Orange County Indexed
Will of John Shy
Will Book C, page 58 · dated 27 February 1793 · proved August 1795
John Shy named his wife and brother and appointed his wife and Robert Harrison executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Shy (printed JOHN SHY)
- Dated
- 27 February 1793
- Proved
- August 1795 court
- Family named
- Martha (wife); Ike (brother)
- Executors
- Martha (wife); Robert Harrison
- Witnesses
- Samuel Hill; Caleb Harvey
- Deeds that cite this paper
- Deed Book 10, page 166
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 58.
- 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).
