Orange County Indexed
Will of Henry Sears
Will Book A, page 150 · dated 8 November 1768 · proved May 1774
Henry Sears named wife Rose, three sons and three daughters; his wife and John Barbee Jr. were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Henry Sears (printed HENRY SEARS)
- Dated
- 8 November 1768
- Proved
- May 1774 court
- Family named
- Rose (wife); John (son); Edward (son); Harry (son); Sally (daughter); Nancy (daughter); Barbry Sears (daughter)
- Executors
- Rose (wife); John Barbee, Jr.
- Witnesses
- Mark Morgan; Benjamin Hart; Wm (x) Barbee
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 150.
- 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).
