Will of Samuel Yarborough

Samuel Yarborough named wife Sarah, three sons and three daughters, devised Virginia and Tarr River lands, and appointed three executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Samuel Yarborough (printed SAMUEL YARBOROUGH)

Dated

5 November 1769

Proved

April 1770 court

Family named

Sarah (wife); William (son); Samuel (son; both are under 21 years of age); John (son; both are under 21 years of age); Elizabeth Yarborough (daughter; all under 18 years of age); Sarah Yarborough (daughter; all under 18 years of age); Lewcey Yarborough (daughter; all under 18 years of age)

Executors

Sarah (wife); Wm. Yarborough; John Bumpass

Witnesses

Abraham Womack, Jr.; Isaac Johnston; James Evans

Land

land in Amelia Co., Va. whereon his grandfather lived lying between Cold and Nottoway; land on Tarr River adjoining Robert Bumpas

Places

Amelia Co., Va.; Cold; Nottoway; Tarr River

Also named

Robert Bumpas

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

• Orange County Will Book A, page 107.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).