Will of Alexander Montgomery

Alexander Montgomery provided for his wife and six children, left Virginia land to son-in-law Robert Barnett, and appointed his wife sole executrix.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Alexander Montgomery (printed ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY)

Dated

27 July 1767

Proved

April 1768 court

Family named

Alexander Montgomery (son); William Montgomery (son); Ann (my daughters); Mary (my daughters); John (rest of my children); Elizabeth (rest of my children); Robert Barnett (son-in-law; in Amhurst Co., Va.)

Witnesses

William Robinson; Charles Crawford; Wm. Maxwell

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 3, page 206

Land

my plantation that lyeth in Rockfish settlement

Money and goods

5 shillings; one shilling sterling

Places

Amhurst Co., Va.; Rockfish settlement

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 81.
• 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).