Orange County Indexed
Will of John Southward
Will Book F, page 65 · dated 14 December 1827 · proved August 1840
John Southward named three daughters and six sons and appointed Macklen and James guardians for John and executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Southward (printed JOHN SOUTHWARD)
- Dated
- 14 December 1827
- Proved
- August 1840 court
- Family named
- Macklen Southward (son); Gilliam (son); Charles (son); James (son); Carter (son); John (son); Macklen (son); Sally (daughter); Polly (daughter); Tempey (daughter)
- Executors
- Macklen (son); James (son)
- Guardians
- Macklen (my sons); James (my sons)
- Witnesses
- James Moore; Daniel Barnet
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 65.
- 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).
