Orange County Indexed
Will of William McCauley
Will Book E, page 97 · dated 3 April 1818 · proved February 1826
William McCauley named descendants and in-laws and appointed George Johnston, Alex. Gattis and Wm. Kirkland executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William McCauley (printed WILLIAM McCAULEY)
- Dated
- 3 April 1818
- Proved
- February 1826 court
- Family named
- John (son); Matthew (son); Charles (son); James (son); Jane McCollum (daughter); Catred (his wife); William (son of John); Benjamin (sons of Matthew); James (sons of Matthew); James Reeves (grandson); William (son of Charles); Catred ? McCauley (daughter-in-law, widow of son James); William Trousdale (son-in-law)
- Executors
- George Johnston; Alex. Gattis; Wm. Kirkland
- Witnesses
- Matthew McCauley; James McCauley
- Land
- James Allison’s lot in Hillsboro
- Also named
- James Allison (lot owner)
Reading note: Catred ? McCauley questioned; Catred wife of William Trousdale separately printed.
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 97.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 117.
- 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).
