Will of Jacob Cantrell

Jacob Cantrell named his wife and eight children and appointed his wife sole executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Jacob Cantrell (printed JACOB CANTRELL)

Dated

6 July 1782

Proved

October 1790 court

In the court minutes

• Administration of an estate, November 1790 term
• Administration of an estate, February 1794 term

Family named

Mary (wife); Zebedee Cantril (son); Thomas Cantril (son); Joseph Cantril (son); Margaret Cantril (daughter; eldest); Jane (daughter); Hannah (daughter); Sarah (daughter); Susannah (daughter)

Executor

Mary (wife)

Witnesses

John Hinslee; Rachel (x) Robinson

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 B, page 102.
• 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).