Will of Burges Harrilson

Burges Harrilson provided for his wife, two sons, three daughters and a grandson, distributed land, and appointed Ezekiel Harrilson and Elkanah Harrilson executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Burges Harrilson (printed BURGES HARRILSON)

Dated

9 May 1772

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Ezekiel (son); Elijah (son); Elishaba Harrilson (daughter); Drusilla Harrilson (daughter); Jemima Harrilson (daughter); I. Harrilson (grandson, the oldest son of Elijah Harrilson); Paul Harrilson (my brother); Elkanah Harrilson (the wife of)

Executors

Ezekiel Harrilson; Elkanah Harrilson

Witnesses

Joe Johnson; William Stone; John (x) Harrilson

Land

plantation I purchased of Wm. Chambers, Sr; plantation whereon he now lives; land in Henrico Co., Va. on Stoney Run which I purchased of James Allen (?); land I purchased of my brother Paul Harrilson, lying on Stony (or Storey's) Creek

Money and goods

20 shillings

Places

Henrico Co., Va.; Stoney Run; Stony (or Storey's) Creek

Also named

Elijah Harrilson (father of I. Harrilson); Wm. Chambers, Sr; James Allen (?)

Reading note: James Allen (?) and Stony (or Storey's) Creek uncertain. Grandson printed I. Harrilson.

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 152.
• 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).