Orange County Indexed
Will of Edward Gant
Will Book A, page 279 · dated 13 August 1781 · proved August 1783
Edward Gant named wife Elizabeth, two sons and daughters Cary and Sarah, described land, and appointed brother John Gant and Elizabeth executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Edward Gant (printed EDWARD GANT)
- Dated
- 13 August 1781
- Proved
- August 1783 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Elizabeth (wife); John (son); Thomas (son); Cary (daughter); Sarah ("Sary") (daughter); John Gant (brother)
- Executors
- John Gant (brother); Elizabeth (wife)
- Witnesses
- William Rainey; Mary (x) Rainey
- Land
- land joining Luis Simmons
- Also named
- Luis Simmons
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 279.
- 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).
