Will of Timothy Terrell

Timothy Terrell named his wife (not by name), eight sons and six daughters; his wife and John Pills were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Timothy Terrell (printed TIMOTHY TERRELL)

Dated

1 February 1763

Proved

February 1763 court

Family named

Solomon (son); Micajah (son); Nimrod (son; under age); Simon (son; minor); Daniel (son); Richard (son); Aron (son); Moses (son; under age); Jemima (daughter); Ruth (daughter); Millie (daughter); Mary (daughter); Betty (daughter); Cuzziah (daughter)

Executor

John Pills (?)

Witnesses

Abraham Teague; Jos McLester; Moses Teague

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 3, page 564

Reading note: Shields questions the executor's name: John Pills (?).

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 29.
• 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).