Will of Peter (x) Poor

Peter Poor named wife Elizabeth and five underage children; John Oliver and George Fogleman were guardians and his wife was executrix.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Peter (x) Poor (printed PETER (x) POOR)

Dated

31 May 1768

Proved

October 1768 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Peter Poor (son; under age); Mary Ann (daughter; all under age); Ann Phillipinia (daughter; all under age); Eva Catarina (daughter; all under age); Elizabeth (daughter; all under age)

Guardians

John Oliver; George Fogleman

Witnesses

Josias Mogar; Joseph Bogs; Anthony ...?...

Reading note: Witness surname for Anthony printed ...?...; unresolved.

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 86.
• 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).