Will of Zaccheus Tate

Zaccheus Tate named twelve children and a granddaughter and appointed his son John executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Zaccheus Tate (printed ZACCHEUS TATE)

Dated

8 February 1798

Proved

May 1798 court

Family named

John Tate (son); Zaccheus Tate (son); Velentine Tate (son); Uriah Tate (son); Zephaniah Tate (son); Uzziah Tate (son); Zenas Tate (son); Simpson Tate (son; he is married); Jean Tate (daughter); Lydia Tate (daughter); Udose Tate (daughter); Sally Spruce (daughter); Jean Mechum Tracy (granddaughter); Quinton Spruce (husband of Sally Spruce)

Executor

John Tate (son)

Witnesses

Wm. Brackin; James McClary

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 C, page 118.
• 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), page 60.
• 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).