Will of George Miller

George Miller named his sons, daughters and five grandsons and appointed James Miller sole executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

George Miller (printed GEORGE MILLER)

Dated

5 March 1793

Proved

February 1795 court

Family named

Jesse Miller (son); James Miller (son); Sarah Ray (daughter, wife of John Ray); Lydia (daughter, widow of Joseph Ray); Mary (daughter, wife of Zachariah Dickey); Joseph Miller (grandson, son of Wm. and Ann Miller); George Ray (grandson, son of John and Sarah Ray); George Ray (grandson, son of Lydia and Joseph Ray deceased); George Miller (grandson, son of Martha and Jesse Miller); George Dickey (grandson, son of Mary and Zachariah Dickey); John Ray (husband of daughter); Zachariah Dickey (husband of daughter); Joseph Ray (husband of Lydia; deceased)

Executor

James Miller (son)

Witnesses

James Jackson; James Ray; Jean (x) Turentine

Also named

Wm. (parent of grandson; surname printed once for Wm. and Ann Miller); Ann Miller (parent of grandson; surname printed once for Wm. and Ann Miller); Martha (parent of grandson; surname printed once for Wm. and Ann Miller)

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 290.
• 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).