Orange County Indexed
Will of Moses Farley
Will Book A, page 196 · dated 25 March 1776 · proved May 1776
Moses Farley named wife Sarah, son Josiah, daughter Elizabeth and brother John James Farley; John James Farley and William Price were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Moses Farley (printed MOSES FARLEY)
- Dated
- 25 March 1776
- Proved
- May 1776 court
- Family named
- Sarah (Wife); Josiah (son); Elizabeth (daughter); John James Farley (brother)
- Executors
- John James Farley; William Price
- Witnesses
- George Vincent; David Penyman; Henry Burton
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 196.
- 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).
