Will of David Pinkerton

David Pinkerton named wife Margaret, three sons, two underage daughters and stepdaughter Agnes Trickey; his wife and son John were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

David Pinkerton (printed DAVID PINKERTON), yoeman of St. Matthew's Parish.

Dated

27 February 1764

Proved

January 1772 court

Family named

Margaret (wife); John (son); William (son); David (son); Martha (daughter; both under 18 years of age); Mary (daughter; both under 18 years of age); Agnes Trickey ? (step-daughter)

Executors

Margaret (wife); John (son)

Witnesses

George Miller; James Latta

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 2, page 42; Deed Book 2, page 124; Deed Book 3, page 82; Deed Book 4, page 663; Deed Book Register of Orange, line 2698

Money and goods

5 shillings

Reading note: Stepdaughter Agnes Trickey ? 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 164.
• 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).