Will of William Dunnagan

William Dunnagan named his wife, children and possible sons and appointed Ashby Dunnagan and William Dunnagan executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Dunnagan (printed WILLIAM DUNNAGAN)

Dated

As printed: “Dated ---”

Proved

May 1799 court

Family named

Sarah (wife); William (son); Ashby Dunnagan (sons ?); Sherod (sons ?); Peggy (daughter)

Executors

Ashby Dunnagan; William Dunnagan

Witnesses

Alex. McMullan; Winnifred (x) McMullan

Reading note: Compiler says relationships not clear; Ashby Dunnagan and Sherod given as sons ?.

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 135.
• 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).