Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Clackamas County Records Inventory
Married Women's Property Registers
1859-1909
Series documents property held by women independently and separately from their husbands. Registration of property usually is in relation to a marriage or divorce settlement. Information includes a description of property (land, livestock, and farm and household goods) to be considered separate and declarations stating that the woman in question is not responsible for her husband's debts.
Records at the Oregon State Archives:
Register of Married Women's Separate Property [with index], 1859-1909
(1 volume);
Women's Separate Property Rights Record [one page only], 1909 (.05
cu.ft.);
Search for 1859-1909 Clackamas
County women's separate property records in Oregon Historical Records Index.
Records at the Clackamas County Public Services Building, Clerk's Recording Office:
Misc. Early Records [Women's Separate Property Rights-one page only-reel
C01AB], 1909 (1 reel of microfilm).