Will of John Strain

John Strain named his wife, children and grandchildren and appointed David Strain and Bryant Strayhorn executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Strain (printed JOHN STRAIN)

Dated

28 January 1826

Proved

February 1826 court

Family named

Marian ? Miriam ? (wife); David (son); Alexander (son); James (son); Samuel (son); David Strain (son); Mary Strayhorn (daughter); Elizabeth Strain (daughter); Sarah Strain (daughter); Jane Strayhorn (grandchild); Samuel Strayhorn (grandchild); Bryant Strayhorn (son-in-law)

Executors

David Strain (son); Bryant Strayhorn (son-in-law)

Witnesses

Charles W. Johnston; Wm. Kirkland; Chas. R. Yancey

Reading note: Wife given as Marian ? Miriam ?; retained exactly.

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 99.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 118.
• 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).