Will of John McComb

John McComb named wife Rachel, her two sons, son Jesse and seven daughters; six executors served under James Allison's oversight.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John McComb (printed JOHN McCOMB)

Dated

As printed: “Dated --”

Proved

April 1769 court

Family named

Rachel (wife); Jesse (my son); Mary (daughter); Jane (daughter); Darcas (daughter); Harrow (?) (daughter); Sarah (daughter); Margaret (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); John (wife's sons); William (wife's sons)

Executors

John McComb; Rachel McComb; Mary McComb; Jane McComb; Jesse McComb; Darcas McComb

Witnesses

John Smith; Elizabeth Smith

Also named

James Allison (Overseer of Executors)

Reading note: Daughter Harrow (?) uncertain. Relationship of wife's sons to testator not explicitly specified; recorded as step_relation with exact relation.

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 94.
• 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).