Will of Jesse Benton

Jesse Benton named his wife and unnamed minor children and appointed four executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Jesse Benton (printed JESSE BENTON)

Dated

21 October 1790

Proved

August 1791 court

Family named

Nancy (wife)

Executors

Nancy (wife); Alfred Moore (Colonel); William Walters; Absolom Tatom

Witnesses

S. Benton; A. Benton

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 7, page 466; Deed Book 9, page 79

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 144.
• 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).