Will of Joseph W. Allison

Joseph Allison named wife Susan, three daughters, and underage son Joseph Washington and appointed Susan sole executrix to raise the children.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joseph W. Allison (printed JOSEPH W. ALLISON)

Dated

2 June 1844

Proved

August 1844 court

Family named

Susan (wife); Joseph Washington Allison (son; undera age); Margaret Jane Allison (oldest daughter); Mary N. Allison (daughter); Susan C. Allison (daughter)

Executor

Susan (wife)

Witnesses

Hezekiah Long; James Allison

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 206.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 205.
• 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).