Will of Sally Mitchell

Sally Mitchell named four granddaughters and widowed daughter-in-law Caroline and appointed James Mallory and John Hutchins executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Sally Mitchell (printed SALLY MITCHELL)

Dated

29 July 1836

Proved

May 1837 court

Family named

James (my son); Frances E. Potter (my granddaughter, daughter of Thomas Potter; minor); Caroline Mildred Pratt (my granddaughter, daughter of Moses S. Pratt; minor); Lucy (granddaughter, daughters of Robert B. Mitchell deceased); Martha Mitchell (granddaughter, daughters of Robert B. Mitchell deceased); Caroline Mitchell (my daughter-in-law widow of my son James)

Executors

James Mallory (late of the County of Granville in this state but more recently of the State of Alabama); John Hutchins (friend; of Orange County)

Witnesses

J. W. McGee; John Hutchins

Also named

Thomas Potter (late of the County of Granville deceased); Moses S. Pratt (late of Orange County deceased); Robert B. Mitchell (deceased)

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 418.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 174.
• 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).