Will of Jeremiah McCracken

Jeremiah McCracken named his wife and brother and appointed John McCracken and Sary McCracken executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Jeremiah McCracken (printed JEREMIAH McCRACKEN)

Dated

24 December 1794

Proved

August 1802 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 26 August 1802
• Administration of an estate, 26 August 1802

Family named

Sarah (wife); John (brother); John McCracken (brother)

Executors

John McCracken (brother); Sary McCracken

Witnesses

William Clendennin; James Clendennin

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 66.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 9.
• 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).