Orange County Indexed
Will of John Murdock
Will Book C, page 84 · dated 15 October 1795 · proved August 1796
John Murdock named his wife, children, grandsons and other beneficiaries and appointed his wife and son William executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Murdock (printed JOHN MURDOCK)
- Dated
- 15 October 1795
- Proved
- August 1796 court
- Family named
- Ann (wife); William (son); Prudence (daughter); John Murdock (grandson); John Ray (grandson); Robert Ray (my son-in-law)
- Also left something
- William Pain; Rebecca (his wife); Elinor (his wife)
- Executors
- Ann (wife); William (son)
- Witnesses
- John (x) Thompson; Levi Thompson
- Money and goods
- one loom; 5 shillings
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 84.
- 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).
