Orange County Indexed
Will of William Smith
Will Book A, page 280 · dated 4 September 1779 · proved May 1783
William Smith named wife Mary, five sons and two daughters, devised his house and goods, and appointed Thomas Tilford, Mary and Samuel executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Smith (printed WILLIAM SMITH)
- Dated
- 4 September 1779
- Proved
- May 1783 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Mary Smith (Wife); Samuel (son); Robert (son); William (son); Cunningham (son); Jonathan (son); Marget (daughter); Ann (daughter)
- Executors
- Thomas Tilford; Mary Smith (wife); Samuel (son)
- Witnesses
- John Robertson; James (x) Warnock; George Hamilton
- Deeds that cite this paper
- Deed Book 7, page 405
- Land
- Mansion House
- Money and goods
- my large Bible & my walnut chest
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 280.
- 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).
