Will of Arthur (x) Stephens

Arthur Stephens mentioned three unnamed sons, named daughters Sarah, Leviner and Elizabeth, and appointed four executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Arthur (x) Stephens (printed ARTHUR (x) STEPHENS)

Dated

2 March 1776

Proved

May 1776 court

Family named

Sarah (daughter; oldest); Leviner (daughter; second); Elizabeth (daughter; third)

Executors

Joshua Johnston; Joel Johnston; John McCane; Abraham Stephens

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 200.
• 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).