Will of Joseph Dixson

Joseph Dixson named wife Mary, seven sons and daughter Anne Bailey, distributed land, and appointed his wife executrix.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joseph Dixson (printed JOSEPH DIXSON)

Dated

5 December 1769

Proved

April 1770 court

Family named

Mary (wife); Nathan (son); Stephen (son); Solomon (son); Jesse (son); Eli (son); Samuel (son); Joseph (son); Anne Bailey (daughter; wife of Caleb); Caleb (wife of)

Executor

Mary (wife)

Witnesses

William Moffitt; Joab Brooks, Jr.; Solomon Cox

Land

land on Terrell's Creek on waters of Haw River adjoining John Lambral's land; land bought of John May; land bought of Howil Brown, adjoining Geo. Dixson; their land when they reach 21 years of age

Places

Terrell's Creek; Haw River

Also named

John Lambral; John May; Howil Brown; Geo. Dixson

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 114.
• 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).