Will of William Blackwood

William Blackwood named wife Elizabeth, three sons and six daughters; son William and daughter Margaret were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Blackwood (printed WILLIAM BLACKWOOD)

Dated

8 October 1772

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Elizabeth (Wife); James (son); John (son); William (son); Martha (daughter); Mary (daughter); Jennet (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Ann (daughter)

Executors

William (son); Margaret (daughter)

Witnesses

Alex. Mebane; William Tate; Mary Sample

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 2, page 155; Deed Book 2, page 229

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 129.
• 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).