Will of John Long

John Long named relatives, made small cash legacies and left military equipment to his successor; Isaac Craig and John Freeland were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Long (printed JOHN LONG)

Dated

18 August 1824

Proved

November 1824 court

Family named

George Long (half-brothers); Thomas Long (half-brothers); James Long (half-brothers); Charles Long (half-brothers); Anderson Long (half-brothers); Nancy Long (half-sisters); Catherine Long (half-sisters); William Long (my brother); Elizabeth Craig (cousin); Peggy (his wife); Polly Freeland (aunt); Samuel Craig (uncle); Peggy Craig (aunt)

Executors

Isaac Craig (friends); John Freeland (friends)

Witnesses

Isaac Craig; James Freeland

Money and goods

5 shillings each; my Military equipage

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 65.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 111.
• 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).