Will of John Geer

John Geer mentioned his unnamed wife and named four sons, five daughters and son-in-law James Roper.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Geer (printed JOHN GEER)

Dated

12 August 1769

Proved

January 1770 court

Family named

David (son); Frederick (son); William (son); John (son); Mimma (daughter); Tabitha (daughter); Mary Burnett (daughter); Siny (?) (daughter); Sarah (daughter); James Roper (son-in-law)

Witnesses

Jacob Garrard, Jr; Michael Dent

Reading note: Daughter Siny (?) uncertain in source.

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book A, page 105.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).