Orange County Indexed
Will of Alex Russell
Will Book A, page 158 · dated 10 December 1771 · proved January 1772
Alex Russell named his wife, two sons, four daughters and Eli McDaniel with an unnamed wife; William Rogers and James Neville administered the will.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Alex Russell (printed ALEX RUSSELL)
- Dated
- 10 December 1771
- Proved
- January 1772 court
- Family named
- Jane (wife); James (son); Alex (son); Margaret (daughter); Elenor (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Jane (daughter)
- Also left something
- Eli McDaniel (friends)
- Executors
- William Rogers (friends; guardians to see the same duly executed); James Neville (friends; guardians to see the same duly executed)
- Witnesses
- William Hannah; Nathaniel Lyon; Josiah Blaik
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 158.
- 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).
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
