Orange County Indexed
Will of Charles (x) Murrow
Will Book A, page 80 · dated 16 December 1767 · proved April 1768
Charles Murrow left half his estate to cousin Robert Barnhill and half to brother Adam if he came to America; Robert was executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Charles (x) Murrow (printed CHARLES (x) MURROW)
- Dated
- 16 December 1767
- Proved
- April 1768 court
- Family named
- Adam Murrow (well beloved brother); Robert Barnhill (cousin)
- Executor
- Robert Barnhill (cousin)
- Witnesses
- James Humphill; Thomas Humphill; John Hood (?)
- Places
- America
Reading note: Witness John Hood (?) 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 80.
- 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).
