Will of Isaac (x) Sharp

Isaac Sharp named wife Philipina, an unborn child, two older sons and four minor children; Nicholas Gibbs and John Albright were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Isaac (x) Sharp (printed ISAAC (x) SHARP)

Dated

27 June 1781

Proved

February 1782 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, February 1782 term

Family named

Philipina (wife); John (two oldest sons); Bostian (two oldest sons); Peter (child; minors); Christian (child; minors); Elizabeth (child; minors); Philipina (child; minors)

Executors

Nicholas Gibbs (beloved friends); John Albright (beloved friends)

Witnesses

Samuel Suther or Luther; Jacob Albright

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 241.
• 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).