Will of John (x) Lowry

John Lowry left property to Thaipiah Henderson and appointed Margaret Cleft executrix; Mary Cleft later qualified.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John (x) Lowry (printed JOHN (x) LOWRY)

Dated

29 December 1795

Proved

May 1798 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as May 1799. Check the will book to settle it.

Also left something

Thaipiah Henderson (daughter of Margaret Henderson)

Executors

Margaret Cleft; Mary Cleft (qualified as Executrix)

Witnesses

John Daniely; James Ross; Thomas Phillips

Also named

Margaret Henderson (mother of Thaipiah Henderson)

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 134.
• 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).