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Johnston County Probate Records

Abstracts of Johnston County Wills 1707 to 1760
Filed with the Secretary of State

Bridgers, William. 30 Sept 1751: Dec Court 1751. Heirs: Joel Martin and Lucrece. Executor: Philip Jones. Wit: Jas Bryant, James Acock, Jos Gooding.

Fitzgarrald, John. 14 Aug 1749: Sept 1751. Sons: John, Thomas. Son-in-law: Arthur Peirce (executor). Wife: Ann. Wit: Robt Butler, Anthony Fulgham, Anne Peirce.

Fort, John. 16 May 1748: June Court 1748. Brothers: Moses, Arthur, Druly. Sister: Jerusha. Executors: William Holmes (father-in-law). Druly Fort (brother). Wit: Robert Butler, John Pipkin, Jepthro Pipkin.

Giddings, Thomas. 13 Jul 1747: 5 Sept 1747. Sons: Jacob, William, Isaac, Benjamin, Abraham. Granddaughter: Elizabeth. Executor: Jacob Giddings. Wit: George Dyckes, Thos. Grisard, Th. Lamberthson.

Grice, Francis. 28 Apr 1750: Dec Court 1750. Sons: Thomas, Robert, James, William, Jacob, John. Daughters: Mary Littman, aith Grice, Elizabeth Grice. Wife/Executrix: Elizabeth. Executor: Robert (son). Wit: William Hall, Samuell Littman, Jno. Sutton.

Killingsworth, Francis. 3 Mar 1751: Mar Court 1752. Son: Nols. Wife: Rebeckah. Executors: Arthur Fort, Solomon Homes. Wit: Rachel Stephens, Elizabeth Pace.

Porter, Nicoless. 24 Aug 1749: Sept Court 1749. Daughters: Jeane Porter, the mannor plantation; Elizabeth Porter and Ann Porter (143 acres of land to each); Agnes Porter (143 acres of land). Son: Samuell, my Pole Cat land. Wife/Executrix: Elizabeth. Executor: James Farmer. Wit: Needham Bryan, Mary Dees.

Rountree, Francis. 13 Jul 1748: Sept Court 1748. Sons: Kador, Francis, William, Moses. Wife/Executrix: Mary. Executor: Moses Coleman. Wit: Theophilus Coleman, John Barefoot, Tarlow O;Quin.

Stephens, Edward. 19 Oct 1751: Dec Court 1751. Sons: Ephraim, Edmund, Jacob (a plantation to each son). Daughters: Sarah, Patience, Mornin. Executors: William Stephens (brother) and Ephraim Stephens (son). Wit: Arthur Fort, Bennet Blackman, Rachel Stephens.

Tomson, Jacob. 25 May 1750: June Court 1750. Sons: Thomas, Jacob. Executors: Thomas Lues and Richard Byrd. Wife: Mary. Wit: Mikel Rasher, Robert Byrd.

Johnston CountyJohnston county was formed in 1746 from Craven County; named for Gabriel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina from 1734 to 1752. During the year of 1752 parts of Johnston County, Bladen County, and Granville County were combined to form Orange County. In 1758 the eastern part of Johnston County became Dobbs County and in 1770 parts of Johnston County, Cumberland County, and Orange County were combined to form Wake County. Finally, in 1855 parts of Johnston County, Edgecombe County, Nash County, and Wayne County were combined to form Wilson County.

Johnston County Deed Indexes

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Images of Johnston County Wills 1760 to 1859

