Abstract of North Carolina Wills


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Published in 1910, this volume contains an abstract of North Carolina wills. Compiled from original and recorded wills in the office of The Secretary of State.







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The Burneys from North Carolina


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Families of four brothers: 1. John Burney (ca. 1710-1761), who married Elizabeth Cheek (d. aft. 1765) bef. 1738 in Beaufort, N.C., and died in Orange, N.C. She was born in North Carolina to Richard and Jane Randolph? Cheek. Descendants of John Burney carried the family name as far west as Texas and Oklahoma. Burneys of this line were among the original members of Stephen Austin's Texas colony. 2. Simon Burney (ca. 1720-1792) was married to Elizabeth Hardy? He owned land in Beaufort Co., N.C. in 1741. 3. William Burney, whose will was dated 1760 in North Carolina; and the fourth brother, James Burney, of whom nothing more is known. Family members live in Texas, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, California, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Florida and elsewhere. Includes the Burney line of two brothers, John and Charles Burney of Guilford Co., N.C., originally of Ireland?. John (1725-1794) married Catherine Lackey, and Charles (d. 1787) married Mary Lackey. Both were daughters of William and Rebecca Lackey. This line has not been proven to be related to the above lineage through the four brothers.







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They Went Thataway


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Composed almost entirely of abstracts of wills, deeds, marriage records, powers of attorney, court orders, church records, cemetery records, tax records, guardianship accounts, etc., this unique work provides substantive evidence of the migration of individuals and families to Virginia or from Virginia to other states, countries, or territories. Although primarily concerned with Virginians, the data are of wide-ranging interest. England, France, Germany, Scotland, Barbados, Jamaica, and twenty-three American states are represented, all entries splendidly tied to court sources and authorities. Each record provides prima facie evidence of places of origin and removal, irrefutably linking individuals to both their old and their new homes, and incidentally naming parents and kinsmen, all 10,000 of whom are listed in alphabetical order in the indexes. It is a safe observation that half of the records, having been exhumed from the most improbable sources (some augmented by the compiler's personal files), are the only ones in existence which can prove the ancestor's identity and origin.