Orange County Indexed
Will of George G. Gibson
Will Book A, page 194 · dated 5 November 1775 · proved May 1775
George Gibson named wife Mary and unnamed sons and daughters; Sherw’d Parrish and Thomas Gibson Liner were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- George G. Gibson (printed GEORGE G. GIBSON)
- Dated
- 5 November 1775
- Proved
- May 1775 court
- A second reading
- As the abstract prints them, the will was proved before it was dated, so one of the dates is wrong. Check the will book to settle it.
- Family named
- Mary (Wife)
- Executors
- Sherw'd Parrish; Thomas Gibson Liner
- Witnesses
- Sherw'd Parrish; Joel (x) Gibson; Lucreasy (x) Collons
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 194.
- 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).
