Orange County Indexed
Will of William Peggott
Will Book A, page 111 · proved April 1770
William Peggott named wife Sarah, four sons and six daughters, distributed land, and appointed Jeremiah and Benjamin Peggott executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Peggott (printed WILLIAM PEGGOTT)
- Dated
- As printed: “Dated 9 Feb”
- Proved
- April 1770 court
- Family named
- Sarah (wife); John (eldest son); William (youngest son); Samuel (second son); Jeremiah (third son); Abigail (six daughters); Marjory (six daughters); Sarah (six daughters); Marah (six daughters); Elizabeth (six daughters); Rachel (six daughters)
- Executors
- Jeremiah; Benjamin Peggott
- Witnesses
- Henry Underwood; Thos. Molborough; Simeon Adamson
- Land
- all land bought of Richard Henderson on middle fork of Rocky River adjoining Thos Ransom's line
- Places
- middle fork of Rocky River
- Also named
- Richard Henderson; Thos Ransom
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 111.
- 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).
