Putnam Co. Indiana
Court of Common Pleas Probate Bk 1, pg 250
John Mercer's estate
Eli Mercer, Admn.
Comes now Jacob McGinnis, Clerk, and reports to the Court, that heretofore, towit, on the 1st day of February, 1856, he granted letters of Administration on the estate of John Mercer, late of said county deceased, to Eli Mercer, and took bond in the penalty of $3,000.00, with Henry E. Cowgill as his security.
It is therefore ordered by the Court that the granting of said letters and the taking of the said bond be approved, ratified, confirmed, and adopted as the act of this Court. And this cause is continued.

Court of Common Please Book 3, pg. 57, 58, 59, 60:
Comes said Administrator, Eli Mercer, by John Hanna his attorney and moves the court for leave to make final settlement . . . . . %595.36 total estate.
The last said John Mercer, left a widow Ruth (Clearwater) Mercer and ten heirs as follows:
1. The minor heirs of Rachel (Mercer) Overton; John Overton Guard.
2. David Mercer
3. Eli Mercer
4. Thomas Harper and Elizabeth (Mercer) his wife.
5. Seth Mercer
6. John (Taylor)Mercer
7. James (Armstrong) Mercer
8. William Pascal and Mary Jane (Mercer), his wife.
9. Daniel A. Mercer
10. Hamilton Mercer