Will of Alexander (x) Carson

Alexander Carson provided for his wife, two sons, three daughters and two grandsons and appointed his wife and John Grant Rencher executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Alexander (x) Carson (printed ALEXANDER (x) CARSON)

Dated

8 April 1789

Proved

August 1791 court

Family named

Robert Carson (son); Samuel Carson (son); Elizabeth (daughter); Mary Carson (daughter); Alice Clenny (daughter); Alexander Carson (grandson); David Clenny (grandson); Wm. Clenny (husband of Alice Clenny)

Executor

John Grant Rencher

Witnesses

Wm. McCauley; Wm. Ansley; Henry McCollum

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 136.
• 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).