Will of John (x) Powel

John Powel named a possible wife, children and executors and directed his daughter Mary to share equally with her sisters.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John (x) Powel (printed JOHN (x) POWEL)

Dated

7 August 1802

Proved

November 1802 court

In the court minutes

• Administration of an estate, February 1803 term

Family named

Margaret Powel (wife?; loving); Oliver (son); Josiah Powel (loving son); Mary (daughter)

Executors

Josiah Powel (loving son); Thomas Powel

Witnesses

Arthur Lovin ?; Lewis (x) Rhodes

Reading note: Source questions whether Margaret Powel was wife and witness Arthur Lovin ?.

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 80.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 12.
• 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).