Codicil of Genet McCown

Genet McCown’s codicil gave five shillings each to sons-in-law John Johnston and John ODonal, husbands of daughters Jean and Agness.

Kind of paper

Codicil

Testator

Genet McCown (printed GENET McCOWN)

Dated

10 October 1792

Family named

Jean (my eldest daughter); Agness (my youngest daughter); John Johnston (my son-in-law; married to my eldest daughter Jean); John ODonal (my son-in-law; married to my youngest daughter Agness)

Witnesses

James Thompson; Thomas Thompson; Chas. Clindennin

Money and goods

John Johnston 5 shillings; John ODonal 5 shillings

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 220.