Will of Enoch Lewis

Enoch Lewis named several beneficiaries, devised creek land, and appointed John Moore and Abner Massey executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Enoch Lewis (printed ENOCH LEWIS)

Dated

28 January 1799

Proved

November 1799 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 29 November 1799
• Administration of an estate, 29 November 1799

Also left something

John Moore; Joseph Trice; Abner Massey; Gwen Massey; Thomas Massey; Enoch Massey; Daniel Massey; Lydia Herndon; Ann Massey (daughter of Gwen Massey); Mary Gray (wife of Thomas Gray)

Executors

John Moore (trusty friends); Abner Massey (trusty friends)

Witnesses

Thomas Trice; Mann Patterson; James Trice

Land

land lying on Crooked Creek waters of New Hope

Places

Crooked Creek; New Hope

Also named

Thomas Gray (husband of Mary Gray)

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 156.
• 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).