Orange County Indexed
Will of William (x) Watson
Will Book A, page 330 · dated 15 December 1785 · proved August 1785
William Watson named wife Ellenor Watson; Thomas Barbee and Job Farmer were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William (x) Watson (printed WILLIAM (x) WATSON)
- Dated
- 15 December 1785
- Proved
- August 1785 court
- A second reading
- As the abstract prints them, the will was proved before it was dated, so one of the dates is wrong. Check the will book to settle it.
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Ellenor Watson (wife)
- Executors
- Thomas Barbee; Job Farmer
- Witnesses
- David Drishall; John Green; Job Farmer
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).
