Will of Genet (x) McCown

Genet McCown, widow, named daughters and grandchildren; executors were John Thompson Miller and Thomas Brad… in a torn, unrecorded will.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Genet (x) McCown (printed GENET (x) McCOWN)

Dated

9 July 1785

Family named

Jean Johnston (daughter); Agness Odonel (daughter); James Johnston (grandson); James Odonel (grandson); Jean Johnston (granddaughter); Jean Odonel (O'Donnel) (granddaughter); Thomas (my grandchildren); John (my grandchildren); Jean (my grandchildren); Charles Johnston (my grandchildren); Jean (my grandchildren); Susiana (my grandchildren); William (my grandchildren); John (my grandchildren); Henry Odonal (my grandchildren)

Executors

John Thompson Miller; Thomas Brad....

Witnesses

Chas Clindennin; Wm. Clindennin; Thomas Bradshaw

Money and goods

James Johnston and James Odonel $20 each

In the paper’s words

“very weak”

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

• The original is in the State Archives of North Carolina; it was never recorded in the Orange County will books.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 219.