Will of Solomon Debow

Solomon Debow named wife Hannah and sons John, Frederick and Benjamin; John and Frederick received creek lands.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Solomon Debow (printed SOLOMON DEBOW)

Dated

1 September 1767

Proved

November 1767 court

Family named

Hannah (wife); John (son); Frederick (son); Benjamin (son; now under 21)

Land

tract of land lying on Winn's Creek; land on Cain Creek and land on Hyco Creek

Places

Winn's Creek; Cain Creek; Hyco 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 74.
• 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).