Orange County Indexed
Will of David Halliburton
Will Book A, page 68 · dated 3 January 1767 · proved August 1767
David Halliburton mentioned his unnamed pregnant wife, named five sons, directed Charles's education, and appointed his wife and George Moore executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- David Halliburton (printed DAVID HALLIBURTON)
- Dated
- 3 January 1767
- Proved
- August 1767 court
- Family named
- Thomas (son; all under 21 years); David (son; all under 21 years); John (son; all under 21 years); William (son; all under 21 years); Charles (son; which is now a cripple; to be educated)
- Executor
- George Moore
- Witnesses
- John (x) Adams; Thomas (x) Beach (?); Susannah Adams
Reading note: Witness Thomas (x) Beach (?) uncertain in source.
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 68.
- 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).
