Will of John Stanfield

John Stanfield named his wife Hannah, left land to sons John, Thomas and Samuel, and appointed John Jones and Joseph Maddox executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Stanfield (printed JOHN STANFIELD)

Dated

4 August 1755

Proved

September 1755 court

Family named

Hannah (wife); John (son); Thomas (son); Samuel (son)

Executors

John Jones; Joseph Maddox

Witnesses

Thos. Lindley; Hugh Laughlin; Thos. Lowe

Land

land on Haw River; land known as the Meeting House Tract; plantation whereon I now live; land near the Rich Hills

Places

Haw River; the Meeting House Tract; Rich Hills

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

• Known from J. Bryan Grimes’s North Carolina will abstracts, page 358, as Shields gives it.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966), page 4.