 1839 | yes | |
| Carty, William | 1840 | yes | yes |
| Caulk, minors | 1838 | yes | |
| Clark, Johnathan | 1835/6 | yes | yes |
| Cunningham, John | 1840 | yes | yes |
| Evans, Miranda | 1839/minor | yes | yes |
| Evans, Mississippi | 1839/minor | yes | yes |
| Evans, Sally | 1839/minor | yes | yes |
Featherston, minors1840 yes Guest, William 1841 yes yes Hart, James 1841 yes Haynie, Charles 1836 yes Hixon, Benjamin 1841 yes Humphill, Charles 1839 yes Kendall, John 1841 yes Lasater, John 1838 yes yes Miller, Samuel 1839 yes Miller, Simon not probated yes Moore, John 1839 yes Moore, Thomas 1840 yes yes Morris, Thomas 1840 yes yes Quesenbury, John 1841 yes yes Rose, Corina 1841/minor yes yes Rose, H B 1841 yes Sherwood, Benjamin 1839/minor yes Stout, Wilkenson 1841 yes Turner, John bef 1838 yes Whitson, William 1838 yes yes Williams, Miles 1839 yes yes Probate and Guardianship Cases 1842-1846 year/note Loose packet Minute Book Booth, Thomas 1846 yes yes Bryant, Russell 1843 yes Davis, Nancy 1844 yes Davis, Noah 1846 yes Fleeming, John 1844 [Fleeman] yes yes Gage, Jeremiah 1846 yes yes Grounds, George 1845 yes yes Guthrie, Wallace 1842 yes yes Hail, Joab 1844 yes Huff, George 1843/minor yes Lane, Rowland 1846 yes Lyon, John 1842 yes Miller, Allen 1846 yes yes Moffit, Elijah 1844 yes yes M'deiss, Elophal 1842 yes Pendleton, James 1845 yes Price, John 1846 yes yes Reddin, Mrs [Martha] 1845 [Redding] yes yes Redding, minors 1845/minors yes yes Scott, Will W 1844 yes Stutsman, Daniel 1844 yes Temples, Robert 1844 yes Turner, John 1844 yes Wadsworth, John 1843 yes Whitson, Charles 1844 yes yes Willi, William 1845 yes Wisdom, Francis 1846 yes Probate and Guardianship Cases 1846-1849 year/note Loose packet Minute Book Alstott, William 1849 yes Anderson, Jonas 1848/9 yes yes Bowers, Michael 1847 yes Brinkmires, Lauind ? 1848 yes Brown, Henry 1847 yes yes Burton, Thomas 1847 yes Christian, Yancy P 1847 yes Clay, William 1847 yes Fulton, James 1847 yes Haile, Jacob 1847 yes Hendrick, David 1847 yes yes Huggins, John 1849 yes yes McLaughlin, Samuel Lane 1848/minor yes yes Martin, Hugh 1849/minors yes Meredith, Elijah 1848 yes Milton, Fanny 1849 yes Morrison, William 1849 yes Parkes, Thomas 1847 yes Powell, George 1848 yes Smith, William 1847 yes Steele, John N 1847 yes yes Wood, William 1849/minor yes yes Probate and Guardianship Cases 1850 year/note Loose packet Minute Book Alstott, Thomas 1850/minor yes Baskins, Robert 1850 yes yes Benton, Thomas 1850 yes Caulk, Nancy 1850 yes Covert, John 1850 yes Forts, David 1850 yes Foster, Alvin 1850 yes Guthrie, Nelson 1850 yes Hendrix, D D 1850 yes Hunter, William 1850 yes Irvin, Allen 1850 yes Marrs, Wiley 1850 yes Puckett, Thomas 1850 yes Richardson, Pleasant 1850 yes Roberts, Peter 1850 yes Sanders, Richard 1850 yes Snodgrass, Isaac 1850 yes Vaughn, Randolph 1850 yes Williams, Lewis 1850 yes