Will of Robert Fossett

Robert Fossett mentioned his unnamed wife, named three sons, two daughters and two grandsons; no executor was named.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Robert Fossett (printed ROBERT FOSSETT)

Dated

3 May 1785

Proved

Date not given

Family named

George (son); Robert (son); Thomas (son); Fanny (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Robert (grandson; son of George); Edward (grandson; son of Thomas)

Witnesses

John Walker; Hugh Crawford

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 362.
• 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).