Will of Peter (x) Noe

Peter Noe left his estate to wife Hannah and five-shilling legacies to two sons and four daughters; his wife was executrix.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Peter (x) Noe (printed PETER (x) NOE)

Dated

15 September 1781

Proved

May 1782 court

Family named

Hannah (wife); John (son); Joseph (son); Kathereana Rightenhous (daughter); Susannah Ridge (daughter); Elizabeth Coons (daughter); Elizabeth Ragen (daughter)

Witnesses

Jno. Armstrong; Anne (x) Armstrong

Money and goods

5 shillings each

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 237.
• 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).