Orange County Indexed
Will of Charles (x) Sinkler
Will Book A, page 45 · dated 5 June 1766 · proved August 1766
Charles Sinkler named wife Ann, son Charles and daughter Catherine among seven children; his wife, John Buchanon and Amoss Evans were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Charles (x) Sinkler (printed CHARLES (x) SINKLER)
- Dated
- 5 June 1766
- Proved
- August 1766 court
- Family named
- Ann (wife); Charles (son); Catherine (daughter)
- Executors
- John Buchanon (well beloved friend; of Augusta Co., Va.; to settle affairs in Augusta Co., Va.); Amoss Evans (my trusty friend; to settle affairs in this province)
- Witnesses
- Joseph McLester; Amoss Evans; James Harvey
- Land
- land in Augusta Co., Va. was on South Fork of Hototin River, called Indian River.
- Places
- Augusta Co., Va.; South Fork of Hototin River; Indian River
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 45.
- 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).
