Will of John (x) Gandley

John Gandley left two thirds of his estate to his wife and one third to her daughter.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John (x) Gandley (printed JOHN (x) GANDLEY)

Dated

5 February 1801

Proved

February 1802 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, February 1802 term
• Administration of an estate, February 1802 term

Family named

Mary (wife); Jean (her (wife’s) daughter)

Witnesses

John Wilkinson; Francis Wilkinson; Robert Fossett

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 62.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 8.
• 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).