Will of Josiah Clifton

Josiah Clifton named his pregnant wife, three daughters, and three sons and appointed John J. Clifton and Isaac Kirby executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Josiah Clifton (printed JOSIAH CLIFTON)

Dated

7 July 1827

Proved

February 1828 court

Family named

Catron (wife; is pregnant); James K. Clifton (son); John J. Clifton (son); James Clifton (son); Emily (my three daughters); Amy (my three daughters); Mahala Cliftons (my three daughters)

Executors

John J. Clifton (son); Isaac Kirby (friend)

Witnesses

John Moring; William H. Lewter

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 155.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 127.
• 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).