Orange County Indexed
Will of William Shannon
Will Book B, page 289 · dated 10 September 1794 · proved February 1795
William Shannon left his estate to two cousins and appointed Richard Christmas sole executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Shannon (printed WILLIAM SHANNON)
- Dated
- 10 September 1794
- Proved
- February 1795 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Thomas (Loving cousins); Robert Shannon (Loving cousins)
- Executor
- Richard Christmas (my trusty friend)
- Witnesses
- Moses Crawford; Rachel Crawford
Reading note: Surname printed only after last cousin; 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 289.
- 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).
