Will of Christian Grady

Christian Grady left property to Isaac Gaddes and his unnamed wife; James Hogg was executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Christian Grady (printed CHRISTIAN GRADY)

Dated

As printed: “No date”

In the court minutes

• Administration of an estate, 26 November 1788

Also left something

Isaac Gaddes (heirs)

Executor

James Hogg

Witnesses

Wm. Parks; Elizabeth Parks

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 32.
• 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).