Orange County Indexed
Will of William O’Neal
Will Book C, page 101 · dated 6 June 1794 · proved August 1797
William O’Neal left his estate to his wife for life, named other beneficiaries, and appointed two friends executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William O’Neal (printed WILLIAM O’NEAL)
- Dated
- 6 June 1794
- Proved
- August 1797 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Elizabeth (wife)
- Also left something
- William O’Neal Perkins; Thomas H. Perkins; Mary (his wife)
- Executors
- Thomas H. Perkins (Trusty Friends); Elizabeth O’Neal (Trusty Friends)
- Witnesses
- Andrew Gibson; Joseph Culbertson; Robert Dickson
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 C, page 101.
- 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
