Will of Isaac Forrest

Isaac Forrest provided for his wife and five children and appointed his brother and James Curry executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Isaac Forrest (printed ISAAC FORREST)

Dated

7 July 1797

Proved

February 1798 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, February 1798 term

Family named

Silous (son; both under age); William (son; both under age); Mary (my 3 daughters); Sarah (my 3 daughters); Milly (my 3 daughters); Shadrack Forrest (brother)

Executors

Shadrack Forrest (brother); James Curry

Witnesses

Thornberry Anderson; Silas Forrest; Philon Forrest

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 113.
• 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).