Orange County Indexed
Will of Aaron Van Hook
Will Book A, page 9 · dated 10 May 1760 · proved August 1760
Aaron Van Hook named his wife Katherine and sons Lawrence and David; his wife and both sons were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Aaron Van Hook (printed AARON VAN HOOK)
- Dated
- 10 May 1760
- Proved
- August 1760 court
- A second reading
- Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as Aaron Vanhook. Check the will book to settle it.
- Family named
- Katherine (wife); Lawrence (son); David (son)
- Executors
- Lawrence (son); David (son)
- Witnesses
- Lidia Van Hook; Bridget Van Hook; Thos. Morgan
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 9.
- 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).
