Orange County Indexed
Will of William Wilson
Will Book A, page 229 · dated 24 November 1780 · proved August 1781
William Wilson named wife Mary, daughter Mary and sons Samuel and Gregory; Richard Holman and Thomas Roundtree were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Wilson (printed WILLIAM WILSON)
- Dated
- 24 November 1780
- Proved
- August 1781 court
- A second reading
- Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as November 1781. Check the will book to settle it.
- Family named
- Mary (wife); Samuel (son); Gregory (son); Mary (daughter)
- Executors
- Richard Holman (trusty friends); Thomas Roundtree (trusty friends)
- Witnesses
- John Wilson; James Wilson; Susanna (x) Farmer
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 229.
- 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).
