Will of Martha (Patsey) Brewer

Martha Brewer named siblings and mentioned her unnamed living mother; Thomas Brewer and Sackfield Brewer were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Martha (Patsey) Brewer (printed MARTHA (PATSEY) BREWER)

Dated

22 May 1822

Proved

November 1822 court

Family named

Polly Miner (sister); Fanny King (sister); Elizabeth O’Daniel (sister); Aris Brewer (sister); Biddy Brewer (sister; under age); William Brewer (brother); Ransom Brewer (brother); Morris Brewer (brother); John Brewer (brother)

Executors

Thomas Brewer Sr. (beloved friends); Sackfield Brewer (beloved friends)

Witnesses

Thomas Brewer; Ezekiel Brewer

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 27.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 103.
• 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).