Orange County Indexed
Will of Robert Motherel
Will Book A, page 109 · dated 8 January 1769 · proved April 1770
Robert Motherel mentioned his unnamed wife, left each of four sons 100 acres at maturity, and appointed his wife and David Mitchell executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Robert Motherel (printed ROBERT MOTHEREL)
- Dated
- 8 January 1769
- Proved
- April 1770 court
- Family named
- John (son); Samuel (son); Joseph (son); Robert (son)
- Executor
- David Mitchell
- Witnesses
- James Culbertson, Jr.; John Carson; David Porter
- Land
- 100 acres each when they come of age
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 109.
- 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).
