Will of John (x) Daniel

John Daniel provided for his wife, Carlton and Trice families, and grandchildren and appointed Henry Trice Sr and Daniel Carlton executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John (x) Daniel (printed JOHN (x) DANIEL)

Dated

27 April 1837

Proved

August 1837 court

Family named

Susannah (wife); John Carlton (grandson); Page Trice (grandson); Henry Trice (grandson); William Carlton (grandson); Elizabeth Marcum (granddaughter)

Also left something

David Carlton; Nancy (his wife); William (their sons); Henry (their sons); Margaret Marcum (daughter); Nancy Leigh (daughter); Henry Trice Sr.; Henry Pearson; Amelia Trice; Page Trice; Sarah Lynn; Frances; Henry Trice; Susannah

Executors

Henry Trice Sr.; Daniel Carlton

Guardian

Daniel Carlton (for John Couch's and Wesley Carlton's children)

Witnesses

R. Henslee; Mark (x) Pickett; Joseph White

Land

Patterson tract of land; 150 acres where he now lives; balance of my land

Money and goods

$100 each; $100 a piece

Also named

John Couch; Susannah Carlton; Wesley Carlton

In the paper’s words

“advanced in age”

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 422.
• 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).