Orange County Indexed
Will of Nathaniel Harris
Will Book A, page 146 · dated June 1773 · proved May 1774
Nathaniel Harris named wife Ellender, four sons, two daughters and granddaughter Mary Harris; Edward Harris was executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Nathaniel Harris (printed NATHANIEL HARRIS), of the Parish of St Mathews.
- Dated
- June 1773
- Proved
- May 1774 court
- Family named
- Ellender (Wife); Nathaniel (son); Archer (son); Edward (son); Charles Harris (son); Unity Callahan (daughter); Lenora Burks (daughter); Mary Harris (granddaughter)
- Executor
- Edward Harris
- Witnesses
- Wortham Glenn; Ann Glenn; Mildred Woods
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 146.
- 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).
