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Orange County Indexed

Will of Andrew Patten (or Patton)

Will Book B, page 97 · dated 28 January 1790 · proved August 1790

Andrew Patten left property to his wife and children and appointed two friends executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Andrew Patten (or Patton) (printed ANDREW PATTEN (or PATTON))
Dated
28 January 1790
Proved
August 1790 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Margaret (wife); Robert (son); Thomas (son); John (son); Andrew (son); Sarah Hughes (daughter)
Executors
Joseph Thompson (friends); James Hughes (friends)
Witnesses
Henry Campbell; Robert Tinnen; John Thompson
Land
all my Cumberland lands- one survey; land in Orange County
Places
Cumberland; Orange County

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 97.
  • 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).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
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