Orange County Indexed
Will of William Nelson
Will Book A, page 358 · dated 25 December 1785 · proved February 1786
William Nelson named wife Ann, five daughters and son Samuel; Ann and William Adams were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Nelson (printed WILLIAM NELSON)
- Dated
- 25 December 1785
- Proved
- February 1786 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Ann (wife); Samuel (son); Rachel (daughter); Rebeca (daughter); Ruth (daughter); Elinor (daughter); Hannah (daughter)
- Executors
- Ann (wife); William Adams
- Witnesses
- John Allen; Samuel Stout; Joseph Stout
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 358.
- 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).
