Will of John O’Daniel

John O’Daniel named sons, daughters and grandchildren; James and Thomas Thompson were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John O’Daniel (printed JOHN O’DANIEL)

Dated

20 April 1821

Proved

February 1825 court

Family named

John (son); Henry (son); James (son); Jesse (son); Green (son); Jane Cates (daughter); Peggy Thompson (daughter); Nance (Peggy Thompson’s three daughters); Jane (Peggy Thompson’s three daughters); Anne Thompson (Peggy Thompson’s three daughters)

Also left something

Nancy Basket (sons and daughter of Susannah Basket); John Basket (sons and daughter of Susannah Basket); William Basket (sons and daughter of Susannah Basket)

Executors

James (son); Thomas Thompson

Witnesses

Ezra Durham; John Durham; Henry O’Daniel Sr.

Also named

Susannah Basket (mother of legatees)

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 78.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 113.
• 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).