Orange County Indexed
Will of John McCoy
Will Book A, page 92 · dated 4 April 1767 · proved October 1768
John McCoy mentioned his unnamed wife and younger children, named Francis and Elizabeth, and appointed Robert Rea guardian and W. McCoy executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John McCoy (printed JOHN McCOY), of St. Mathew's Parish, Orange Co.
- Dated
- 4 April 1767
- Proved
- October 1768 court
- Family named
- Francis (oldest son); Elizabeth (daughter)
- Executor
- W. McCoy
- Guardian
- Robert Rea (well beloved friend)
- Witnesses
- John Armstrong; Mathew J. Cobey (?)
Reading note: Witness Mathew J. Cobey (?) uncertain.
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 92.
- 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).
