Will of David Craig

David Craig mentioned his unnamed wife, daughter and unborn child, named sons, and appointed three friends executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

David Craig (printed DAVID CRAIG)

Dated

1 November 1785

Proved

Date not given

Family named

William Johnston (son); John (son); David (son)

Executors

William McCauley (friends); John Craig (friends); Samuel Craig (friends)

Witnesses

Samuel Hunter; Aaron (x) Hunter; Wm. (x) Lagan

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 361.
• 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).