Will of Henry (x) Parish

Henry Parish named his wife, two sons and daughter and appointed his wife and Moses Cox executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Henry (x) Parish (printed HENRY (x) PARISH)

Dated

18 March 1793

Proved

February 1799 court

Family named

Mary (wife); Henry Parish (son); William Parish (son); Tenah Sanders (daughter)

Executors

Mary (wife); Moses Cox

Witnesses

Jno. Thompson; Joseph Woody; Thomas McMullin; Robert Thompson

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 131.
• 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).