Orange County Indexed
Will of John Boring
Will Book A, page 187 · dated 6 January 1775 · proved May 1775
John Boring named wife Elizabeth and three daughters; Elizabeth and James Boren were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Boring (printed JOHN BORING)
- Dated
- 6 January 1775
- Proved
- May 1775 court
- Family named
- Elizabeth (Wife); Ribecca (daughter); Nicy (daughter); Mary (daughter)
- Executors
- Elizabeth (wife); James Boren (Boring)
- Witnesses
- James Currie; James Borin; Ann Green
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 187.
- 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).
