Will of Henry (x) Waggoner

Henry Waggoner named wife Ketriana, children and granddaughters, distributed land, and appointed wife Ketrin and son Stephen Smith executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Henry (x) Waggoner (printed HENRY (x) WAGGONER)

Dated

1 July 1784

Proved

May 1785 court

Family named

Ketriana (wife); Ketrin (wife); John Waggoner (son; all under age); Henry Waggoner (son; all under age); Jacob Waggoner (son; all under age); Stephen Smith (son); George Waggoner (my son); Susannah Smith (daughter); Elizabeth Johns (daughter); Mary Waggoner (daughter); Judith Waggoner (daughter); Ketrin Waggoner (daughter); Uli Waggoner (daughter); Mary (granddaughter, my son George Waggoner’s children); Agnes Waggoner (granddaughter, my son George Waggoner’s children)

Executors

Ketrin (wife); Stephen Smith (son)

Witnesses

John Hall; William Buchanon; William Hannah

Land

tract of land adjoining John Brown, Alexander Torrentine and others

Also named

John Brown; Alexander Torrentine

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 330.
• 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).