Orange County Indexed
Will of John Lindsey
Will Book B, page 275 · dated 20 October 1793 · proved February 1794
John Lindsey named his wife, three sons and daughter, mentioned unmarried children, and appointed his son and son-in-law executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Lindsey (printed JOHN LINDSEY)
- Dated
- 20 October 1793
- Proved
- February 1794 court
- Family named
- Mary Lindsey (wife); Athanatious Lindsey (three sons); John Lindsey (three sons); Caleb Lindsey (three sons); Dille Lindsey (daughter); Henry Edwards (son-in-law)
- Executors
- Athanatious Lindsey (son); Henry Edwards (son-in-law)
- Witnesses
- David Durham; Benjamin Davis; ...(torn) Lindsey
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 275.
- 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).
