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Orange County Indexed

Will of Conrad Long

Will Book C, page 103 · dated 11 March 1795 · proved August 1797

Conrad Long named his wife, four sons and two daughters and appointed his wife and son Henry executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Conrad Long (printed CONRAD LONG)
Dated
11 March 1795
Proved
August 1797 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Catey (wife); Jacob (son); Conrad (son); Henry (son); Casper (son); Mary (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter)
Executors
Catey (wife); Henry (son)
Witnesses
William Rainey; Mary (x) Rainey

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 103.
  • 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).
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