Will of Alexander McCracken

Alexander McCracken named his wife, six sons and four daughters and appointed Samuel McCracken and Francis Wilkinson executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Alexander McCracken (printed ALEXANDER McCRACKEN)

Dated

27 August 1795

Proved

November 1795 court

Family named

Abigail (wife); Samuel (son; eldest); Thomas (son); John (son); William (son); Robert (son); Alexander (son); Samuel McCracken (son); Mary Andrew (daughter); Hannah Tinnen (daughter); Abigail Davis (daughter); Ruth Chamness (daughter)

Executors

Samuel McCracken (son); Francis Wilkinson

Witnesses

David Gilston; Samuel Chambers; Thomas Bradford

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 65.
• 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).