Will of William Cox

William Cox distributed land and a mill among five sons, named five daughters, and appointed son William Cox and cousin Isaac Cox executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Cox (printed WILLIAM COX)

Dated

20 January 1767

Proved

February 1767 court

Family named

Harmon Cox (son); William Cox (son); John Cox (son); Solomon Cox (son); Thomas Cox (son); Rebecca Dixon (daughter; in Pennsylvania); Mary Lindley (daughter); Martha Terrell (daughter); Marjory Nicholas (daughter); Catherine Hunt (daughter); James Lindley (wife to); William Terrell (wife to); Isaac Nicholas (wife to); Elizor Hunt (wife to)

Executors

William Cox (son; My trusty and well beloved); Isaac Cox (cousin; My trusty and well beloved)

Witnesses

John Cox; William Mcffitt (?); John Allen

Land

land on east side of Deep River; land on west side of Deep River; land lying on the Mill Creek adjoining Wm. McFarson's; land on Little Brush Creek where Benjamin William's formerly lived; the mill

Money and goods

4 shillings

Places

Deep River; Mill Creek; Little Brush Creek; Pennsylvania

Also named

Wm. McFarson; Benjamin William

Reading note: Continues on PDF page 16. Witness William Mcffitt (?) uncertain.

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 53.
• 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).