Orange County Indexed
Will of John Baskett
Will Book A, page 135 · dated 26 February 1771
John Baskett named wife Ann, brother James and sons William and Thomas; friends Thomas Cate and James Baskett were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Baskett (printed JOHN BASKETT)
- Dated
- 26 February 1771
- Proved
- Date not given
- Family named
- Ann (Wife); William (son); Thomas (son; under age); James (brother)
- Executors
- Thomas Cate (friends); James Baskett (friends)
- Witnesses
- John Cate; Elizabeth Cate
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 135.
- 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).
