Orange County Indexed
Will of Samuel (x) Lehman
Will Book A, page 63 · dated 18 October 1766 · proved May 1767
Samuel Lehman named wife Priscilla and son Gorabebel Lehman; his wife was executrix.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Samuel (x) Lehman (printed SAMUEL (x) LEHMAN)
- Dated
- 18 October 1766
- Proved
- May 1767 court
- Family named
- Priscilla (wife); Gorabebel? Lehman (son)
- Executor
- Priscilla (wife)
- Witnesses
- Wm (x) Barker; Lewis (x) Barker; Chris. Woodward
Reading note: Son printed Gorabebel? Lehman; uncertain given name preserved.
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 63.
- 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).
