Will of Andrew McBroom

Andrew McBroom named wife Mary, two sons and three daughters, directed John McCaleb to live with Mary, and appointed two friends executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Andrew McBroom (printed ANDREW McBROOM)

Dated

1 December 1783

Proved

February 1784 court

Family named

Mary (wife); Andrew (son); William (son); Jane (my three daughters); Rebecca (my three daughters); Mary (my three daughters)

Executors

Andrew McBroom (trusty friends); John Armstrong (trusty friends)

Witnesses

Jno. Armstrong; John Allison

Also named

John McCaleb (no relationship stated; is to live with wife)

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 294.
• 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).