Will of John (x) Nealy or Neeley

John Nealy or Neeley named Mary, children and grandchildren, provided cash legacies, and appointed Samuel Turrentine, Benjamin Bullock and John Nealy executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John (x) Nealy or Neeley (printed JOHN (x) NEALY or NEELEY)

Dated

As printed: “Will dated 13 October”

Proved

November 1815 court

Family named

Mary (wife); Isaac Nealy (son); John Nealy (son); Thomas Nealy (son); John Nealy Jr. (my son); Sally Cates (daughter); Nelly Turrentine (daughter); Elizabeth Bryant (daughter); Rachel Pickle (daughter); Polly Green (daughter); Nancy Harris (daughter); Hannah Nealy (daughter); Nealy Cates (her son, Sally Cates); Green Nealy (her son, Hannah Nealy)

Executors

Samuel Turrentine Sr (friends); Benjamin Bullock (friends); John Nealy Jr. (my son)

Witnesses

Chas. Holman; Thos. Wilson; Joseph Woods

Money and goods

5 shillings; £ 50; £100; £30

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, pages 455–457.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 67.
• 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).