Orange County Indexed
Will of John Gattis
Will Book D, page 269 · dated 6 July 1809 · proved August 1810
John Gattis left land to Thomas and Alexander and cash to other children or their spouses; Thomas and Alexander were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Gattis (printed JOHN GATTIS)
- Dated
- 6 July 1809
- Proved
- August 1810 court
- Family named
- Thomas (son); Alexander Gattis (son); Samuel Gattis (son); William Gattis (son); Isaac Gattis (son); Martha (my daughter); Jinnet Morrow (my daughter); Sarah King (my daughter)
- Also left something
- John Caldwell (alternative to daughter); William Morrow (alternative to daughter); Nathaniel King (alternative to daughter)
- Executors
- Thomas (son); Alexander Gattis (son)
- Witnesses
- Geo. Johnston; Mary Johnston; Joseph Kirkland
- Land
- land joining Joseph Kirkland
- Money and goods
- 5 shillings each
- Also named
- Joseph Kirkland (adjoining owner)
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 D, page 269.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 42.
- 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).
