Orange County Indexed
Will of John Collins
Will Book A, page 27 · dated 4 November 1762 · proved November 1762
John Collins left his maternal inheritance to brother William Collins, named sister Catherine, and appointed brother-in-law Enos Ellmore executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Collins (printed JOHN COLLINS)
- Dated
- 4 November 1762
- Proved
- November 1762 court
- Family named
- William Collins (brother); Catherine (sister)
- Executor
- Enos Ellmore (brother-in-law)
- Witnesses
- Lawrence Thompson; Thos. Thompson; Enos Ellmore
- In the paper’s words
- “all mother left me to go to my brother William Collins”
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 27.
- 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).
