Orange County Indexed
Will of Thomas Crabtree
Will Book A, page 177 · dated 11 April 1774 · proved August 1774
Thomas Crabtree named wife Elizabeth, four sons and daughter Mary; his wife was executrix, with Thomas Barton and John Connor overseeing the will.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Thomas Crabtree (printed THOMAS CRABTREE)
- Dated
- 11 April 1774
- Proved
- August 1774 court
- Family named
- Elizabeth (Wife); William (son); John (son); James (son); Thomas (son); Mary (daughter)
- Executor
- Elizabeth (wife)
- Witnesses
- Thomas Barton; John Connor; Elizabeth Connor
- Also named
- Thomas Barton (friends; Overseers of Will); John Connor (friends; Overseers of Will)
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 177.
- 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).
