Orange County Indexed
Will proved: Wm. Johnston, John Butler, Jesse Benton
May 1785 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Will of Wm. Johnston, proved by Gen'l. John Butler, Jesse Benton, & Absolom Tatom.
- Kind of business
- Will proved
- Court
- May 1785 term
- People
- Wm. Johnston (testator)
- John Butler (witness; Gen'l.)
- Jesse Benton (witness)
- Absolom Tatom (witness)
- James Hogg (executor)
- Richard Bennehan (executor)
- The court’s words
- “Aquainted with his handwriting”
Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.
Where to find it
- Folio and page 4-241½
- Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 4 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
- Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
