The following is a list of names that were taken from the "Grantor" deed books located in the Henry County RECORDER'S office at the courthouse. The probate court appointed an "honest" upstanding taxpayer of the county to be the probate court's commissioner to represent the court after the probate hearings, following the death of a landowner. The appointed commissioners' job was to get bids on the property and oversee the settlement of the sale, report back to the court and issue a legal deed to the new landowner. After 1859 the laws were changed to where the executor of an estate would handle all legal documents and issues.    These dates are not the date of death, rather they are the date the deceased's property was sold to satisfy the courts and settle the estate. Some names have several dates the earliest dates were shortly after the death of the landowner the others are follow-up hearings. These records have a gold mine of genealogy information in them, such as names of heirs, wives, siblings and others that were entitled to the land left to them in wills and probate court rulings. These are from Deed Record books (index) A through Z, plus 1 through 6 in the second index set. To read the pages you will need to find the "GRANTOR" deed book letter and/or number.