Will of David Mebane

David Mebane named wife Elizabeth, sons, daughters, grandchildren, and son-in-law John Thompson and appointed Alexander and George A. Mebane executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

David Mebane (printed DAVID MEBANE)

Dated

7 April 1842

Proved

February 1843 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Alexander (son); George A. (son); Wiley (son); Anderson (son); Sidney (son); Elbridge (my son; deceased); George A. Mebane (son); Betsy Mitchell (daughter); Jane (Jenny) Thompson (daughter); Fanny Walker (daughter); Martha Ann Holt (daughter); Julia Ann Curry (granddaughter); Elizabeth Elbridge (daughter of my deceased son Elbridge); David (grandson son of George A. Mebane); John Thompson (son-in-law)

Executors

Alexander (son); George A. Mebane (son)

Witnesses

James A. Craig; Samuel Tate

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, pages 144–152.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 197.
• 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).