Orange County Indexed
Will of William (x) Loung (Long)
Will Book A, page 36 · dated 6 April 1764 · proved May 1764
William Loung named wife Catrin, oldest son George and an unnamed youngest son; Charles Johnson and David Craig were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William (x) Loung (Long) (printed WILLIAM (x) LOUNG (LONG))
- Dated
- 6 April 1764
- Proved
- May 1764 court
- A second reading
- Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as William Young. Check the will book to settle it.
- Family named
- Catrin (wife); George (oldest son)
- Executors
- Charles Johnson; David Craig
- Witnesses
- Mary Mitchell; John Craig
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 36.
- 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).
