Will of John Robertson

John Robertson provided for his wife, sons, daughters and grandchildren and appointed his unnamed wife and Hugh Robertson executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Robertson (printed JOHN ROBERTSON)

Dated

6 June 1800

Proved

May 1801 court

Family named

Hugh Robertson (son); Andrew Robertson (son); Margaret Wilson (daughter); Elenor Johnson (daughter); Rebekka Guin (daughter); John (grandson); Zachrias (grandson); Andrew Robertson (grandson); Molly Robertson (granddaughter, daughters of Andrew); Marget Robertson (granddaughter, daughters of Andrew); Elenor Robertson (granddaughter, daughters of Andrew)

Executor

Hugh Robertson

Witnesses

John Douglass; Robert Hatrick

Reading note: Grandsons surname printed only after Andrew; retained as printed.

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 46.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 5.
• 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).