Will of Alexander Gattis

Alexander Gattis left land to four sons, named wife Rosanna and three daughters, and noted son James had already received land.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Alexander Gattis (printed ALEXANDER GATTIS)

Dated

24 May 1836

Proved

February 1843 court

Family named

Rosanna (wife); John (my four sons); William (my four sons); Alexander (my four sons); Thomas (my four sons); James (son; has already received land); John M. (son); Elizabeth (daughter); Jane (daughter); Margaret (daughter)

Executors

Rosanna (wife); John M. (son); Charles W. Johnston (friend)

Land

all lands

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 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).