Orange County Indexed
Will of William (x) Edwards
Will Book A, page 300 · dated 24 January 1784 · proved February 1784
William Edwards named his father John Edwards Senior and mentioned his unnamed wife and sons; Benjamin Davis and Sackfield Brewer were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William (x) Edwards (printed WILLIAM (x) EDWARDS), son of John Edwards, Senior
- Dated
- 24 January 1784
- Proved
- February 1784 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- John Edwards, Senior (son of)
- Executors
- Benjamin Davis; Sackfield Brewer
- Witnesses
- Benjamin Lacy; John Durham; John Edwards
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 300.
- 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).
