Orange County Indexed
Will of William Forrest
Will Book A, page 207 · dated 8 August 1777 · proved August 1778
William Forrest named wife Lovina and five sons; Edward Gresham, Archer and his wife were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Forrest (printed WILLIAM FORREST)
- Dated
- 8 August 1777
- Proved
- August 1778 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Lovina (Wife); Shadrack (son); Gresham (son); Joel (son); William (son); Jesse (son)
- Executors
- Edward Gresham; Archer (Gresham ?); Lovina (wife; this name may be Louisa)
- Witnesses
- Edward Gresham, Jr.; Isaac Forrest
Reading note: Executor Archer (Gresham ?) uncertain; compiler says wife Lovina may be Louisa.
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 207.
- 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).
