Orange County Indexed
Will of John Armstrong
Will Book B, page 121 · dated 25 November 1790 · proved February 1791
John Armstrong left land to his son, named his wife and daughters, and appointed his wife and Richard Christmas executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Armstrong (printed JOHN ARMSTRONG)
- Dated
- 25 November 1790
- Proved
- February 1791 court
- Family named
- Margaret (wife); William (son); Elizabeth (daughter; age under 18 years); Mary (daughter); Margaret (daughter); Rachel (daughter)
- Executor
- Richard Christmas
- Witnesses
- Richard Goff; William Trousdale
- Land
- land on Haw River joining John Holmes, Moses Crawford and Richard Christmas
- Places
- Haw River
- Also named
- John Holmes (adjoining landowner); Moses Crawford (adjoining landowner); Richard Christmas (adjoining landowner)
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 B, page 121.
- 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).
