Will of David Carson

David Carson left his estate to his father and one hundred dollars to his son if he reached twenty-one.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

David Carson (printed DAVID CARSON)

Dated

30 November 1798

Proved

February 1798 court

A second reading

As the abstract prints them, the will was proved before it was dated, so one of the dates is wrong. Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as February 1799. Check the will book to settle it.

In the court minutes

• Will proved, February 1799 term
• Administration of an estate, February 1799 term
• Estate account, 29 November 1799

Family named

Ecklon Woods (my beloved son; if he lives to become 21 years old); James Carson (father)

Executor

James Carson (father)

Witnesses

Robert A. Carson; Moses Carson

Money and goods

$100

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 127.
• 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).