Orange County Indexed
Will of John (x) Hall
Will Book A, page 319 · dated 20 December 1784 · proved February 1785
John Hall named wife Jean, children and father-in-law William Deal, granted Deal low-rent residence, and appointed Thomas Rountree and William Rountree executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John (x) Hall (printed JOHN (x) HALL)
- Dated
- 20 December 1784
- Proved
- February 1785 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Jean Hall (wife); Rebecca (daughter); William Hall (remainder of my children); Robert Hall (remainder of my children); Mary Hall (remainder of my children); Sarah Hall (remainder of my children); John Hall (remainder of my children); Thomas Hall (remainder of my children); Rachel Hall (remainder of my children); William Deal (father-in-law)
- Executors
- Thomas Rountree (both of Orange County); William Rountree (both of Orange County)
- Witnesses
- William Buchannon; Wm. McKie
- Land
- plantation where he now lives
- Money and goods
- 1 shilling rent
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 319.
- 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).
