Orange County Indexed
Will of Thomas Cate
Will Book A, page 66 · dated 5 November 1765 · proved May 1767
Thomas Cate named wife Elizabeth, son Richard, daughter Sarah and granddaughter Ann, mentioned unnamed daughters, and appointed sons Thomas and Joseph executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Thomas Cate (printed THOMAS CATE)
- Dated
- 5 November 1765
- Proved
- May 1767 court
- Family named
- Elizabeth (wife); Richard (son); Thomas (son); Joseph (son); Sarah (daughter); Ann (granddaughter, daughter of my son Thomas)
- Executors
- Thomas (son); Joseph (son)
- Witnesses
- William Smith; Elizabeth (x) Cate
- Land
- plantation whereon I now live
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 66.
- 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).
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
