Will of Alexander Stuart or Stewart

Alexander Stuart named wife Elizabeth, underage sons Robert and John and daughter Abigal Stuart; William Piggott and Jeremiah Piggott were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Alexander Stuart or Stewart (printed ALEXANDER STUART or STEWART)

Dated

18 August 1764

Proved

February 1767 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as Alexander Stuart. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Robert (eldest son; under age); John (youngest son; under age); Abigal Stuart (daughter)

Executors

William Piggott; Jeremiah Piggott

Witnesses

John Pike; Samuel Pike

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 5, page 159

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 60.
• 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).