Orange County Indexed
Will of John Cook, Sr.
Will Book F, page 184 · dated 23 July 1836 · proved February 1844
John Cook named daughter Sarah Thomas and granddaughter Elizabeth R. Wagner and appointed William Brannock sole executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Cook, Sr. (printed JOHN COOK, SR.)
- Dated
- 23 July 1836
- Proved
- February 1844 court
- Family named
- Sarah Thomas (daughter); Elizabeth R. Wagner (granddaughter)
- Executor
- William Brannock
- Witnesses
- Daniel White; John Hicks
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 184.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 202.
- 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).
