Will of Charles Johnston

Charles Johnston named wife Martha, son George, sons-in-law, grandsons and other beneficiaries; Samuel Craig and William McCauley were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Charles Johnston (printed CHARLES JOHNSTON)

Dated

9 June 1789

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Martha Johnston (wife); George (son); William Craig (grandson); John McCauley (grandson); John Freeland (son-in-law); Chaldous (?) Bailey (son-in-law); Samuel Craig (son-in-law); John Strayhorn (son-in-law); Matthew McCauley (son-in-law)

Also left something

Charles McCauley (no relationship stated); Charles Strayhorn (no relationship stated)

Executors

Samuel Craig (trusty and well-beloved friends); William McCauley (trusty and well-beloved friends)

Witnesses

Wm. Blackwood; Joseph Blackwood; James Blackwood

Reading note: Continuation on PDF page 77, after two misplaced images. Son-in-law Chaldous (?) Bailey has handwritten alternate Cladous above; printed reading retained.

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, pages 74–77.
• 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).