Will of Mathew McCauley

Mathew McCauley named Martha and children, including three minors, and appointed George Johnston and John McCauley executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Mathew McCauley (printed MATHEW McCAULEY)

Dated

7 February 1811

Proved

November 1821 court

Family named

Martha (wife); John (son); Charles (son); William (son); George (son; under age); Mathew McCauley (son; under age); Jenny (Jane) (daughter); Martha (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Elender (daughter; under age)

Executors

George Johnston (friends); John McCauley (friends)

Witnesses

Wm. Brewer; Isham Brewer; Cressy (Cassy ?) (x) Pickett

Reading note: Shared surname printed only after Mathew; Cressy (Cassy ?) witness questioned.

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 611.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 97.
• 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).