Will of John Latta

John Latta named sons, sons-in-law and grandchildren and appointed sons Thomas and John Latta executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Latta (printed JOHN LATTA)

Dated

5 June 1823

Proved

November 1824 court

Family named

Thomas (son); John (son); James (son); Joseph (son); John Latta (son); John (son John’s two children); Maria (son John’s two children); William (grandson); John Holloway (grandson); Robert Walker (son-in-law); Robert Davis (son-in-law); William Faucett (son-in-law); Thomas Holloway Jr. (son-in-law)

Executors

Thomas (son); John Latta (son)

Witnesses

James Allison; Robert Davis

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 67.
• 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).