Will of John Shaw

John Shaw distributed land among sons, named five daughters, and appointed John W. Shaw and James Walker executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Shaw (printed JOHN SHAW)

Dated

9 September 1837

Proved

As printed: “proved Feb Court 1938”

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as February 1838. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

John W. Shaw (son); William V. Shaw (son); Joseph W. Shaw (son); William W; Jane Walker (daughter); Elinor Street (daughter); Kitty Armstrong (daughter); Clarissa Crawford (daughter); Verlinda D. Vincent (daughter); James Walker (son-in-law; of Caswell County)

Executors

John W. Shaw (son); James Walker (son-in-law; of Caswell County)

Witnesses

Obediah Hurdle; John Squires; Edmisten ? Love

Land

land he lives on, on Jordan Creek; land he bought from Anderson Watson; tract on West side of big branch; land on S side of Jordan Creek; land joining Samuel Couch and Rachel Walker

Places

Jordan Creek; Caswell County

Also named

William Cantrell; Anderson Watson; James Walkers; Connaly Walker; Gibson; Samuel Couch; Rachel Walker

Reading note: The abstract gives the year it was proved as 1938, which cannot be right for this book; the year is left out of the dates and search.

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 F, page 1.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 178.
• 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).