Will of George Garrison

George Garrison named Margaret and five children and appointed Hall Garrison executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

George Garrison (printed GEORGE GARRISON)

Dated

14 January 1819

Proved

February 1822 court

Family named

Margaret (wife); Wm. H. Garrison (son); Zimree (son); Lidia Brown (daughter); Susanna Phillips (daughter); Margaret Simpson (daughter)

Executor

Hall Garrison

Witnesses

James Nicholson; Wm. Boswell

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 E, page 11.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 99.
• 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 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).