Will of Joseph Barnett

Joseph Barnett named pregnant wife Rachel, son Samuel and daughters Mary and Sarah Barnett.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joseph Barnett (printed JOSEPH BARNETT)

Dated

18 April 1771

Proved

January 1773 court

Family named

Rachel (wife; is pregnant); Samuel (son); Mary (daughter); Sarah Barnett (daughter)

Witnesses

John Barnett; Wm Miles; Thomas Barnett

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 166.
• 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).