Location: Orange County, North Carolina

Surnames/tags: Mebane Slavery Black_Heritage
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Slaves of Alexander Mebane, Sr
The purpose of this page is to document and identify the slaves held by Alexander Mebane Sr. (1716-1793) in Orange County, North Carolina
1789 Will
Alexander Mebane of Orange County signed his will on April 30, 1789. The executors were his sons, Alexander and James.[1]
- See: Will of Alexander Mebane, Sr
- The following bequests were made in Alexander Mebane's 1789 will
To his wife (unnamed in Will)
- Tamer
- Ben
- Jane
- Caleb
- Patience - then to daughter Ann Morrow
- Joe, son of Patience - then to grandson Alex Anderson
- Nell then to daughter Janet Anderson
- Tom
- to son Alexander
- mulatto Tom
- to son James
- Clark
- residue of negroes
- to son John
- mulatto boy Frank
- to daughter Margret Murdock
- mulatto Milley
- to grand daughter Margret Anderson
- Densey
Inventory of Estate
An inventory was completed on August 26, 1793. It was found in the probate papers of his son, Alexander Jr. (Image 39 of 41).[2]
- It reiterates the terms of the will, but does include the names of young slaves not mentioned in will, according to his will this 'residue' would go to his son, James.
- not willed longer than Mrs Mebane life
- Ben
- Jean
- Tamer
- Caleb
- Joe
- Tom
- willed to Ann Murray
- Patience
- will to Jenet Anderson
- Nell
- to Alex Mebane
- to James Mebane
- Clark
- to Margaret Murdock
- Milley
- to John Mebane
- Frank
- to Margaret Anderson
- Demce
- to Alex Anderson
- Joe
- Infilah, Patience's child
- Ben, Patience's child
- Cate, Nell's child
- Caleb, Nell's child
Sources
- ↑
Probate:
"North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998"
Wills (Orange County, North Carolina), 1753-1865; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Orange County); Probate Place: Orange, North Carolina
Ancestry ca Record 9061 #2406546 (accessed 17 September 2023)
Alexander Mebane probate on 13 Apr 1791 in Orange, North Carolina, USA. Residence Orange County, North Carolina. - ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8L-1TL7 : 8 March 2021), Alexander Mebane, 1797; citing Orange County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,057,956.
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