Will of William (x) Rodgers

William Rodgers named his wife and nine children and appointed his wife and son Theopelous executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William (x) Rodgers (printed WILLIAM (x) RODGERS), of the Hawfields

Dated

27 May 1797

Proved

November 1797 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Abraham Rodgers (son); Theopelous Rodgers (son); Nathan Rodgers (son); Theopelous (son); Rachel Garner (daughter); Morning Perkins (daughter); Wilthy Bryant (daughter); Jemima Green (daughter); Leasey Rodgers (daughter); Laney Rodgers (daughter; youngest)

Executors

Elizabeth (wife); Theopelous (son)

Witnesses

Thomas Bradford; Moses Cate

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 104.
• 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).