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Orange County Indexed

Codicil of Alexander Gattis

Will Book F, page 153 · dated 24 May 1836 · proved February 1843

Alexander Gattis left one dollar to son Samuel.

Kind of paper
Codicil
Testator
Alexander Gattis (printed ALEXANDER GATTIS)
Dated
24 May 1836
Proved
February 1843 court
Family named
Samuel (son)
Witnesses
Thomas Gattis; C. W. Johnston
Money and goods
$1

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 153.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 198.
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).
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