Orange County Indexed
Will of Zachariah Allen
Will Book B, page 92 · dated 27 September 1789 · proved May 1790
Zachariah Allen mentioned his unnamed wife, named children, distributed Catawba land, and appointed John Thomson and James Allen executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Zachariah Allen (printed ZACHARIAH ALLEN)
- Dated
- 27 September 1789
- Proved
- May 1790 court
- Family named
- George (son); William (son); James (son); John (son; under age); Mary (rest of my children); Jean (rest of my children); Sarah (rest of my children); Robert (rest of my children); Ruth (rest of my children); Lovda(?) (rest of my children); Joseph (rest of my children); Zachariah (rest of my children)
- Executors
- John Thomson (my worthy friends; son of Thomas); James Allen (my worthy friends)
- Witnesses
- James Allen; Daniel McDaniel
- Land
- land in Lincorn County on S. Side of Catawba (River).
- Places
- Lincorn County; S. Side of Catawba (River)
- Also named
- Thomas
Reading note: Poorly punctuated children Mary Jean, Sarah, Robert Ruth Lovda(?) Joseph & Zachariah provisionally split Mary, Jean, Sarah, Robert, Ruth, Lovda(?), Joseph, Zachariah. Source duplicate on PDF75 omitted.
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 92.
- 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).
