Orange County Indexed
Will of Jonathan Hill
Will Book C, page 129 · dated 4 September 1791 · proved February 1799
Jonathan Hill named his wife and son, mentioned three younger children, and appointed his wife sole executrix.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Jonathan Hill (printed JONATHAN HILL)
- Dated
- 4 September 1791
- Proved
- February 1799 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Rezzy (wife); Elzy Hill (son)
- Executor
- Rezzy (wife)
- Witnesses
- John Hervey; John Starr
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 129.
- 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).
