Orange County Indexed
Will of David McCrory
Will Book F, page 62 · proved August 1840
David McCrory named son James, daughter Mary Jane, and brother-in-law John Albert and appointed James Johnston executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- David McCrory (printed DAVID McCRORY)
- Dated
- As printed: “No date”
- Proved
- August 1840 court
- A second reading
- Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as David McCrorey. Check the will book to settle it.
- Family named
- James (son); Mary Jane (daughter); John Albert (brother-in-law)
- Executor
- James Johnston
- Witnesses
- Giles Mebane; Robt. S. White
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 62.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 188.
- 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).
