Will of Anthony Stanford

Anthony Stanford named wife Elizabeth, four sons, six daughters and granddaughter Fanny King; Elizabeth and son James were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Anthony Stanford (printed ANTHONY STANFORD)

Dated

11 June 1789

Proved

February 1790 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Charles (son); Robert (son); James (son); William Stanford (son); Agnes (daughter); Jean (daughter); Martha (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Mary (daughter); Margaret (daughter); Fanny King (granddaughter)

Executors

Elizabeth (my wife); James (my son)

Witnesses

Daniel (x) Hanley; J. Galbreath

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 85.
• 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).