Adams, HardyAdams, HowellAdams, JesseAllen, AbsabethAllen, JohnAltman, NannyAltman, NathanAtkinson, CarryAtkinson, EphraimAtkinson, John Sr.Atkinson, ThomasAtkinson, Thomas (2)Austin, AnisonAustin, John Sr.Avera, JohnAvera, Mary AnnAvera, MathewAvera, Thomas
Avera, Thomas (2)Avera, WilliamAvery (or Avera), AlexanderBagby, JohnBailey, DavidBailey, HardyBailey, Hardy (2)Bailey, HenryBailey, IsomBailey, JesseBailey, LeviBaker, ElijahBallance, WilliamBallard, CalebBallinger, JohnBarber, BurrelBarber, WilseyBarefoot, Noah Sr.
Barnes, ElizabethBarnes, HenryBarrow, ThomasBatten, AbrahamBatten, HardyBatten, JohnBayley, WilliamBeddingfield, JohnBell, MaryBlackman, BarzillaBlackman, DruzillaBlackman, JohnBlackman, JosephBlackman, MaryBlackman, MooreBledsoe, IsaacBosworth, Dr. StewartBoyett, George
Boyett, JosephBoykin, SolomonBrady, JohnBrannon, LeroyBrannon, ThomasBrewer, Jacob ParkerBridges, BenjaminBridges, EldeldredBridges, WilliamBritt, JesseBroadstreet, NancyBrooks, JacobBrown, JesseBrown, JohnBrown, MarthaBrown, WilliamBryan, BythanBryan, Lewis
Bryan, LoverdBryan, NeedhamBryan, SamuelBryan, WilliamBryant, WilliamBurch, RobertButts, HenryByrd, RichardByrd, Sutton Sr.Capps, MathewCarr, SamuelCarrell, JohnCarrell, WilliamCarroll, SarahCarter, JohnCarter, MathewCoats, William Sr.
Cockrell, SamuelCockrell, StephenCole, WillisColley, GregoryCotton, JesseCreench, JoshuaCrumpler, EdmonCulley, JohnDaughtry, JacobDaughtery, JohnDavis, ArthurDavis, Dixon Sr.Davis, JamesDean, WilliamDee, EmanuelDeLoach, SamuelDixson, John Sr.Dodd, Elizabeth
Dodd, JohnDodd, PherebeDodd, ReubinDodd, William Sr.Duck, JacobDudley, JohnDurham, JamesDurham, WilliamEarp, AlseyEarp, EdwardEarp, SherrodEarp, WelbyEason, JohnEason, SandersEason, SallyEatman, ThomasEdwards, Micajah Sr.Edwards, William
Eldridge, William Sr.Ellington, JesseEllington, MarthaEllis, JohnEvans, JoshuaEvens, JohnFail, NeedhamFarmer, AsaFarmer, JamesFarmer, JohnFelks, LemuelFish, WilliamFivash, MillenderFlowers, JacobFolsom, EdithFrellick, MaryGarner, ElizabethGarner, Moses
Garner, MaryGay, William HenryGay, WillisGeorge, DavidGerald, IsaacGerald, JohnGerald, John Sr.Giles, NathanielGodwin, EdmundGodwin, JamesGodwin, SamuelGodwin, ThomasGodwin, TobiasGower, CaseyGrantham, FrederickGreen, JohnGregory, PriscillaGrice, Lewis
Grinman, JohnGulley, MeadGulley, RobertGully, GeorgeGully, ZilphaGurley, ArthurGurley, MaryGurley, NathanGuy, WilliamHales, IveyHall, WilliamHandy, MathiasHardy, JohnHardy, MajorHare, JohnHarison, JohnHarper, BannisterHarper, John
Harper, John Sr.Harrell, SarahHartsfield, AndrewHatcher, BenjaminHatcher, CharlesHatcher, JohnHatcher, WilliamHayes, JohnHearn, MasonHinnant, AnnHinnant, JamesHinnant, John Sr.Hinnant, JosiahHinnant, MarthaHinnant, PatienceHinnant, WilliamHinnant, William (2)Hinnant, William Jr.
Hinnant, William Sr.Hinton, EstherHinton, HardyHinton, IsaacHinton, John Sr.Hinton, MalishiaHinton, SolomonHinton, WilliamHix, StephenHobby, AlexanderHobby, ReubinHocut, BenjaminHocut, WilliamHolloman, FrederickHolloman, JosiahHollomon, WilliamHolt, Etheldred Sr.Holt, James
Houlder, JamesHowell, ElishaHoyles, John Sr.Ingram, BarnabasIngram, ShadrackIvey, James Sr.Jackson, JamesJackson, LewisJernigan, AnnJernigan, JasperJohnson, AbelJohnson, Allen D.Johnson, GillJohnson, Henry Sr.Johnson, IsaacJohnson, SellJohnson, ThomasJohnson, Travis
Johnson, WillieJohnston, AmosJohnston, Amos (2)Johnston, EstherJohnston, HenryJohnston, JamesJohnston, LittletonJohnston, Polly JerrotJohnston, SolomonJones, BurrelJones, BurwellJones, ElizabethJones, Isaac Sr.Jones, NathanielJones, PhillipJones, WilliamJones, WillisJordan, Henry
Jordan, MathewJordan, NicholasJoyner, JohnKeen, IsaacKeen, SasserKelly, CharlesKelly, JamesKirby, AbsalomKirby, AbrahamKirby, JesseKirby, Jesse Sr.Lancaster, ElijahLangley, JamesLangston, Isaac Sr.Langston, JosephLangston, Joseph Jr.Langston, WestbrookLassiter, Elijah
