Orange County Indexed
Will of Jonathan West
Will Book A, page 181 · dated 1 June 1774 · proved November 1774
Jonathan West named wife Elenor and cousin Jonathan West; his wife was sole executrix.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Jonathan West (printed JONATHAN WEST)
- Dated
- 1 June 1774
- Proved
- November 1774 court
- Family named
- Elenor (Wife); Jonathan West (cousin)
- Executor
- Elenor (wife)
- Witnesses
- Josiah Black; James Tinnen
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 181.
- 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).
