Will of Jacob Garrison

Jacob Garrison distributed land and money among children, grandchildren, and sons-in-law and appointed Henry Hurdle and William Brinkley executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Jacob Garrison (printed JACOB GARRISON)

Dated

5 May 1829

Proved

August 1832 court

Family named

Rachel Walker (daughter); Mary Dickey (daughter); Margaret Hurdle (daughter); Henry Garrison (grandson); Jacob (grandson); John Jorden (grandson); George (my grandchildren, children of my daughter Mary Dickey); Mary Jordon (granddaughter); Levina Jordon (granddaughter); Elizabeth (grandchild); George King (grandchild); Granderson Garrison (grandson); Henry Hurdle (son-in-law); Job Walker (son-in-law); Thomas Bradfprd (son-in-law)

Executors

Henry Hurdle (son-in-law); William Brinkley (friend)

Witnesses

Thomas Trewett Sr; Thos Trewett; Jonathan Harvey

Land

plantation on which I now live; plantation on Tom's Creek; plantation on Stoney Creek known by the name Bracken's old place; 200 acres; 100 acres on Stoney Creek known as Burch's old place

Money and goods

$500; $50; $100 each

Places

Tom's Creek; Stoney Creek; Bracken's old place; Burch's old place

Also named

Nancy Garrison (his mother); John Walker

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 275.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 148.
• 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).