Will of John Alan

John Alan named his wife, sons, daughters, grandchildren, and widowed daughter-in-law and appointed four sons executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Alan (printed JOHN ALAN)

Dated

17 November 1826

Proved

November 1826 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as John Allen. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Rachel (wife); John Allen (son; Chatham Co.); Peter (son; Chatham Co.); Joseph (son); Herman (son); William Allen (son); Joel (son); Nathan Allen (son; Orange Co., deceased); Solomon Allen (son; Orange Co.); Solomon (son); William (son); Phoebe (daughter); Hannah (daughter); Ruth Allen (grandchild, children of Nathan); Job Allen (grandchild, children of Nathan); Miles Allen (grandchild, children of Nathan); Martha Allen (daughter-in-law, widow of Nathan)

Executors

Joseph (son); Herman (son); Solomon (son); William (son)

Witnesses

Peter Stout; Jesse Dixon; Joseph Dixon

Land

land in Randolph Co. on Mill Creek

Money and goods

$1

Places

Chatham Co.; Randolph Co.; Mill Creek; Orange Co.

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, pages 130–133.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 123.
• 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).