Will of Benjamin (x) Barbee

Benjamin Barbee named his wife, two sons, three daughters, and grandson Francis.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Benjamin (x) Barbee (printed BENJAMIN (x) BARBEE)

Dated

23 December 1825

Proved

November 1826 court

Family named

Phoebe (wife); Gabriel (son); Gray (son); Jemima Rainey (daughter); Polly (daughter); Betsey (daughter); Francis (grandson, son of Gabriel)

Executors

Gabriel Barbe; William Cooke

Witnesses

Isaiah Marcum; William Cooke

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 122.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 122.
• 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).