PERSON COUNTY, NC MISC WILL ABSTRACTS File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by MS LOUISE T OVERTON Person County N.C. Miscellaneous Wills... Will Book 7 Page 1 Written 19 March 1815 Proved: May Court 1815 MATHIAS CATES wife: Sarah sons: Joshua CATES, Solomon CATES, William CATES Exe: Wright NICHOLS and Ephraim HAWKINS Wit: Absolem JOHNSTON and John ROUNDTREE ------------------------------------------------------------------ Will Book 7 Page 88 Written 12 Jan 1816 Proved Feb Court 1816 JOHN CATES wife: Lydia sons: Ransom CATES, Rufus CATES, Newel CATES daus: Elizabeth, Susannah, Salley, Lucretia, and Jane CATES childrens grandfather: Robert CATES Exe Jesse EVANS, Joseph ROUNDTREE of Orange Co. Wit: Francis EPPERSON and Robert CUMMINS ================ Book 2 December Court 1797 page 62 Richard JONES ...27 December 1792 Wife...Nancy JONES Sons...James, Richard, Benjamin, Samuel JONES Daughters...Mary LUMPKIN, Nancy VAN HOOK, Elizabeth BROWN, and Sally HODGE. Wit: William YARBOROUGH, John BUMPASS, and James WILSON ********************************************************************** Will Book 1 Page 150 Written 26 Nov 1792 Proved Sept Court 1794 Joseph JOHNSTON wife: Anne daughters: Martha SCOGGIN, Mary SINK, and youngest daughter Elizabeth LEWIS Exe: wife Ann JOHNSTON --------------------------------------------------------------- Will Book 1 Page 166 Written: 13 March 1795 Proved June Court 1795 Joshua JOHNSTON wife: Kiddy son: James JOHNSTON daughters: Sarah SMITH, Mary JOHNSTON, Rhoda JOHNSTON, Anne JOHNSTON grandsons: Abel JOHNSTON and William STEPHENSON Exe: Stephen MOORE and Phillip MOORE Wit: Ben PARTES and James ANDERSON Book 4 September Court 1806 Page 137 Ambrose JONES....7 January 1805 Wife....Lucy JONES Son...Willey JONES "All my children" Exe...half brother: Thomas HALLIBURTON Test....Stephen JONES, Daniel RAMSEY, John HALLIBURTON =========== VAN HOOK Wills found in Person County N.C. Book 1 Page 209 December Court 1795 David VAN HOOK... 9 June 1795 Wife: Victory VAN HOOK sons: Robert VAN HOOK and William VANHOOK daughters: Lucia VAN HOOK (under age) and Elizabeth VAN HOOK Exe: wife Victory, and brother Jacob VAN HOOK Wit: James D. HENDLEY, Matthew DANIEL *************************************************************************** Book 3 Page 97 September Court 1802 Isaac VANHOOK... 6 Feb 1800 Wife Sarah VAN HOOK son: Isaac David VAN HOOK "All my children" daughters: Polly WOOD, Caty, deceased grandchildren: Caty ROGERS and Peter ROGERS Exe: Sarah VAN HOOK, Andrew Barton WOOD, and William DAVIE Test: William ALLEN, John PARISH ******************************************************************* Book 7 Page 128 May Court 1816 Isaac VAN HOOK.. 12 December 1809 Catherine RODGERS, daughter of my deceased daughter Catherine my children: Elizabeth, Polley, Sarah, Anny, Lucy, Biddy, Patsy, Isaac, and Janney VAN HOOK Exe: Isaac Davey VAN HOOK, and Andrew Barton WOOD *************************************************************************** Book 5 Page 177 February Court 1810 Alfred VAN HOOK... 22 December 1809 Brother: John VAN HOOK Exe: brother John VAN HOOK ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.