Will of George Holt

George Holt divided his estate between his wife and Elizabeth O’Neal and left five pounds for meeting-house repairs.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

George Holt (printed GEORGE HOLT)

Dated

11 February 1797

Proved

February 1798 court

In the court minutes

• Estate account, November 1797 term
• Administration of an estate, November 1797 term
• Will proved, February 1798 term

Family named

Cise (wife)

Also left something

Elizabeth O’Neal

Witnesses

Wm. Rainey; Harmon (x) Lowe

Money and goods

£ 5 for repairing the meeting house at Joshua Holt’s

Also named

Joshua Holt (meeting house at)

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 112.
• 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).