Orange County Indexed
Will of John Tapley Patterson
Will Book A, page 233 · dated 10 February 1781 · proved November 1781
John Tapley Patterson named wife Sarah, sons Mann and Page and only daughter Milly, distributed land, and appointed his wife and brother Mark executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Tapley Patterson (printed JOHN TAPLEY PATTERSON)
- Dated
- 10 February 1781
- Proved
- November 1781 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Sarah (wife); Mann Patterson (son); Page Patterson (son); Milly (Amelia) (only daughter); Mark Patterson (only and well beloved brother)
- Executor
- Mark Patterson (only and well beloved brother)
- Witnesses
- Jos. Barbee; John Patterson; Baxter Boling
- Land
- land on Capper's Branch of New Hope; plantation I bought of John Whatly and tract I bought of William Whatly
- Places
- Capper's Branch of New Hope
- Also named
- John Whatly; William Whatly
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 233.
- 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).
