Will of Philip Dossett

Philip Dossett named wife Selah Dossett, two daughters and son William; Benjamin Forrest and Stephen Forrest were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Philip Dossett (printed PHILIP DOSSETT)

Dated

7 December 1783

Proved

February 1784 court

Family named

Selah Dossett (wife); William (son); Seney (daughter); Susannah (daughter)

Executors

Benjamin Forrest; Stephen Forrest

Witnesses

Jacob Allen; Blaton Wood; Joseph (x) Townsend

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 9, page 154

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 298.
• 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).