Orange County Indexed
Will of William (x) Serjant, Senior
Will Book A, page 77 · dated 11 February 1768 · proved April 1768
William Serjant named wife Sarah, four sons, daughter Elizabeth and son-in-law Joseph Gold; Elizabeth received land; Stephen Bryant and Joseph Gold were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William (x) Serjant, Senior (printed WILLIAM (x) SERJANT, SENIOR)
- Dated
- 11 February 1768
- Proved
- April 1768 court
- Family named
- Sarah (wife); Joseph (son); Thomas (son); James (son); Stephen (son); Elizabeth (daughter); Joseph Gold (son-in-law)
- Executors
- Stephen Bryant (son); Joseph Gold (son)
- Witnesses
- John Lea; Sarah Serjant
- Land
- 100 acres which I purchased of Thos. Bailey
- Also named
- Thos. Bailey
Reading note: Executors printed Sons Stephen Bryant and Joseph Gold; conflicting with listed son Stephen and son-in-law Joseph Gold. Retained as printed.
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 77.
- 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).