Lee, EdwardLee, HughLee, JeremiahLee, LewisLee, MarthaLee, RobertLee, Samuel Sr.Lee, StephenLee, William R.Leonard, JohnLockhart, Hannah H.Lockhart, JamesLynch, JamesMackelroy, ArchMainard, GeorgeMasfern, SallyMassengill, Aaron Sr.Massengill, Henry
Massey, WilliamMcClenney, JamesMcCullen, GeorgeMcCullers, John Sr.McGlawhorn, WilliamMcKinne, ZilphaMcLane, PhebeMcLean, JohnMcLeod, JohnMobley, AlexanderMonk, JohnMozingo, SeliaMusgrave, D. H.Nasson, GillyNewsom, JohnNorris, John Sr.Norris, NahorNowell, John
Odom, MichaelOdom, NancyOgburn, JohnOliver, AsaOliver, HenryOliver, JohnOliver, John (2)Oliver, ThomasO'Neal, AnnaO'Neal, JamesO'Neal, KiddyO'Neal, MosesO'Neale, ZachariasParish, JusticeParish, PatsyParrish, JohnParrish, JohnsonParker, Jacob
Parker, MarthaParker, NeedhamParker, PatiencePate, TravisPate, Travis (2)Peacock, LaurencePeacock, NoahPeacock, SamuelPearce, AmeliaPearce, ArthurPearce, ClarkyPearce, EphraimPearce, EverettPearce, JessePearce, Kezzie L.Pearce, MaryPearce, RichardPearce, Sarah
Pearce, SimonPearce, Simon (2)Peedin, James Sr.Peele, Jesse P.Pender, HardyPenny, CalebPenney, Penuel Sr.Perry, DempseyPerry, ElizabethPerry, Elizabeth (2)Perry, Howard L.Perry, ReubinPerry, WinnifredPhillips, John Sr.Pipkin, EdithPool, JamesPool, JohnPool, Thomas
Pool, WilliamPowers, EdwardPrice, EdwardPrice, EtheldredPrice, ThomasPugh, ArnoldPugh, TignalRaiford, PhillipRaiford, Phillip Sr.Raiford, SarahReaves, FrederickRecton, JohnRenfrow, DemarisRenfrow, NeelRenfrow, NoelRenfrow, WilliamRichardson, JohnRichardson, Jonathan
Richardson, JosephRichardson, NancyRichardson, WilliamRogers, DanielRunnels, JoiceSanders, AlexanderSanders, EllickSanders, JohnSanders, MarySanders, Mary (2)Sanders, RansomSanders, ReubinSasser, ArthurSasser, EdithSauls, PherebyScott, G. H.Shepard, ValentineSimmons, John
Sims, JosephSmith, AnneySmith, BenjaminSmith, BrittainSmith, DavidSmith, EdmondSmith, EtheldredSmith, JohnSmith, John Sr.Smith, John Sr. (2)Smith, John McKinnieSmith, LucindaSmith, MarthaSmith, NancySmith, NathanSmith, SamuelSmith, Samuel Sr.Smith, William
Smith, ZilphiaSpencer, JohnSpell, ReddickSpivey, HoseaStallings, IsaacStansell, Godfrey Sr.Stansell, John Sr.Stansell, Jonathan Sr.Starling, AdamStarling, HilbertStarling, JesseStarling, William Sr.Stephens, CharlotteStephenson, JamesStephenson, JohnStevens, AlseyStevens, BenjaminStevens, Elizabeth
Stevens, JacobStevens, RebekahStevenson, Solomon Sr.Strickland, BenjaminStrickland, DavisStrickland, SamuelStrickland, UrishTalton, HardyTalton, NeedhamTalton, WilliamTalton, William (2)Tarver, FredericTemple, Starling W.Tharp, MaryTharp, ThomasTharp, Thomas PreslyThomas, AlexanderThomas, Elisha Sr.
Thomas, JohnThomas, MaryThompson, WilliamThornton, EldridgeTiner, JesseTiner, JohnTipkin, EdithTomlinson, ThomasTucker, WilliamTurner DavidVinson, RuthaWaddell, EdwardWall, ElizabethWall, MollyWall, PerryWaller, JamesWall, Jesse Sr.Walthall, Judith
Walton, JonathanWard, BenajahWashington, LansdonWatkins, JamesWatson, AmosWatson, JacobWatson, JamesWatson, JohnWatson, Josiah OgdenWatson, SolomonWatson, WilliamWatson, WillisWest, Noel Sr.West, RobertWest, Robert (2)White, SaulWhitley, EstherWhitley, John Sr.
Whitley, NeedhamWhitley, William Sr.Whitliff, JohnWhittenton, Richard Sr.Wilder, JamesWilder, JohnWilder, MathewWilkinson, CharlesWilkinson, Charles (2)Wilkerson, JoshuaWilkinson, NathanWilkinson, R.Williams, BenjaminWilliams, IsaacWilliams, J.Williams, JohnWilliams, MarthaWilliams, Sarah
Williams, ThomasWilliamson, HardyWilliamson, SarahWillow, LucretiaWimberly, GeorgeWood, AshleyWood, Jesse Sr.Woodall, BerryWoodall, Jacob Sr.Woodall, JamesWoodard, JethroWoodard, MathewWooten, JesseYelventon, ShadrickYoungblood, Buddy