Will of Tinnin (x) McAdams

Tinnin McAdams named Ann and four children, ordered schooling, and appointed John A. Mebane executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Tinnin (x) McAdams (printed TINNIN (x) McADAMS)

Dated

10 January 1822

Proved

February 1822 court

Family named

Ann (wife); Joseph Armstrong (son); Mary (daughter); Peggy (daughter); Catey (daughter)

Executor

John A. Mebane

Witnesses

James Mebane; J. A. Mebane

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 9.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 99.
• 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).