Orange County Indexed
Will of John Mordaugh
Will Book A, page 137 · dated 8 July 1771
John Mordaugh named wife Elizabeth, three sons and four daughters, left James a plantation, and appointed Elizabeth and son James Sr. executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Mordaugh (printed JOHN MORDAUGH)
- Dated
- 8 July 1771
- Proved
- Date not given
- Family named
- Elizabeth (Wife); James (son); David (son); John (son); Catrin (daughter); Agness (daughter); Janet (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter)
- Executors
- Elizabeth (wife); James Sr. (son)
- Witnesses
- Wm. Rutherford; John Mordaugh
- Land
- plantation bought of Enos Elliman
- Also named
- Enos Elliman
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 137.
- 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).
