Will of Daniel (x) Sullivan

Daniel Sullivan named his wife, six sons and three daughters.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Daniel (x) Sullivan (printed DANIEL (x) SULLIVAN)

Dated

9 February 1792

Proved

February 1792 court

Family named

Margaret (wife); Joseph Sullivan (oldest son); Ben Sullivan (son); Isaac (son); Daniel (son); John (son); Edmund Sullivan (youngest son); Mary (oldest daughter); Sarah (daughter); Margaret (daughter)

Witnesses

George Spous; John Melvin; Edmund (x) Melvin

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 162.
• 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).