Orange County Indexed
Will of William Ward
Will Book C, page 164 · dated 19 March 1799 · proved February 1800
William Ward named his wife, nine children and son-in-law, devised land, and appointed his wife and son Stephen executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Ward (printed WILLIAM WARD)
- Dated
- 19 March 1799
- Proved
- February 1800 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Susannah (wife); Susanna (wife); Stephen (son); Anthony (son); William (son); Thomas (son); James (son); Susanna Pike (daughter); Sarah Clark (daughter); Priscilla Ferree (daughter); Esther Wells (daughter); Daniel Ferree (son-in-law)
- Executors
- Susanna (wife); Stephen (son)
- Witnesses
- Jacob Marshill; Jesse Hinshaw (Jr.)
- Land
- land joining Adam Coble
- Also named
- Adam Coble (adjoining landowner)
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 164.
- 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).
