Orange County Indexed
Will of John Burgess
Will Book A, page 185 · dated 27 February 1775 · proved May 1775
John Burgess left property to three named beneficiaries after his wife died; his wife Elizabeth was executrix.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Burgess (printed JOHN BURGESS)
- Dated
- 27 February 1775
- Proved
- May 1775 court
- Family named
- Elizabeth McConkey (Wife); Elizabeth (wife)
- Also left something
- Lidy Breeze (no relationship stated); Susannah Stone (no relationship stated); Benjamin Williams (no relationship stated)
- Executor
- Elizabeth (wife)
- Witnesses
- Thomas Palmer; Edward Roberts
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 185.
- 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).
