Will of Conrad Messer Smith

Conrad Messer Smith named six children, left Mary ten shillings to disinherit her, and had Samuel Turrentine appointed executor by court.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Conrad Messer Smith (printed CONRAD MESSER SMITH)

Dated

17 October 1799

Proved

November 1799 court

In the court minutes

• Administration of an estate, 29 November 1799
• Will proved, 29 November 1799
• Estate account, 25 February 1800

Family named

Leonard (son); Stephen (son); Conrad (son); Phette (son); Elizabeth Cates (daughter); Mary (daughter)

Executor

Samuel Turrentine (named by the Court)

Witnesses

Jno. McMullan; Alexander Turrentine

Money and goods

10 sh. to disinherit her

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 155.
• 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).