Orange County Indexed
Will of Andrew Caldwell
Will Book A, page 44 · dated 26 March 1765 · proved May 1766
Andrew Caldwell named wife Jannet, sons Samuel and William and daughters Mary and Elizabeth; his wife and James Freeland were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Andrew Caldwell (printed ANDREW CALDWELL)
- Dated
- 26 March 1765
- Proved
- May 1766 court
- A second reading
- Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the date as 25 March 1765. Check the will book to settle it.
- Family named
- Jannet (wife); Samuel (son); William (son); Mary (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter)
- Executors
- Jannet (wife); James Freeland
- Witnesses
- Alex'r Mebane; Jno. Sample; A.... Sanford
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 44.
- 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).
