Orange County Indexed
Will of John Estes
Will Book C, page 153 · dated 29 May 1781 · proved November 1799
John Estes left his estate to his wife and appointed her and Robert Rowan executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Estes (printed JOHN ESTES), of the Town of Hillsborough.
- Dated
- 29 May 1781
- Proved
- November 1799 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Eliza (wife)
- Executors
- Eliza (wife); Robert Rowan (Col.; of Cumberland Co.)
- Witnesses
- Francis McKerall; A. Tatom
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 153.
- 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).
