Will of Priscilla (x) Burton

Priscilla Burton named son Robert Burton and female descendants Sarah Burton, Judah Coleman and Priscilla Burton; Robert was executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Priscilla (x) Burton (printed PRISCILLA (x) BURTON)

Dated

As printed: “Dated 22 May 17--”

Proved

May 1774 court

Family named

Robert Burton (son); Sarah Burton (granddaughter, daughter of Robert); Judah Coleman (granddaughter); Priscilla Burton (daughter; daughter of Robert Burton)

Executor

Robert Burton (son)

Witnesses

Abram Perkins; Thomas Dudley; Charles Burton

Reading note: Year incomplete 17--. Priscilla Burton labeled dau but also daughter of Robert Burton, conflicting generations; exact relation preserved.

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 143.
• 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).