Will of Alexander (x) Chisenhall

Alexander Chisenhall named his wife and six children and appointed his wife and son Samuel executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Alexander (x) Chisenhall (printed ALEXANDER (x) CHISENHALL)

Dated

17 December 1795

Proved

February 1796 court

Family named

Celah (wife); Samuel Chizenall (son); Reuben Chizenall (son); John Chizenall (son); Samuel (son); Elizabeth Ridgeway (daughter); Sarah Manning (daughter); Markey Wood (daughter)

Executors

Celah (wife); Samuel (son)

Witnesses

William Ansley; John (x) Reaves

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 9, page 310

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 78.
• 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).