Orange County Indexed
Will of James McGown
Will Book A, page 116 · dated November 1769 · proved April 1770
James McGown mentioned his unnamed wife and named two sons and three daughters; George Tate was executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James McGown (printed JAMES McGOWN)
- Dated
- November 1769
- Proved
- April 1770 court
- Family named
- James (son); William (son); Mary (daughter); Susannah (daughter); Ettar (daughter)
- Executor
- George Tate
- Witness
- Robert Mebane
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 116.
- 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).
