Orange County Indexed
Will of John Patton
Will Book C, page 128 · dated 7 January 1799 · proved February 1799
John Patton provided for his wife and four children and appointed Matthew Patton executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Patton (printed JOHN PATTON)
- Dated
- 7 January 1799
- Proved
- February 1799 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- William (son); John (son); Jean (daughter); Mary (daughter)
- Executor
- Matthew Patton
- Witnesses
- Joseph Clendennin; John McDaniel
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 128.
- 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
