Will of John (x) Holstein

John Holstein named brother Jacob, brother-in-law Henry and three sisters, devised Granville land, and appointed Henry Streider and Jacob Holstein executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John (x) Holstein (printed JOHN (x) HOLSTEIN)

Dated

11 September 1789

Proved

May 1790 court

Family named

Jacob Holstein (brother); Mary (three sisters); Susannah (three sisters); Barbaryman (three sisters); Henry Streider (brother-in-law)

Executors

Henry Streider; Jacob Holstein

Witnesses

William Jacob; George (x) Streider

Land

land on Adcock Creek in Granville County, N.C.; land in Granville on Adcock Creek

Places

Adcock Creek; Granville County, N.C.

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 95.
• 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).