Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Douglas County Records Inventory
Married Women's Property Registers
1859-1903
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 Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives:
[Married Women's Separate Property], 1861-1903 (1 reel of
microfilm);
Married Women's Separate Property [Abstracts from 1859 to 1903-by Genealogical Society of Douglas County], 2004 (1 binder);
Married Women's Sep. Prop. [Separate Property-with index], 1859-1903
(1 volume);
Records-Register of Married Women's Separate Property [Umpqua
County], 1861-1862 (1 volume).