Will of Peter F. Perry

Peter Perry left cash to three sons and land to five sons, named wife Patty, and appointed William Perry and George Johnston executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Peter F. Perry (printed PETER F. PERRY)

Dated

25 April 1842

Proved

May 1843 court

Family named

Patty (wife); Samuel (my three sons); William (my three sons); Persullas (?) (my three sons); Manly Murphy (my five sons); Peter Henry (my five sons); John A. Mangum (my five sons); Edward Norris (my five sons); William Perry (son)

Executors

William Perry (son); George Johnston

Witnesses

Nathaniel Newlin; Samuel Perry

Land

all my land

Money and goods

$100 each

Reading note: Shields questions Persullas (?). Five sons unpunctuated; split Manly Murphy, Peter Henry, John A. Mangum, Edward Norris yields four rather than five; kept compound reading uncertain.

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 155.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 198.
• 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).