Will of Christopher (x) Hornaday

Christopher Hornaday named John Tague’s eight children, his own sons, and grandchildren and appointed friend David Patterson executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Christopher (x) Hornaday (printed CHRISTOPHER (x) HORNADAY)

Dated

9 January 1840

Proved

August 1841 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the date as 19 January 1840. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

John (son); Solomon (son); Samuel (son); Isaiah Hornaday (son); Christopher (grandson son of John Hornaday); Daniel (grandson son of Isaiah Hornaday); Priscilah (granddaughter daughter of Isaiah)

Also left something

Polly (the four daughters of John Tague (?)); Patty (the four daughters of John Tague (?)); Kisiah (the four daughters of John Tague (?)); Jemiah (the four daughters of John Tague (?)); Isiah (the four sons of John Tague); William (the four sons of John Tague); Christopher (the four sons of John Tague); Edward (the four sons of John Tague)

Executor

David Patterson, Sr. (friend)

Witnesses

John Foust; Benj. Way; Weston (x) Low (or Law)

Money and goods

$25 each; $100; $25

Also named

John Tague ? (Teague ?)

Reading note: John Tague ? (Teague ?) questioned; sons John, Solomon, Samuel, Isaiah Hornaday share surname printed once.

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 104.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 192.
• 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).