Orange County Indexed
Will of John Strayhorn
Will Book F, page 165 · dated 30 November 1842 · proved August 1843
John Strayhorn named daughters, two sons, and unnamed orphaned grandchildren and appointed Bryant Strayhorn and Alex. Craig executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Strayhorn (printed JOHN STRAYHORN)
- Dated
- 30 November 1842
- Proved
- August 1843 court
- Family named
- David Strayhorn (son); Bryant Strayhorn (son); Jane (daughter); Patsy Trice (daughter); Polly Davis (daughter); Alex. Craig (son-in-law)
- Executors
- Bryant Strayhorn (son); Alex. Craig (son-in-law)
- Witnesses
- David Hart; David Craig
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 165.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 199.
- 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).
