Will of John Foust

John Foust named wife Barbara, sons and daughters, distributed land and shilling legacies, and appointed sons George and Peter Foust executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Foust (printed JOHN FOUST)

Dated

12 December 1786

Proved

February 1790 court

Family named

Barbara Foust (wife); Philip (son); John (son); Jacob (son); Christian (son); George (son); Peter (3 youngest sons); Daniel Foust (3 youngest sons); Peter Foust (two sons); Barbara Clap (daughter); Judith Clap (daughter)

Executors

George (two sons); Peter Foust (two sons)

Witnesses

Joseph Stout; Samuel Stout; Jacob Marshall

Land

all his real estate

Money and goods

5 shillings; 5 shillings each

Reading note: George appears in sons list and again among three youngest sons; retained once for exact George role. Youngest sons George, Peter and Daniel Foust share surname once. Probate questioned.

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 79.
• 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).