Will of John Barbee

John Barbee named his wife, children and granddaughter, devised land, and appointed his wife and brother executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Barbee (printed JOHN BARBEE)

Dated

5 May 1799

Proved

November 1799 court

Family named

Sarah (wife; she was Sarah Patterson); Sarah Barbee (wife); Mark (three sons); Young (three sons); William (three sons); Sally (rest of my children); Elizabeth (rest of my children); Rosanna (rest of my children); Theina (rest of my children); Frances (granddaughter; under age); Christopher Barbee (brother)

Also left something

Patt (Martah); John; Sylve; Edie

Executors

Sarah Barbee (wife); Christopher Barbee (brother)

Witnesses

Mark Patterson; James Rainey; Syntha Rhodes

Land

440 acres in Chatham County near Torrinton’s (Farrington’s ?) Mill

Places

Chatham County; Torrinton’s (Farrington’s ?) Mill

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 159.
• 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).