Orange County Indexed
Will of Walter (x) Thedford
Will Book A, page 70 · dated 13 August 1767 · proved November 1767
Walter Thedford named wife Rebecca, sons Josias and William, daughter Deborah and son-in-law William Williams; his wife and Josias were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Walter (x) Thedford (printed WALTER (x) THEDFORD)
- Dated
- 13 August 1767
- Proved
- November 1767 court
- Family named
- Rebecca (wife); Josias (son; eldest); William (son); Deborah (daughter); William Williams (son-in-law)
- Executors
- Rebecca (wife); Josias (eldest son)
- Witnesses
- Abigal Bracken; John Baker
- Land
- land on Stony Creek
- Places
- Stony Creek
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 70.
- 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).
