Orange County Indexed
Will of Daniel Norris
Will Book A, page 37 · dated 27 May 1760 · proved August 1765
Daniel Norris named wife Mathews, son-in-law Thomas Beale, Evan Jones and Elizabeth Hart; his wife and son-in-law were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Daniel Norris (printed DANIEL NORRIS)
- Dated
- 27 May 1760
- Proved
- August 1765 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Mathews (wife); Thomas Beale (son-in-law)
- Also left something
- Evan Jones (no relationship stated); Elizabeth Hart (no relationship stated)
- Executors
- Mathews (wife); Thomas Beale (son-in-law)
- Witnesses
- John Thompson; Peter Bornal; Mary Jones
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 37.
- 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).
