Will of Robert Andrew

Robert Andrew named his wife, sons, daughters and grandson and appointed two sons executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Robert Andrew (printed ROBERT ANDREW)

Dated

12 January 1791

Proved

August 1793 court

Family named

Sarah (wife); Robert (son); David (son); Thomas (son); William Andrew (son); William (son); Thomas Andrew (son); Jane (my four daughters); Katherine (my four daughters); Ann (my four daughters); Sarah (my four daughters); Robert Andrew (grandson, son of John Andrew Deceased)

Executors

William (son); Thomas Andrew (son)

Witnesses

John Carter; James Woody

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 11, page 153; Deed Book Register of Orange, line 2317

Also named

John Andrew (father of grandson Robert Andrew; Deceased)

Reading note: Surname printed only after last given name in sons and executors; retained as printed.

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 241.
• 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).